UI MAI KI AU, HE AHA TE MEA NUI O TENEI AO, MAKU E KI ATU, HE TANGATA, HE TANGATA, HE TANGATA. KEI AKU NUI, KEI AKU RAHI, KEI AKU KAKA TARAHAE TENA KOUTOU KATOA. KO MIHINGARANGI TENEI E MIHI ATU NEI, NAU MAI, TAHUTI MAI RA. WELCOME TO THE HUI, MAORI CURRENT AFFAIRS FOR ALL NEW ZEALANDERS. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2017 KARAHUIHUI MAI. THIS WEEK WE BRING YOU A 'BEST OF THE HUI' SPECIAL. WELL, IT'S BEEN A TOUGH COUPLE OF WEEKS FOR OUR WHANAU IN THE BAY OF PLENTY SO WE HOPE OUR NEXT STORY BRINGS A BIT OF JOY, ESPECIALLY TO THOSE IN TE TEKO, WHERE THE GAME OF RUGBY IS ITS HEARTBEAT. TE TEKO IS HOME TO ONE OF THE OLDEST RUGBY CLUBS IN THE COUNTRY AND ONE OF AOTEAROA'S TOP TEAMS, A GROUP OF HIGH PERFORMANCE PLAYERS WITH A WIN SHEET THE ALL BLACKS WOULD ENVY. REWA HARRIMAN HAS THEIR STORY. TE TEKO, OR TEXAS TO THE LOCALS, IS A TOWN THAT KNOWS ALL ABOUT HARD KNOCKS. UNEMPLOYMENT IS HIGH, AND PROSPECTS ARE SLIM, BUT ITS COMMUNITY SPIRIT IS UNRIVALLED,... ENGINE HUMS ...AND ITS UNDER-10S RUGBY TEAM IS UNBEATABLE. KIDS CHATTER, CHEER YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO RUN ACROSS. THEY MAY BE SMALL, BUT THE TE TEKO UNDER-10 JAB RUGBY TEAM TRAIN LIKE CHAMPIONS ` CHAMPIONS WHO ARE ON A THREE-YEAR WINNING STREAK. FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS, THEY HAVEN'T LOST A GAME, AND EVEN ME, I WAS THINKING, 'SHIT, IS IT THREE YEARS?' THAT'S RIGHT ` 48 GAMES UNBEATEN. EVER SINCE THIS TEAM GOT TOGETHER IN UNDER-8S AND THE START OF TACKLING, THEY'VE BEEN UNSTOPPABLE. YEAH, THEY HAVEN'T LOST. THAT'S INCREDIBLE. YEAH! OH, YEAH. BOTH CHUCKLE SO WHAT'S`? WHAT'S THE SECRET? WHY DO THEY KEEP WINNING? IT'S JUST THE WAY OUR KIDS ARE, AND THEY'RE` THEY'RE KEEN, EH. THEY'RE REALLY KEEN. I'M NOT TOO SURE WHAT IT IS. I CAN'T SAY IT'S ME, COS IT COMES DOWN TO THE KIDS IN THE END. ACCORDING TO THE KIDS, IT'S A SIMPLE FORMULA THAT'S KEPT THEM IN THE WINNERS' COLUMN. WE JUST TRAIN HARD, I THINK. AND WE RUN AT 'EM HARD. SO, WHO ARE THESE KIDS? WELL, JUST LIKE MOST WHO ARE BROUGHT UP IN TEXAS OR THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES IN THE EASTERN BAY, LIFE REVOLVES AROUND TWO THINGS ` SPORT AND KAPA HAKA. ALL PERFORM KAPA HAKA MAYBE IT'S KAPA HAKA, WITH ALL THE DISCIPLINE, TIMING AND TEAMWORK REQUIRED, THAT'S THE SECRET TO THE TEAM'S SUCCESS. ALL CONTINUE PERFORMING KAPA HAKA THEY SORT OF EAT, BREATHE AND LEARN IT AT SCHOOL, AND THEY ALSO DO WELL, OUR SCHOOL DOWN HERE, SO, UM, YEAH. BOYS LOVE IT, EH? BOYS: YEAH. (CHUCKLES) < RUGBY OR KAPA FIRST? BOYS: RUGBY! KAPA. < (CHUCKLES) BREAK! BACK AT TRAINING ` THE FOOTY KIND ` FRONT SIX. AND YOU GET THE SENSE THAT COACHING TOO IS A BIG PART OF THE TEAM'S SUCCESS. DIG IT IN, JUDGE. ERAIA PERI HAS A STRONG BOND WITH THE KIDS. HE'S BEEN COACHING THEM FOR THE LAST THREE SEASONS. HIS SON WHERONUI IS FIRST FIVE AND DRILLS THE KIDS HARD BEFORE GAME DAY. WE, UM, TRAIN TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS ABOUT TWO AND A HALF HOURS, AND WE DO FITNESS. JUST GETS SQUASHED DOWN... WHERONUI'S GREAT GRANDPARENTS ARE ALSO AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE TEAM'S SUCCESS. YOU'LL USUALLY FIND A HANDFUL OF THE PLAYERS STAYING OVER AT NAN AND PAPS' THE NIGHT BEFORE THE GAME OR EVEN LONGER. SOMETIMES THEY STAY OVER HERE ALL WEEKEND, AND I'LL SAY, 'MM, GEE, WHAT AM I GONNA COOK?' THE KIDS ALREADY KNOW HOW TO PULL THE WOOL OVER NAN'S EYES. NAN TELLS US TO GET OFF THE GAME, BUT WE SNEAKILY PLAY IT. YEAH, WE JUST` WE TURN THE BRIGHTNESS DOWN, AND WE TURN THE LIGHT OFF. AND THEN CLOSE THE DOOR. AND THEN WE JUST BE QUIET SO SHE DOESN'T KNOW THAT WE'RE AWAKE. I'M A MOANY BUGGER. THEY ALL KNOW THAT. I MOAN LIKE HELL, BUT THEY STILL` WHEN THERE'S 'COME AND HAVE A KAI', (GRUNTS) 'WHAT ARE WE HAVING?' YOU KNOW? IT'S LIKE THAT, AND I LOVE IT. I MEAN, I CAN'T BE ALL GOOD. YOU'VE GOTTA GROWL. DESPITE THE GROWLINGS AND THE CHORES, THE KIDS KEEP COMING BACK. THEY KNOW THE ROUTINES IN THE MORNING ` WHOEVER'S GOT THE TASK TO PREPARE THE WATER. WATER BOTTLES. AND A COUPLE OF THEM HELP NAN TO PEEL THE ORANGES. WE HAVE OUR OWN ORANGE TREE. WE HAVE OUR OWN SPECIAL ORANGE TREE. THE GEAR, SHOWERS, TOAST, PORRIDGE. THE GEAR BAG. THE GEAR BAG. THEY GOT A LOT OF THINGS TO GET ON THAT TRUCK BEFORE THEY EVEN GET