Кіріспе
Seven Periods with Mr Gormsby – жаңазеландиялық сатирикалық телесериал, оны Дэнни Малхерон (сонымен қатар режиссер және атқарушы продюсер), Дейв Армстронг және Том Скотт жазған. Басты рөлде – Дэвид МакФайл, саяси тұрғыдан дұрыс емес көзқарастары мен "ескі мектеп" оқыту стилі ойдан шығарылған Тепапавай орта мектебінің жағдайымен қақтығып, кереғар болады. Сериал Жаңа Зеландияның білім беру жүйесін, сондай-ақ қазіргі Жаңа Зеландияның әлеуметтік көзқарастарын әжуалайды.
Seven Periods with Mr Gormsby is a satirical New Zealand television series, created and written by Danny Mulheron (who also directs and co produces), Dave Armstrong, and Tom Scott. It stars David McPhail as the titular Mr Gormsby, whose politically incorrect attitudes and "old school" teaching style clash and contrast with the environment at the fictional Tepapawai High School. The show pokes fun at the New Zealand education system but also at modern New Zealand social attitudes more generally.
Сюжет
Бұл оқиға Жаңа Зеландиядағы төмен табысты аймақтағы нашар жарақтанған, көбінесе біліктілігі жеткіліксіз оқытушылармен және қиын әлеуметтік-экономикалық жағдайдағы оқушылары бар, олардың көпшілігі этникалық азшылықтар – маори және пасифика халқына жататын орта мектептегі оқиғаларды баяндайды. Бірінші маусымда Мортимер Гормсби 5F классының уақытша оқытушысы болып тағайындалады. Оның консервативті әдістері мен оқушыларды тәртіпке келтіруге жасаған тырыстары қалған факультетті оны жұмыстан шығаруға жетелейді. Бұрын тәртіпсіз болған 5F класы жаңа мұғалімге бірте-бірте үйренеді, ал ол өз кезегінде оларға құрметпен қарауын дамытады. Алайда, бірінші маусымның соңында Гормсби жұмыстан босатылады. 5F класынан басқа, мектептің қалған бөлігі нашар басқару, үлгерімнің төмендігі және Білім сапасын бағалау кеңсесінің бақылауымен күресіп жатыр. Екінші маусымда Гормсби лауазымына қайта орналасады. Осы арада, Білім сапасын бағалау кеңсесі Тепапавай және МакЛаудтың қыздар мектебін біріктіру туралы шешім қабылдайды. Қай мектеп жабылуы керек деген мәселе екінші маусымның негізгі сюжеттік желісін құрайды.
The story follows various events at a New Zealand low decile high school in a low income area having often poorly qualified teaching staff and many students with difficult socio economic backgrounds mostly belonging to ethnic minorities, Māori and Pasifika. Season One sees the appointment of Mortimer Gormsby to the relieving role of Class 5F. His conservative ways and attempts to discipline students immediately see the rest of the faculty try to have him removed. The previously troublesome 5F slowly take to their new teacher, and in turn he develops a respect for them. However at the end of Season One, Gormsby is fired. Outside of 5F, the rest of the school is plagued by mismanagement, poor test scores and the Education Review Office. Season Two sees the reinstatement of Gormsby. Meanwhile, the Education Review Office decides that Tepapawai and McLeod's Girls School should merge. The question of which school should close is the main storyline of Season Two
Кейіпкерлер
Мортимер Эллис Гормсби (Дэвид МакФейл) – көмекші мұғалім. Гормсби бұрынғы әскери қызметкер және көп саяхат жасаған. Ол ескі мектеп тәртібін сақтайтын, консервативті және қатал адам, студенттер мен қызметкерлерді этникалық, жыныстық, интеллектуалдық және сексуалдық бағдарына қарай қорлайтын немесе олардың есімдерін мазақтайтын (Роджер Дассентті «Мырза Писсент» деп, ал Хоне Хакануиді «Жартылай қан» деп атайды). Оның консервативті көзқарастары оны көптеген оқытушылармен, әсіресе Стив Маджвеймен қақтығысқа түсіреді, ол бірінші маусымның екінші эпизодында оны жұмыстан босатуға тырысады. Ол бюрократияны, «әлсіз» заманауи көзқарастарды және кәсіподақтарды, әсіресе PPTA-ны жек көреді. Осы кемшіліктеріне қарамастан, Гормсби сериал бойында 5F сыныбына жақындық танытады, ал студенттер, әсіресе Хохепа, оған деген құрметтерін білдіреді. Бірінші маусымның соңында Гормсбиді директор міндетін атқарушы Стив Маджвей жұмыстан шығарады. Екінші маусымның бірінші эпизодында ол қайтадан Бағыт беру кеңесшісі болып жұмысқа қабылданады, содан кейін 5F сыныбының мұғалімі болып қайтадан жұмысқа орналасады. Сериалдың соңында ол Тепапавай/МакЛеодтың директордың орынбасары болып көтеріледі, 5F сыныбына Тепапавайды МакЛеодпен бірігуден сақтау үшін МакЛеодты өртеп жіберуге ишара береді.
Mortimer Ellis Gormsby (David McPhail) Relief Teacher. Gormsby is ex army and well travelled. He is an old school disciplinarian, conservative and brash, frequently calling students and staff offensive names based on ethnicity, gender, intellect, and sexual orientation, or by mocking their names (He calls Roger Dascent 'Mr Pissent' and Hone Hakanui 'Half Caste'). His conservative ways put him in conflict with many of the faculty, especially Steve Mudgeway, who try to have him fired in Season One, Episode Two. He has a hatred for bureaucracy, 'mamby pamby' modern attitudes and trade unions, especially the PPTA. Despite these prejudices, Gormsby develops an affinity for his 5F class over the series, and in turn a respect develops from the students towards him, especially from Hohepa. At the end of Season One, Gormsby is fired by Acting Principal Steve Mudgeway. In Season Two, Episode One he is rehired as a Guidance Counselor, and then reinstated as teacher of 5F. At the end of the series, he rises to Deputy Principal of Tepapawai/McLeod's, after implicitly directing 5F to burn McLeod's down in order to save Tepapawai from merging with McLeod's. Roger Dascent (Paul McLaughlin) The principal of Tepapawai Boys High School. In Season One he has little moral compass, worrying on saving money, not involving the authorities or avoiding conflict by dismissing complaints or ignoring on campus problems. He is pursued throughout the series by Marion Patterson from the Education Review Office, an attraction he does not reciprocate. In Season One, Episode Seven, a decision on reducing staff numbers sends him into a mental health crisis, where he is driven away in an ambulance. In Season Two, Episode One, he returns to his old position, but with having been diagnosed as 'clinically insane'. In Season Two, Episode Six, he reluctantly proposes to Marion Patterson to prevent Tepapawai merging with McLeod's Girls School, but after this raises issues at the Ministry of Education, they are able to separate amicably. He then proposes to Lauren, who accepts. After the McLeods fire, Dascent ends the series as Principal of the merged Tepapawai/McLeods. Steve Mudgeway (Jason Hoyte) The school counsellor and 'acting deputy vice principal'. Steve is Gormsby's prime antagonist, and is shown to be selfish, self interested, and manipulative. He is also shown to be very ambitious and aspires to be more than a school counsellor. He has an interest in film, and brags about minor achievements like being an extra in the Extended DVD version of Lord of the Rings, writing his screenplay, and "helping" on the script of The Piano, as well as being in the Auckland Development Cricket Squad. He is a frequent womanizer. At the beginning of the series he is in a relationship with Fenn Partington, but sleeps with Agnes O'Flahrety in the Music recording booth. This causes her to get pregnant, and Fenn to break up with Steve. Steve then pressures Agnes to have an abortion, which she does, but this causes her to fall into a depressive