- Today's word is 'whakaputa mohio'. And that means April. - No, no, no, that means Stan. - No. - You are that. - Mum, you're actually the number one. - Anyway, I can't wait. Your father can't wait. Oh, stop it. Stop. Stop, stop, stop. We just can't wait for you to get here. - Praise the Lord. - Yeah, I can't wait too. I'm excited. - Yeah, for about an hour or so. Then you'll be wanting to get out the door! (LAUGHS) - I just don't like the thought of being trapped with youse. - (BOTH LAUGH) # Things have definitely changed since the last time you saw me. # I've been changin'. # No more complainin'. # It's all on me. # www.able.co.nz Copyright Able 2021 (HIP-HOP MUSIC) Ooh. Hi, my love. Kei te aha koe? We're doing the shoot for Superdry. - LOU: What's the kakahu like? Mean? - I'm wearing them. Yeah, there's some mean ones. There's some mean ones. - Oh, fine, get me something, then. - Yeah, I got us, hon. - I'm about to do a shoot now, my darling. - OK. - OK, well, I'll talk to you soon. - OK, love you. - Love you, my darling. Bye. - Bye! - Bye now. - Oh, she's beautiful. - She's all right. She's all right. She's pinching. - She's all right. - She's pinching. So, today we're shooting the campaign for Superdry. We've got me, Thea, we've got Holly, and we've got... Mitch. I've always loved fashion. Now I can actually be fashion, cos I'm skinny. A little bit like modelling, eh, but I'm so, like, particular, and I know my angles. You have to do weird stuff and weird poses, but I'm like, 'Oh, I don't know what to do.' But I was like, 'I know what to do.' I know exactly what to do.' Honestly, I dunno. This is so weird. (LAUGHS) (CHEERFUL HIP-HOP MUSIC) - Starting up my own business with eyelash extensions. I haven't figured out a name yet, but we're just getting started. - Are you doing brows as well? - Yes. And so when we asked Stan for the investment into her sister's business, he said yes. But you had to say yes as well. And you can have a lifetime supply of lashes. - Yep. Eyebrows. - And brows. - And make-up. - Oh. I'm on. - If you say yes. - That is the best. - Oh, hey, while we got you... - Excuse me, this was my conversation. - But anyway. - Ex-squeeze me. Hang on, I need a yes first. - Do we have a yes from you, Lou? - Yeah, I said yes. - Yes. - Ooh! Ooh, lovely! She loves me. She wouldn't have said no. Not gonna lie, but, you know, it's all right. - Thanks, Lou. Appreciate you. - Thanks, Lou. Love you. - Ako ana koe te reo. How's that going? Oh, it's on. I'm in... where am I? Awanuiarangi, in Whakatane. - That's so cool. - Oh, it's mean. - Yeah. - That's so cool. - No hea koe? - Waikato Tainui. - Oh, yeah. - Te Puaha-o-Waikato ` Port Waikato. Ae. - Oh, true. - Yes, because I was down there, and cos I didn't want to come up here to go to class, I'd rather be back home in Tuhoe, and cos all the kaiako are whanau anyway, so it just makes it easier with all that, and learning about our stories from down there, rather than coming up here and... - No to iwi tenei. Yeah. Yeah. I love being Maori, eh? We just instantly connect, and we talk about whakapapa ` where are you from? Who you from? What's your iwi? What's your hapu? And just talking about the reo, and my journey with the reo, and what she's gone through as a Maori woman. - It's really special for you to be able to be there to explain. - Yeah, hard. And cos that's all I've had, is all my whanau down in Ruatoki, they're all native speakers, so I grew up my Tuhoe side, in terms of te reo Maori. The rest of my whanau are hard out from Tauranga, Ngai Te Rangi. They always give me a hard time ` 'Ea, don't bring your Tuhoe mita here!' And I'm like, 'Well, it is what it is.' - I've seen it, cos I've been looking on your Instagram when you've been doing little, like, korero and stuff, and I'm like, 'That boy's speaking in his mita! Like, that is so cool.' I find it really fascinating. - I'm also an elitist, and I just feel like where I come from is the best, and it is the only true way. So kia ora. But the thing is, I'm from bloody everywhere. (CHUCKLES) I am Aotearoa. (LAUGHS) - I decided to move home to Whanganui because I'd been wanting to ideally move home and work for our iwi and contribute in some way, but I just didn't know that it was gonna to be so soon. So Stan is moving to Whanganui, and we just need our own whare. Probably should get married first. That's all right. We'll get there. (GENTLE MUSIC) - So, yeah, me and Lou are looking for a whare. Our first whare buying together. This will be our fourth house now. I've got two, she's got one. - Kia ora! - Kia ora e hoa. So, I