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- ANAIS: I've been officially barred from investigating Maja's death.

- JARROD: Anais was doing some photocopying last night.

Dropped this.

- It's nothing you need to be across, Jarrod.

- You said that Maja kept an apartment here when she took off to Europe

and she paid a cleaner to look after it.

I've started tracking her down.

- We're family, right? - You're not gonna be happy.

- Try me.

- Got your message. Glad you found my notes.

Shitballs.

- Have you lost your frickin' mind?

- SHARON: Ken's latest test results came back.

They're sure it's Munchmeyers. - I'm so sorry.

- Well, yes, it's been six weeks, but I wouldn't say no progress.

I'll be back again ― two days max.

Delaney. Coming through.

- Is there some movement on the Staunton case?

- Nothing's changed, Simon.

We're all staying out of it. - As instructed, boss.

- MEHRTENS: It's a demonstration of power and a challenge.

'See what I did? Catch me if you can.'

(CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS)

- Lori? Baby!

Baby! (GRUNTS)

(SUSPENSEFUL WESTERN MUSIC)

(GRUNTS)

Lori!

Baby!

Lori! Lori!

Darling!

(DOOR SLAMS)

Hey... Hey!

(MUSIC CONTINUES)

(INSECTS BUZZ)

Help. Help!

(WAILS, SCREAMS)

(MOREPORK HOOTS)

(BELL TOLLS)

(MARCHING MUSIC)

(KIDS CHATTER INDISTINCTLY)

- Getting the key, all right?

- KID: Hurry up.

- OK. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

(DOOR CLATTERS)

- (SIGHS)

(PHONE CHIMES)

Hey.

- Simon.

So you're still up for that hunt?

- Absolutely. I might have to get a bit more practice in.

When are you thinking?

- Uh, look, I've been under the pump this week, but how about next Sunday?

- Yeah, sure. Yeah. More time I get with the bow, the better.

- Ah, mate, you will be William Tell in no time.

I'll get Lena to get us some apples so you can shoot them off my head. (LAUGHS)

All right, so Sunday week, first thing.

- All right. Looking forward to it. See you, man.

- What is it now?

- KYLIE: Morning.

Happy? - Looks great.

You've done a much better job than the last lot.

- Oh, well, I aim to please. Unlike most of your patrons.

Nah, toilets are sparkling now.

- Oh, well, I'll put up a sign. Get them to do it better too.

Otherwise, I've got a new crossbow that I'm dying to use.

- (LAUGHS) Sweet.

- Hunting?

Like, now? Really?

- Why not? It's―

- OK. Fine. I'll sort out everything that's going down with Uncle Ken.

- (SIGHS) OK.

Let's go hunting.

(PHONE CHIMES)

Delaney.

- Taitaia mai te waka e rangi e.

Ko te waka o te hinga noa, e rangi e.

Ko te waka o te mate noa e rangi e.

Ko te waka e hoea nei e te kura karioi o te wa

ki Hawaiiki nui, Hawaiiki roa, Hawaiiki pa mamao.

Tuturu o whiti, whakamaua kia teina, teina.

Haumi e, hui e...

- ALL: Taiki e.

- Jarrod, who called it in? - Mr Pouring. He runs the camp.

- Merv Pouring?

Oh, God. Isn't he a health and safety hazard?

- (CHORTLES) Nah, nah. He's on the straight and narrow.

Whatever that means to him.

Anyway, he reported it just after 6am,

bought the boys down for their morning paddle and after a little struggle,

managed to get inside the shed and found the body.

The victim is a Mahoe Inanga. He works here.

- Once we've verified the ID, I'll do the death knock, if that's OK, Anais.

- Yeah. Of course. I'll come with you.

Hey, Jarrod, did you say Mr Pouring opened the shed?

- Yeah. - So it was locked?

- Yeah.

- Huh. With the victim inside.

- Bloody hell.

Don't tell me. Bee stings.

- Hundred plus. 108, to be precise, which I am.

- No nest? - Or hive outside?

- Nothing we can see.

- What's with the window? - It's too let in the light.

Find black granules in something sticky.

I think it might be honey. I'll send our analysis.

- Anything else useful? He doesn't have a key anywhere?

Ah, little bugger.

- Don't do that. It just makes them mad.

No key.

But we did find these.

- Beads. Like the ones around his wrist.

Where were they? - On the floor by the door.

A bit of thread there, too.

There may be more among the gravel.

- I know it's a pain, but― - Yes, a pain.

But pain is good. We'll sift through it all and check for a key, too.

- OK. And if you can give us a rough time of death.

- Well, it will be exactly that ― rough.

- Sure. Thanks, Tibor.

- Yes. Yeah.

Go on, be free, bee.

- This only locks from the outside.

- Jarrod mentioned there was a struggle to get in.

- Kayak fell. Wedged the door shut.

- But still, someone locked him in.

- Yeah. With a bunch of bees.

- Can we take some of the dead bees, Tibor?

- Sure. Have them. My pleasure.

- Murder weapon.

(GENTLE MUSIC)

Nice rig.

- Cute.

- What's the bet Mahoe doesn't lock up?

After you.

- Tidy.

- Yeah. Everything in its place.

(CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS)

- Left his phone.

Dead.

I'll charge it at the station. See if his phone logs and messages give us anything.

- Left it behind.

Was in a hurry, maybe?

(BEES BUZZ)

- Bees. Jeez.

Nasty way to go.

(SIGHS QUICKLY) Been a hell of a morning, eh.

- Please tell me that's water.

- Yep. Six weeks sober.

Feel great.

- Do you get a lot of bees here?

- No. Not really.

A few native ones. Ngaro huruhurhu, aka leioproctus fulvescens.

They don't sting.

- So you unlocked the shed this morning, but it was wedged.

- Yeah. I used the old paddle under the door to move whatever was jamming it.

- Are you the only one with the keys?

- Oh, no. There are plenty of other copies floating around.

- You got a list of who has them?

- A list? Jeez, mate. Got enough paperwork to deal with.

Well, you know how it is. People get a copy of a key, they make a copy.

We're a pretty solid community out here. You know, we trust each other.

- Did Mahoe Inanga have a key?

- Yeah, sure.

- OK. We might need to get some uniforms to go through his room again.

Tell us about him. His work here.

- Well, he's been helping me get this program up to scratch for the last year.

It's been awesome. The boys loved him.

Everybody did. - Everybody?

- Pretty much.

- Do you know who this is?

- Oh, yeah. That's his kid, Lori.

She's only reconnected this last year or so.

- Do you know where she is? - Uh, probably with Kiri.

Mahoe's mum.

Her and Mahoe haven't been getting along.

She's come here a couple of times. Given him a right bollocking.

Poor bugger. Was good at taking a blast, I'll tell you what, eh?

- Do you know what they were fighting about?

- No, no. No idea. None of my business.

Before he moved in here, he was staying at Te Inanga Whanau Trust for a bit.