state, before she ends things also with Steve. In Season One, Episode Seven, he becomes Acting Principal of Tepapawai after Roger Dascent's mental breakdown. His first act is to fire Gormsby. In Season Two, Episode One, he angrily 'quits' after Roger is reinstated, and Gormsby is hired as the Guidance Counsellor. However, his car is destroyed by Hohepa. In Season Two, Episode Five he and Fenn begin to get back together, but their night together is cut short after 5F sabotage Steve's latrine, causing him to fall into a latrine pit. In Season Two, Episode Six, while the rest of faculty band together to save Tepapawai from merging with McLeod's Girls School, Steve begins secretly lining up a role for himself as Principal at McLeod's, despite outwardly supporting his colleagues. In Season Two, Episode Seven, Steven approaches all female faculty to court them for marriage as the McLeod's role requires him to be married. They all reject him, and he angrily chastises his colleagues before leaving. After the McLeod's fire, Steve ends the series back as Guidance Counsellor. Fenn Partington (Tandi Wright) A professional and kind English Teacher. She is shown to be one of the more competent faculty members, who cares about education and student wellbeing. At the beginning of the series, she was seen in a relationship with Steve Mudgeway, but broke it off after he and Agnes O'Flaherty slept together, making Agnes pregnant. To get her own back, she sleeps with Afioga, a student. This causes her to be fired, but she is quickly rehired after it emerges that as a result, his reading scores have notably increased, and Fenn is singled out by the Ministry of Education as an exceptional teacher. In Season Two, Episode One, she and Hone Hakanui are shown to have started a relationship, however Fenn ends this in Season Two, Episode Four after Hone's drinking and gambling cause issues on the school 'camp'. She and Steve nearly get back together, but after Steve proposes to her only to secure his job, she leaves him permanently. Lauren (Michele Amas) An honest and perceptive Secretary. She frequently is roped into Roger Dascent's mismanagement, such as helping him duck calls from Marion Patterson and not calling the Police when there are issues on school. She is often the conscious of the show, such as highlighting the amorality of selling Māori and Pacific Island Students to rugby playing schools. Despite being reluctantly involved in Roger's schemes, she cares deeply about him, being the only faculty member to visit him in the Psychiatric facility. At the end of the series, Roger proposes to Lauren, which she accepts. Agnes Maria Teresa O'Flaherty (Dena Kennedy) A sweet natured, Catholic Social Studies/History teacher. In the beginning of the show, she and Steve Mudgeway are seen flirting, despite Steve being in a relationship with Fenn Partington. Later, they have sex, causing Agnes to become pregnant. Despite wanting to keep the baby, Steve pressures her into having an abortion. This causes Agnes to fall into a depressive state, ultimately leading to a suicide attempt in Season One, Episode Four. Despite this, she returns to her job, developing a close friendship with Alisdair Morton. In Season Two, Episode Five, she arouses Alisdair, leading to the two of them entering a romantic relationship, and were still seen together at the end of the show. Alisdair Morton (Thomas Robins) A queer Economics teacher. Although frequently competent at his job, his sexual orientation makes him the punchline of many jokes or staff comments. In Season One, Episode Seven, a rumour spread that he has AIDS, but it instead is anal warts. He shared a close friendship with Agnes O'Flaherty, which becomes romantic in Season Two, Episode Five. Prior to that he had an off screen relationship with a man called Vinaj, who left him in Season Two, Episode Four. He displays many stereotypical queer characteristics, such as an absence of sporting skill and a love of musical theater. He is also shown to be quite well travelled. Hone Hakanui (Louis Sutherland) An incompetent Māori studies teacher. Despite being head of the department, he cannot speak te reo Māori and is shown to be lazy, culturally incompetent, and out of his depth. In Season Two, Episode One, he is seen in a relationship with Fenn. In Season Two, he develops a gambling addiction at school, where he gambles away to Rak all the school's money for a school trip. In Season Two, Episode Five, he gets drunk on school camp, prompting Fenn to break up with him. In Season Two, Episode Seven, he reveals he is actually Sāmoan
Lesley Tangaroa (Grace Hoet) A Māori lesbian P. E. teacher. Despite being a P. E. teacher, she is shown to be unfit and lazy at her job, focusing more on playing social sport than teaching students. She is heavy, beings shown as the only faculty to be able to barge through a door. Her sexual orientation makes her the ridicule of the staff and students. In Season One, Episode Six, she tried to kiss Agnes O'Flahrety, mistaking her for queer, but Agnes rebukes her advance. Werner Hundertwasser (Nigel Collins) Head of Music. A German Hippie, Werner is shown to be generally incompetent at playing music. His German heritage sometimes makes him stand out in a New Zealand environment, such as not knowing the slightest thing about cricket. Marion Patterson (Geraldine Brophy) The Education Review Office school inspector. Marion is shown as a tough, honest women, with an unreciprocated attraction to Roger Dascent. This means that despite Tepapawai's poor educational outcomes, the ERO never really rebukes the school. She and Roger attend a nudist weekend between Season One Episode Six and Seven. In Season Two, Episode One, she reveals to Acting Principal Steve Mudgeway that the Ministry of Education plans on merging Tepapawai and Mcleod's Girls School,
Rak (Charles Lum) School cleaner, formerly a nuclear physicist in Cambodia, who runs a successful gambling racket on campus.
Lesley Tangaroa (Grace Hoet) A Māori lesbian P. E. teacher. Despite being a P. E. teacher, she is shown to be unfit and lazy at her job, focusing more on playing social sport than teaching students. She is heavy, beings shown as the only faculty to be able to barge through a door. Her sexual orientation makes her the ridicule of the staff and students. In Season One, Episode Six, she tried to kiss Agnes O'Flahrety, mistaking her for queer, but Agnes rebukes her advance. Werner Hundertwasser (Nigel Collins) Head of Music. A German Hippie, Werner is shown to be generally incompetent at playing music. His German heritage sometimes makes him stand out in a New Zealand environment, such as not knowing the slightest thing about cricket. Marion Patterson (Geraldine Brophy) The Education Review Office school inspector. Marion is shown as a tough, honest women, with an unreciprocated attraction to Roger Dascent. This means that despite Tepapawai's poor educational outcomes, the ERO never really rebukes the school. She and Roger attend a nudist weekend between Season One Episode Six and Seven. In Season Two, Episode One, she reveals to Acting Principal Steve Mudgeway that the Ministry of Education plans on merging Tepapawai and Mcleod's Girls School,
Rak (Charles Lum) School cleaner, formerly a nuclear physicist in Cambodia, who runs a successful gambling racket on campus.
