Tom's Dairy

All white kids have their own rooms.

– Moses (John Vaifale) tells his little brother Johnny (Mac Kaisuva) how life is

It's an insight into how life was before the internet. If you wanted to play a game you had to go to the arcade. It was like the marae back then because we all gathered around Space Invaders. There will be certain things that most people could relate to like the milk truck and the fact that the dairy was the centre of the universe.

– Writer Oscar Kightley talks about growing up in 1980s Auckland, The Western Leader, 16 July 2013

Don't say your oldest brother's in jail, say he's a social worker.

– Moses (John Vaifale) has another lesson for Johnny (Mac Kaisuva)

Te Atatu isn't even a country....

– Snippet of typical conversations outside the Te Atatu dairy

Youse are eggs.

– Johnny (Mac Kaisuva) uses a choice 1980s put down