caught up with our mortgage broker, Kelly. - At the moment, we're looking at 16% deposit for your application. - 60? - 16% deposit. - Oh, yeah. - Oh, so you need that cash. - Yep. They do all these calculations and stuff, then the mortgage broker usually works with ASB. But last Friday ASB put their loan-to-value ratio up to 30%. And so we got declined. - So I've applied on your behalf to Westpac at 16% deposit, and that is currently with the bank manager now, so they're gonna do everything that they can to push this across the line for you. So that's where we're currently at at the moment. And we're working really hard, because all of the banks are following suit with ASB. - It is stressful going through the process of getting finance. I'm like, why would you not give it to us, God? Make something happen. (LAUGHS) - Otherwise we're gonna have to find another $32,000. - Shit. - Yep. * - Oh, hello! - Hi. - I brought things for you. - Oh, don't you dare... I did. I did. Hold me up. I'm holding. I'm holding. Yeah, nah, I brought these so we could see what it would look like. Today we came over as a family, and so I brought my daughter Chaz and Cheyne, and all of my grandchildren. We came over to help Mary-Grace set up her office. We wanted to bring a few things from home just so we could set it up, just to see what it might look like. - Far out. That looks amazing! Ahh! - I do macrame ` little side hustle, looking after my kids. And yeah, I made a piece for her. It's my favourite piece so far. I love it. Yeah. So I brought it here today just to show her, see her reaction. - (GASPS) Oh, that looks perfect. - Is it straight? - Like that? That looks crooked to me. - Yeah, that looks so good to me. - Hi! Hello. - It's so crooked. - It's not crooked. Mary-Grace's office? It's got potential, and you can sort of see where it's the starting point, but there's still loads to do in there, which is really exciting, really. Where's that other box. I've got a present for you. (GASPS) What? Oh, stop it. - Oh! This is a nice photo. - She would love that. She would love that you're doing this. - It'll have to be in the middle. Oh, that's such a nice... I like this one. - The photo my mum brought today is just, like, a little token, cos my sister would have been her biggest fan. So, she passed away two years ago. But I think she was something... I think she was just like a big sister for Mary-Grace. - Oh, that's so nice. - She would totally 100% be totally into what you're doing. - Well, she's got a big influence. - She loved make-up. She gave you your first drink. - (LAUGHS) Having her picture there, it means a lot because, you know, she was one of the main reasons why I started actually getting into make-up and getting into that sort of stuff. Because, you know, I have all brothers, and my mum's basically a boy as well. She's a big tomboy. (ALL LAUGH) - That's another gift, Mary. Probably far more precious than that one up there. - Cool. OK. - (LAUGHS) - Being a mum. (LAUGHS) - I'll keep that. I'll keep that. - Down the bottom. - Hidden somewhere. - How long ago was this? - When Stan was in Idol. - Holy heck. - (CHUCKLES) - Are you ready? - I need help. - Are you ready for this? - Yo. (CLEARS THROAT) (R&B BACKING TRACK PLAYS) # Where do I sta-a-a-art? # I'm tryin' not to fall apa-a-a-art. # Guidin' myse-e-e-elf. # I need some help. # That was wrong. (CLEARS THROAT) Always in the recording studio. Always in there. Always doing something. Sometimes mucking around. Sometimes I just go there and we just talk for hours and just get in there, do a couple of songs, and then we play a drinking game. # What's your feelin'`? Or should I do this? What sounds better? # What's you feelin'`? I can see` # It's a feeling. # Or do... # What's your feeling? I can see. - Uh... # What's your feelin'? # I reckon stay low. - # What's your feelin'? # - Yeah. I reckon... That same thing happens twice, eh? - Yeah` Ah... - Is it slightly different? Different lyrics but same melodies? - Nah, the second time, it changes. Or similar, but it changes. At the moment, I'm just trying to finish my two albums. # Hold on. # Don't let go. # I've been sitting on some of these songs for three years, so I'm kinda like, OK, I need to be done with them. Like, they were part of a season, but I'm moving into a different place, and I need to give birth to them ` like, I'm, like overdue. If I was pregnant, I'm... I'm, like, 15 months pregnant, or straight up two years pregnant. There's a whole child in me. It's started talking already. # Crumble to the ground. # You gotta know where you've