Роджер Дассент (Пол МакЛафлин) – Тепапавай ер балалар орта мектебінің директоры. Бірінші маусымда ол ақшаны үнемдеуге, биліктің араласуынан қашуға немесе шағымдарды қабылдамау арқылы қақтығыстан аулақ болуға көбірек бейім. Сериал бойында оны Білімділікті бағалау кеңсесінен келген Марион Паттерсон қуып жетеді, бірақ ол оның қызығушылығына жауап бермейді. Бірінші маусымның жетінші эпизодында қызметкерлер санын азайту туралы шешім оны психикалық денсаулық дағдарысына жетеді, нәтижесінде ол жедел жәрдеммен ауруханаға жеткізіледі. Екінші маусымның бірінші эпизодында ол бұрынғы лауазымына оралады, бірақ «клиникалық түрде ақылдан адасқан» деген диагноз қойылады. Екінші маусымның алтыншы эпизодында ол Тепапавайдың МакЛеодтың қыздар мектебімен бірігуіне жол бермеу үшін Марион Паттерсонға ұсыныс жасайды, бірақ бұл Білім министрлігінде мәселе тудырады, нәтижесінде олар татуласып ажырасады. Ол Лоренге ұсыныс жасайды, ол оны қабылдайды. МакЛеод өртінен кейін Дассент біріктірілген Тепапавай/МакЛеодтың директоры ретінде сериалды аяқтайды.
Mortimer Ellis Gormsby (David McPhail) Relief Teacher. Gormsby is ex army and well travelled. He is an old school disciplinarian, conservative and brash, frequently calling students and staff offensive names based on ethnicity, gender, intellect, and sexual orientation, or by mocking their names (He calls Roger Dascent 'Mr Pissent' and Hone Hakanui 'Half Caste'). His conservative ways put him in conflict with many of the faculty, especially Steve Mudgeway, who try to have him fired in Season One, Episode Two. He has a hatred for bureaucracy, 'mamby pamby' modern attitudes and trade unions, especially the PPTA. Despite these prejudices, Gormsby develops an affinity for his 5F class over the series, and in turn a respect develops from the students towards him, especially from Hohepa. At the end of Season One, Gormsby is fired by Acting Principal Steve Mudgeway. In Season Two, Episode One he is rehired as a Guidance Counselor, and then reinstated as teacher of 5F. At the end of the series, he rises to Deputy Principal of Tepapawai/McLeod's, after implicitly directing 5F to burn McLeod's down in order to save Tepapawai from merging with McLeod's. Roger Dascent (Paul McLaughlin) The principal of Tepapawai Boys High School. In Season One he has little moral compass, worrying on saving money, not involving the authorities or avoiding conflict by dismissing complaints or ignoring on campus problems. He is pursued throughout the series by Marion Patterson from the Education Review Office, an attraction he does not reciprocate. In Season One, Episode Seven, a decision on reducing staff numbers sends him into a mental health crisis, where he is driven away in an ambulance. In Season Two, Episode One, he returns to his old position, but with having been diagnosed as 'clinically insane'. In Season Two, Episode Six, he reluctantly proposes to Marion Patterson to prevent Tepapawai merging with McLeod's Girls School, but after this raises issues at the Ministry of Education, they are able to separate amicably. He then proposes to Lauren, who accepts. After the McLeods fire, Dascent ends the series as Principal of the merged Tepapawai/McLeods. Steve Mudgeway (Jason Hoyte) The school counsellor and 'acting deputy vice principal'. Steve is Gormsby's prime antagonist, and is shown to be selfish, self interested, and manipulative. He is also shown to be very ambitious and aspires to be more than a school counsellor. He has an interest in film, and brags about minor achievements like being an extra in the Extended DVD version of Lord of the Rings, writing his screenplay, and "helping" on the script of The Piano, as well as being in the Auckland Development Cricket Squad. He is a frequent womanizer. At the beginning of the series he is in a relationship with Fenn Partington, but sleeps with Agnes O'Flahrety in the Music recording booth. This causes her to get pregnant, and Fenn to break up with Steve. Steve then pressures Agnes to have an abortion, which she does, but this causes her to fall into a depressive state, before she ends things also with Steve. In Season One, Episode Seven, he becomes Acting Principal of Tepapawai after Roger Dascent's mental breakdown. His first act is to fire Gormsby. In Season Two, Episode One, he angrily 'quits' after Roger is reinstated, and Gormsby is hired as the Guidance Counsellor. However, his car is destroyed by Hohepa. In Season Two, Episode Five he and Fenn begin to get back together, but their night together is cut short after 5F sabotage Steve's latrine, causing him to fall into a latrine pit. In Season Two, Episode Six, while the rest of faculty band together to save Tepapawai from merging with McLeod's Girls School, Steve begins secretly lining up a role for himself as Principal at McLeod's, despite outwardly supporting his colleagues. In Season Two, Episode Seven, Steven approaches all female faculty to court them for marriage as the McLeod's role requires him to be married. They all reject him, and he angrily chastises his colleagues before leaving. After the McLeod's fire, Steve ends the series back as Guidance Counsellor. Fenn Partington (Tandi Wright) A professional and kind English Teacher. She is shown to be one of the more competent faculty members, who cares about education and student wellbeing. At the beginning of the series, she was seen in a relationship with Steve Mudgeway, but broke it off after he and Agnes O'Flaherty slept together, making Agnes pregnant. To get her own back, she sleeps with Afioga, a student. This causes her to be fired, but she is quickly rehired after it emerges that as a result, his reading scores have notably increased, and Fenn is singled out by the Ministry of Education as an exceptional teacher. In Season Two, Episode One, she and Hone Hakanui are shown to have started a relationship, however Fenn ends this in Season Two, Episode Four after Hone's drinking and gambling cause issues on the school 'camp'. She and Steve nearly get back together, but after Steve proposes to her only to secure his job, she leaves him permanently. Lauren (Michele Amas) An honest and perceptive Secretary. She frequently is roped into Roger Dascent's mismanagement, such as helping him duck calls from Marion Patterson and not calling the Police when there are issues on school. She is often the conscious of the show, such as highlighting the amorality of selling Māori and Pacific Island Students to rugby playing schools. Despite being reluctantly involved in Roger's schemes, she cares deeply about him, being the only faculty member to visit him in the Psychiatric facility. At the end of the series, Roger proposes to Lauren, which she accepts. Agnes Maria Teresa O'Flaherty (Dena Kennedy) A sweet natured, Catholic Social Studies/History teacher. In the beginning of the show, she and Steve Mudgeway are seen flirting, despite Steve being in a relationship with Fenn Partington. Later, they have sex, causing Agnes to become pregnant. Despite wanting to keep the baby, Steve pressures her into having an abortion. This causes Agnes to fall into a depressive state, ultimately leading to a suicide attempt in Season One, Episode Four. Despite this, she returns to her job, developing a close friendship with Alisdair Morton. In Season Two, Episode Five, she arouses Alisdair, leading to the two of them entering a romantic relationship, and were still seen together at the end of the show. Alisdair Morton (Thomas Robins) A queer Economics teacher. Although frequently competent at his job, his sexual orientation makes him the punchline of many jokes or staff comments. In Season One, Episode Seven, a rumour spread that he has AIDS, but it instead is anal warts. He shared a close friendship with Agnes O'Flaherty, which becomes romantic in Season Two, Episode Five. Prior to that he had an off screen relationship with a man called Vinaj, who left him in Season Two, Episode Four. He displays many stereotypical queer characteristics, such as an absence of sporting skill and a love of musical theater. He is also shown to be quite well travelled. Hone Hakanui (Louis Sutherland) An incompetent Māori studies teacher. Despite being head of the department, he cannot speak te reo Māori and is shown to be lazy, culturally incompetent, and out of his depth. In Season Two, Episode One, he is seen in a relationship with Fenn. In Season Two, he develops a gambling addiction at school, where he gambles away to Rak all the school's money for a school trip. In Season Two, Episode Five, he gets drunk on school camp, prompting Fenn to break up with him. In Season Two, Episode Seven, he reveals he is actually Sāmoan
Lesley Tangaroa (Grace Hoet) A Māori lesbian P. E. teacher. Despite being a P. E. teacher, she is shown to be unfit and lazy at her job, focusing more on playing social sport than teaching students. She is heavy, beings shown as the only faculty to be able to barge through a door. Her sexual orientation makes her the ridicule of the staff and students. In Season One, Episode Six, she tried to kiss Agnes O'Flahrety, mistaking her for queer, but Agnes rebukes her advance. Werner Hundertwasser (Nigel Collins) Head of Music. A German Hippie, Werner is shown to be generally incompetent at playing music. His German heritage sometimes makes him stand out in a New Zealand environment, such as not knowing the slightest thing about cricket. Marion Patterson (Geraldine Brophy) The Education Review Office school inspector. Marion is shown as a tough, honest women, with an unreciprocated attraction to Roger Dascent. This means that despite Tepapawai's poor educational outcomes, the ERO never really rebukes the school. She and Roger attend a nudist weekend between Season One Episode Six and Seven. In Season Two, Episode One, she reveals to Acting Principal Steve Mudgeway that the Ministry of Education plans on merging Tepapawai and Mcleod's Girls School,
Rak (Charles Lum) School cleaner, formerly a nuclear physicist in Cambodia, who runs a successful gambling racket on campus.
