- BOTH: Yo. - Kia ora. How are you? - BOTH: Good. - (SIGHS) Youse ready? - I think so. I'm ready as ever. - Bro. Oh, it should be all right. - Yeah. What time are you on? - I even know. I think, like, 8 till` - Well, who knows? They're probably real late. - But I think I'm on after, like, Benee. So that's all I know, well, from going from the run through. - 9.15. Oh, no, that's this morning. - That's the check. - Do you think they did the check the sound, - all the rest of them? - That must be the order. Yeah! - Six60. Jawsh685. - All the best. - You too, my bro. - See you later, mate. - See ya. Yo, G. - That's Six60. - Yeah, that was him. - I know. - (BOTH GIGGLE) - # Things have definitely changed since the last time you saw me. # I been changin'. No more complainin'. # It's all on me. # Captions by Faith Hamblyn. Captions were made with the support of NZ On Air. www.able.co.nz Copyright Able 2021. - (ROCK MUSIC) - We are at the Aotearoa Music Awards. Me, Ibee, Lou ` the whole whanau, we're all here. - We're ready! - (MUSIC CONTINUES) - This is a pretty big deal, eh? Put it on your back pocket, G. Oh, he bought the hat. - The hat. - He brought the hat! - (LAUGHS) - It's the actual best, going to those awards this time round, with my best mates, my missus and my god-daughter ` like, what better? Like, that's so mean. - Are youse waiting for the food too? - Yeah. Hello! - How are you? - Oh. No, that's all good. Do you know what time youse are on? - I think, like, 8pm. - Oh, yeah, yeah. - Oh, yo. - Cool. - Ha! It was really good this year, because it was more about us as artists and the music in Aotearoa. - (BASSY ELECTRONIC MUSIC) - So, me and Ross are going out to dinner with Hine and Taitua. We usually have dinner together on the Saturday or Sunday anyway. So yeah, we're doing that today. - What's a surf and turf? - Yeah, and we took Mary-Grace to dinner too. I dunno why she came, but, you know, she was home, so she may as well come. - I said that I was plucking that first one. I mean, plucking. - (BOTH LAUGH) - So when I shake people's hands. - When? - Wrong hand. - I can't feel it. - I know. Wrong hand. - (LAUGHS) - Nah, still can't feel it. - Ow. - Your hands are weird. - I try not to get involved with my dad and my uncle's conversation. I don't understand anything they say. - Show me your hands. (LAUGHS) - Show me your hands. - What is this about? - He thinks that he's got powerful hands. - Yeah, you like those? - Like hard-working hands? - Yeah. - That's soft, bro. - Eh. - (ALL LAUGH) - When they were handshaking, I don't understand what that was about, something about hard work or something. They're just two weirdoes. They're like two peas in a pod. - (ALL LAUGH) - It's such a different awards this time, because usually, we're on tables and there's heaps of people, but this time it was we were in the grandstand and it was, like, literally, all your fellow artists. I'm pretty much the man, so everybody, like, knows me. They're, like, 'Oh my God. It's Stan.' I'm, like, 'Oh. Hi, peasant.' - Hey, brother! - Hey, my bro! - Yee-hoo! - Nah. (LAUGHS) Yeah, I was nominated for two awards. I mean, I'm excited as, but I'm also excited that Ibee gets to experience the whole thing. - Let's present the award for Te Mangai Paho Best Maori Artist. And the finalists are... Maimoa. - (CHEERING) - Ria Hall. - (CHEERING) - Stan Walker. - (CHEERING) - And the winner is... - Maimoa. - That's cool! - (CHEERING) - Get in here. Come on. Everyone get up here. You all need to get amongst this right now. - How are you feeling? - I'm speechless right now, especially going up against our idols. Stan, we love you! - Ria, we love you! Ngai Te Rangi, Ngati Ranginui. - Let's go! - Ko korua nga kaikoe, tenei mana te mana reo Maori konei te ao koro Maori. - When Maimoa won the Maori Artist of the Year, I'm, like, about time. - Nga mihi. - Nga mihi. - Aw, massive! - My man! Great work, my brother. - Cheers, my brother. - Hang on a second. - What up? My man. - Hey. - (CHEERING) - What Maimoa Music and what those artists did for our people, in terms of te reo Maori waiata, is incredible. It was so awesome to see them get up there and take that award. And yeah, it was just wicked. It was mean. - (ELECTRONIC MUSIC) - Ooh, I'll be over there in January. - I know! - Going to Aussie in January ` I think the 2nd or the 4th. Yeah, I can't wait to see the whanau finally. - Wait. So, are you gonna be in