been # to know where you're going. # - The cool thing about Stan, not just the positive energy and the vibes that he brings, but just having a singer that can sing like that is not normal. You know, most of the time when you're in the studio, there's always limitations on, like, people that you work with. He doesn't have many of those, so it makes it quite easy. As long as you keep the lollies flowing, you're good. (LAUGHS) What lollies are those? - I dunno. - Fruit Bursts. - Yep. - There's a party mix in here, star. There's a new party mix in here. I know that's your stees. - I can't be bothered chomping on these. I might have a couple of... - I'm sweet with anything. I'll do whatever you say. I'll just jump and run and do it. - Yeah. It's pretty explanatory, eh, the tour. It's just a little bit more work, because we've got a small, tight team. This tour is very different from any other tour he's done. It's a speaking and singing tour. You know? Like, it's about his book. And I've been doing everything from here. - One thing I really love and admire about my mum is she's one of the most underestimated. Because they just think she's loud. She's just this Maori lady, don't know anything, got no qualifications. She's got more qualifications than anyone that I know in this industry. It's incredible. She's come on into the music industry, becoming an artist manager, a tour manager, a tour promoter. We've started a company together. - OK, so, the VIPs, so, it'll be Johnny, Moe and Tuz in there, cos you'll have to, you know, control the crowd. Stan has to be behind the table at all times. - Anything that she decides she wants to do, she's gonna do it, and she's gonna do it amazing. And I've watched her go into spaces that people look down on her, and they're there with all the schmoney, with all the qualifications, with all the 'titles', and they ain't doing a quarter of what she's done. - Tuz, how are you gonna get your truck down there? - I might take my car down there,... - Oh, yeah. - ...and drop it off on our way... - Oh. - ...down. - Yeah. Johnny, you need to get your full licence. I do not want you driving that flippin' van without a full licence. - Yeah, all good. It's quite spenny. It's quite expensive. - You buy it your blingin' self, you little egg. - She's a self-made woman ` like, she's done everything on her own, taught herself. - (CHUCKLES) Sit. Sit. Sit, sit. OK, you don't wanna sit. Lay down. - Kotiro, she's actually my dog. I bought the dog. I love her. Honest to God, she's the only dog I'm not scared of in the whole wide world. - Lay down. Good girl. Stay there. OK. Oh my gosh, she's giving me a workout. - She's blind and deaf, walks into the walls, doesn't even` Like, you're calling her from over here, and she's looking that way. She's a kuia now ` Nanny Kotiro. Oh, my little Kotiro! (WHISTLES) Look at me. Come here. (CHUCKLES) Lay down there. Lay down. I think it's too hot to wear these. We got her into fashion. Let's put you in your little summer... her little summer... T-shirt. It's like a beach` It's like a Hawaiian T-shirt. - But it's flamingos. - It's actually a nightie. Well, it's... it's for summer. It's nice and cool. I'd always just let her, like, wear my old clothes, and it would fit her perfectly. Ooh. Ooh, you're getting fatter. Can't fit you any more. Don't look at me that way. Oh my gosh, Kotiro. Put on the pounds. Me and my mum, we're just starting to get her dog clothes now, because we were like, you know what? She's probably sick of human stuff. There we go. (LAUGHS) And whenever I bring it out, she gets so excited. She wants to put it on straight away, even if it's hot. She loves it. - (PANTS NOISILY) CHUCKLES: Yes! (TABLET KEYBOARD CLICKS) This for the car? No. (UPBEAT MUSIC) Yeah? (DOG GRUMBLES) Nooo. (FLOOR SQUEAKS) (HUMS SOFTLY) 'Zero rhythm?' (PHONE CHIMES) Yeah? Nah. (GRUNTS) (SCOFFS) (DOG BARKS) Take a right. No, you want to go left. * (RELAXED HIP-HOP MUSIC) So, on my 30th, I was telling everybody, 'My dad's sick. Blah, blah, blah. I'm going home.' My flights were booked. Everything was paid for. Everything was done. Until... I got told that I got denied. The Victorian government denied me. - You know what? Even if Stan was here, he couldn't come in with you. They were saying that, um,... The Victorian government was saying that he can't` he has to be actually quarantined at home if he was to be exempt, and not go out anywhere. - Devastated, because I really wanted to go over there and just be by my dad and, you know, just help him and just be with my whanau. I haven't seen him since