Lesley Tangaroa (Grace Hoet) A Māori lesbian P. E. teacher. Despite being a P. E. teacher, she is shown to be unfit and lazy at her job, focusing more on playing social sport than teaching students. She is heavy, beings shown as the only faculty to be able to barge through a door. Her sexual orientation makes her the ridicule of the staff and students. In Season One, Episode Six, she tried to kiss Agnes O'Flahrety, mistaking her for queer, but Agnes rebukes her advance. Werner Hundertwasser (Nigel Collins) Head of Music. A German Hippie, Werner is shown to be generally incompetent at playing music. His German heritage sometimes makes him stand out in a New Zealand environment, such as not knowing the slightest thing about cricket. Marion Patterson (Geraldine Brophy) The Education Review Office school inspector. Marion is shown as a tough, honest women, with an unreciprocated attraction to Roger Dascent. This means that despite Tepapawai's poor educational outcomes, the ERO never really rebukes the school. She and Roger attend a nudist weekend between Season One Episode Six and Seven. In Season Two, Episode One, she reveals to Acting Principal Steve Mudgeway that the Ministry of Education plans on merging Tepapawai and Mcleod's Girls School,
Rak (Charles Lum) School cleaner, formerly a nuclear physicist in Cambodia, who runs a successful gambling racket on campus.
Стив Маджвей (Джейсон Хойт) – мектеп кеңесшісі және «директордың міндетін атқарушы орынбасары». Стив Гормсбидің басты қарсыласы, өзімшіл, жеке мүддесін ойлайтын және манипулятор. Ол мектеп кеңесшісі болудан гөрі көп нәрсеге ұмтылады. Ол киноға қызығушылық танытады және «Сақиналардың иесі» фильмінің кеңейтілген DVD нұсқасында эпизодтық рөлде ойнағанын, сценарий жазғанын және «Пиано» сценарийінде «көмектескенін», сондай-ақ Окленд даму крикет құрамасында болғанын мақтан тұтады. Ол әйелдерге құмар. Сериалдың басында ол Фенн Партингтонмен қарым-қатынаста болады, бірақ Музыкалық жазба студиясында Агнес О'Флаэртимен ұйықтайды. Бұл оның жүкті болуына және Фенннің Стивтен айырылуына себеп болады. Стив Агнеске аборт жасатуды талап етеді, ол оны жасайды, бірақ бұл оның депрессияға түсуіне себеп болады, содан кейін ол Стивпен де қарым-қатынасын тоқтатады. Бірінші маусымның жетінші эпизодында Роджер Дассенттің психикалық күйзелісінен кейін ол Тепапавайдың директор міндетін атқарушы болады. Оның алғашқы әрекеті – Гормсбиді жұмыстан босату. Екінші маусымның бірінші эпизодында Роджер қайтадан жұмысқа кіріскеннен кейін ол ашуланып «кетеді», ал Гормсби Бағыт беру кеңесшісі болып тағайындалады. Алайда, оның машинасы Хохепамен бүлінеді. Екінші маусымның бесінші эпизодында ол Фенмен қайта қосыла бастайды, бірақ олардың бірге өткізген түні 5F сыныбы Стивтің дәретханасын саботаждағаннан кейін тоқтатылады, нәтижесінде ол дәретхана шұңқырына құлайды. Екінші маусымның алтыншы эпизодында, қалған оқытушылар Тепапавайды МакЛеодтың қыздар мектебімен бірігуден сақтау үшін біріккен кезде, Стив сырттай әріптестерін қолдайтын көрінеді, бірақ іштей МакЛеодта директорлық лауазымға өтіп алуға тырысады. Екінші маусымның жетінші эпизодында Стивен МакЛеодтағы лауазымды алу үшін үйленуге тиіс болғандықтан, барлық әйел оқытушыларға барып, оларға үйленуді ұсынады. Барлығы оны қабылдамайды, ал ол кетер алдында әріптестерін ашуланып жазалайды. МакЛеод өртінен кейін Стив сериалды қайтадан Бағыт беру кеңесшісі ретінде аяқтайды.
Mortimer Ellis Gormsby (David McPhail) Relief Teacher. Gormsby is ex army and well travelled. He is an old school disciplinarian, conservative and brash, frequently calling students and staff offensive names based on ethnicity, gender, intellect, and sexual orientation, or by mocking their names (He calls Roger Dascent 'Mr Pissent' and Hone Hakanui 'Half Caste'). His conservative ways put him in conflict with many of the faculty, especially Steve Mudgeway, who try to have him fired in Season One, Episode Two. He has a hatred for bureaucracy, 'mamby pamby' modern attitudes and trade unions, especially the PPTA. Despite these prejudices, Gormsby develops an affinity for his 5F class over the series, and in turn a respect develops from the students towards him, especially from Hohepa. At the end of Season One, Gormsby is fired by Acting Principal Steve Mudgeway. In Season Two, Episode One he is rehired as a Guidance Counselor, and then reinstated as teacher of 5F. At the end of the series, he rises to Deputy Principal of Tepapawai/McLeod's, after implicitly directing 5F to burn McLeod's down in order to save Tepapawai from merging with McLeod's. Roger Dascent (Paul McLaughlin) The principal of Tepapawai Boys High School. In Season One he has little moral compass, worrying on saving money, not involving the authorities or avoiding conflict by dismissing complaints or ignoring on campus problems. He is pursued throughout the series by Marion Patterson from the Education Review Office, an attraction he does not reciprocate. In Season One, Episode Seven, a decision on reducing staff numbers sends him into a mental health crisis, where he is driven away in an ambulance. In Season Two, Episode One, he returns to his old position, but with having been diagnosed as 'clinically insane'. In Season Two, Episode Six, he reluctantly proposes to Marion Patterson to prevent Tepapawai merging with McLeod's Girls School, but after this raises issues at the Ministry of Education, they are able to separate amicably. He then proposes to Lauren, who accepts. After the McLeods fire, Dascent ends the series as Principal of the merged Tepapawai/McLeods. Steve Mudgeway (Jason Hoyte) The school counsellor and 'acting deputy vice principal'. Steve is Gormsby's prime antagonist, and is shown to be selfish, self interested, and manipulative. He is also shown to be very ambitious and aspires to be more than a school counsellor. He has an interest in film, and brags about minor achievements like being an extra in the Extended DVD version of Lord of the Rings, writing his screenplay, and "helping" on the script of The Piano, as well as being in the Auckland Development Cricket Squad. He is a frequent womanizer. At the beginning of the series he is in a relationship with Fenn Partington, but sleeps with Agnes O'Flahrety in the Music recording booth. This causes her to get pregnant, and Fenn to break up with Steve. Steve then pressures Agnes to have an abortion, which she does, but this causes her to fall into a depressive state, before she ends things also with Steve. In Season One, Episode Seven, he becomes Acting Principal of Tepapawai after Roger Dascent's mental breakdown. His first act is to fire Gormsby. In Season Two, Episode One, he angrily 'quits' after Roger is reinstated, and Gormsby is hired as the Guidance Counsellor. However, his car is destroyed by Hohepa. In Season Two, Episode Five he and Fenn begin to get back together, but their night together is cut short after 5F