That's Kiri's place. It's kind of a hub for Inanga Whanau conservation.

Doing good stuff ― regeneration, all that kind of thing.

- When did you last see Mahoe?

- Uh, he was heading to his house truck, and I was going to bed.

- You stayed here all night?

- Yep.

- Can anyone vouch for you?

- He was with me.

- Oh.

All night?

- This one doesn't sleep.

- OK.

Uh. Thank you.

We will need to get your details, ask you a couple of questions.

Meet us in the car park, Mr Pouring, you can point out Mahoe's vehicle.

- Thank you, Ethan, we'll be in touch if we need anything more.

- JARROD: You all good, man? You need a water or anything?

- No. So you'll want to interview me, I guess.

- No, I can't. Not without a parent or guardian, so―

- Yep. I'm your man. Guardian, helper, captain.

- Are you comfortable with that?

- Yeah.

- OK. Um, how long have you been coming to this camp for, man?

- Um, every second weekend for just over a year now.

- Oh, you must have known Mr Inanga really well, then, eh?

- Oh. Great guy. Awesome with the boys.

Yeah. Sometimes it's hard to get these guys to do anything, but not with Mahoe. Absolute l

Eh, Quinn?

- You notice anything unusual in the last 24 hours?

- No. Not really.

Well, maybe last night. I went down to the toilet block,

saw Mahoe in the car park with someone.

Arguing, I think. I couldn't really hear them properly.

- Did you recognise who he was talking to?

- No. They were inside the vehicle.

And it was only for a few seconds anyway.

And they took off. Nearly hit him.

- Whoa!

You see what type of car it was?

- It was a ute.

Blue, I think.

- Did you manage to catch the number plate by any chance?

- No, sorry.

- Detective!

Mahoe's car's over here.

- Yeah, OK. That's helpful.

OK. Thanks, Tibor. Yeah. Provisional. Gotcha.

Time of death around 3am.

- Ah, the wee small hours, eh?

When so much that is dark and nefarious seems to get accomplished.

- Vernon, what are you doing here?

- Well, I was just waiting on some information from my team down south,

and I thought, well, instead of twiddling my thumbs,

I know you've got a busy case. Maybe I can be of some help.

- I think we're covered. Thank you.

- Well, always need some help with interviews.

So many people, so little time.

(PHONE CHIMES)

(HOANA CLEARS THROAT)

- SIMON: How long did you say the car's been dead for, Merv?

- Oh, a few days at least.

- Musty; it smells like it's not been opened in a week.

- Yeah, yeah, about a week.

Knock yourself out.

- That's weird. There's no flowers, no manuka.

There's nothing for them.

Feels like a setup.

Like the bees were brought here from somewhere else.

Why would he be in that shed at 3am?

- Yeah. - All right.

Hoana and I are gonna go and notify the family.

If you can sort this out ― get someone to come and look at the car,

see why it hasn't been running.

And Jarrod will need help with interviews, too.

- I'm here to pitch in.

Come on, Constable, let's go.

Over here.

Come on.

- Can we at least tell Kylie to let us callherfor updates?

- Yeah, I'll get on to it.

- How did she even get my number in the first place?

- Personally, I wouldn't want to know.

- Yeah.

- Hey, Kylie. It's me.

Oh, great.

Um... Hey, can I―

Right. Kylie, um...

Can you maybe not call us―

Whoa. I'll call you back.

- Shit!

- What was that about? - Uh, the blue ute.

Did you happen to get the number plate?

- (SIGHS) No.

(MOREPORK HOOTS)

Ae. We'll hunt them down.

- Te Inanga Whanau Trust.

Originally this was all Maori land, but the Crown gifted it

to British soldiers after their service in World War II.

Whatever the Inanga Whanau have left, they have to lease.

They've been fighting to get it back ever since.

- Who ended up with it? - We'll meet him soon.

But first...

we have a job to do.

(SOLEMN ACOUSTIC GUITAR MUSIC)

- What's he done now?

I told him to stop hanging out with his idiot mates.

Nikau! - Aw, what, Mama?

- Get out here.

(MUSIC CONTINUES)

No. (CHUCKLES) No.

Kao.

- E whaea...

- You put your hat back on, sis.

- I te ata nei, i rokohanga atu a Mahoe...

kua mate ia.

- No. Mm-mm.

Mm, no.

No, he's coming. He's just late.

- Aroha tu e te whanau.

- (SNIFFLES, SOBS)

- Ms Inanga, I'm so sorry for your loss.

I'm Detective Mallory.

You said Mahoe was late.

Can I ask late for what?

- Pick up.

My moko's waiting for her―

(GASPS)

My moko's waiting for her dad to come and get her.

- How?

- Uh, we're not sure yet.

We're trying to figure out if it was an accident or something that was done deliberately.

- (SNIFFS, SHUDDERS)

- Was there anyone who...

- Watts.

- Stuart Watts?

- Ae.

Stuart Watts.

- (SOBS)

- Kiri, ahakoa te mamae,

is there anyone else your son had issues with?

- We, uh...

We need to go now, e whaea. You understand ne?

- (WHIMPERS, CRIES)

- (SIGHS)

Stuart Watts.

I take it the Watts family is who the Crown gifted the land to.

- Yeah. - There'll be a file.

- Oh, yeah. Going way back.

- I'll get it pulled.

And anything we have on Mahoe Inanga and the family.

We need to talk more with her, too.

- Yeah, we'll need to pick our moment wisely.

They're whanau pani now.

They've got responsibilities, arrangements they have to make.

They'll want to stay close to the tupapaku, even at the morgue.

- (LAUGHS) Now, you listen. That little cray pops its head up and you tell me straight away

You hear me? OK. Fantastic. See you.

- You going diving for crayfish later?

- No, no, no, no, no. My team just had a breakthrough in my case.

Oh, young Jarrod ― he did all right.

You know, he's still a work in progress, but getting there.

- Right. All hands to the pump. What have we got?

- I sent two of the dead bees to an entomologist.

It might be a while.

- Mahoe Inanga has priors from youth court, as does his brother Nikau Inanga.

No convictions were entered back then as both boys were minors.

- Back when? What's the history?

- 2014. Juvies. Charges were trespassing and malicious damage.

Mahoe has a pending family court hearing, I'm guessing for custody of his daughter, Lori.

- Wait, who has current custody?

- Man by the name of Stuart Watts.

- HOANA: Oh, shit.

- Seems like we might need to have a word with Mr Watts.

- Uh, Simon found an old road map directory thing in the glove box of Mahoe's car.

This whole area here is Watts's farm.

- Which Te Inanga Whanau Trust leased some of, right?

- Yes. - All right.

- Well, see all these little marks here?

I've been checking them out. And guess what?

They're all beehives.

- That's interesting.

- Also ― results on Inanga's phone.

There's an incoming call at 2.53am from a burner.

No registered user.

There's also a bunch of calls both to and from the victim.

