Meet the young people balancing school and relationships while growing up in their parents’ shops. Made with support from NZ On Air. [2022–]

Takeout Kids

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✏️ Phitcha and her friends share shrimp noodles dropped off to school from her family’s Thai restaurant in Akaroa, where she also works at the weekend. Between video calls back home to Thailand and juggling the never-ending tourists that come into town, Phitcha reflects on her relationship with her father.

🎞 Takeout Kids is an observational documentary series from director Julie Zhu, following the everyday lives of five young people in Aotearoa growing up in their parents’ shops.

Takeout Kids is made with the support of NZ On Air.


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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. 


Phitcha

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Kyla and her sister, Kylee, trade makeup tips in front of the mirror, using their mum’s cosmetics. In the nail salon where her mum works, Kyla shares her pepeha with customers after a long day of chatting about crushes in the playground. 


Kyla

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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. 


Lauren

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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. 


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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. 


Priyan

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


Takeout Kids – season two trailer

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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. 


Rama

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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. 


John

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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. 


Brooklyn

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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. 


Martynique

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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. 


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