sabotage Steve's latrine, causing him to fall into a latrine pit. In Season Two, Episode Six, while the rest of faculty band together to save Tepapawai from merging with McLeod's Girls School, Steve begins secretly lining up a role for himself as Principal at McLeod's, despite outwardly supporting his colleagues. In Season Two, Episode Seven, Steven approaches all female faculty to court them for marriage as the McLeod's role requires him to be married. They all reject him, and he angrily chastises his colleagues before leaving. After the McLeod's fire, Steve ends the series back as Guidance Counsellor. Fenn Partington (Tandi Wright) A professional and kind English Teacher. She is shown to be one of the more competent faculty members, who cares about education and student wellbeing. At the beginning of the series, she was seen in a relationship with Steve Mudgeway, but broke it off after he and Agnes O'Flaherty slept together, making Agnes pregnant. To get her own back, she sleeps with Afioga, a student. This causes her to be fired, but she is quickly rehired after it emerges that as a result, his reading scores have notably increased, and Fenn is singled out by the Ministry of Education as an exceptional teacher. In Season Two, Episode One, she and Hone Hakanui are shown to have started a relationship, however Fenn ends this in Season Two, Episode Four after Hone's drinking and gambling cause issues on the school 'camp'. She and Steve nearly get back together, but after Steve proposes to her only to secure his job, she leaves him permanently. Lauren (Michele Amas) An honest and perceptive Secretary. She frequently is roped into Roger Dascent's mismanagement, such as helping him duck calls from Marion Patterson and not calling the Police when there are issues on school. She is often the conscious of the show, such as highlighting the amorality of selling Māori and Pacific Island Students to rugby playing schools. Despite being reluctantly involved in Roger's schemes, she cares deeply about him, being the only faculty member to visit him in the Psychiatric facility. At the end of the series, Roger proposes to Lauren, which she accepts. Agnes Maria Teresa O'Flaherty (Dena Kennedy) A sweet natured, Catholic Social Studies/History teacher. In the beginning of the show, she and Steve Mudgeway are seen flirting, despite Steve being in a relationship with Fenn Partington. Later, they have sex, causing Agnes to become pregnant. Despite wanting to keep the baby, Steve pressures her into having an abortion. This causes Agnes to fall into a depressive state, ultimately leading to a suicide attempt in Season One, Episode Four. Despite this, she returns to her job, developing a close friendship with Alisdair Morton. In Season Two, Episode Five, she arouses Alisdair, leading to the two of them entering a romantic relationship, and were still seen together at the end of the show. Alisdair Morton (Thomas Robins) A queer Economics teacher. Although frequently competent at his job, his sexual orientation makes him the punchline of many jokes or staff comments. In Season One, Episode Seven, a rumour spread that he has AIDS, but it instead is anal warts. He shared a close friendship with Agnes O'Flaherty, which becomes romantic in Season Two, Episode Five. Prior to that he had an off screen relationship with a man called Vinaj, who left him in Season Two, Episode Four. He displays many stereotypical queer characteristics, such as an absence of sporting skill and a love of musical theater. He is also shown to be quite well travelled. Hone Hakanui (Louis Sutherland) An incompetent Māori studies teacher. Despite being head of the department, he cannot speak te reo Māori and is shown to be lazy, culturally incompetent, and out of his depth. In Season Two, Episode One, he is seen in a relationship with Fenn. In Season Two, he develops a gambling addiction at school, where he gambles away to Rak all the school's money for a school trip. In Season Two, Episode Five, he gets drunk on school camp, prompting Fenn to break up with him. In Season Two, Episode Seven, he reveals he is actually Sāmoan
Lesley Tangaroa (Grace Hoet) A Māori lesbian P. E. teacher. Despite being a P. E. teacher, she is shown to be unfit and lazy at her job, focusing more on playing social sport than teaching students. She is heavy, beings shown as the only faculty to be able to barge through a door. Her sexual orientation makes her the ridicule of the staff and students. In Season One, Episode Six, she tried to kiss Agnes O'Flahrety, mistaking her for queer, but Agnes rebukes her advance. Werner Hundertwasser (Nigel Collins) Head of Music. A German Hippie, Werner is shown to be generally incompetent at playing music. His German heritage sometimes makes him stand out in a New Zealand environment, such as not knowing the slightest thing about cricket. Marion Patterson (Geraldine Brophy) The Education Review Office school inspector. Marion is shown as a tough, honest women, with an unreciprocated attraction to Roger Dascent. This means that despite Tepapawai's poor educational outcomes, the ERO never really rebukes the school. She and Roger attend a nudist weekend between Season One Episode Six and Seven. In Season Two, Episode One, she reveals to Acting Principal Steve Mudgeway that the Ministry of Education plans on merging Tepapawai and Mcleod's Girls School,
Rak (Charles Lum) School cleaner, formerly a nuclear physicist in Cambodia, who runs a successful gambling racket on campus.
Lesley Tangaroa (Grace Hoet) A Māori lesbian P. E. teacher. Despite being a P. E. teacher, she is shown to be unfit and lazy at her job, focusing more on playing social sport than teaching students. She is heavy, beings shown as the only faculty to be able to barge through a door. Her sexual orientation makes her the ridicule of the staff and students. In Season One, Episode Six, she tried to kiss Agnes O'Flahrety, mistaking her for queer, but Agnes rebukes her advance. Werner Hundertwasser (Nigel Collins) Head of Music. A German Hippie, Werner is shown to be generally incompetent at playing music. His German heritage sometimes makes him stand out in a New Zealand environment, such as not knowing the slightest thing about cricket. Marion Patterson (Geraldine Brophy) The Education Review Office school inspector. Marion is shown as a tough, honest women, with an unreciprocated attraction to Roger Dascent. This means that despite Tepapawai's poor educational outcomes, the ERO never really rebukes the school. She and Roger attend a nudist weekend between Season One Episode Six and Seven. In Season Two, Episode One, she reveals to Acting Principal Steve Mudgeway that the Ministry of Education plans on merging Tepapawai and Mcleod's Girls School,
Rak (Charles Lum) School cleaner, formerly a nuclear physicist in Cambodia, who runs a successful gambling racket on campus.