The numbers belong to Kiri Inanga ― his mother, and Stuart Watts.

- Hmm. So why would Mr Watts be calling Mahoe?

(SOLEMN MUSIC)

- Kia ora, e te whanau.

Tena koe.

Kei te mahana koutou?

He ahua makariri, ne?

- Hey! Blankets.

- One step ahead, eh?

- This is Hoana.

She's going to be your direct contact from now on,

so she'll give you any information, answer any questions you might have.

- We're gonna go through everything step by step to make sure we find out exactly what hap

- OK. Right. Well, shall we?

There's deep scratches on the sides of both hands,

a few abrasions on the feet, and obvious swelling from over 100 bee stings.

Stingers and venom sacs are still in there at nearly all the sting sites.

- What are the little black dots and the cuts on his hands?

- We removed a couple ― they are splinters from banging on the wood.

- He was dead before any bruising could develop, so I'd say he was in a real panic.

- So he died of anaphylaxis, then?

- No, no, no, no ― no indication of swelling of the throat.

Whatever happened, happened bloody fast.

My gut is he died from the venom toxin.

But we'll find out soon for sure.

- We'll get you back to your whanau as soon as possible, bro.

- Yeah, right. As soon as poss. OK. - Should we do a karakia first?

Um, Ihaka would do one privately, but we're all here.

It's a blessing. It'll be of comfort.

- Yeah, yeah. Of course.

- Tena tatou.

E te atua.

Manakitia matou i roto i tenei mahi, i tenei kaupapa.

Te mahi e whai ana ki te whakapono.

Kia tau ai te mauri o te rangatiria e takoto nei.

E Mahoe, moe mai.

E te atua tiaki ano a Nate raua ko Anjali,

i o raua mahi rangatira e tu atu nei.

Kia tu ai te pono.

Kia whakatau ai te mauri, whakatau ai te whanau hoki.

Koia ra e Rongo.

Whakairia ake ki runga, kia teina.

- ALL: Teina.

- Haumi e, hui e...

- ALL: Taiki e.

(SOMBRE MUSIC)

- (SIGHS)

- Yeah. OK.

Uh, let's begin.

- STUART: Dead?

- SIMON: Your son in law was found this morning. He died in the early hours.

- Sorry to be the bearer of bad news―

- He's no son in law of mine. Let's get that straight, to start with.

- Right. Uh...

Mr Watts, we know about the family court hearing case.

- Oh, do you?

Did you know that Mahoe got my daughter pregnant?

She died giving birth to Lori.

My girl was barely out of school, so I was never going to give

that little prick the satisfaction of being part of her life.

I fixed it so that everyone thought she was ours.

Made sure even Mahoe didn't know about it.

- Um, OK.

Well, uh, I mean, you seem quite open about it now.

And Mahoe was very open about being Lori's father.

- Well, after we lost our girl, me and the wife fell apart.

And since then, it's just been me and Lori.

- So how come Mahoe and Lori―

- Oh, Kiri found out, of course, and blabbed to Mahoe that Lori was his daughter.

No point keeping it secret after that.

She started pushing for access. Threw a lawyer at me.

Must have cost her a fortune.

Anyway, thanks for the information.

But like I said, he's not my son in law.

We done here?

- Just a few questions, actually.

- If you got more questions, you can come back tomorrow.

I've gotta get through this before dark.

- OK, well, just one more question, then.

Can you tell me where you were at 3 o'clock this morning?

- I run a farm.

Where do you think I was?

- Uh, in bed?

- Having breakfast before work.

- Is there nothing more to add?

- Nah. This one's pretty clear.

We'll have to wait on blood results, but once we have them, should be good to release the

- Good. They'll want to stay close till then.

- Uh, close, like...

in the morgue?

- Yeah.

- Oh, OK. All right.

Um, cool, yeah. I guess I'll have to sleep here tonight, then.

Can't let them stay here by themselves.

- I'll let the whanau know.

- I can stay with them tonight, if you like.

- Um... - They can have the waiting room.

I can steal your office sofa, and you can give me a day off tomorrow if we're clear.

- OK. Hey. Deal.

- Thanks.

(PHONE VIBRATES)

Simon.

Hey. - Some interesting developments on the Stuart Watts front.

- Yeah. He keeps bees.

- Stuart Watts keeps bees?

- Yeah. (BEE BUZZES)

Shit.

- No, you'll make it mad. Whoa!

- Are you all right? - Yeah. All good? All good.

There is, uh, more to this feud than we thought.

Shit. Sorry.

- OK. Sounds like we should talk tomorrow, then, first thing.

How'd you go with Merv Pouring?

- No, no, no, no, no. He's done a runner.

(SCREAMS)

- Oi, oi, oi, I told you. Close the door.

- (SCREAMS)

- Simon. - Tomorrow, OK? Bye, bye.

- We got him. - He got me.

(FUNKY COUNTRY MUSIC)

- MACHINE: You have one unanswered message from Cody. Play message?

- Yes, please. - CODY: Hey, um, I'm gonna go bush for a bit.

I think I'll miss you.

Um... Be well.

- Would you like to reply? - Uh... Call Cody.

- Calling Cody mobile.

- Hi. - Going bush for a bit?

Not by yourself, I hope.

Constantly having to launch SAR operations.

- I promise I won't be a bother.

Just, uh, going for a couple of nights.

Trying to get closer to the stars.

- OK, well, I will be well if you be careful.

- That makes sense. Let's do that.

Night, Anais. - Night, Cody.

- She stand you up, mate?

- No. No.

All good.

- Look, I need an extra hand here if you've got the free time.

Well, not free, of course. Full time, premium pay.

What do you reckon?

(QUIRKY MUSIC)

Aw, looks sore.

Mighty warrior mortally wounded by his quarry.

- I wasn't hunting him. He was hunting me.

Got me right in my bloody trigger hand. Bloody bee.

- Yeah, well, luckily you got a few days to recover, so I think you'll be fine.

- Yeah. I took his assailant into custody.

In the evidence bag, eh.

- I can see the headlines now. 'Cop caught up in major sting.'

(LAUGHTER)

- What did I miss? - Oh, Dr Wedderburn.

What can we get you?

- I'll try your house gin and tonic, thanks.

- Good call. I'll leave this one to you, darling.

I've got a new cocktail to launch, and you better get some practice in with that bow.

- I'm injured, mate.

- Maybe you could take a look at it.

- Nah. No way. You don't qualify as one of my patients... yet.

- (LAUGHS)

Is, uh, Shelby coming tonight?

- Uh, nah. Well, she's actually gonna be a bit more than a nurse soon.

Passed her first exam with her 'midwife-ery' course.

- Oh, congratulations!

- It's midwifery, but yeah, great!

- Nah... Yeah. Nah. She's awesome.

She'll blitz it. - So what happened, Simon?

What was it? A wild pig? A gunshot wound.

- Close. A bee sting.

It was a bee. I'm really starting to hate bees.

