About this season
Five young friends and flatmates grapple with what it means to be Maori in the 2020s.
Episodes (6)
1. Mean Maori Mean
Aired 5 February 2023 • 22 min
After eating fried chicken and crying in her car, Ma heads home. Together with her best friend Pua and cousin Liz, Ma gets ready for a Mean Maori Mean costume party.
2. You Obviously Don't Know
Aired 5 February 2023 • 23 min
Ma agrees to have dinner with Henare's sister. Taaps tries to connect with Heps but is kept at a distance. Tawhiti reveals his plans for his next protest.
3. Bubs
Aired 5 February 2023 • 22 min
The gang gate-crash Ma's weekly whanau dinner. Over the course of the evening, Ma clashes with her mum, Pua gets drunk, and Taaps and Tawhiti have an incident involving a water blaster.
4. The Rest Is Still Unwritten
Aired 5 February 2023 • 23 min
Liz tries to impress her whanau by singing at karaoke, but this only makes her feel like more of an outsider. A sympathetic Taaps helps her learn a waiata to sing at Aunty Bella's party.
5. Syphilis
Aired 5 February 2023 • 22 min
Working at the Ministry of Justice, Heps looks back to his childhood growing up in Wainuiomata. In the present day, Heps comes across research that sends him into a downward spiral.
6. I'm On a Journey Blah, Blah, Blah
Aired 5 February 2023 • 22 min
The crew go camping. Ma and Heps aren't talking, Taaps brings the wrong tent, Liz has finally made friends, and Pua brings her cat.