Фенн Партингтон (Танди Райт) – кәсіби және мейірімді ағылшын тілінің мұғалімі. Ол білім беруге және студенттердің әл-ауқатына қамқорлық танытатын ең қабілетті оқытушылардың бірі болып көрінеді. Сериалдың басында ол Стив Маджвеймен қарым-қатынаста болған, бірақ ол және Агнес О'Флаэрти ұйыққаннан кейін, Агнес жүкті болғаннан кейін оны бұзып жіберген. Өзіне өш алу үшін ол студент Афиогамен ұйықтайды. Бұл оның жұмыстан босатылуына себеп болады, бірақ ол тез жұмысқа қайта орналасады, өйткені оның нәтижесінде оның оқу деңгейі айтарлықтай жақсарады және Фенн Білім министрлігі тарапынан ерекше оқытушы ретінде танылады. Екінші маусымның бірінші эпизодында ол және Хоне Хакануи қарым-қатынаста екені көрсетіледі, бірақ Фенн оны екінші маусымның төртінші эпизодында Хонедің ішімдікке және құмар ойындарға берілгендігі мектеп «лагерінде» мәселе тудырғаннан кейін бұзады. Ол және Стив қайтадан жақындасуға тырысады, бірақ Стив оған жұмысын сақтап қалу үшін ұсыныс жасағаннан кейін ол оны мәңгілікке тастап кетеді.
Mortimer Ellis Gormsby (David McPhail) Relief Teacher. Gormsby is ex army and well travelled. He is an old school disciplinarian, conservative and brash, frequently calling students and staff offensive names based on ethnicity, gender, intellect, and sexual orientation, or by mocking their names (He calls Roger Dascent 'Mr Pissent' and Hone Hakanui 'Half Caste'). His conservative ways put him in conflict with many of the faculty, especially Steve Mudgeway, who try to have him fired in Season One, Episode Two. He has a hatred for bureaucracy, 'mamby pamby' modern attitudes and trade unions, especially the PPTA. Despite these prejudices, Gormsby develops an affinity for his 5F class over the series, and in turn a respect develops from the students towards him, especially from Hohepa. At the end of Season One, Gormsby is fired by Acting Principal Steve Mudgeway. In Season Two, Episode One he is rehired as a Guidance Counselor, and then reinstated as teacher of 5F. At the end of the series, he rises to Deputy Principal of Tepapawai/McLeod's, after implicitly directing 5F to burn McLeod's down in order to save Tepapawai from merging with McLeod's. Roger Dascent (Paul McLaughlin) The principal of Tepapawai Boys High School. In Season One he has little moral compass, worrying on saving money, not involving the authorities or avoiding conflict by dismissing complaints or ignoring on campus problems. He is pursued throughout the series by Marion Patterson from the Education Review Office, an attraction he does not reciprocate. In Season One, Episode Seven, a decision on reducing staff numbers sends him into a mental health crisis, where he is driven away in an ambulance. In Season Two, Episode One, he returns to his old position, but with having been diagnosed as 'clinically insane'. In Season Two, Episode Six, he reluctantly proposes to Marion Patterson to prevent Tepapawai merging with McLeod's Girls School, but after this raises issues at the Ministry of Education, they are able to separate amicably. He then proposes to Lauren, who accepts. After the McLeods fire, Dascent ends the series as Principal of the merged Tepapawai/McLeods. Steve Mudgeway (Jason Hoyte) The school counsellor and 'acting deputy vice principal'. Steve is Gormsby's prime antagonist, and is shown to be selfish, self interested, and manipulative. He is also shown to be very ambitious and aspires to be more than a school counsellor. He has an interest in film, and brags about minor achievements like being an extra in the Extended DVD version of Lord of the Rings, writing his screenplay, and "helping" on the script of The Piano, as well as being in the Auckland Development Cricket Squad. He is a frequent womanizer. At the beginning of the series he is in a relationship with Fenn Partington, but sleeps with Agnes O'Flahrety in the Music recording booth. This causes her to get pregnant, and Fenn to break up with Steve. Steve then pressures Agnes to have an abortion, which she does, but this causes her to fall into a depressive state, before she ends things also with Steve. In Season One, Episode Seven, he becomes Acting Principal of Tepapawai after Roger Dascent's mental breakdown. His first act is to fire Gormsby. In Season Two, Episode One, he angrily 'quits' after Roger is reinstated, and Gormsby is hired as the Guidance Counsellor. However, his car is destroyed by Hohepa. In Season Two, Episode Five he and Fenn begin to get back together, but their night together is cut short after 5F sabotage Steve's latrine, causing him to fall into a latrine pit. In Season Two, Episode Six, while the rest of faculty band together to save Tepapawai from merging with McLeod's Girls School, Steve begins secretly lining up a role for himself as Principal at McLeod's, despite outwardly supporting his colleagues. In Season Two, Episode Seven, Steven approaches all female faculty to court them for marriage as the McLeod's role requires him to be married. They all reject him, and he angrily chastises his colleagues before leaving. After the McLeod's fire, Steve ends the series back as Guidance Counsellor. Fenn Partington (Tandi Wright) A professional and kind English Teacher. She is shown to be one of the more competent faculty members, who cares about education and student wellbeing. At the beginning of the series, she was seen in a relationship with Steve Mudgeway, but broke it off after he and Agnes O'Flaherty slept together, making Agnes pregnant. To get her own back, she sleeps with Afioga, a student. This causes her to be fired, but she is quickly rehired after it emerges that as a result, his reading scores have notably increased, and Fenn is singled out by the Ministry of Education as an exceptional teacher. In Season Two, Episode One, she and Hone Hakanui are shown to have started a relationship, however Fenn ends this in Season Two, Episode Four after Hone's drinking and gambling cause issues on the school 'camp'. She and Steve nearly get back together, but after Steve proposes to her only to secure his job, she leaves him permanently. Lauren (Michele Amas) An honest and perceptive Secretary. She frequently is roped into Roger Dascent's mismanagement, such as helping him duck calls from Marion Patterson and not calling the Police when there are issues on school. She is often the conscious of the show, such as highlighting the amorality of selling Māori and Pacific Island Students to rugby playing schools. Despite being reluctantly involved in Roger's schemes, she cares deeply about him, being the only faculty member to visit him in the Psychiatric facility. At the end of the series, Roger proposes to Lauren, which she accepts. Agnes Maria Teresa O'Flaherty (Dena Kennedy) A sweet natured, Catholic Social Studies/History teacher. In the beginning of the show, she and Steve Mudgeway are seen flirting, despite Steve being in a relationship with Fenn Partington. Later, they have sex, causing Agnes to become pregnant. Despite wanting to keep the baby, Steve pressures her into having an abortion. This causes Agnes to fall into a depressive state, ultimately leading to a suicide attempt in Season One, Episode Four. Despite this, she returns to her job, developing a close friendship with Alisdair Morton. In Season Two, Episode Five, she arouses Alisdair, leading to the two of them entering a romantic relationship, and were still seen together at the end of the show. Alisdair Morton (Thomas Robins) A queer Economics teacher. Although frequently competent at his job, his sexual orientation makes him the punchline of many jokes or staff comments. In Season One, Episode Seven, a rumour spread that he has AIDS, but it instead is anal warts. He shared a close friendship with Agnes O'Flaherty, which becomes romantic in Season Two, Episode Five. Prior to that he had an off screen relationship with a man called Vinaj, who left him in Season Two, Episode Four. He displays many stereotypical queer characteristics, such as an absence of sporting skill and a love of musical theater. He is also shown to be quite well travelled. Hone Hakanui (Louis Sutherland) An incompetent Māori studies teacher. Despite being head of the department, he cannot speak te reo Māori and is shown to be lazy, culturally incompetent, and out of his depth. In Season Two, Episode One, he is seen in a relationship with Fenn. In Season Two, he develops a gambling addiction at school, where he gambles away to Rak all the school's money for a school trip. In Season Two, Episode Five, he gets drunk on school camp, prompting Fenn to break up with him. In Season Two, Episode Seven, he reveals he is actually Sāmoan
Lesley Tangaroa (Grace Hoet) A Māori lesbian P. E. teacher. Despite being a P. E. teacher, she is shown to be unfit and lazy at her job, focusing more on playing social sport than teaching students. She is heavy, beings shown as the only faculty to be able to barge through a door. Her sexual orientation makes her the ridicule of the staff and students. In Season One, Episode Six, she tried to kiss Agnes O'Flahrety, mistaking her for queer, but Agnes rebukes her advance. Werner Hundertwasser (Nigel Collins) Head of Music. A German Hippie, Werner is shown to be generally incompetent at playing music. His German heritage sometimes makes him stand out in a New Zealand environment, such as not knowing the slightest thing about cricket. Marion Patterson (Geraldine Brophy) The Education Review Office school inspector. Marion is shown as a tough, honest women, with an unreciprocated attraction to Roger Dascent. This means that despite Tepapawai's poor educational outcomes, the ERO never really rebukes the school. She and Roger attend a nudist weekend between Season One Episode Six and Seven. In Season Two, Episode One, she reveals to Acting Principal Steve Mudgeway that the Ministry of Education plans on merging Tepapawai and Mcleod's Girls School,
Rak (Charles Lum) School cleaner, formerly a nuclear physicist in Cambodia, who runs a successful gambling racket on campus.