(LAUGHTER)

- Not bad. How did you get all those dates?

- Cleaners need to be paid, right?

Those payments to Lorraine were made by an overseas transfer.

Don't know what the SWIFT codes mean yet, but...

- I'm looking into it now. In the banks.

- They'll tell us where Maja was when she made the payments.

- And then we look for anything unusual striking on or around those dates at specific locati

I've already started looking into Epernay, France, mid-June 2023.

- Long shots.

- Well, sometimes you hit the bullseye.

- Maja came back from Europe with enough money to buy that gym.

How? There's something she did, something she knows about that came back with her.

Maybe I should talk to Lorraine. See what―

- Oh, no, no, no, no, no, let me stay on her.

You mention the word 'police', you sure as shit scare her off.

I reckon she might be scamming her visa.

- I can't stop thinking about the birdcage.

Like, what do you think it means? - What if it's a metaphor?

She was stuck. Something she couldn't get out of.

- Well, she didn't seem stuck.

She had that gym. She had everything going for her.

- One of the cameras is down. - Oh, shit. Those bloody possums.

I've been down there―

What the fuck?

- Hoana, stay away from the window. - Well, let's not be overdramatic.

It could just be a power cut.

- We're on generators up here. - And those security cameras are there because of the threats

- You didn't think to tell me that? You are out of your frickin' mind.

What area does that first camera cover?

- The back. The generator.

(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)

(SIGHS) All right, that's it.

I'm sick of this.

- Kia ora.

Apologies for the hour.

My name's Toki. I'm Mahoe Inanga's father. They're his cousins.

I heard the news. Came straight away.

- Dad. - Hey, boy.

- I rongo koe.

- Ae.

Engari ehare i a koe.

Is it possible to see my son?

- They've come a long way.

- (INHALES) Taku tama.

(WAILS GENTLY)

(SOMBRE, GENTLE MUSIC)

- Apopo, ka korero taua, ne?

(PURPOSEFUL MUSIC)

(LOCK CLATTERS)

(FILES RUSTLE)

- How'd you go with the boot print? - Not enough to get a size.

I mean, the tread's unusual, but it's just―

- Have to do some online window shopping, eh.

- Yeah, yeah.

So, this is his big break, then?

- Yeah. The latest addition to Kincaid's files.

He seems to have been conducting a pretty thorough investigation so far,

but everything has taken him to a dead end.

Until maybe this.

- Right. Looks like I need to start calling these numbers then.

- No, no, no, no, that's too dangerous.

- Well, for you lot, maybe.

I'll just get one of them cheapo burner and do it, eh?

Don't ask.

- Hey... Why don't we get Simon to join the team?

I mean, he's smart, he's staunch.

He could be― - Absolutely not.

(BOAT HORN HONKS)

- This is everything I could find on Te Inanga Whanau Trust

and their conservation work.

Useful? - Yeah. Thank you.

- (HUMS) Hey.

Did I miss a party?

- Uh, I had a bad night.

- Yeah. Bit of a sleepless one, me.

- Jarrod's fault. We were celebrating.

- Celebrating what?

- Uh, Shelby passed her exam.

- Exam?

- 'Midwife-ery'. - 'Wiff-ery.'

- All right. Let's settle this.

Five bucks.

Is it 'wiff' or is it 'wife'?

- ALL: 'Wiff'.

- It's cool she passed her exams. - Yeah.

(PHONE VIBRATES)

- Oh, Anjali, what's―

Right now?

OK.

Yep. We're on our way.

Problems at the morgue. Let's go.

(OMINOUS MUSIC)

- She comes with me. - She belongs with us.

- No, no, no. I raised her. - Whoa! Hey! Let's all― - You stay out of this.

I've had it with you lot, Kiri.

Are you people mad?

Having a wee sleepover in a bloody morgue with my daughter.

- She's Mahoe's daughter.

- Get in the truck, Lori.

- You're scaring her.

- Jeez, bro. (SIRENS WAIL)

- Get in the truck! - Calm down.

- I'll calm down when I've got her home.

- Listen, mate... - Get the―

- Mate, back off.

- You must be Mr Watts. I'm Sergeant Rata.

This is my taser. Don't make me use it.

- Mr Watts, if you would be so kind as to accompany us back to the station.

We have some questions that need answering.

If this is about her son's death, it's got nothing to do with me.

- That's for us to decide.

- Hey, Dad. Dad!

- Hoana, go. You and Simon go.

Jarrod, watch. Mr Watts.

Nate, go and check.

It's OK, sweetheart.

It's OK. Your nan's gonna be all good. We're gonna take care of you.

- She's coming with me. - No, no, no. You're gonna be in an interview room.

- JARROD: Answering questions. - About what?

- You know I've got a taser too, right?

- Coming up here, we need to get off the main road.

Let's go.

- STRAINS: Hold on!

- (GIGGLES)

- Ooh, she's tight! She's tight!

- Ah, this way. Thank you.

- KYLIE: Nah. None of them said a word.

- Just hang ups. All of them?

- So far... Well, except a whole bunch that are bloody charities.

- That's weird.

- I mean, I can keep going through them all,

but I reckon maybe we stick to just contextualising Lorraine's info.

- Yeah, OK. Good plan. Thanks, Kylie.

- Yeah. No worries.

- Take Mr Watts to the interview room, please, Jarrod.

- Where's my daughter?

- We're taking care of her for the moment.

Make sure Mr Watts has everything he needs while he waits.

- Mallory, you got a minute?

- Uh, I'm about to do an interview.

- Oh, come on, just a minute. Make an old detective happy.

I started early, reset my alarm tone.

Birdsong. Used to put me back to sleep.

Anyway, I've tidied up a bit and, uh, the desk, it's all yours.

- What's this?

- Uh... Looks like a USB port. Maybe a charger.

- OK, I've gotta― - It's not.

It's a motion activated camera.

You plug your USB into it, and then your USB into your computer,

and it shows what you've been recording.

Which, if you were to do so, would show you, Detective,

breaking into my filing cabinet in the middle of the night,

removing files, and then shortly thereafter replacing them.

Why don't you take a seat?

The pages that you took contain phone numbers,

all listed to charitable institutions, but also to members of my task force in Invercargil

The cheese in the mousetrap, so to speak.

Well, somebody nibbled that cheese this morning, made some calls.

I primed my team to listen in and then to hang up.

But they told me that the person who was calling was a woman calling herself 'Linda Cart

Well, obviously that's horseshit.

I checked the phone. It's a burner.

I'm guessing that the phone call was made by you with a clever Aussie twang.

Or someone associated with you.

I guess that they're seeking information about my investigation into the Maja Staunton mu

Correct me if I'm wrong about any of this.

So just one question, Mallory.

Anais.

Why shouldn't I refer all of this to the Police Conduct Authority?

- Because you're like me. You want to solve the case.

- 24 hours.

You give me everything you've got.

Tell me exactly how you got it.

And then you walk away from the Maja Staunton case.