time for Noah's wedding or...? - When's his wedding? - The 2nd. - Nah. - I thought you were coming on the 2nd. - Nah, I'm coming on the 4th. - Oh. - I think my little brother's having, like, a wedding party on the 2nd. I really wanna go over on the 2nd. - Oh, you're gonna be two days off. Oh, that sucks. - (SIGHS) Nah, it's all right. I already missed the wedding, so... I am going over, but I don't know if I'm gonna be going to his wedding party. To be honest, little punk, he should be waiting for us. He got married without us ` now it should be on our terms. - Nah, I dunno, we'll just have a dinner when we get there. - Mmm. - If I had a tea, I'd just have a little sip. - I have coffee. - Yeah, well... For me, time is the most valuable thing. And as much as I want that time with them, I'd rather wanna spend all that quality holiday time with Lou. - (TINKLY MUSIC) - (LAUGHS) Aue. We're here in the wharua in Ruatoki. Me and my missus, we're just having a bit of a wa whakata before I go to Australia for my whanau. What better way to finish it off down at the river? - I can't wait to go. - (BOTH LAUGH) - Really? - Yeah. - Right. In my current situation, I can't wait to get out of here (!) - Bye. Bye now. - (LAUGHS) - You need. - Yeah, you need to take me as I am. That's what you to do. - Ooh, shunned love. Mm. - I know I'm a pain in the ass, but she can be a pain in my ass. For different reasons, very different reasons. Her's a probably more valid pain, that I am, rather than mine ` she's just annoying sometimes. - Are you gonna miss me, though? - Nah. - (BOTH LAUGH) - Yeah. (LAUGHS) - No, I'm not gonna miss you. - (CHUCKLES) - Well then I'm not gonna miss you. - It'll me mean, though. - It'll be mean for you to see your papa and your mama. - Yeah. - What am I gonna do for a month? - I think you're just gonna reconvene and just figure out that I'm good for your life, even though, you know, I'm many things, hon; I'm many things. - But you knew this. - I might take myself on a holiday. (LAUGHS) - Cheeky. We're always joking, we're always mocking each other, but we're also, like, little lovebird sooky bubbas, more so me the sooky bubba, and I'm gonna probably miss her a lot more than she's gonna miss me. What, am I gonna come straight back to Whanganui? - Yeah, just get a flight straight back from Auckland. Otherwise I can meet you in Auckland. - I might just wanna go and see my mates. - Mm. - (LAUGHS) No, meet me in Auckland. - I don't even know what time. - You wanna come home without a fiance? - (BOTH LAUGH) - No! (LAUGHS) - Well, we were together for years, and then we split up for a bit, but I learnt from everything that I wasn't and everything that I didn't do in our last relationship of what not to do so that I can be better now. I mean, she's the end goal. Our family is the end goal, and whatever's best for us is best for me. * - (ELECTRONIC MUSIC) - Today is the day that Stanny comes. We haven't seen him for about a year, so it's really emotional, right? Far out. - (LAUGHS) Oh, I'm gonna be the worst. - (ELECTRONIC MUSIC FADES) - We should stand in the middle. Cos he has to come down that way, I think. - We're pretty much in the middle anyway. - Yeah. - (SIGHS) - Like, I'm excited to see my dad, excited to see my mum, see all my nephews and nieces, see my siblings, my cousins, my aunties and uncles. - Oh, yeah, slowly coming, slowly coming. Man. Must be down there now. - I wanna run in there. - Oh, here he is. - Mmm. - Oh, it's been ages. - Yeah, not bad. - PA: This is an important health announcement from the Australian - government. - No, no. You can't. You can't. - I don't care. - If you're feeling sick,... - Give me a kiss. - ...have a fever, cough, sore throat or are having difficulty breathing, please speak to a biosecurity officer. - (CHUCKLES) - You must follow the directions of the health professionals. - Hey, my mate. Oh, good to see you. It's been, like, almost a year. - Oh, good to see you. - Travellers arriving from New Zealand in the duty free zone who are intending to travel... - Aw, lovey. - (SNIFFLES) - (LAUGHS) OK, I think I've had enough. (LAUGHS) - You egg! - (SOUL MUSIC) - (BOTH LAUGH) - What's up, bro? - (LAUGHS) - Oh, it's been ages. - (CHUCKLES) - A couple of years. - Oh my goodness. - (CHUCKLES) - You're still an egg. - Hey, I brought you a paua that made it. (LAUGHS) - Oh! Yes! I was thinking about that. - Oh, haere mai, boy. Aw. - (LAUGHS) - I'm