Lesley Tangaroa (Grace Hoet) A Māori lesbian P. E. teacher. Despite being a P. E. teacher, she is shown to be unfit and lazy at her job, focusing more on playing social sport than teaching students. She is heavy, beings shown as the only faculty to be able to barge through a door. Her sexual orientation makes her the ridicule of the staff and students. In Season One, Episode Six, she tried to kiss Agnes O'Flahrety, mistaking her for queer, but Agnes rebukes her advance. Werner Hundertwasser (Nigel Collins) Head of Music. A German Hippie, Werner is shown to be generally incompetent at playing music. His German heritage sometimes makes him stand out in a New Zealand environment, such as not knowing the slightest thing about cricket. Marion Patterson (Geraldine Brophy) The Education Review Office school inspector. Marion is shown as a tough, honest women, with an unreciprocated attraction to Roger Dascent. This means that despite Tepapawai's poor educational outcomes, the ERO never really rebukes the school. She and Roger attend a nudist weekend between Season One Episode Six and Seven. In Season Two, Episode One, she reveals to Acting Principal Steve Mudgeway that the Ministry of Education plans on merging Tepapawai and Mcleod's Girls School,
Rak (Charles Lum) School cleaner, formerly a nuclear physicist in Cambodia, who runs a successful gambling racket on campus.
Лорен (Мишель Амас) – адал және зерделі хатшы. Ол жиі Роджер Дассенттің басқарудағы қателіктеріне тартылады, мысалы, Марион Паттерсоннан келетін қоңырауларды қабылдамай және мектепте проблемалар туғанда полицияны шақырмау. Ол шоудың санасы болып табылады, мысалы, маури және Тынық мұхиты аралдарының студенттерін крикет ойнайтын мектептерге сатудың арамдығын атап көрсету. Роджердің схемаларына көңілсіз қатысқанына қарамастан, ол оған терең қамқорлық танытады, психиатриялық орталықта оны барып көретін жалғыз оқытушы болып табылады. Сериалдың соңында Роджер Лоренге ұсыныс жасайды, ол оны қабылдайды.
Mortimer Ellis Gormsby (David McPhail) Relief Teacher. Gormsby is ex army and well travelled. He is an old school disciplinarian, conservative and brash, frequently calling students and staff offensive names based on ethnicity, gender, intellect, and sexual orientation, or by mocking their names (He calls Roger Dascent 'Mr Pissent' and Hone Hakanui 'Half Caste'). His conservative ways put him in conflict with many of the faculty, especially Steve Mudgeway, who try to have him fired in Season One, Episode Two. He has a hatred for bureaucracy, 'mamby pamby' modern attitudes and trade unions, especially the PPTA. Despite these prejudices, Gormsby develops an affinity for his 5F class over the series, and in turn a respect develops from the students towards him, especially from Hohepa. At the end of Season One, Gormsby is fired by Acting Principal Steve Mudgeway. In Season Two, Episode One he is rehired as a Guidance Counselor, and then reinstated as teacher of 5F. At the end of the series, he rises to Deputy Principal of Tepapawai/McLeod's, after implicitly directing 5F to burn McLeod's down in order to save Tepapawai from merging with McLeod's. Roger Dascent (Paul McLaughlin) The principal of Tepapawai Boys High School. In Season One he has little moral compass, worrying on saving money, not involving the authorities or avoiding conflict by dismissing complaints or ignoring on campus problems. He is pursued throughout the series by Marion Patterson from the Education Review Office, an attraction he does not reciprocate. In Season One, Episode Seven, a decision on reducing staff numbers sends him into a mental health crisis, where he is driven away in an ambulance. In Season Two, Episode One, he returns to his old position, but with having been diagnosed as 'clinically insane'. In Season Two, Episode Six, he reluctantly proposes to Marion Patterson to prevent Tepapawai merging with McLeod's Girls School, but after this raises issues at the Ministry of Education, they are able to separate amicably. He then proposes to Lauren, who accepts. After the McLeods fire, Dascent ends the series as Principal of the merged Tepapawai/McLeods. Steve Mudgeway (Jason Hoyte) The school counsellor and 'acting deputy vice principal'. Steve is Gormsby's prime antagonist, and is shown to be selfish, self interested, and manipulative. He is also shown to be very ambitious and aspires to be more than a school counsellor. He has an interest in film, and brags about minor achievements like being an extra in the Extended DVD version of Lord of the Rings, writing his screenplay, and "helping" on the script of The Piano, as well as being in the Auckland Development Cricket Squad. He is a frequent womanizer. At the beginning of the series he is in a relationship with Fenn Partington, but sleeps with Agnes O'Flahrety in the Music recording booth. This causes her to get pregnant, and Fenn to break up with Steve. Steve then pressures Agnes to have an abortion, which she does, but this causes her to fall into a depressive state, before she ends things also with Steve. In Season One, Episode Seven, he becomes Acting Principal of Tepapawai after Roger Dascent's mental breakdown. His first act is to fire Gormsby. In Season Two, Episode One, he angrily 'quits' after Roger is reinstated, and Gormsby is hired as the Guidance Counsellor. However, his car is destroyed by Hohepa. In Season Two, Episode Five he and Fenn begin to get back together, but their night together is cut short after 5F sabotage Steve's latrine, causing him to fall into a latrine pit. In Season Two, Episode Six, while the rest of faculty band together to save Tepapawai from merging with McLeod's Girls School, Steve begins secretly lining up a role for himself as Principal at McLeod's, despite outwardly supporting his colleagues. In Season Two, Episode Seven, Steven approaches all female faculty to court them for marriage as the McLeod's role requires him to be married. They all reject him, and he angrily chastises his colleagues before leaving. After the McLeod's fire, Steve ends the series back as Guidance Counsellor. Fenn Partington (Tandi Wright) A professional and kind English Teacher. She is shown to be one of the more competent faculty members, who cares about education and student wellbeing. At the beginning of the series, she was seen in a relationship with Steve Mudgeway, but broke it off after he and Agnes O'Flaherty slept together, making Agnes pregnant. To get her own back, she sleeps with Afioga, a student. This causes her to be fired, but she is quickly rehired after it emerges that as a result, his reading scores have notably increased, and Fenn is singled out by the Ministry of Education as an exceptional teacher. In Season Two, Episode One, she and Hone Hakanui are shown to have started a relationship, however Fenn ends this in Season Two, Episode Four after Hone's drinking and gambling cause issues on the school 'camp'. She and Steve nearly get back together, but after Steve proposes to her only to secure his job, she leaves him permanently. Lauren (Michele Amas) An honest and perceptive Secretary. She frequently is roped into Roger Dascent's mismanagement, such as helping him duck calls from Marion Patterson and not calling