- So you can take all the credit?

- You think this is about credit? My ego versus yours?

- No, I don't care about the glory. I just want it solved.

- Well, it shouldn't be hard for you to do as I ask, then, should it?

24 hours.

- 48.

- 48.

(SIRENS WAIL)

- Yeah... uh...

here we go.

- Boss. This is Lori. She needs to stay with us for a bit.

Hi, sweetie.

- Is that right? Well, maybe you'd like to come and do some drawings in my office. How's that

Yeah?

Oh, by the way, Hoana called, in pursuit.

- I'll brief you, boss.

- All right.

Come on. I'll show you what we've got.

- This is, I mean, it's crazy.

His body is still my responsibility,

so I better call the bloody coroner's office.

Either way, I'm toast.

- Look, it's gonna be OK, Nate, OK?

You were about to release him, right?

- Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, yeah. Blood results have just come through. He's clean, but―

- So we get the body back, you release him, and it never happened.

(SIRENS WAIL)

- Woah!

- Hoana? - Yeah. They've split. Kiri's taken another route.

Stick with Toki's truck?

- Yes. Stick with the truck. We need to get the body back.

- On it.

- See? They're on it.

- If they're family, why do this?

- Because they're family.

- There she is.

- She's trying to cut him off.

- Let's get to the gate, bro.

- Come on, come on, come on, come on...

Gosh! - Shit.

- Damn!

- (HOOTS)

- I think the key to this is their matching bracelets. His said 'Lori'.

Her's obviously said 'Mahoe'. And look, an M, an O, an H.

- So he must have had her bracelet?

- Yeah. And it broke when he was banging on the door, maybe?

- No! No! (SCREAMS)

- Uh, the sticky residue on the windows was honey. The black granules were charcoal.

Don't they use charcoal and smoke puffers to make bees sleepy before they transport them?

- Mr Watts has a bee suit and there was a puffer thing in his truck.

- Is that right? All right. Well, maybe he has stewed for long enough.

Let's do it.

- G'day. OK to come in? The desk bloke's busy on the phone.

- Mr Pouring, we've been looking for you.

- Detective Mallory told you to stay close.

- I did! So you could talk to me.

You talked to me, I left.

You mind if I sit down? My back's killing me.

- What happened?

- Oh, Trisha's trying to get me into yoga.

Thought it'd be good for our, you know...

Ah, yeah. I have come to offer my, uh, entomological expertise.

Thought you could do with some help. - You've studied bees?

- Well, insects. Other invertebrates.

Yeah. In my own time.

Oh, come on, Detective.

Look, I've even brought my equipment just in case.

Oh, is that us over there?

- Nah.

- His alibi was solid, Jarrod.

Why don't you talk to Mr Pouring? I'll do the interview.

- Yeah. No worries.

Uh, no, no, no, no. Sorry. Not that one. And definitely not that.

(DYNAMIC MUSIC)

(SIRENS WAIL)

- (GRUNTS)

- Keep it up, Mum! We're gaining on him!

- Nearly got away with it, son.

- SIMON: We might need another unit if we can't get this under control. - Nah, hold up.

I think it might be better if we just move this hui off the road and let the whanau sort it ou

- What do you mean? They stole a body.

- Well, Toki took his son. It's never totally clear where someone will be buried.

So, they took him.

The whanau stopped him and now there needs to be a hui.

I can tell you for a fact that not one judge in this country is gonna want to touch this one

The best and fastest way for this to get sorted is for the whanau to sort it out.

- Right.

OK, well, we're gonna need to clear the road first.

I'll update Anais while you, uh...

- Negotiate? - Negotiate.

- You're gonna have the best seats in the house, Detective.

- Seat to what?

- The hui.

- Come on, Kiri. You can't park like that!

- I was parking up tractors before you were pissing the bed.

- (CHORTLES) I bet...

Which one of you two is making the tea? I'll have a coffee.

You fellas want a coffee? Three coffees, Eh?

- Yeah. See, we don't do soy lattes down here.

- Is that right?

- Huh, this whanau is sharp on the phone.

Aroha atu, whanau.

How about we move these cars off the road, eh? So that farm trucks and tractors can get thro

- What do you want, Kiri?

- My son.

Up there.

So we can talk.

- Now.

Your relationship with the Inanga whanau is volatile, at best.

- Well, that's nothing new. It's been that way for years.

- Yes, I've seen the charge sheets. Mahoe and Nikau Inanga.

Malicious damage. What was that about?

- I was pushing against the conservation thing. They were pushing back.

- Why would you not want to support conservation?

- (CHUCKLES)

The Inangas want to bring back native bush by turning small areas

into conservation land, but farms need to grow.

I was getting penned in. Land-locked.

- So?

- So, the Inangas and I were banging heads.

A whole lot harder 10 years ago, when Mahoe got my daughter pregnant.

- And now?

Judging by their records, Nikau's been causing a little mischief.

Mahoe too, but not since he found out he's a father.

- That doesn't make him an angel.

- Does seem like he was trying to be a good dad, though.

My colleagues have already asked you where you were in the early hours of yesterday morning.

- Yeah, and I already told them. At home on my farm.

- Can anyone verify that? - Yes.

- Who?

- My dog.

- Yep! Definitely a honeybee. No waste, no tibial spurs on its back legs.

Don't need them to build honeycomb.

- So this came from a hive?

- Oh, I'd say so.

- What about these ones? - Huh.

- Again, you'd have to ask my dog.

- I'm asking you. What are all these calls to Mahoe about? Lots of them.

A couple the evening before he was killed. Why?

- Making sure the idiot remembered to pick up Lori.

I mean, last week, Kiri and his brother had to pick her up.

- OK, but what about the rest of them? Over weeks. Both ways.

What were they about? - I don't remember.

I mean, organizing things. More access arrangements.

- Yep. Another honey bugger.

- Can you tell if bees come from the same hive?

Well, in a certain area, one honey bee is generally pretty much like the next.

And there's a lot of hives in that area.

- Aw, bugger.

Oh hang on.

Um, so all of this is Watts' farm?

- Yep.

- And all these markings and numbers, these are all beehives?

- Yep.

- So all these hives that Watts owns, how―

- (IMITATES BUZZER) Nope.

- Eh?

- Watts owns all this land. But Te Inanga Whanau Trust, Kiri, has a lease on all these plo

- Wait.

Kiri has leases on all this land?

- Yeah, it's all conservation land now.

- But Watts owns hives.

- Well, maybe as a hobby, but all these hives don't belong to Watts.

They belong to Kiri.

(QUIRKY, PURPOSEFUL MUSIC)

- Kati kei runga.

- Why are they angry?

- He's broken protocol. Haukainga should always be the first to speak.

Especially down here. I'll do my best to translate.

Different dialects.

Toki's from up north; it's a bit different to down here.

- Tuatahi, ka mihi atu ki to tatou atua

na nei hanga, na nei tango. Kei te mihi.