loving being with my whole whanau. You're so big, my boy! Mwah! I mean, we've all had our challenges this year. You're heavy! (CHUCKLES) - Far, bro, it's been ages, eh? - Oh. Oh! (CHUCKLES) So I think it's awesome as that, you know, all our whanau could come together. So good to see 'em. - And boots. He's only got one. - Mean, eh? - Yeah, she's got two. - Where's your other one? - She's got it on. - Bro, oi, you two stop moaning. - Oi, youse two. - She said I could wear it. - She can wear it. - Yeah. - At the same time, I knew real quick that I was gonna get... WHISPERS: ...over it. I don't wanna say anything loud. - Don't do that. - I hate it when you go like this. - No, I was I wasn't actually doing that. - I'm quite surprised you're not grumpy. - I don't know. I am. I'm so tired. My head is sore, and I've got an attitude. I just wanna go home. - (LAUGHS) - (SIGHS) Gosh, my family, my family. Everyone's, like, 'Oh, you must be so excited.' I was, like, 'I knew this was all gonna happen ` the noise, the intrusion, everybody talking over each other. I love them, but just for very short bursts,.. WHISPERS: ...like maybe a day or even hours. And then I'm, like, 'OK, I'm ready. I've got my fix; I'm off. That's why I love living by myself. (SIGHS) - # Yeah. # - Right. So, let's get let's get cracking. - I need my toes done. - Um, no, I am not doing those. - Look at my feet. - I will spew on you. - I'll just be over there. - Ooh. Ooh. Don't. Mary. - It's not coming off. - Don't. I've got dandruff. Oh, scratch it. Scratch it. - What about this before? - What? - Ooh, look. - I don't know what you're doing, but I just need a head massage. - I feel like we should put Mummy's lashes on you. - No, no, no, no, just do my head. - So today's bad, he's wanting me to give him a little head scalp massage on the bed. He wanted to know what it feels like to be a little client. - This is what I'd call... - It kind of feels nice. - (LAUGHS) A Mary-Grace massage. - No, scratch it. - No, but go like that, like this. - Awesome. I can do that, but` - Not the forehead, the head. - I can't. - But with your nails. - I can't get the head. - Yeah, yeah. - OK, there you go. - Oh Lord. - (LAUGHS) - Oh, hallelujah. - Did you know that Mummy was a masseuse? - Yeah, I know. - You know what Mum was finishing off? - (BOTH LAUGH) - Oh my God. She was a masseuse. - Yeah, she was! (LAUGHS) - Did she have the happy ending (!) - (BOTH LAUGH) - Ooh. - (LAUGHS) - She did. She did more than that. - Oh, Mum. - (SIGHS) Oh, Mummy. - Oh, it's amazing to see Stan. I haven't seen him in a year, since last New Year's. It's always good seeing him. We're really close. So it was just like an old friend coming back/brother/dad from the dead. Hello, Mummy. - (BLOWS RASPBERRY) Oh, Mary. Say pardon me. - (GASPS) You're disgusting. - Don't try and blame that on me. Don't try and blame that on me! - It vibrated on the table. - You better say pardon me. You better say pardon me. - You are disgusting. - (LAUGHS) Say pardon me. - You're disgusting. I did not. I am sick of Stan trying to blame me. I felt it. And then I didn't realise it was fart until he said, '(GASPS) Did you fart?' And I was, like, 'You little poo.' - Mum be my witness. - No, she just farted. (LAUGHS) - Mum, I did not fart. - Are you honestly gonna say that you didn't fart? Wow. - Oh, you can't say honest to God. - You did so. - (LAUGHS) - You liar. - No, I didn't! - I heard it come out of your butt. - He's a compulsive liar. - Wow. I'm actually so disappointed in you. - Thanks, Mummy. - Now I know that you're a compulsive liar. - Oh my God! - Wow. - You're actually a compulsive liar. - Oh my gosh. * - (BASSY MUSIC) - Today, we're doing our own little pa wars here in Melbourne, with our family. - All right, team, what time is it? - ALL: Game time! - What time is it? - ALL: Game time! - What time is it? - ALL: Game time! - (CHEERING) - So it's Stan's family, the Walkers, versus the Stirlings and the Taituas. It is something that we have done over the years. But today is the first time that are playing tag, volleyball and got some other extras in there as well. Game on. Let's do it. - Ooh. - Come on. - I feel like it's gonna be like a bit of 50/50 in everything, because we're all so competitive, but I'm always gonna back my whanau, so Walker whanau got this today, hopefully. (CHUCKLES) - I'm counting! - Two! - Game two! Game two! - Oh, OK. All