Soap opera on Maori Television as part of the language and culture programme, Kōrero Mai.
Story[]
A few people live in a flat in Auckland. One's a lawyer, Mere. Her cousin is a painter and lives alone. Mere has a songwriter friend Stevie, who managed 2 years at law school with her.
Not a great deal has changed from that description since 2004.
Presenter[]
- Piripi Taylor (who also does several voiceovers on MTV, notably the warning messages and the complaint notice) and started reporting for it in early 2006).
Cast[]
Current main members[]
- Antonio Te Maioha: Hone - landscape gardener hailing from Whakatane and good friend of Quinn
- Hemi Peke: Stevie - former law student, later songwriter then singer (first in a biscuit commercial)
- Kym Rawiri: Pareārau - film director with experience in Oz
- Kawariki Morgan: Quinn - Mere's cousin; artist and film editor who overcame a gambling addiction
- Riria Hotere: Mere - lawyer and mainstay of the main flat, first at 3 Reka St then at 47 Kawa St; has overcome a tendency to alcoholism
- Stephanie Martin: Tini - reporter, hailing from Whakatane
Past or occasional members[]
- Amomai Pihama: Tui, Stevie's rich musical friend
- Ben Mitchell: Hāmi, who works with Pareārau
- Candy Stainton:
- Cath Harkins: Kim, fiancee of Tai Jones
- Cheyenne Eynon:
- Diandra Te Wano: Tiaho, orphaned teenage niece of Hone
- Gareth Tiopira-Waaka: Pareārau's baby brother
- Georgina O'Connor:
- Heni Jacobs: woman in park with baby, November 2005
- Hera Dunleavy: Trish, Pareārau's baby brother's heart-throb
- Jade Tepine: barman
- Jon Brazier: Martyn Small, Stevie's father
- Karim Nathan: Malcolm Ruka, music promoter
- Kate Louise Elliot: Gypsy hailing from Whakatane
- Kingi Peterson: - part of kapa haka group
- Lucy Schmidt:
- Mabel Wharekawa-Burt: Auntie Poi - aunt to Mere and Quinn
- Manaakitanga Taylor:
- Michael Wah: as himself, a doctor
- Moera Beattie: Moera, Australian friend of Pareārau
- Murray Brooks: - part of kapa haka group, possibly the leader
- Nancy Brunning: - Maia, cousin to Mere and Quinn, with son
- Nathan Wilson: acquaintance of Quinn
- Peata Melbourne: Ana - one of the original flatmates at 3 Reka St
- Rameka Taylor: son of Maia
- Rawiri Paratene: Tamehana - Mr Jones, Mere's boss at Jones & Spencer
- Stayci Taylor:
- Stephen Butterworth: Sean, who works briefly at Whio Records
- Stuart Turner: Ben Dover - agent for Stevie
- Tamati Te Kohotu: Tai Jones, son of Tamehana
- Te Akaurou Mason Jacobs: baby in park with mother
- Tearepa Kohi: Wiremu - waiter
- Theo Tait:
- Vanessa Rare: Brenda - Head of Mere's dept initially
- Victor Kaukau: - part of kapa haka group
- [[ ]]: Daniel - language teacher
- [[ ]]: Naffie - character(s)
and dozens or hundreds of others, but some prominent figures, eg Kaa Williams, have appeared without mention on the cast list
Behind the scenes[]
- Cinco Cine
- Kathryn Graham: network executive 2004-5