Ki a koutou nga whai maunga...

- TRANSLATES: 'Firstly, I acknowledge the creator. To the mountains and the rivers of this

'I acknowledge you as well. Finally, to the people of the land, I honour you with greeting

- Ki a koe e taku tama...

- 'To my son...'

- ...moe mai inanahi...

- '...who only yesterday stood beneath these proud mountains...'

- ...apopo, ka takoto koe i raro...

- 'Tomorrow, your resting place will be beneath the mantle of our mountains to the north.'

- Mokemoke matou ki a ia!

Na te mea i hoatu matou i nga mea katoa ki a koutou!

- 'We've been empty without him. Because of him, we gave you everything.'

- Na ko te wa tenei, ka hoki mai a ia.

Hoki mai a ia, hoki mai a ia.

- 'So now is the time for him to return.'

- Na, ko waea atu au ki tona whanau.

Horekau he tangata he nui ake te aroha ki a ia.

- He's threatening to call in the rest of his family. No one loves Mahoe more than them.

- Hey! That's a really good drawing. Your nan's going to love that.

What are these?

- Bracelets.

We made them down by our river.

No one's ever done something like that with me.

He made one for me and I made one for him.

- Boom! Ha!

- But I lost mine. I don't know how. It was in my room at my other dad's.

- Mr Watts?

- Uh, boss? We need some information about a couple of land leases

from Land Information New Zealand, but we're having a bit of trouble getting it.

- All right, I'll get the legal team on to it.

- Stonewalling me! I have to interview his dog at this rate.

- Anais, about those beads found at the scene...

- Yes. Sorry. Yes, boss.

- Lori said that her bead bracelet went missing at Stuart Watts' house last week.

- OK. That is helpful. Thank you.

- Hey, Anais?

Hey, I can't make sense of any of it, but the bees that killed Mahoe are honey bees.

Every one of those plots of land have beehives on them, and they all belong to Kiri.

- Kei reira tonu ona tupuna, harikoa ratou...

- His ancestors are there, waiting and looking forward to seeing him when he returns.

- E hi ana koe te haramai,

haramai.

- 'If you ever feel the urge to visit, you will be welcomed.'

- Na ko tenei taku.

- 'This is my position.'

- Kia ora e mara tatou katoa. Kei a koutou.

- 'Over to you.'

- Maku e korero? Pai ana korua?

- ELDERS: Yeah.

- Kia kaha.

- Oh, here we go.

- Ae.

Tika tau e Toki.

- 'You speak the truth, Toki.'

- Ka manaaki, ka hau, ka mauka, ka awa.

- 'The four winds have looked after him here, as have the mountains and the rivers of this pl

- Anei te wa e whakahoki ana e ki te papa, ki ka atua e manaaki a ia.

- 'Now is the time for him to return to this land. To give thanks to those gods who looked afte

- E kore matou e wareware i o koutou mahi, o koutou patunga tapu.

- We will never forget you and your whanau, the sacrifices you have made.

- Waimarie matou te kite o tana tipuna kanihi.

- 'We were fortunate enough to watch him blossom.'

- Ki mai koe te mokemoke. Anei te raru e Toki.

- 'You speak of loneliness.'

- Matou te mokemoke...

- 'Here is my issue. We have felt loneliness.'

- Penei te roko o ma matou koiwi i roto i te urupa.

- 'As have the bones that lay in our cemetery. This is what defines our graveyard.'

- Tenei tona ukaipo e Toki.

- 'He's of this land.'

- Ka wehe atu to matou whanau kei ruka i tenei rori.

- 'Our family have left this land on this very road.'

- Ka wahe atu, kahore hoki mai.

- 'They've left and not returned.'

- Na, mokemoke ratou i takoto ana i te urupa.

- 'Those that lie in the cemetery are lonely, too.'

- Ko tenei taku.

- 'And this is me.'

- Ne ra?

- They're supporting Kiri about keeping Mahoe's bones here. Right?

- Ka tu ahau.

- I will stand? - That's right.

- Oh, for goodness sake, I didn't steal her bracelet, and I certainly didn't kill Maho

Both things would have upset the kid. Raised her her whole life. Why would I do that?

- Do you know why Mahoe and his mother weren't getting along?

- No idea.

- Did it have anything to do with the land lease contracts they have with you?

Don't think for a second I buy your whole 'I need the farm to grow, land-locked' campaign.

These leases have been in place for decades.

- So what? You're a farmer now? - I just don't buy your little excuse.

- Oh, great. So we're going to have a little strategy get-together about how to run my f

Cos I thought we'd be here to chat about a murder,

which you don't seem to have anything concrete to hold me on.

You know, I could walk out that door right now,

or I could call my lawyer and he could arrange for me to walk out.

So what's it gonna be?

- Make yourself available to us, please, and stay away from the Inangas.

- What about Lori? Can I take her?

- You can, yes. But she's scared and confused.

So why don't you leave her with us until things calm down and we can sort it out?

Cos I don't want to get Child Services involved. Do you?

- I'll be waiting to hear from you.

- We let him go? - No solid reason to hold him.

- What about the punch up at the morgue?

- I think it would be better for Nate if we steer clear of that.

How'd you go with the contracts?

- Uh, well, Sharon's got our legal team chasing it up with LINZ,

but they've already given us a bit of info. So...

- Honey is money!

That's where Te Inanga Whanau Trust get all their cash.

- Yeah, and it's big money. But something funny's going on.

Someone at Te Inanga Whanau Trust is cancelling their land lease contracts.

But that can only be done by a trustee, so...

- So unless the Inanga Family Trust cancels it, Watts can't get out of it.

- So why would they cancel them?

- Yeah. And Anais, their biggest land lease plot is the last one they have left.

- Ah. OK, I will take a look at this. Thank you, Mr Pouring.

- Oh.

Oh. Uh... Right. Yeah.

No worries. I, uh, needed a kombucha anyway.

Well, uh, stay busy, like a bee! Bzzz! (CHUCKLES)

- We need those contracts to see who signed off cancelling them.

- We need a contract with signatures on it. Yep, yep, I'm on it.

- ELDER: Ka noho a Mahoe i konei. Koia na te korero.

(PHONE CHIMES)

- Simon, how's it all going?

- It's, uh― It's pretty special seeing this all go down.

- Listen, Simon, there is something very fishy going on with Te Inanga Whanau Trust's land le

so when the hui is done, I need you to hold on to all the players.

- Well, wrangling the Inangas could be a tall order, but, uh, yeah, we'll do our best.

- OK. Thank you. And Simon ― especially Kiri.

- Sure.

- TOKI: Tika tau, e mara. Tika tau. Koia nei te wero. Ko te aroha.

Horekau nga tangata he nui ake te aroha ki a ia...

penei ki a matou no te Nota.

Erangi, he nui ake ano koutou aroha.

I rongo au o koutou tino wawata.

Hei whakamahana o koutou koiwi i roto i to urupa.

