Pete & Pio - Series One Compilation

Peter Rowley and Pio Terei shared a Best Performance Award for this 1990s sketch comedy series. While Rowley is a veteran comedian known for The Billy T James Show, this was Terei’s first lead television role (followed by his own series, Pio!). Each episode opens with a stand-up double act performed to a studio audience, and closes with a song led by Terei. In the complete first episode and excerpts, the duo poke fun at racial stereotypes and well known adverts. Aotearoa is often the butt of the joke, with sketches including talking sheep, a tourism ad for Māngere, and an Australian smack-talking Kiwis.

So then I go to this party, you see, and drank six pints of beer and half a bottle of whiskey. Then we staggered down the street, roaring and shouting, and smashed the windows of all the shops in the village . . . . But enough about my weekend. What is it you wanted to talk to me about my son?

– Peter Rowley plays a priest leading a confessional, in episode one

Key Cast & Crew

Al Falisimanu

As: Various roles

Tom Parkinson

Executive Producer

Pio Terei

Writer, Presenter, As: Various roles

Brendon Butt

Director, Writer

Gary Moore

Cinematographer, Writer

Peter Rowley

Writer, Presenter, As: Various roles