the beginning of the year. - So he can't even go with you to the hospital. That was not allowed. - My mum and dad are devastated, cos, like, I'm their favourite child. They're nothing without me. - Like I say, New Zealand is... - I forgot my glasses. - New Zealand was... - I got them out. - They're not in there? - No, I got them out, and I forgot to... - I'm talking about something, and you just changed the blingin' subject back to dumb glasses. - Yeah, cos I'm - squinting a little bit. - Oh. - Because I can't go to Melbourne, me and my bro, Fender, my brother, we're going down to Te Tai Rawhiti, going to the East Coast, and it's my first time going there. It's his second time, but it's his first time, cos he's going with me. This road is hearty, eh? My dad, he's a staunch hearty Ngati. Oh, bro, I can't wait to have some seafood, ea. I'm so hungry. - Yeah. Have one, and then, 'Bleurgh!' Have a kai, and then, 'Oh, had enough.' - He just loves his whanau from there, and he just loves, you know, all the culture down there, and our roots down there. So he's been wanting me to go back for years. Oh, far, I'm, like, nervous. I'm nervous. - Bro, I saw this magpie, and I was like, oh, are you a sign?' - Bro, it's either two things ` one, get ready to be scared,... - I'm scared! ...or two, face your fears. - Nah! The Walker name is from Tuparoa, so it's only fair that I go back home to where I'm from. (RELAXED HIP-HOP MUSIC) - Gosh, I'm so shaky right now. Just waiting for the glue to dry. - Great customer service there. - Sitting there, just... - Customer relations is so important, Mary, you know that. - Yes. Yes. - You might want to ask me about my day, maybe. - Well, how has your day been? - Pretty boring, actually. Not very eventful. - What? Really. (LAUGHS) - So, today I did just falsey eyelashes on my Auntie Hine, because I'm not quite confident yet to do the whole shebam of the eyelash extensions. Oh, which one was this? Left. - No, it was right. - Shut up, you. - It was the right one. - You do the right one first. - Shut up. Shut up. - Oh! Nothing happened. I just... - (LAUGHS) I'm very bad under pressure. I hate everyone looking at me, and especially my mum. She was like, 'Hurry up. Put it on.' I can't. That's so annoying. - OK, I'm trying not to touch you, because my hands are a bit sweaty. - Right. Do you believe in sex before marriage, Mary? - You know what? I can't say that I do. - Oh. - And I can't say that don't. - Wow! That's a very comfortable little answer, isn't it? - Well, you know, shouldn't open the old wawaes. (LAUGHS) - It was hard, though, because, you know, they're all very talkative. - Whoa, whoa, whoa! Hello! (LAUGHS) It does you look good with your thing taped up! - Well, does it make...? Should I get surgery done, have those permanently up there like that? - Maybe. Maybe. - Bit of Botox? - OK, now I'm just gonna clamp them together. - OK, clamp them. I mean, they liked it, so as long as they'd like it, then it's all good. - Oh. - Boom! - (LAUGHS) - Boom! Wow! - (ALL LAUGH) - Even though I am coming back home, it feels like I'm coming back home, like, my wairua feels it. I feel tau. I feel excited. I feel like a little kid. Like, I'm like, I can't wait to get out, I can't wait to see everything, touch everything, meet everybody. - Bro, so, what's your`? Who`? Say your whanau again. Say your whanau. The... um... your tupuna. - Matire Taunaha. - Matire. That's her. Taunaha. - Matire Taunaha. Yeah. So, she married Isaac Walker. I couldn't think of a better person to come down and experience this with me, other than Fender. # We're 20 minutes late. # Oh my gosh. # We're running... # There's heaps of whanau here. - Should we just stay out here, ea? - I dunno. - Yeah, I reckon, ea. - Shall we? - Yep. Yeah, he's like me. He's got that.... He's got that wairua for our people, for our whenua and for home. (WOMAN SINGS KARANGA) And even better, we're both going back to the same place from where we both come from. The powhiri, it was beautiful. Oh, but I had to talk. (CLEARS THROAT) Um... I had already pre-prepared my speech. I was like, 'Yep, I got this.' Um... I got there, and I froze. Um... I froze. I always get, like, real nervous when there's a big crowd of people. And, like, I didn't realise that you had the whole, like, rohe blimmin' listening to Radio Ngati Porou. - I came all this way to make you a special dinner. The impact that Ross' current diagnosis has had on both of them, I guess, has been quite significant. - Little bit sketchy on those horses. I'm not about to fall off in front of all these hearties.