ON THE FIELD. INDISTINCT CHATTER UPBEAT ELECTRONIC MUSIC TWO, THREE, GO! ALL CHANT: ALL GO! IF THERE'S ANY DOUBT ABOUT WHAT RUGBY MEANS TO THIS TOWN, LOOK AT THE TURNOUT FOR THEIR GAMES. EVERYONE COMES OUT TO SUPPORT THE BLACK AND YELLOW. TAKE YOUR MAN! WELL, RUGBY IN TE TEKO IS ALWAYS FULL ON. EVERYBODY AROUND HERE BREATHES IT, EATS IT. WE'LL EVEN GO AND STEAL FOR IT IF WE HAVE TO. KEEP GOING, B BOY! ANY AGE GROUP AROUND HERE IS RUGBY. IT GOES BACK TO THE ROOTS, I SUPPOSE. WHEN THEY'RE YOUNG, WE` WE PUT THEM INTO SPORTS. GOOD BOY! LET'S GO, SON. SET IT UP! RUGBY IS IN TE TEKO'S DNA. THE CLUB IS OVER 125 YEARS OLD, AND THESE KIDS ARE THE NEXT GENERATION BURSTING THROUGH. STRAIGHTEN IT UP, KAHU! THE HARDER THE GAME, THEY JUST TAKE IT UP ANOTHER STEP. YOU CAN SEE IT. YOU CAN SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING. IF YOU SAT BACK FROM A GAME AND WATCHED THEM PLAYING, FROM` RIGHT FROM THE BEGINNING, YOU CAN SEE IT. AND THEN WHEN THEY KNOW THEY'RE GOING ON A DOWN, BOOM, THEY COME BACK WITH VENGEANCE. SHOUTING GO, CHARLIE! CROWD: WHOO-HOO! APPLAUSE, CHEERING GOOD BOY, CHARLIE! WHILE THE WINNING STREAK HAS BROUGHT ITS OWN REWARDS, ITS OFF THE FIELD THAT THE COMMUNITY ARE ENJOYING THE REAL VICTORIES. SHOUTING CONTINUES THEY'VE SEEN A DIFFERENCE. THEIR KIDS HAVE MORE` GOT MORE SELF-ESTEEM, AND THEY'RE TALKING BETTER WITH THEIR PARENTS. THERE'S QUITE` MOST OF OUR KIDS, I WOULD SAY, ALL THEIR PARENTS WILL TELL YOU THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING TO THEIR CHILDREN. HOW DO YOU THINK RUGBY HAS HELPED THESE KIDS OUT? UH, I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW HOW IT'S HELPED THEM OUT. THEY` THEY` THEY GIVE ME A GOOD HEADACHE. (CHUCKLES) BUT, YEAH, I GUESS IT GETS TO KEEP THEM TOGETHER, AND THEY HAVE A LOT OF FUN DOING IT TOGETHER, SO THEY PLAY WELL TOGETHER. UPBEAT HIP-HOP MUSIC THESE KIDS LOVE RUGBY, AND WITH THEIR SUCCESSFUL CAREERS SO FAR, THEY ALL HAVE HIGH HOPES FOR THE FUTURE. ALL OUR DREAMS IS TO BECOME AN ALL BLACK. YEAH. ALL BLACKS AND THE HURRICANES. INDISTINCT CHATTER JUST BECAUSE THE RUGBY SEASON IS WRAPPING UP FOR THE YEAR, DOESN'T MEAN THE TEXAS UNDER-10S WILL BE RESTING ON THEIR LAURELS. WE USUALLY TRY AND KEEP THEM TOGETHER DURING THE OFF SEASON, DURING THE SUMMER AND, UM, PUT THEM INTO TOUCH. BEFORE THE TEAM THINK ABOUT TOUCH OR EVEN A FOURTH CHAMPIONSHIP NEXT YEAR, THEY CAN ENJOY BEING THE CHAMPION TEAM FOR 2016. NA REWA HARRIMAN TERA KORERO. KIA MAU TONU MAI RA TE TITIRO. KA HOKI MAI MATOU INANGETO NEI. HOKI MAI ANO. OUR NEXT STORY IS A MYSTERY A CENTURY IN THE MAKING. IT'S ABOUT A WHANAU WHO SET OUT TO FIND THE WHEREABOUTS OF THEIR ANCESTOR. PAORA TOKOAHU DISAPPEARED WITHOUT A TRACE IN 1910 AND LAST YEAR HIS FAMILY DISCOVERED HIS RECORDS 100 YEARS AFTER HE'D VANISHED. AS EVENTS UNFOLDED BEFORE OUR CAMERAS, THE MYSTERY ONLY DEEPENED. OUR REPORTER RAIHA PAKI WITH THE TALE OF ONE WHANAU'S QUEST TO RETURN THEIR TUPUNA HOME TO TUWHARETOA. THIS IS A STORY ABOUT UNEARTHING WHANAU HISTORY,... JUST WANNA KNOW WHERE MY GREAT-GRANDDAD WAS BURIED. ...LONG-AWAITED HOMECOMINGS... THERE'S NO RECORD OF HIM BACK HERE IN TAUPO. ...AND UNCOVERING INJUSTICE. JUST UPSETS ME FOR THE FACT THAT THERE'S NO REAL DEFENCE. IN 1910, TUWHARETOA KAUMATUA NGAHIRA PAORA TOKOAHU TE ARAMOANA DISAPPEARED. HIS WHANAU THOUGHT HE'D BEEN KILLED IN THE WAIHI LANDSLIDE ON THE SHORES OF LAKE TAUPO. IN FACT, HE HAD SUFFERED A WORSE FATE. BUT IT WOULD TAKE OVER A CENTURY FOR HIS WHANAU TO DISCOVER WHAT HAD BECOME OF HIM. I RANG MY HUSBAND AND I WENT, 'I'VE FOUND HIM, I'VE FOUND HIM.' (LAUGHS) HE GOES 'WHAT DO YOU MEAN?' AND I WENT, 'I'VE FOUND A FILE ON HIM.' HE WAS TAKEN. 