right. - Oh, you coulda got a try! - (LAUGHTER) - Three more! Three more! - Yeah, my dad, he lives for tag. He thinks he's the best at tag. He's actually pretty good. He's pretty good, but yeah, he's competitive as, especially when it comes to tag. - Two. Try line's here. Try line's here. - Oh what? - Nah. - That's the try line. - Oh, you missed, bro. You fell short. - Did you just get a try? - I'm the tag king. I'm the tag king of Melbourne. - (ROCK MUSIC) - Nice, Papa. - Nice! - That's three. - He's done his last chemo, so he's still like, you know, sick, I guess, but he still goes hard; he don't care. He lives for the moment. He's gonna live, and that's how he lives his life is just go hard. - (ELECTRONIC MUSIC) - (CHEERING) - Nice! - Go, Dad! Go, Dad! Whoo! Whoo! - Yes! - (LAUGHS) - (CHEERING) - But oh, man, any time he will win, he will take that win, and he will take it to glory, just like us too ` we're sore losers; we're all sore losers and we're sore winners. - Yeah. OK. - BOTH: Thank you, linesman. - Thank you, girls. - There was no competition. You see the size of them and the size of us? There's no competition there. - (CHEERING) - (ELECTRONIC MUSIC) - Look at him! Look at him! - (CHEERING) - You just have to pull two of the other team members across that centre line. - Oh, Mary-Grace, what about Eli? - Huh? No, it has to be a girl on there. - It has to be a girl. - Oh, put him in front instead of me. - Yeah, but we've got a little boy. - Hush. - What a cheat! - Oh. - Oh my God. - Go back to your chair, then. - Look at these cheats. - My mum won't join in in terms of, like, being a part of the challenges or the sports, but she will use her mouth. (LAUGHS) - Go back to your chair. Go back to your chair. Go back to your chair. It don't matter. - It does so. - It don't matter. No, it doesn't. - You fullas are cheats. - Cheats. - Use that word again, man, use it one more time, and I will smash you. - (LAUGHS) - OK. - Just blinging cheats. - That's all I say. - Ignore that big mouth behind me. - Come on now. - Yeah, yeah, yeah. Whatever. - She's the mouth from the south. She's got the biggest voice in the field anywhere, at any given time. - Dad, go on. Go on. - Yeah, jump in. - Come on. Take it for the team. - Take the tension. Get set, ready. Low and dirty. Low and dirty. Set, go! - (CHEERING) - Yeah! - (CHEERING) - (LAUGHS) - (CHEERING) - Hey, what time is it?! - ALL: Game time! - What time is it?! - ALL: Game time! - What time is it?! - ALL: Game time! - What time is it? - ALL: Game time! - (CHEERING) - (FUNK MUSIC) - Well, obviously, we won. We have the bragging rights for 12 months. We won in tug of war. - Relay. - We won in the relay. We won in the egg throw. So we were epic today. - What else can I say? We're just... - ...winners. - For another year, - we're winners. - Winners. Stirling-Taituas represent. - Oh, you won one. We won the other one. We won the harder game. - Yeah. But we won one. - Eh, actually required a bit of effort. - Overall, we may have lost, you know, just technically. But there was a bit of cheating out there from Auntie Hine and Uncle Lance, and that team and that whanau ` they're known for cheating. They're cheating little dogs, so did we lose today? No, we still won. - (FUNK MUSIC) - (SPLASH!) - (SHRIEKS) - (LAUGHTER) - (PANTS) - Hey. That was a good one, eh? (LAUGHS) - (LAUGHTER) - Yeah, bubba. - (FUNK MUSIC) - (LAUGHS) - (LAUGHTER) - It's been an incredible time, very different time, just coming back to Australia and just realising how intense my whanau are. Overall, it's just been beautiful, just reconnecting with my family, especially my dad and my mum. It is gonna be a bit sad leaving all the whanau, cos I don't know when the next time I'm gonna see them all. I mean, the Walkers are made up of not just the Walkers ` like, every whanau that comes in contact or is close to us, they become under our umbrella of the Walkers. So our whanau are just, you know, we're loving, we're hard, we're a little bit judgemental, sometimes elitist, but nonetheless, our whanau are beautiful. They're unique, they're intense, they're out the gate, but that's my whanau. But I can't wait to see Lou. I can't wait to get home. We're moving into our new whare, and I can't wait. I think I'm more excited about moving into our new house; got a wedding to plan. I don't think we'll start that until a while away, but yeah, we've got a lot of planning to do.