Engari, e hoki mai au ki toku whenua ringa kau.

Ka aha?

- What's...

- Sorry; he's acknowledging their need, but he can't go home empty-handed.

- NIKAU: Tu mai au.

- Now he's broken protocol.

- Anei.

If my brother's bones go to the north, it'll make it harder for his daughter Lori to visit him

And, uh... (CLICKS TONGUE) Well, she needs him.

I owe this to my brother, more than I could ever give.

So, um...

as offer, whanau,

Papa...

my mama...

To make this fair,

when it's my time, I offer my bones to go to the north.

So my brother Mahoe can stay here.

That's my offer.

- Te tau pounamu tena, e Nikau?

Nei ra te mahi rangatira.

- This is the greenstone door. The passage to agreement and peace.

Nikau, this is the work of chiefs.

- Oti ke.

- It is done.

- Nga mihi!

This part's done.

Now you need to find who did this to our boy.

- Hi! Oh, great, you've seen the new material?

- Yeah. It's not encouraging.

- No.

Oh, hello.

- Lori, this is Sam.

Sam, Lori.

- Hi.

Well, this is obviously not a great time, but, uh...

Look, we really need you to get down on this. OK?

Soon.

Lena really wants you to go with this drug trial.

She loves you and Ken, and she's not coping. You know what I'm saying?

- Yeah, I do. But, you're right, this isn't the time, Sam.

- No. I'm sorry. I don't mean to pressure you, but―

- JARROD: Ah, that's awesome.

Oh, sorry.

- So we'll talk about this soon. - Yeah.

- Hey, Jarrod! - Hey. Sorry, I didn't...

- Oh, nah. All good, mate. Cheers. - Hey, good to see you.

- Yeah.

- Uh, they're going to head back.

Your whanau are all good.

They're all going over to your nan's place.

We can take Lori over when we get the word.

- Good. - Awesome.

- Hey, um, LINZ has sent through that info you wanted.

- What? - Yeah. Contracts are printing as we speak.

- Oh, yes! Thank you.

Anais?

Mahoe was made a trustee of Te Inanga Whanau Trust last year, giving him signatory power

- These cancellations are weeks apart. Why wouldn't you sign them all at once?

Why would you sign them at all?

- That! I'd love to be able to answer that. But...

- The custody battle, maybe. Watts is punishing Mahoe?

- Signing those would be like eating glass. But for his daughter, Lori, he would.

- Where are Simon and Hoana at?

- The hui is finished. They're heading back to Kiri's house for the tangi now.

- Moving things along, are we? - Something like that.

- Good. Clock's ticking, Anais.

- You seriously― You saved my butt, Mallory. Yeah. I appreciate it.

Thank you!

And so, looks like we are all off the hook.

- I didn't realize I was on one.

- Well, I mean, you did let that Toki dude into the joint.

- He was family.

- Anyway, anyways, it's blood under the bridge. We should celebrate.

What are you doing for dinner tonight?

- Oh, um, I don't date colleagues. - Oh, no, no, no. I mean―

- You're a very confusing man. First, you seem to have no respect for the work.

Then you show care and compassion, and then you hit on me.

Honestly, I don't know what goes on underneath that silly hat.

(HOPEFUL MUSIC)

- Hey. We're here.

(PEOPLE SING WAIATA INSIDE)

- Where's my papa?

- Everyone's inside with him now, babe.

- Hey, Lori. I'm Simon. I can take you up there if you like.

- OK.

Bye, Lori.

Kincaid is on to my investigation.

- What? - Yep.

He doesn't know about you and Kylie, but he is convinced I've had help.

Hoana, you need to bail. Now.

- Nah, forget that. I went into this eyes wide open. I'm all in. We'll figure something out

- No. No. No, no, no― - Tonight.

- Hoana, I can't let you―

- The hui was amazing. They came to an agreement.

- OK, I―

- They have to work out her access. Man, that girl's been put through the rubbish.

- (SIGHS)

- She's with Kiri. What's up?

- You and I need to go and see Stuart Watts. Can you hold the fort here? - Yeah.

- OK. I'll brief you in the car.

- Haven't got time for this. I got a farm to sort out.

- You've been taking back the land?

- For weeks now, Mahoe has been canceling the leases from underneath Te Inanga Whanau Trust.

- Did you take Mahoe Inanga out of the picture when he stopped showing up to sign?

- Mahoe ruined my life and ended my daughter's, but...

truthfully, Lori's been happier since he's been back in her life.

- Well, you didn't like her wearing the friendship bracelets that they made each other, though,

Were you jealous, Mr Watts?

- (SCOFFS, LAUGHS) No.

Yeah, probably.

- Jealousy's always up there as a motive.

- We know why he would do this, and go against his whole family for custody of Lori.

- I wanted to do to him what he'd done to my family.

And I had the one thing he wanted the most in the world. Lori.

I bloody well used that to tear him and his whole family apart.

I needed those land lease contracts cancelled.

Yeah. And in return, I'd consider loosening the access arrangements for Lori.

Without those contracts cancelled, this farm goes to the dogs. All right?

- So you used Lori as blackmail and buried the Inanga family in the process?

- You're under arrest for extortion and suspicion of murder.

You have the right to remain silent. You have the right to speak to a lawyer.

- The contracts were signed weeks apart. Why didn't you just sign them all at once?

- I said I wanted to tear them apart. I didn't say I wanted to do it quickly.

But when you told me he was dead, I was angry.

I wanted him to live with what he'd done to his family, so no, I did not kill him.

- Lori's bracelet was found at the crime scene.

How did it get there from your place?

- No idea.

- Come on.

- When Kiri came to pick up Lori, did anyone go inside?

(TENSE MUSIC)

- You'll be coming with me.

- Hoana.

- Nikau looks stoked seeing Stuart Watts (!) Has he said anything else?

- No, he's waiting to talk to his lawyer.

Listen, I haven't spoken to Kylie yet.

- Well, what are we charging him with?

- Extortion. I've got the police prosecutor going through it now.

- Look, we need Simon. - What?

- He's our guy.

- All good?

- Yep.

- Thank you, Jarrod.

The detectives will be with you soon.

- You got a sec, Sarge?

- Yeah.

Stay in that seat.

Hey.

- Hey, um...

remember when I gave you that bit of paper Anais had dropped

and you said not to ask any questions or it might cause a whole lot of shit?

- Uh-huh?

- Yeah, probably good advice.

I mean, I don't handle shit too well.

Or blood.

But I think I can, if it's important to the whanau.

Yeah, so...

What the hell's going on?

- OK,

once we're done here, we'll talk. OK?

- Yeah.

- Let's do this.

- How long is this gonna take? I should be at a tangi.

- Nikau, we know Mahoe was working with Watts as a representative

of Te Inanga Whanau Trust, discontinuing leases.

- That must have pissed you off.

- Don't know anything about contracts.

- Your brother's signature is on all of them.

- Kiri did not want them cancelled. She wanted them to continue.