100 YEARS AGO, 90-YEAR-OLD NGAHIRA PAORA TOKOAHU TE ARAMOANA LEFT HIS HOME IN WAITETOKO TO GO TO THE MAORI LAND COURT IN ROTORUA. WHILE IN QUEUE, HE GOT INTO AN ARGUMENT. HE WAS ARRESTED AND BROUGHT HERE TO THE WHAU LUNATIC ASYLUM, LATER KNOWN AS THE OAKLEY MENTAL HOSPITAL. THE KOROUA SURVIVED ANOTHER 16 YEARS BEFORE PASSING AWAY AGED 106. HIS WHANAU HAD NO IDEA WHAT HAD BECOME OF HIM. READS: I REGRET TO INFORM YOU THAT YOUR FATHER DIED ON 20TH MAY LAST. UNFORTUNATELY, WE ARE NOT AWARE OF YOUR NAME. MAKAIRE NEPIA IS THE GREAT-GRANDSON OF TOKOAHU. HIS WIFE, JUDELL, IS A GENEALOGY BUFF WHO GAVE UP HER FULL-TIME JOB TO RESEARCH HER HUSBAND'S WHAKAPAPA. SHE DISCOVERED THAT TOKOAHU, WHO ONLY SPOKE TE REO, HAD THREATENED TO KILL AND EAT SOMEONE WHO HAD STOLEN HIS SHEEP. HE WAS ARRESTED AND TAKEN TO OAKLEY MENTAL HOSPITAL WITHOUT TRIAL. READS:' I ENCLOSE HERE A COPY OF THE NOTICE OF DEATH.' THEY STILL DON'T TELL HIM WHERE HE'S BURIED. SO, I STILL DON'T GET WHY HE WAS TAKEN. I DON'T GET WHY THERE WASN'T A FORMAL COURT APPEARANCE. KNOWING ON THE REPORTS HOW HE WAS TAKEN, YEAH, IT` KINDA MAKES ME FEEL A BIT SICK TO THE CORE, REALLY, COS, UM, ALL THROUGH THAT PROCEDURE AND THE FILING, THERE'S ONLY ONE STORY, ONE SIDE. AND, UM, THERE'S NOT HIS SIDE. TOKOAHU WAS A CHIEF IN THE TURANGI AREA. HE WAS WELL KNOWN FOR HIS SUBSTANTIAL LANDHOLDINGS AND HIS INTELLIGENCE. AE HE TINO TOHUNGA IA, KO TAUA WHANAU HOKI. TAUA TIPURANGA, KO IA, KO RAWHIRA, KO TOKU KOROUA A TE KIKO TOMURI IHO. KOINEI NGA AHUATANGA E PA ANA KI OKU KOROU I NGA WA O MUA. AFTER YEARS OF RESEARCH, THE NEPIAS DISCOVERED THEIR KOUROUA HAD BEEN BURIED WITH STRANGERS IN A PAUPER'S GRAVE IN AUCKLAND'S WAIKUMETE CEMETERY. JUDELL AND MAKAIRE WERE PREPARED TO MOVE HEAVEN AND EARTH TO BRING HIM HOME. IT WAS A BIG THING, COS IT WAS` YOU KNOW, WE HAD TO PULL TOGETHER AS A FAMILY; LIMITED BUDGET BUT STILL BE ABLE TO DO IT WELL. BECAUSE IT'S NOT CHEAP DOING THE EXHUMATION. YOU HAVE TO DO THROUGH A FUNERAL DIRECTOR, AND THERE'S A LEVEL OF EXPENSE TO DO IT ALL. IT'S GOTTA BE DONE PROPERLY. SO, YEAH` CAN'T BELIEVE IT COSTS THOUSANDS JUST TO SAY, 'YES, YOU CAN TAKE YOUR KORO HOME.' THAT'S WEIRD. AFTER MONTHS OF PREPARATION AND NEGOTIATIONS, THE NEPIA WHANAU WERE FINALLY GIVEN PERMISSION TO TAKE THE OLD MAN HOME. WHILE FAMILY GATHERED AT WAIKUMETE TO WITNESS THE EXHUMATION, THE HAPU WAITED AT WAITETOKO MARAE TO WELCOME HIM. BUT AFTER YEARS OF SEARCHING AND HOURS OF DIGGING,... NOTHING. TOKOAHU'S GRAVE WAS EMPTY. IT'S EITHER HE PHYSICALLY NEVER MADE IT TO WAIKUMETE, OR SOMEBODY'S PAPERWORK IS SLOPPY, BUT I CAN'T SEE HOW THREE INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENT SOURCES WOULD HAVE SLOPPY PAPERWORK. 'THAT CHILL FEELING CAME TO ME, THINKING, "OH NO, HE'S NOT THERE."' AND I WANT ANSWERS. I DON'T WANT ANSWERS, 'YOU GO SEARCH.' SO ALL THESE THINGS GOING THROUGH MY MIND AGAIN. GEE, IT'S BAD ENOUGH TAKING HIM AWAY FROM TUWHARETOA, LET ALONE NOT KNOWING WHERE HE IS. THAT'S JUST TURNED THE WHOLE` IT'S A DIFFERENT GAME NOW. OKU WHAKARO ANO, KEI HEA RA TE KOROUA. KEI HEA E TAKOTO ANA? KO TE WAWATA KIA KAUA E NGARO KI TUA, KIA KAUA E NGARO ATU. KO TE HIAHIA KIA HOKI MAI IA KI KONEI KI TE TAKOTO KI TE WAHI TIKA. WE SHOULDA HAD THIS FULLA AGES AGO. I KNOW. THAT'S WHY I'M ANGRY, COS TUWHARETOA'S WAITING. MM. SO I WANT ANSWERS NOW. WE'RE NOT GONNA GET THEM TODAY. I KNOW, HONEY, YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB. I KNOW. I'M JUST REALLY SAD THAT HE'S NOT THERE. I KNOW IT'S UPSETTING. HE'S JUST NOT ANY JOE BLOGGS. THREE DIFFERENT SETS OF RECORDS SAY TOKOAHU WAS BURIED AT WAIKUMETE. BUT HIS FINAL RESTING PLACE REMAINS A MYSTERY. IS IT HUMAN ERROR? IS IT SYSTEM? IS IT`? IS IT A... IS IT GOVERNMENT? IS IT MAORI EVEN? YOU KNOW, YOU'VE JUST GOTTA HAVE ALL THESE` THERE'S ALL THESE UNANSWERED QUESTIONS. AND, YEAH, IT HURT US. IT HURT ME DEEPLY, IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, PULLING AWAY YOUR HEART, THAT IT SHOULD BE HERE. BUT, YEAH, VERY DISAPPOINTED. EVERYONE WE'VE DONE ALL OUR RESEARCH FOR, THEY'VE WALKED HERE. THEY'VE BEEN HERE. THEY CANOED` THEY BROUGHT THE CANOES IN HERE. WHEN MAKAIRE AND JUDELL WEREN'T ABLE TO BRING THE KOROUA HOME, THEY DECIDED TO DO THE NEXT BEST THING. THEY MOVED HOME TO TUWHARETOA COUNTRY AND NOW LIVE ON THE LAND THAT PAORA TOKOAHU GREW UP ON. NOW I'M HOME, I FEEL AT PEACE. AND IT'S NOT ABOUT THE MONEY, IT'S NOT ABOUT THE DOLLAR OR PAYING YOUR BILLS, WHAT WE GOT INHERITED. COS IF YOU LOOK OUTSIDE OUR AREA, WHERE WE LIVE NOW, THE VALUE IS THERE. YEAH, SO THE PEOPLE HERE, THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHO HE WAS, UI MAI KI AU, HE AHA TE MEA NUI O TENEI AO, MAKU E KI ATU, HE TANGATA, HE TANGATA, HE TANGATA. KEI AKU NUI, KEI AKU RAHI, KEI AKU KAKA TARAHAE TENA KOUTOU KATOA. KO MIHINGARANGI TENEI E MIHI ATU NEI, NAU MAI, TAHUTI MAI RA. WELCOME TO THE HUI, MAORI CURRENT AFFAIRS FOR ALL NEW ZEALANDERS. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2017 KARAHUIHUI MAI. THIS WEEK WE BRING YOU A 'BEST OF THE HUI' SPECIAL. WELL, IT'S BEEN A TOUGH COUPLE OF WEEKS FOR OUR WHANAU IN THE BAY OF PLENTY SO WE HOPE OUR NEXT STORY BRINGS A BIT OF JOY, ESPECIALLY TO THOSE IN TE TEKO, WHERE THE GAME OF RUGBY IS ITS HEARTBEAT. TE TEKO IS HOME TO ONE OF THE OLDEST RUGBY CLUBS IN THE COUNTRY AND ONE OF AOTEAROA'S TOP TEAMS, A GROUP OF HIGH PERFORMANCE PLAYERS WITH A WIN SHEET THE ALL BLACKS WOULD ENVY. REWA HARRIMAN HAS THEIR STORY. TE TEKO, OR TEXAS TO THE LOCALS, IS A TOWN THAT KNOWS ALL ABOUT HARD KNOCKS. UNEMPLOYMENT IS HIGH, AND PROSPECTS ARE SLIM, BUT ITS COMMUNITY SPIRIT IS UNRIVALLED,... ENGINE HUMS ...AND ITS UNDER-10S RUGBY TEAM IS UNBEATABLE. KIDS CHATTER, CHEER YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO RUN ACROSS. THEY MAY BE SMALL, BUT THE TE TEKO UNDER-10 JAB RUGBY TEAM TRAIN LIKE CHAMPIONS ` CHAMPIONS WHO ARE ON A THREE-YEAR WINNING STREAK. FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS, THEY HAVEN'T LOST A GAME, AND EVEN ME, I WAS THINKING, 'SHIT, IS IT THREE YEARS?' THAT'S RIGHT ` 48 GAMES UNBEATEN. EVER SINCE THIS TEAM GOT TOGETHER IN UNDER-8S AND THE START OF TACKLING, THEY'VE BEEN UNSTOPPABLE. YEAH, THEY HAVEN'T LOST. THAT'S INCREDIBLE. YEAH! OH, YEAH. BOTH CHUCKLE SO WHAT'S`? WHAT'S THE SECRET? WHY DO THEY KEEP WINNING? IT'S JUST THE WAY OUR KIDS ARE, AND THEY'RE` THEY'RE KEEN, EH. THEY'RE REALLY KEEN. I'M NOT TOO SURE WHAT IT IS. I CAN'T SAY IT'S ME, COS IT COMES DOWN TO THE KIDS IN THE END. ACCORDING TO THE KIDS, IT'S A SIMPLE FORMULA THAT'S KEPT THEM IN THE WINNERS' COLUMN. WE JUST TRAIN HARD, I THINK. AND WE RUN AT 'EM HARD. SO, WHO ARE THESE KIDS? WELL, JUST LIKE MOST WHO ARE BROUGHT UP IN TEXAS OR THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES IN THE EASTERN BAY, LIFE REVOLVES AROUND TWO THINGS ` SPORT AND KAPA HAKA. ALL PERFORM KAPA HAKA MAYBE IT'S KAPA HAKA, WITH ALL THE DISCIPLINE, TIMING AND TEAMWORK REQUIRED, THAT'S THE SECRET TO THE TEAM'S SUCCESS. ALL CONTINUE PERFORMING KAPA HAKA THEY SORT OF EAT, BREATHE AND LEARN IT AT SCHOOL, AND THEY ALSO DO WELL, OUR SCHOOL DOWN HERE, SO, UM, YEAH. BOYS LOVE IT, EH? BOYS: YEAH. (CHUCKLES) < RUGBY OR KAPA FIRST? BOYS: RUGBY! KAPA. < (CHUCKLES) BREAK! BACK AT TRAINING ` THE FOOTY KIND ` FRONT SIX. AND YOU GET THE SENSE THAT COACHING TOO IS A BIG PART OF THE TEAM'S SUCCESS. DIG IT IN, JUDGE. ERAIA PERI HAS A STRONG BOND WITH THE KIDS. HE'S BEEN COACHING THEM FOR THE LAST THREE SEASONS. HIS SON WHERONUI IS FIRST FIVE AND DRILLS THE KIDS HARD BEFORE GAME DAY. WE, UM, TRAIN TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS ABOUT TWO AND A HALF HOURS, AND WE DO FITNESS. JUST GETS SQUASHED DOWN... WHERONUI'S GREAT GRANDPARENTS ARE ALSO AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE TEAM'S SUCCESS. YOU'LL USUALLY FIND A HANDFUL OF THE PLAYERS STAYING OVER AT NAN AND PAPS' THE NIGHT BEFORE THE GAME OR EVEN LONGER. SOMETIMES THEY STAY OVER HERE ALL WEEKEND, AND I'LL SAY, 'MM, GEE, WHAT AM I GONNA COOK?' THE KIDS ALREADY KNOW HOW TO PULL THE WOOL OVER NAN'S EYES. NAN TELLS US TO GET OFF THE GAME, BUT WE SNEAKILY PLAY IT. YEAH, WE JUST` WE TURN THE BRIGHTNESS DOWN, AND WE TURN THE LIGHT OFF. AND THEN CLOSE THE DOOR. AND THEN WE JUST BE QUIET SO SHE DOESN'T KNOW THAT WE'RE AWAKE. I'M A MOANY BUGGER. THEY ALL KNOW THAT. I MOAN LIKE HELL, BUT THEY STILL` WHEN THERE'S 'COME AND HAVE A KAI', (GRUNTS) 'WHAT ARE WE HAVING?' YOU KNOW? IT'S LIKE THAT, AND I LOVE IT. I MEAN, I CAN'T BE ALL GOOD. YOU'VE GOTTA GROWL. DESPITE THE GROWLINGS AND THE CHORES, THE KIDS KEEP COMING BACK. THEY KNOW THE ROUTINES IN THE MORNING ` WHOEVER'S GOT THE TASK TO PREPARE THE WATER. WATER BOTTLES. AND A COUPLE OF THEM HELP NAN TO PEEL THE ORANGES. WE HAVE OUR OWN ORANGE TREE. WE HAVE OUR OWN SPECIAL ORANGE TREE. THE GEAR, SHOWERS, TOAST, PORRIDGE. THE GEAR BAG. THE GEAR BAG. THEY GOT A LOT OF THINGS TO GET ON THAT TRUCK BEFORE THEY EVEN GET ON THE FIELD. INDISTINCT CHATTER UPBEAT ELECTRONIC MUSIC TWO, THREE, GO! ALL CHANT: ALL GO! IF THERE'S ANY DOUBT ABOUT WHAT RUGBY MEANS TO THIS TOWN, LOOK AT THE TURNOUT FOR THEIR GAMES. EVERYONE COMES OUT TO SUPPORT THE BLACK AND YELLOW. TAKE YOUR