Moni

Watching now! Open and raw review! I've been waiting for this series on NITV and it is looking BRILLIANT so far! Wish I could binge the whole series at once! Actors are gorgeous. Telling everyone I know this is a MUST WATCH for all families, from all races and religions! Funny, sad, will be educational for anyone who beleives in unconditional love and knows that families are ALL complex in their own way! Truly a masterpiece and I thought it was filmed in New Zealand but the mum just said 'we were sent here to Western Sydney' in a scene. She is a ghost but so far..a very poignant beautiful authentic character. Moni is perfectly cast and my prediction is that he will rise to superstardom in real life. The sister character is played to perfection. Raw, sweet, no overacting. If you are lucky enough to know any Samoans, even an Italian mum like me can relate, because we are all the same in the end! Human! Love this so much already!! Everyone please watch!!

Sensitively explores some very dark difficult themes with truth, humour, poignancy and catharsis in equal measures. Just really great storytelling with heart and honesty.

As someone, who learnt through brave survivor testimony, how shame is insidiously used by predators to prey on and alienate the vulnerable in my own community, I really applaud how the lighthearted humour makes the story accessible and digestible, while never trivialising and minimising the serious subject matter.