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And you're sure this is going to help my whānau?

I'm sure.

Are you three ghosts?

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

You're definitely not part of that new international agency that's trying to

Matua Jacobson's quarry in the adjoining iwi land for a subdivision.

It's a lot of speculation.

Once she smells the story, she will do everything in her power to find out the

truth. Probably what makes her a good journalist.

That's lovely Coro Joe.

I was just chatting with him. I didn't catch his name.

Couldn't have been him, boy. He's long gone.

What do you mean?

He's dead.

Ta -ra.

Oh, shit.

Walk a turkey for the week, you reckon it'll have to be, uh... Walk with mana

get a pana.

Oh, lethal.

Deadly, Uncle Bill. Walk with mana or get a pana.

Toki ki te whakatauki near, eh, Uncle Bill?

Hey,

what else should I say?

Te whanau, whare hoa!

Ah, morena matoa. Yeah,

I don't know about the kids going on the early kura trip, like...

Shouldn't they get settled in first before... Oh, can't I?

Honey, if we want them to fly, we can't hover over them.

Change!

Mum, look, we're new best friends.

Hey, I told you, the boys hang out with the boys.

Good night, Te Whanau. Good night. Good night, media. Oh, right.

The boys, the boys, hang out with the boys.

Toowo, kiss your mum goodbye, man. Don't be sad to her.

All right.

Bye, Mom.

What about me?

You're the man, Dad.

Goodbye, parents. Stay out of trouble. See you when I get back.

Come on, let's get you signed off with fire. Otherwise, we'll get dump seats.

Kill!

Don't be sad. Hug your parents.

Yeah, don't be sad.

Bye, darling.

Have fun.

Bye, Bob.

Bye, Dad.

How are we? How are we? Good, my brother.

What's up, Tiko?

Ah, driving the pay.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Driving the pay for the pay.

You know, come in on this. Hey,

Carl, not this one.

I've got a rumour to sort out.

Make sense of the curriculum I'll be teaching, how the kids get credited and

graded. I want to do my own research, though. Have a deep dive into... Oh,

sounds mean. Sounds wicked. Sounds cool. Yeah, that sounds like a pretty cool

subject. All right, my bro.

It's pretty exciting, but I'm looking forward to it.

Hei te koe.

Hei. Hei a koe nei.

Kia ora. Kia ora.

Kia ora.

and everything seems to be moving pretty fast.

We're lucky we've got our whānau land and our trust, thanks to John, boy, with

some other whānau around here.

Sure, I don't think they'll be that lucky if all this goes to you, that's

sure.

Wait.

Where did you hear all of this from, the internet?

Carl, we all know we can't trust the internet anymore.

OK, so where did you get the big ideas from then?

Well, Mary Mariana.

Oh, Mary Mariana. Yeah, Mary Mariana. She's an award -winning journalist. Less

ideas and more facts.

Have you met her?

Briefly. Did you bite her head off? What, Carl?

I didn't bite her head off. Are you sure? Because sometimes you like to bite

people's heads off, Kate. Do not bite people's heads off, okay?

I can be nice. Well, good, because you two need to link up and fuss whatever

dodgy deals be happening up in here. Oh, my God. Bull, I am not Captain Planet.

No, but you are Māori and whānau. Wow.

When did you become this guy?

I don't know.

Guess it just happened.

Please.

Yeah, okay.

I'll see what I can do.

Look after yourself.

I'll drop the kids off when we get back.

I love you, cuz.

Say it back, Bea.

I love you.

Love you more, cuz.

Don't you dare imply that I can't grasp the nuances and risks involved.

I have the most to lose out of all of you.

Yeah, I'm well aware of the repercussions and the implications if we

swiftly. But do you understand how much of a risk it is if anyone finds out that

I'm involved?

Everything we've worked towards will be gone in an instant.

Hey!

So let me be perfectly clear. As I said...

Everything will halt until I find out what this journalist knows and who else

involved.

What the shit?

Hey! What's your problem?

What the hell?

Not today, punk.

Kitty? Kia ora.

Hi.

How did you get here?

I, um... I was chasing someone.

Yeah.

This guy. He hits my car, gives me the fingers, runs off, and then I chase him.

But I swear he came in here.

Oh, cool.

How very vigilante of you.

Mahana. Yeah, it's our community shared space.

You look a little dehydrated. Can I make you an innu?