MAN! WELL, RUGBY IN TE TEKO IS ALWAYS FULL ON. EVERYBODY AROUND HERE BREATHES IT, EATS IT. WE'LL EVEN GO AND STEAL FOR IT IF WE HAVE TO. KEEP GOING, B BOY! ANY AGE GROUP AROUND HERE IS RUGBY. IT GOES BACK TO THE ROOTS, I SUPPOSE. WHEN THEY'RE YOUNG, WE` WE PUT THEM INTO SPORTS. GOOD BOY! LET'S GO, SON. SET IT UP! RUGBY IS IN TE TEKO'S DNA. THE CLUB IS OVER 125 YEARS OLD, AND THESE KIDS ARE THE NEXT GENERATION BURSTING THROUGH. STRAIGHTEN IT UP, KAHU! THE HARDER THE GAME, THEY JUST TAKE IT UP ANOTHER STEP. YOU CAN SEE IT. YOU CAN SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING. IF YOU SAT BACK FROM A GAME AND WATCHED THEM PLAYING, FROM` RIGHT FROM THE BEGINNING, YOU CAN SEE IT. AND THEN WHEN THEY KNOW THEY'RE GOING ON A DOWN, BOOM, THEY COME BACK WITH VENGEANCE. SHOUTING GO, CHARLIE! CROWD: WHOO-HOO! APPLAUSE, CHEERING GOOD BOY, CHARLIE! WHILE THE WINNING STREAK HAS BROUGHT ITS OWN REWARDS, ITS OFF THE FIELD THAT THE COMMUNITY ARE ENJOYING THE REAL VICTORIES. SHOUTING CONTINUES THEY'VE SEEN A DIFFERENCE. THEIR KIDS HAVE MORE` GOT MORE SELF-ESTEEM, AND THEY'RE TALKING BETTER WITH THEIR PARENTS. THERE'S QUITE` MOST OF OUR KIDS, I WOULD SAY, ALL THEIR PARENTS WILL TELL YOU THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING TO THEIR CHILDREN. HOW DO YOU THINK RUGBY HAS HELPED THESE KIDS OUT? UH, I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW HOW IT'S HELPED THEM OUT. THEY` THEY` THEY GIVE ME A GOOD HEADACHE. (CHUCKLES) BUT, YEAH, I GUESS IT GETS TO KEEP THEM TOGETHER, AND THEY HAVE A LOT OF FUN DOING IT TOGETHER, SO THEY PLAY WELL TOGETHER. UPBEAT HIP-HOP MUSIC THESE KIDS LOVE RUGBY, AND WITH THEIR SUCCESSFUL CAREERS SO FAR, THEY ALL HAVE HIGH HOPES FOR THE FUTURE. ALL OUR DREAMS IS TO BECOME AN ALL BLACK. YEAH. ALL BLACKS AND THE HURRICANES. INDISTINCT CHATTER JUST BECAUSE THE RUGBY SEASON IS WRAPPING UP FOR THE YEAR, DOESN'T MEAN THE TEXAS UNDER-10S WILL BE RESTING ON THEIR LAURELS. WE USUALLY TRY AND KEEP THEM TOGETHER DURING THE OFF SEASON, DURING THE SUMMER AND, UM, PUT THEM INTO TOUCH. BEFORE THE TEAM THINK ABOUT TOUCH OR EVEN A FOURTH CHAMPIONSHIP NEXT YEAR, THEY CAN ENJOY BEING THE CHAMPION TEAM FOR 2016. NA REWA HARRIMAN TERA KORERO. KIA MAU TONU MAI RA TE TITIRO. KA HOKI MAI MATOU INANGETO NEI. HOKI MAI ANO. OUR NEXT STORY IS A MYSTERY A CENTURY IN THE MAKING. IT'S ABOUT A WHANAU WHO SET OUT TO FIND THE WHEREABOUTS OF THEIR ANCESTOR. PAORA TOKOAHU DISAPPEARED WITHOUT A TRACE IN 1910 AND LAST YEAR HIS FAMILY DISCOVERED HIS RECORDS 100 YEARS AFTER HE'D VANISHED. AS EVENTS UNFOLDED BEFORE OUR CAMERAS, THE MYSTERY ONLY DEEPENED. OUR REPORTER RAIHA PAKI WITH THE TALE OF ONE WHANAU'S QUEST TO RETURN THEIR TUPUNA HOME TO TUWHARETOA. THIS IS A STORY ABOUT UNEARTHING WHANAU HISTORY,... JUST WANNA KNOW WHERE MY GREAT-GRANDDAD WAS BURIED. ...LONG-AWAITED HOMECOMINGS... THERE'S NO RECORD OF HIM BACK HERE IN TAUPO. ...AND UNCOVERING INJUSTICE. JUST UPSETS ME FOR THE FACT THAT THERE'S NO REAL DEFENCE. IN 1910, TUWHARETOA KAUMATUA NGAHIRA PAORA TOKOAHU TE ARAMOANA DISAPPEARED. HIS WHANAU THOUGHT HE'D BEEN KILLED IN THE WAIHI LANDSLIDE ON THE SHORES OF LAKE TAUPO. IN FACT, HE HAD SUFFERED A WORSE FATE. BUT IT WOULD TAKE OVER A CENTURY FOR HIS WHANAU TO DISCOVER WHAT HAD BECOME OF HIM. I RANG MY HUSBAND AND I WENT, 'I'VE FOUND HIM, I'VE FOUND HIM.' (LAUGHS) HE GOES 'WHAT DO YOU MEAN?' AND I WENT, 'I'VE FOUND A FILE ON HIM.' HE WAS TAKEN. 100 YEARS AGO, 90-YEAR-OLD NGAHIRA PAORA TOKOAHU TE ARAMOANA LEFT HIS HOME IN WAITETOKO TO GO TO THE MAORI LAND COURT IN ROTORUA. WHILE IN QUEUE, HE GOT INTO AN ARGUMENT. HE WAS ARRESTED AND BROUGHT HERE TO THE WHAU LUNATIC ASYLUM, LATER KNOWN AS THE OAKLEY MENTAL HOSPITAL. THE KOROUA SURVIVED ANOTHER 16 YEARS BEFORE PASSING AWAY AGED 106. HIS WHANAU HAD NO IDEA WHAT HAD BECOME OF HIM. READS: I REGRET TO INFORM YOU THAT YOUR FATHER DIED ON 20TH MAY LAST. UNFORTUNATELY, WE ARE NOT AWARE OF YOUR NAME. MAKAIRE NEPIA IS THE GREAT-GRANDSON OF TOKOAHU. HIS WIFE, JUDELL, IS A GENEALOGY BUFF WHO GAVE UP HER FULL-TIME JOB TO RESEARCH HER HUSBAND'S WHAKAPAPA. SHE DISCOVERED THAT TOKOAHU, WHO ONLY SPOKE TE REO, HAD THREATENED TO KILL AND EAT SOMEONE WHO HAD STOLEN HIS SHEEP. HE WAS ARRESTED AND TAKEN TO OAKLEY MENTAL HOSPITAL WITHOUT TRIAL. READS:' I ENCLOSE HERE