Only in Aotearoa - First Episode

Described by co-creator Jamaine Ross as a sketch show "told from a brown perspective", this Māori Television series pokes the taiaha into life in Aotearoa. Hosted by improv trio Frickin Dangerous Bro – Ross (Māori), Pax Assadi (Persian) and James Roque (Filipino) – the show adds a multicultural 21st Century update to the skit traditions of Billy T James and Pete and Pio. This first episode mines comedy from white people, brown mums, hāngī, sports reporting, subtitles, service station staff, and sat nav. NZ Herald’s Gracie Taylor called it "smart, funny, relevant and insanely relatable".

Sadly colouring competitions were a gateway drug to a thriving painting career. Shona even published three books on indigenous art in secret, obviously penned under a male pseudonym, but her tragic life path didn’t stop there.

– From a skit on wahine who are ‘secret achievers’

Key Cast & Crew

Jamaine Ross

Presenter, Writer, As: Various roles, Editor, Script Editor

James Roque

Writer, Presenter, As: Various roles

Pax Assadi

Writer, Presenter, As: Various roles

Allan George

Director

Tim Worrall

Director

Karen Te O Kahurangi Waaka-Tibble

Producer