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A Māori former table tennis champ and his Italian trophy wife wait out their fall from grace by running a kaupapa Māori community centre.
Nā Hinewai rāua ko Ropata i kōrero atu kia Tips kua panaia a ia i tana mahi; engari kia kaua a ia e tuohu, ka whakatakotohia e ia he whakaaro ki te whakahou i te whare.
(AO) Ā muri o tana toanga i te Whakataetae Ping Pong o te Ao, ka hoki atu a Tips ki te kāinga me te tūnga hou o te kaiwhakahaere o te whare hapori i reira.
(AO) I runga o te hiahia ki te hiki i te taumata, ka whakahaerehia e Tips he rorerore tōtiti ki te whakanui i te tahua pūtea.
He mahere hou tā Tips ki te whakaora i te whare, ka tono ia kia huria te tūnga o te whare hapori ki te marae, ā, ka takahi anō a ia i ngā ture.
Nā Hinewai rāua ko Ropata i kōrero atu kia Tips kua panaia a ia i tana mahi; engari kia kaua a ia e tuohu, ka whakatakotohia e ia he whakaaro ki te whakahou i te whare.
Ka pakanga ā-hinengaro a Ropata rāua ko Tips.
(AO) E whakapau kaha ana a Serafina ki te whakarite i te taiopenga, ka pā te āmaimai kia Tips i runga i te mōhio kei te haere atu he tauhou ki te tiki i ana pūtea. I te taenga atu o te tauhou ka whiwhi kōrero whakamutunga a Tips i te tari o Marjorie.
(AO) I tuku wero a Alex Chow ki a Tips ki te tākaro anō, engari i whakaaro a Tips ki te oma. I kī atu a Gussy kia haere ia ki te tiki āwhina mai i te tohunga; engari me tū pakari a ia ka whakamahi i ana pūkenga katoa ki te tautohe kia Alex.
