Good Hands - Lima Lelei - First Episode

Television (Full Length Episode) – 2003

We spent seven years fighting for that, getting those scripts into development. The argument was not from the community, it was the broadcasters, that New Zealanders 'were not ready to see brown faces on mainstream, and we would have to change our accents'. For me, it was like, how do you know that? You've never tested it. A lot of that attitude still exists but with Good Hands we got lucky...
– Justine Simei-Barton on the battle to get Good Hands - Lima Lelei to air, NZ Herald, 15 November 2007

That flashy stuff isn't going to cut it at this level.
– Belinda (Lauren Jackson) fires a shot at fellow netball player Olivia (Nikki Si'ulepa)

We showed them a few Māngere moves...
– Olivia (Nikki Si'ulepa) gives a run down of her day in the development squad

I come from a strong political background. As a Pacific Island woman, you are also fighting Pacific Island men, which is another thing I have found quite dispiriting over the years. I have to fight the Palagis and now I've got to fight you bastards as well...
– Writer and director Justine Simei-Barton on her fight to tell Pasifika stories in the mainstream, NZ Herald, 15 November 2007