The Strength of a Mother's Love
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A family in crisis, a life in chaos... Nothing is more powerful than a mother's love.
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Embracing the Power of the Past
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Her only chance for the future is to embrace the power of her past.
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Conflict Over Home and Belonging
Huata Heke:
Where are we going mum?
Beth Heke:
We're going home.
Jake Heke:
Oh fuck all that warrior shit! You'll be back, you'll fucking see! You need me! You fucking want me! You'll be back! Fuck you, Beth! Go on, go!
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Confrontation Between Jake and Beth
Jake:
Well fuck off then! You'll get nothing from me!
Beth:
You have nothing I want, Jake.
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Confrontation of Anger and Despair
Jake Heke:
I'll kill you first!
Beth Heke:
Well go on, do it! You're still a slave Jake; to your fists, to the drink; to yourself. Well, go on; kill the bloody lot of us!
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Confrontation Over Past Trauma and Violence
Beth Heke:
You raped a 13 year old girl and sat here drinking with her father while the rest of us buried her!
Bully:
You should learn to control your Missus.
Beth Heke:
Sneaking around the house laying your filthy fucking hands on my baby!
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Attraction Amidst Domestic Conflict
Jake Heke:
You're still a bloody attractive woman, you know.
Beth Heke:
What? After you take after me with your fists? Make me sick.
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Confrontation Over Abandonment and Welfare Issues
Beth Heke: [about Boogie]
He's gone! He's gone to welfare! And you slept through the whole bloody thing.
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Confrontation and Frustration in a Strained Setting
Te Tupaea:
If you want to smash things, boy, you start with me! You think you're man enough to hold a taiaha, boy?
Boogie:
I hate this fucking place!
Te Tupaea:
You're not supposed to like it!
Boogie:
Let me go, you black bastard!
Te Tupaea:
We are the same colour, boy! The British used to think the bayonet was the most lethal of all hand-to-hand combat weapons, till they came across our warriors, who fought with a taiaha. You think your fist is your weapon? When I have taught you, your mind will be. You'll carry your taiaha inside you.
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Confronting Uncle Bully's Influence
Jake "The Muss" Heke: [reading about Grace's rape in her diary, clearly shocked; begins trembling with insane rage]
Uncle Bully... UNCLE FUCKIN BULLY!!!
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Self-Reflection on Training and Performance
Jake "The Muss" Heke: [after beating up a patron]
I was right. Too much weights, not enough speedwork. Useless prick.
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Confrontation and Finality in Communication
Jake "The Muss" Heke:
You're a fuckin mess! Don't you ever speak to me again, you hear?
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Jake's Order at the Bar
Jake "The Muss" Heke:
Barman! 6 milkshakes, easy on the ice-cream.
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Frustration Over Small Acts of Kindness
Jake "The Muss" Heke:
I bought seafood today - bloody everything! Just wanted to put a smile on her face. Think she'd let me? Not a chance. All I said was that I got laid off. Anybody would've thought I'd told her my prick had dropped off!
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A Demanding Call for Breakfast Preparation
Jake "The Muss" Heke:
Cook the man some fuckin eggs!
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Endurance of Spirit in Adversity
Beth Heke:
Our people once were warriors. But unlike you, Jake, they were people with mana, pride; people with spirit. If my spirit can survive living with you for eighteen years, then I can survive anything.
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