A COPY OF THE NOTICE OF DEATH.' THEY STILL DON'T TELL HIM WHERE HE'S BURIED. SO, I STILL DON'T GET WHY HE WAS TAKEN. I DON'T GET WHY THERE WASN'T A FORMAL COURT APPEARANCE. KNOWING ON THE REPORTS HOW HE WAS TAKEN, YEAH, IT` KINDA MAKES ME FEEL A BIT SICK TO THE CORE, REALLY, COS, UM, ALL THROUGH THAT PROCEDURE AND THE FILING, THERE'S ONLY ONE STORY, ONE SIDE. AND, UM, THERE'S NOT HIS SIDE. TOKOAHU WAS A CHIEF IN THE TURANGI AREA. HE WAS WELL KNOWN FOR HIS SUBSTANTIAL LANDHOLDINGS AND HIS INTELLIGENCE. AE HE TINO TOHUNGA IA, KO TAUA WHANAU HOKI. TAUA TIPURANGA, KO IA, KO RAWHIRA, KO TOKU KOROUA A TE KIKO TOMURI IHO. KOINEI NGA AHUATANGA E PA ANA KI OKU KOROU I NGA WA O MUA. AFTER YEARS OF RESEARCH, THE NEPIAS DISCOVERED THEIR KOUROUA HAD BEEN BURIED WITH STRANGERS IN A PAUPER'S GRAVE IN AUCKLAND'S WAIKUMETE CEMETERY. JUDELL AND MAKAIRE WERE PREPARED TO MOVE HEAVEN AND EARTH TO BRING HIM HOME. IT WAS A BIG THING, COS IT WAS` YOU KNOW, WE HAD TO PULL TOGETHER AS A FAMILY; LIMITED BUDGET BUT STILL BE ABLE TO DO IT WELL. BECAUSE IT'S NOT CHEAP DOING THE EXHUMATION. YOU HAVE TO DO THROUGH A FUNERAL DIRECTOR, AND THERE'S A LEVEL OF EXPENSE TO DO IT ALL. IT'S GOTTA BE DONE PROPERLY. SO, YEAH` CAN'T BELIEVE IT COSTS THOUSANDS JUST TO SAY, 'YES, YOU CAN TAKE YOUR KORO HOME.' THAT'S WEIRD. AFTER MONTHS OF PREPARATION AND NEGOTIATIONS, THE NEPIA WHANAU WERE FINALLY GIVEN PERMISSION TO TAKE THE OLD MAN HOME. WHILE FAMILY GATHERED AT WAIKUMETE TO WITNESS THE EXHUMATION, THE HAPU WAITED AT WAITETOKO MARAE TO WELCOME HIM. BUT AFTER YEARS OF SEARCHING AND HOURS OF DIGGING,... NOTHING. TOKOAHU'S GRAVE WAS EMPTY. IT'S EITHER HE PHYSICALLY NEVER MADE IT TO WAIKUMETE, OR SOMEBODY'S PAPERWORK IS SLOPPY, BUT I CAN'T SEE HOW THREE INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENT SOURCES WOULD HAVE SLOPPY PAPERWORK. 'THAT CHILL FEELING CAME TO ME, THINKING, "OH NO, HE'S NOT THERE."' AND I WANT ANSWERS. I DON'T WANT ANSWERS, 'YOU GO SEARCH.' SO ALL THESE THINGS GOING THROUGH MY MIND AGAIN. GEE, IT'S BAD ENOUGH TAKING HIM AWAY FROM TUWHARETOA, LET ALONE NOT KNOWING WHERE HE IS. THAT'S JUST TURNED THE WHOLE` IT'S A DIFFERENT GAME NOW. OKU WHAKARO ANO, KEI HEA RA TE KOROUA. KEI HEA E TAKOTO ANA? KO TE WAWATA KIA KAUA E NGARO KI TUA, KIA KAUA E NGARO ATU. KO TE HIAHIA KIA HOKI MAI IA KI KONEI KI TE TAKOTO KI TE WAHI TIKA. WE SHOULDA HAD THIS FULLA AGES AGO. I KNOW. THAT'S WHY I'M ANGRY, COS TUWHARETOA'S WAITING. MM. SO I WANT ANSWERS NOW. WE'RE NOT GONNA GET THEM TODAY. I KNOW, HONEY, YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB. I KNOW. I'M JUST REALLY SAD THAT HE'S NOT THERE. I KNOW IT'S UPSETTING. HE'S JUST NOT ANY JOE BLOGGS. THREE DIFFERENT SETS OF RECORDS SAY TOKOAHU WAS BURIED AT WAIKUMETE. BUT HIS FINAL RESTING PLACE REMAINS A MYSTERY. IS IT HUMAN ERROR? IS IT SYSTEM? IS IT`? IS IT A... IS IT GOVERNMENT? IS IT MAORI EVEN? YOU KNOW, YOU'VE JUST GOTTA HAVE ALL THESE` THERE'S ALL THESE UNANSWERED QUESTIONS. AND, YEAH, IT HURT US. IT HURT ME DEEPLY, IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, PULLING AWAY YOUR HEART, THAT IT SHOULD BE HERE. BUT, YEAH, VERY DISAPPOINTED. EVERYONE WE'VE DONE ALL OUR RESEARCH FOR, THEY'VE WALKED HERE. THEY'VE BEEN HERE. THEY CANOED` THEY BROUGHT THE CANOES IN HERE. WHEN MAKAIRE AND JUDELL WEREN'T ABLE TO BRING THE KOROUA HOME, THEY DECIDED TO DO THE NEXT BEST THING. THEY MOVED HOME TO TUWHARETOA COUNTRY AND NOW LIVE ON THE LAND THAT PAORA TOKOAHU GREW UP ON. NOW I'M HOME, I FEEL AT PEACE. AND IT'S NOT ABOUT THE MONEY, IT'S NOT ABOUT THE DOLLAR OR PAYING YOUR BILLS, WHAT WE GOT INHERITED. COS IF YOU LOOK OUTSIDE OUR AREA, WHERE WE LIVE NOW, THE VALUE IS THERE. YEAH, SO THE PEOPLE HERE, THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHO HE WAS, OR WHERE HE WAS BURIED, ANYWAY. BEING HOME HAS BROUGHT MAKAIRE CLOSER TO HIS TUPUNA. BUT HE IS STILL HAUNTED BY THE LOSS OF TOKOAHU. IT'S REALLY SAD BECAUSE IT'S LIKE YOU GO OUT THERE, IT'S KINDA LIKE, IN A WEIRD WAY, YOU HAVEN'T BROUGHT HOME THE BACON. BUT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHERE HE WAS, THIS IS HIS LAND. THIS IS WHERE HE SHOULD BE. PEHEA WETEHI O NGA WHANAU MAORI KEI TE NOHO PENEI? I ROTO I TE POURI I RUNGA I TE KORE MOHIO KEI HEA E TAKOTO ANA NGA KOIWI O O RATOU TIPUNA. GEE, LOOKS