Gliding On - The Work Experience Scheme (Series Five, Episode Two)

Television (Full Length Episode) – 1985

...we had great poets at the same time you had Shakespeare. Our language is really important aye. Hey look I've got this petition see. It's to the media — you know radios, paper and the telly — just asking for a bigger percentage of time or space to Māori concerns. What we're really asking for is a fair go aye.
– Whetu (Christina Asher) on the importance of te reo

Whetu, you be careful when Beryl gazes into your eyes and she says nice things to you: that means she's trying to sell you raffle tickets.
– John (Ross Jolly) warns Whetu about Beryl's tactics

Well if you're here for work experience we better teach you everything we know — now that'll take until morning tea time.
– John (Ross Jolly) to new arrival Whetu (Christina Asher)

You get used to it. It's nothing personal, Jim talks like that to everyone about everything — he's always like that.
– Beryl (Susan Wilson) defends Jim

...it's not the way it's pronounced! Don't you reckon it's time you jokers learnt to pronounce the words properly?
– Whetu (Christina Asher) on pronouncing te reo place names correctly

Well i don't know what's wordes: stumble through a few words and get accused of patronising tokenism, or make no attempt and and get called a racist.
– John (Ross Jolly) defends himself for his lack of te reo

It was very very successful, thanks to Roger's astute observations with his gift for comedy. And offices — he recognized as a microcosm of disparate people forced to rub together with sometimes funny hilarious results.
– Actor Ross Jolly (John) on the success of Gliding on, RNZ, April 2021