All Videos September 3, 2024

Lauren

Evenings at the Auckland night markets frying doughnuts turn into long, yawning school days for Lauren. Her family and school are encouraging her to think about the future – stay with the family business, or follow her own dreams.

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Phitcha

Phitcha bonds over shrimp noodles with her schoolmates, and watermelon and ice cream with her parents. A heart-to-heart with her dad heals the scars of separation.

Lauren

Evenings at the Auckland night markets frying doughnuts turn into long, yawning school days for Lauren. Her family and school are encouraging her to think about the future – stay with the family business, or follow her own dreams.

Dom

Dom plays basketball on the concrete outside his mum’s Thai restaurant. Keeping up with school, sport and work sometimes feel out of control, but there is one choice Dom has in his own hands: seeing, or not seeing, his father.

Priyan

Priyan takes on the weight of starting his first week of school while manning the counter at his family’s dairy. He’d rather stock the shelves and play cricket with his dad than practise his ABCs.

Takeout Kids – season two trailer

Five young people balance school and relationships while growing up in their family shops. Episode one premieres on The Spinoff on Tuesday August 20.

Rama

Rama has a busy week of school, Arabic classes and helping out in her family’s Jordanian restaurant in Kingsland, Tāmaki Makaurau. When the weekend comes, all she wants to do is visit the arcade with her dad.

John

John spends his spare time outside of school gaming and going to the gym. Between everything else he helps his parents run their busy fish and chip shop in Ōtautahi, Christchurch.

Brooklyn

After a challenging day at school, Brooklyn returns to his family’s café on the main street of Thames to spend time with his sisters – and get his remote control helicopter ready for liftoff.

Martynique

Martynique spends the week between school and her family’s takeaway shop in Porirua, where she and her cousin wait for the weekend – and the chance to go into town.

Takeout Kids – Trailer

Four young people juggle school, friends and everything else while growing up in their parents’ restaurants and takeaway shops. Full series available on The Spinoff from February 15.