LIKE THE OLD MAN'S GRAVE HAS NEVER BEEN TIDIED BEFORE. IT'S BEEN A BITTERSWEET JOURNEY FOR THE NEPIA WHANAU. E KORE RAWA E IA, KIA HOKI MAI ANO KI TONA KAPUA WHAKAPIPI. BETWEEN NOW AND WHEN I DIE, AT LEAST I'VE STARTED TO LOOK FOR OUR KORO. AND THAT'S BEEN GREAT. AND I LIVE AND BREATHE HIM EVERY DAY. IT'S STILL FRESH IN MY MIND. NA RAIHA PAKI TERA RIPOATA. JUDELL AND MIKAERA ARE STILL LIVING IN WAITETOKO ON TOKOAHU'S LANDS TODAY. NOHO TONU MAI RA E TE IWI HEI MURI I NGA WHAKATAIRANGA, KA TUTAKI KI TETAHI MAMA MIHARO. KIA ORA MAI ANO. WELFARE DEPENDENCY HAS LONG BEEN CRITICISED AS A DISINCENTIVE TO FINDING WORK OR GAINING QUALIFICATIONS. CRITICS SAY IT HAS LED TO BREEDING FUTURE GENERATIONS OF BENEFICIARIES. WELL, ONE NORTHLAND WOMAN SPENT TWO DECADES ON THE DPB, RAISING FIVE CHILDREN ON HER OWN AND HOPES THAT HER TRANSFORMATION MIGHT SILENCE CRITICS OF SOLO MUMS AND INSPIRE OTHERS. RUWANI PERERA HAS HER STORY. IF YOU'VE HAD VIOLENCE WHEN YOU WERE YOUNG, WHEN YOU WERE GROWING UP AS A CHILD, OF COURSE IT'S GOING TO TURN UP. WHY WOULDN'T IT? THAT WAS PROBABLY THE HARDEST THING ABOUT BEING A SOLO MOTHER, KNOWING THAT YOUR KIDS DON'T HAVE A CHOICE ABOUT LIVING THE WAY THAT WE LIVED, AND YET THEY JUST LIVED IT WITH ME. THEY JUST LIVED THROUGH IT. MUSIC CONTINUES GENTLE GUITAR MUSIC BELL RINGS, CHILDREN CHATTER 55-YEAR-OLD TEACHER MOANA RANKIN HAS HAD TO MAKE SOME TOUGH CHOICES. MORENA, MOANA. ARE WE LISTENING? HER WHOLE LIFE HAS REVOLVED AROUND KIDS. DOWN ON THE FLOOR. AND WHAT SHE'S LEARNED THROUGH HARDSHIP IS SOMETHING YOU CAN'T TEACH. TELL US ABOUT YOUR POSTER. THIS IS FROM A TRIP. DID YOU DO THAT? BORN AND RAISED IN WHANGAREI, MOANA COULDN'T WAIT TO SPREAD HER WINGS. IT WAS ALL ABOUT, 'YEAH, I'M GETTING OUTTA HERE. I DON'T WANT TO BE IN THIS TOWN.' REFLECTIVE MUSIC AT 22, MOANA SAVED UP ENOUGH MONEY WORKING AS A SECRETARY FOR A TICKET TO LONDON. BUT AFTER JUST EIGHT MONTHS AWAY, HER DAD DIED AND SHE PLANNED A SHORT TRIP HOME TO THE NORTH. IT WAS JUST ABOUT, 'YEAH, COME BACK, SEE HOW MUM IS. RIGHT, I'M ONLY HERE FOR A LITTLE WHILE,' AND THEN SAVE UP, WHICH IS WHAT I DID. I HAD ENOUGH TO GET A TICKET TO GO BACK TO ENGLAND, TO LONDON, THEN REALISED I WAS PREGNANT AND THOUGHT, 'NO, I CAN'T DO THAT,' SO I STAYED. YOUR PLANS TO TRAVEL DISAPPEARED. IT WAS LIKE, YEAH, JUST COMPLETELY TURN MY HEAD. IT'S LIKE THERE'S NOTHING ELSE MORE IMPORTANT. NOW WITH TWO CHILDREN, KOWHAI AND HAKOPA, SHE WAS A NATURAL MOTHER, BUT HER RELATIONSHIP WITH HER FIRST HUSBAND WAS MARRED BY ABUSE. THE KIDS SAW IT ALL. MOANA SAYS SHE SHARES RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE VIOLENCE. DEFINITELY DIDN'T WANT TO BE ARGUING OR FIGHTING WITH MEN BECAUSE USUALLY YOU COME OFF SECOND BEST. YOU DO. A SECOND MARRIAGE BROUGHT THREE MORE KIDS ` SONS MANO, TOI AND MANAAKITIA. AGAIN, THE RELATIONSHIP WAS VOLATILE, AND THINGS TURNED UGLY. MOANA'S CHOICE WAS STAYING IN A LIFE OF VIOLENCE OR LEAVING WITH FIVE KIDS, DEPENDENT ON WELFARE FOR OVER 20 YEARS. SURVIVING ON AROUND $250 A WEEK ON THE DPB, THEY NEVER HAD ENOUGH OF ANYTHING. I'M THANKFUL THAT I WAS ABLE TO BE WITH MY KIDS BECAUSE THERE WAS THE DPB. BUT OUT IN THE REAL WORLD WHERE ITS FOOD AND RENT AND IF YOU'RE LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE A CAR, UM, THAT DOESN'T FIT WITH THE DPB. THERE'S A REAL` THERE'S A HUGE KIND OF DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT YOU GET IN THE HAND AND WHAT'S ACTUALLY WHERE YOU` YOU KNOW, THE REAL WORLD. AND THEN YOU KNOW THAT YOU'VE GOT THESE KIDS THAT SOMEHOW BE CLOTHED AND MAKE THEM FEEL OK ABOUT THE FACT, 'YEAH, WE LIVE LIKE THIS. IT'S ALL RIGHT.' THE GUILT OVER WHAT SHE'S PUT HER KIDS THROUGH IS HARD TO LET GO. IF THEY'D HAD A CHOICE, UM, THEY WOULD HAVE` THEY PROBABLY WOULD'VE OPTED FOR AN EASIER LIFE AND SOMEBODY THAT MADE SENSE, RATHER THAN LIKE, 'THERE GOES MUM AGAIN, AND WE'RE GOING WITH HER BECAUSE WE HAVE TO,' YOU KNOW? UM, I JUST LOVE THEM FOR THAT. ALL FIVE OF THEM, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE JUST` THEY'VE JUST HAVE BEEN ON THIS RIDE WITH ME. YEAH. GENTLE GUITAR MUSIC TEA. YEAH. DRINK THAT. THANKS, MUM. WELL, YEAH, WHEN I LOOK BACK ON IT, I'M LIKE, YEAH, IT'S DEFINITELY` YOU KNOW, THE AMOUNT OF THINGS THAT SHE HAD TO DO, UM, TO KEEP US GOING. 