- So he had to be stopped.

Is that why you killed him?

Nikau, we have it all.

- You don't.

- Do you recognize these beads?

- We know the bracelet was used as a lure to get Mahoe down to the shed.

If not to kill him, at least to put him out of action.

- You called him with a burner? Intent is still up for grabs.

That is a lifeline for you.

- You were there the night before, having an argument with Mahoe.

- NIKAU: 'Mum's got a lawyer on it and everything! You dick! You just gotta wait!'

- MAHOE: Yeah, how long?!

- Nikau, our evidence doesn't just point to you.

It also points to your mum, Kiri, and possible connections to the―

- No. Yeah, I was there, trying to get him to stop.

How's the car going? - It was you who screwed my car?

- What are you up to, bro? What are you doing to Mum?

- 10 years, bro! Lori's 10! I'm not waiting for this weekend bullshit―

- Mum's got a lawyer on it and everything! You dick! You just gotta wait!

- Yeah, how long? How long, bro?

I'm not waiting for those lawyers and all that bullshit.

I want my girl now. And if this is what it takes, this is what it takes.

- What? Hurting Mum? Hurting all of us? Eh? Man, fuck you, bro!

- Yeah! All right. Get in your truck, bro!

Get in your little truck! Get in, bro! Get in, bro!

- Then I drove off. Angry as. I just lost it.

How could he hurt Mum like this?

Shitting on everything the whanau had been fighting for.

After everything Mum's done for him. So, nah.

- How did you get the shed key?

- Mahoe's cabin's always open. I just walked in and took it.

- And using the bracelet as a lure. How did that work?

- Put it where he'll find it. And I called him on the phone, told him where it was.

You know, proof that I had her down there.

- Baby!

- Got the key.

- Darling!

Lori! Lori!

- I was angry as. Watching Mum pay for lawyers, doing everything she could,

trying to get access to Lori.

He had no idea how much Mum was sacrificing to help him, to get Lori, but I did. I seen i

Grabbed the hives, went to chuck a few through the window, but the―

the whole thing opened up...

- Hey! Hey! (SCREAMS)

- You don't want to listen to us, eh?

Nobody else is going to keep you in line, but I will.

Bro?

Brother?

'I went to open the door, but something was holding it shut.'

Bro, if you're trying to be funny, now ain't the time, dick!

Mahoe! Brother!

Brother! Fuck!

(SCREAMS) Brother!

Brother!

Mahoe!

(WEEPS)

I went back the morning after.

Stupid to go back, I know. But...

I needed to see him for myself.

And then I seen you guys there, and I just... I just freaked out.

But that last plot of land, that's all we had, you know? We couldn't lose that.

- Nikau, you will be charged with manslaughter.

Your cooperation will be taken into account.

How much is not up to us, but for the courts.

- Hey,

uh, I have a request.

Toki. He's asked for a moment with Nikau.

- Is that a good idea?

- He won't do anything. I can vouch for that. My responsibility.

- OK.

- Did he tell the truth?

- Ae.

- You can tell me now.

Look at me.

Look at me.

Why didn't you fellas tell me what Mahoe was up to? I could have―

- I'm so sorry. - That's my job!

- I tried to get him. I did, I tried. I tried to get him. Papa, I tried.

- Tu mai.

- I'll come and see you soon.

- Please.

- Do you have to do that?

- Just trying to break 'em in.

Pretty nice though, eh? Top of the range.

- Sam's really reeled you in, hasn't he?

- Oh, yeah. Hook, line and sinker.

- All right. See you guys tomorrow.

- See ya.

- Boss.

- Night!

- See you soon. - I guess you will.

- What is the matter with Anais?

- Yeah, that's what I want to know.

(KNOCK AT DOOR)

- Hey―

Oh, it's the... full team.

- Jesus, you weren't kidding.

- Made an executive decision.

- Right.

- Oh, fuck!

- Yeah! Good to see you, too.

- I suggest you turn around and walk straight back out. This was a really bad idea, Hoana.

- Well, there you go.

- How long did you say you've known about this?

- A couple of weeks. But she's been going at it ever since she got stood down.

- And the video surveillance?

- There's been some threats. If you insist on staying, I will explain the details.

- Like I said, why didn't you just tell me?

Because don't think for a bloody moment I haven't noticed

all the secret looks between you two.

- Yeah. Me too. I knew something was going on.

- I couldn't tell you! This could be a career breaker.

- Yeah. Come on. She didn't want anyone else out there on that limb with her.

I only found out cause she screwed up. I didn't give Anais a choice.

Neither did Kylie. We both found out purely by chance.

- She's a civilian! Who, what, looks after people's homes? She's not a police officer.

- Correct. Which makes me all the more useful.

- Yeah. Like with Kincaid's notes, Kylie has been a massive help.

- Wait, how did you get Kincaid's notes?

- I stole them.

- You stole them?

Oh my God, this is so fucked up.

- No it's not! It confirms Anais was right to discount

a whole lot of avenues of inquiry into Maja's death.

- OK, so just to be clear, there's Anais, you, Hoana,

and then, boom, there's bloody Watson over here?

- Sorry. What?

- It was a literary reference.

- Uh, yeah, nah, I got that, Sam.

- Simon.

- Oh, no. No, no, Sam. As in Sam Spade. He's a detective, too.

Like a 1930s Sherlock.

It's a literary reference. And just so you know, mate, I've been a really bloody big help he

So here's an idea ― why don't you get your head out of your ass, get yourself a coffee

and let this Watson get you up to speed on Maja's murder investigation!

- And then...

we can get a handle on Kincaid.

- What do you mean 'a handle on Kincaid'?

- I'm on a deadline.

- Deadline for what?

- We need to feed that man some scraps.

- (SIGHS)

- Look, are we all in this together?

All for one.

- ALL: One for all.

- Whanau, eh?

- ELDER: Kia whakairia te tapu.

Kia watea ai te ara.

Kia turuki whakataha ai.

Kia turuki whakataha ai.

Tuturu whakanoa

kia teina!

- Teina.

- Haumi e, hui e...

- ALL: Taiki e.

(ALL SING WAIATA)

- Hey.

Now, I reckon your papa would have wanted you to have this.

- Well, I am his best friend.

(MOREPORK HOOTS)

(WAIATA CONTINUES)

- How was the stakeout?

- Sorry.

Yeah, good. Long, but good.

Yeah. You all good? Do you want a coffee?

- Um...

Nah, I can't drink coffee.

- Is everything all right?

Like, I mean, are, are we all― are we all good?

Like, you not wanting to come out for drinks.

And... And that's fine.

But you didn't want oysters the other day, which I know you love.

And― And it's a no to coffee, which I know you survive on.

So...

What's going on?

- Um....

- Uh― (CHUCKLES)

(GASPS) Oh my God!

- Hey!

- Sorry. Sorry.

Oh, baby...

Baby.

I'm gonna be a dad?

Oh, shit!

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