Mataku is a half-hour New Zealand drama series about contemporary people who have
mysterious encounters with Maori mythology and spirituality.  A Maori Twilight Zone.

 

Michael guest starred as Dr. Forbes, the "dick-head shrink" who insisted on assigning Western psychological tenets to a young Maori man who unexplainedly attacked his step-father.  Failure to recognize the boy's Maori spiritual sickness in time resulted in tragedy for the boy and his family.

EPISODE CAST
Sean		William Park		Manu		Lionel Waaka
Pahi		Pete Smith		Woman Police Officer		Tracey Carter
Rina		Sue Garton		Compere		Ed Tauri
Te Haika		Robin Kora		Warena		David Waikaira-Paul
Te Kakarapiti		Kingi Taurua		Keepa		Lui Manu-Anderson
Tuta		Anura Grant		Dr. Forbes		Michael Hurst
Tom		Lawrence Makaroe
Written and directed by Carey Carter

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"It's ok, Sean, I just want to talk.  Anything you want to tell me?  Sean, I'm here to help".

"Oh, hello, Mr. and Mrs. Ngari.  Sorry to keep you waiting".

"Uh, Mrs. Ngari, did Sean ever show signs of being angry at the fact that he doesn't know his real father?"

"Whether my husband is Sean's natural father or not has got nothing to do with you, and it's got nothing to do with this".

"So unless you've got a very good reason for keeping us all here, you can take your questions, shove them up your ass!"

"Mrs. Ngari, you know what I see when I look at these pictures?  Here's a boy.  And he's angry because he
doesn't know his real father.  And then, when another man comes along and replaces his father, he tries to hide that
anger for as long as he can.  But the anger won't stay hidden, will it?  Sooner or later, it's going to find its way out".

"Mrs. Ngari, the cultural background may give us a context, but in my experience the answer is usually found much closer to home . . . "