17-YEAR-OLD MANAAKITIA IS MOANA'S YOUNGEST, LIVING AT HOME AND IN HIS FINAL YEAR AT KAMO HIGH SCHOOL. I COULDN'T SEE ANYTHING THEN, BUT NOW THAT I LOOK BACK ON IT, THAT'S REALLY A LOT OF` A LOT OF STUFF THAT SHE HAD TO DO AND A LOT OF WAYS THAT SHE HAD TO FIGHT FOR US TO STAY HEALTHY AND STAY EDUCATED, I GUESS, JUST NO` JUST STAY OUT OF THE BAD PARTS OF LIFE. NOT ONLY DID SHE KEEP THEM OUT OF TROUBLE AND GANGS, BUT THE FOUR OLDER KIDS HAVE ALL GONE ON TO TERTIARY STUDIES. OLDEST SON HAKOPA REMEMBERS JUST HOW TOUGH IT WAS FOR HIS MUM TO PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE. YOU HEAR IT LEFT, RIGHT AND CENTRE FROM PEOPLE WHO KNOW NOTHING ABOUT WHAT IT'S LIKE TO GROW UP WITH NEXT TO NOTHING OR DON'T EVEN UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, THE DPB IS ONLY A COUPLE OF HUNDRED BUCKS A WEEK. YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO... IT'S NOT EASY. OH, I'M JUST SO PROUD OF HER. ALWAYS FOCUSSED ON HER CHILDREN'S EDUCATION, THREE YEARS AGO MOANA DECIDED IT WAS TIME FOR HER TO HEAD BACK TO SCHOOL. SHE GOT A $30,000 A YEAR TEACH NZ SCHOLARSHIP TO STUDY A BACHELOR OF EDUCATION AND GRADUATED THIS YEAR. SHE'S NOW STARTED A MASTERS DEGREE. IT WAS AWESOME JUST SEEING HER ABLE TO GET THAT AND ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, ACHIEVE THE THINGS THAT SHE HAD BEEN WORKING FOR, YOU KNOW, REAPING THE BENEFITS OF HER HARD WORK, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT WASN'T HAPPENING THROUGHOUT THE TIME OF ME GROWING UP. I'D ALWAYS HOPED SHE'D DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS, TO BE HONEST, COS, YOU KNOW, SHE'S A SMART LADY AND SHE ALWAYS WANTED TO HELP UNDERPRIVILEGED KIDS. SO, DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT'S BEEN ASKED OF YOU? COS WE'VE ALREADY DONE IT ON THE BOARD, REMEMBER, AND WE'VE DONE OUR MULTIPLICATION. SHE FITS IN HER STUDIES WHILE WORKING THREE DAYS A WEEK AT TE HORO SCHOOL IN PIPIWAI. I REALLY LOVE WORKING WITH KIDS LIKE THIS, COS THAT'S WHERE I WANT TO GO. I ACTUALLY WANT TO BE WORKING WITH A LOT OF, WELL, AS YOU CAN SEE, A LOT OF THEM ARE MAORI STUDENTS, COS THEY'VE JUST GOT SO MUCH POTENTIAL AND IT JUST NEEDS TO BE WORKED IN THE RIGHT WAY. I NEED HELP. YEAH. WHERE ARE YOU UP TO? D. ELECTRONIC MUSIC NOT CONTENT WITH HOW FAR SHE'S COME, MOANA TOOK ON A NEW CHALLENGE. FOR THE PAST YEAR, SHE'S BEEN DOING CROSSFIT. DUBSTEP MUSIC IT'S MENTAL AND PHYSICAL AND WAIRUA TOO, I SUPPOSE, COS YOU FEEL ENERGETIC WITHIN YOURSELF, YEAH. COS I NEEDED TO DO SOMETHING FOR MYSELF AS WELL BECAUSE ALL THE KIDS HAD LEFT, AND I KNEW I NEEDED TO BE HEALTHY IF I'M GONNA TEACH KIDS. UPBEAT MUSIC MOANA FINDS THE SOLO MUM STEREOTYPE INSULTING AND REJECTS THE IDEA THAT WELFARE DEPENDENCY IS A CHOICE. ONE MORE TIME. AND GO. IF YOU PUT YOURSELF IN OUR POSITION, WOULD YOU REALLY WANT TO BE LIVING LIKE THIS? WOULD YOU REALLY WANT PEOPLE GOING, 'YOU'RE USELESS, AND YOU'VE GOT SO MANY KIDS'? YOU KNOW, BUT IF YOU DON'T LIVE IT, YOU ACTUALLY DON'T REALLY KNOW. DO YOU HAVE ANY REGRETS? N... NO, BECAUSE THE THING IS IF I HAD REGRETS, THEN I'D HAVE TO KIND OF WIPE OUT MY KIDS. YOU KNOW, IT'S REGRETTABLE THAT THEY WERE EXPOSED TO STUFF, YEAH, WHEN I DIDN'T GET ALONG WITH THEIR DADS. MM, THAT WASN'T THE BRAINIEST THING THAT I'VE EVER DONE. BUT AS FAR AS LIVING THE LIFE THAT I HAVE LIVED BECAUSE THAT'S INVOLVED MY CHILDREN, THEY'VE MADE ME A BETTER PERSON, WAY BETTER THAN WHAT I WOULD'VE BEEN IF I DIDN'T HAVE KIDS. READY? YEAH, JUST CUT ME OUT. OH YEAH. CUT ME OUT. LAUGHTER TALK ABOUT STORING UP JOKES. THAT WAS MINE FROM TWO YEARS AGO. NA RUWANI PERERA TERA PURONGO. HEI TERA WIKI I RUNGA I A TE HUI. HOMELESS IS HEARTLAND NZ. I NEVER THOUGHT IN A MILLION YEARS THAT IT WOULD HAPPEN TO ME. ROTORUA'S HOUSING SHORTAGE IS FORCING FAMILIES TO SLEEP ROUGH. THE NUMBER OF FAMILIES THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH HAS MORE THAN TRIPLED IN THE LAST YEAR AS WELL. WHY DOES OUR TOURISM CAPITAL HAVE THE SECOND HIGHEST RATE OF HOMELESSNESS IN THE COUNTRY? PEOPLE WHO SAID THAT THEY WERE GOING TO RID ROTORUA OF HOMELESSNESS IN TWO YEARS, THE TWO YEARS IS UP AND THE PROBLEM IS WAY WORSE THAN IT WAS TWO YEARS AGO. THANKS FOR JOINING US TODAY HUI HOPPERS. 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