Hi.

If it's all you wanna rock to this, we'll make you move your hips.

Put it down and step back, it's all.

If it's all you wanna rock to this, we'll make you move your hips.

Put it down and step back, it's all.

Jeez, Matua, are you deaf?

I've been calling out to you for ages.

Motaku here, probably because I had these in.

Well, Nate, here's your roll.

It's got everything you need to know about the kura.

So, welcome to your first day of mahi.

And officially to our kura.

Ngā mihi, whaea.

Whaea, did you just come in by yourself?

Yeah, of course I did.

Well, are your eyes not working along with your ears?

No, it's just... It might sound weird, but I feel like someone's been watching

me.

Been watching you?

Yeah, like someone's been breathing down my neck all morning.

I probably just need to go, right? Just my body catching up with me and... Mana,

kua hopu kina koe i tetehi atu mea.

This place is impressive.

Must have had a lot of help.

Yeah. Yeah, I did.

Thanks.

I'm sorry, but, you know, I have to ask. Are you sure no one else came in here

before me?

Um... Carl.

No, just, um... Just you.

Tumbling on in.

So, is this off the record?

I'm not sure what you mean.

That is the truth.

When people get too close to the hive, the bees send out their workers to

attack.

Well,

from the scale of what I've discovered, I can't quite pinpoint who does what,

but I know they wouldn't send just anyone to do intel.

So that would either make you the hive, or the honey, or the bee.

Go on.

Tell her the truth.

Okay, so it all makes sense.

What makes sense?

Kiriwharekoa, how long have you been working for Floodgate & Co?

Whakangaroatu ke hua.

Kua pau te wā ki a koe i konei. Kua whakatata mai oku tūpuna ki te hari

atu i a koe i konei.

What?

Far out.

Are you okay?

That was close.

Nearly took me out.

What's the time?

Oh, shit, I'm running late.

But, Matua, don't worry about that, Kehua.

Assistant, he won't be coming around here no more.

Anyway, I'll catch you up.

Oh, shit, my nail.

Catch you up.

How long have you been watching me?

Well,

I didn't actually recruit her. She volunteered her services after she

sniffed the air.

I haven't heard anyone say my name for a long time.

Yes, I am the name.

Are you deaf?

Koina tonu taku.

Na, i te wā whakamati koe, i hara mai au ki kone ki te kōrero ki a koe.

Ka tohutohu au i a koe, kia matara ne poi.

Ana, kua ha koe.

Kore.

Ei!

Matu!

Mat... Matu.

Why does my Mahi spark such interest?

Well, because your appearance in town is way too timely to be a coincidence.

And my sources tell me Floodgate and Co. are doing everything they can to try

and get people to sign over large amounts of land.

Do you need validation?

Do you need to catch the bad guys to feel good about yourself?

Oh.

It's a bit traumatic, isn't it?

I'm just trying to expose people that exploit...

who don't have the resources to fight back.

It's just the right thing to do. Maybe to you that sounds like validation.

You don't even know what the fight is.

You're so busy counting the trees, you've lost sight of the forest.

Yeah.

This is home.

I have spent my whole life preparing to fight for this place.

And now you're selling us out.

Ah, you're not as good as you think you are, sis. If only you would open your

eyes, you would see.

Okay, thanks for that, sis.

But my karu are wide open, okay? And from where I'm sitting, you are the

of all of these problems.

I am not the problem.

You know, when I was a little girl, I was told, keep your friends close and

enemies closer.

And that is exactly what I'm doing.

Okay, well, who is the enemy then? Hmm?

And how do I know you're not just another player in this game? How do I

that you're not the one pulling the strings of a floodgate and go?

You don't.

But keep your friends close.

And your enemies closer.

Maddy? Yeah,

interesting, to say the least. It smells like smoke in here.

Have you been smoking?

Yeah.

Only one.

Some of your relations showed up.

Three of them.

Don't freak out.

Okay, but... Hey, Cass.

Oh, Katie Pye, don't worry about it. She'll get used to seeing her.

She's tough.

Jeez.

She's got a bit, eh?

I don't think you can say things like that.

Oh, sure, sure.

I mean it.

She'll get used to seeing her.

Oh, what does she know? I mean...

I live this life.

A life I did not choose.

A life I don't want.

Do you guys think John Bui?

He should be around.

Why's that?

Now nods.

Got a feeling?