the Police when there are issues on school. She is often the conscious of the show, such as highlighting the amorality of selling Māori and Pacific Island Students to rugby playing schools. Despite being reluctantly involved in Roger's schemes, she cares deeply about him, being the only faculty member to visit him in the Psychiatric facility. At the end of the series, Roger proposes to Lauren, which she accepts. Agnes Maria Teresa O'Flaherty (Dena Kennedy) A sweet natured, Catholic Social Studies/History teacher. In the beginning of the show, she and Steve Mudgeway are seen flirting, despite Steve being in a relationship with Fenn Partington. Later, they have sex, causing Agnes to become pregnant. Despite wanting to keep the baby, Steve pressures her into having an abortion. This causes Agnes to fall into a depressive state, ultimately leading to a suicide attempt in Season One, Episode Four. Despite this, she returns to her job, developing a close friendship with Alisdair Morton. In Season Two, Episode Five, she arouses Alisdair, leading to the two of them entering a romantic relationship, and were still seen together at the end of the show. Alisdair Morton (Thomas Robins) A queer Economics teacher. Although frequently competent at his job, his sexual orientation makes him the punchline of many jokes or staff comments. In Season One, Episode Seven, a rumour spread that he has AIDS, but it instead is anal warts. He shared a close friendship with Agnes O'Flaherty, which becomes romantic in Season Two, Episode Five. Prior to that he had an off screen relationship with a man called Vinaj, who left him in Season Two, Episode Four. He displays many stereotypical queer characteristics, such as an absence of sporting skill and a love of musical theater. He is also shown to be quite well travelled. Hone Hakanui (Louis Sutherland) An incompetent Māori studies teacher. Despite being head of the department, he cannot speak te reo Māori and is shown to be lazy, culturally incompetent, and out of his depth. In Season Two, Episode One, he is seen in a relationship with Fenn. In Season Two, he develops a gambling addiction at school, where he gambles away to Rak all the school's money for a school trip. In Season Two, Episode Five, he gets drunk on school camp, prompting Fenn to break up with him. In Season Two, Episode Seven, he reveals he is actually Sāmoan
Lesley Tangaroa (Grace Hoet) A Māori lesbian P. E. teacher. Despite being a P. E. teacher, she is shown to be unfit and lazy at her job, focusing more on playing social sport than teaching students. She is heavy, beings shown as the only faculty to be able to barge through a door. Her sexual orientation makes her the ridicule of the staff and students. In Season One, Episode Six, she tried to kiss Agnes O'Flahrety, mistaking her for queer, but Agnes rebukes her advance. Werner Hundertwasser (Nigel Collins) Head of Music. A German Hippie, Werner is shown to be generally incompetent at playing music. His German heritage sometimes makes him stand out in a New Zealand environment, such as not knowing the slightest thing about cricket. Marion Patterson (Geraldine Brophy) The Education Review Office school inspector. Marion is shown as a tough, honest women, with an unreciprocated attraction to Roger Dascent. This means that despite Tepapawai's poor educational outcomes, the ERO never really rebukes the school. She and Roger attend a nudist weekend between Season One Episode Six and Seven. In Season Two, Episode One, she reveals to Acting Principal Steve Mudgeway that the Ministry of Education plans on merging Tepapawai and Mcleod's Girls School,
Rak (Charles Lum) School cleaner, formerly a nuclear physicist in Cambodia, who runs a successful gambling racket on campus.
Lesley Tangaroa (Grace Hoet) A Māori lesbian P. E. teacher. Despite being a P. E. teacher, she is shown to be unfit and lazy at her job, focusing more on playing social sport than teaching students. She is heavy, beings shown as the only faculty to be able to barge through a door. Her sexual orientation makes her the ridicule of the staff and students. In Season One, Episode Six, she tried to kiss Agnes O'Flahrety, mistaking her for queer, but Agnes rebukes her advance. Werner Hundertwasser (Nigel Collins) Head of Music. A German Hippie, Werner is shown to be generally incompetent at playing music. His German heritage sometimes makes him stand out in a New Zealand environment, such as not knowing the slightest thing about cricket. Marion Patterson (Geraldine Brophy) The Education Review Office school inspector. Marion is shown as a tough, honest women, with an unreciprocated attraction to Roger Dascent. This means that despite Tepapawai's poor educational outcomes, the ERO never really rebukes the school. She and Roger attend a nudist weekend between Season One Episode Six and Seven. In Season Two, Episode One, she reveals to Acting Principal Steve Mudgeway that the Ministry of Education plans on merging Tepapawai and Mcleod's Girls School,
Rak (Charles Lum) School cleaner, formerly a nuclear physicist in Cambodia, who runs a successful gambling racket on campus.
Агнес Мария Тереза О'Флаэрти (Дена Кеннеди) – мейірімді, католик дінін ұстанатын әлеуметтану/тарих пәнінің мұғалімі. Шоудың басында ол Стив Маджвеймен флирттеседі, Стив Фенн Партингтонмен қарым-қатынаста болғанына қарамастан. Кейін олар жыныстық қатынасқа түседі, нәтижесінде Агнес жүкті болады. Баласын сақтап қалғысы келсе де, Стив оны аборт жасауға мәжбүрлейді. Бұл Агнес депрессияға түсуіне себеп болады, нәтижесінде бірінші маусымның төртінші эпизодында ол өлімек болады. Осыған қарамастан, ол жұмысына оралады, Элиздэр Мортонмен жақын достық қарым-қатынас орнатады. Екінші маусымның бесінші эпизодында ол Элиздэрді қоздырады, нәтижесінде олардың арасында романтикалық қарым-қатынас туады, және шоудың соңында олар бірге көрінеді.
Mortimer Ellis Gormsby (David McPhail) Relief Teacher. Gormsby is ex army and well travelled. He is an old school disciplinarian, conservative and brash, frequently calling students and staff offensive names based on ethnicity, gender, intellect, and sexual orientation, or by mocking their names (He calls Roger Dascent 'Mr Pissent' and Hone Hakanui 'Half Caste'). His conservative ways put him in conflict with many of the faculty, especially Steve Mudgeway, who try to have him fired in Season One, Episode Two. He has a hatred for bureaucracy, 'mamby pamby' modern attitudes and trade unions, especially the PPTA. Despite these prejudices, Gormsby develops an affinity for his 5F class over the series, and in turn a respect develops from the students towards him, especially from Hohepa. At the end of Season One, Gormsby is fired by Acting Principal Steve Mudgeway. In Season Two, Episode One he is rehired as a Guidance Counselor, and then reinstated as teacher of 5F. At the end of the series, he rises to Deputy Principal of Tepapawai/McLeod's, after implicitly directing 5F to burn McLeod's down in order to save Tepapawai from merging with McLeod's. Roger Dascent (Paul McLaughlin) The principal of Tepapawai Boys High School. In Season One he has little moral compass, worrying on saving money, not involving the authorities or avoiding conflict by dismissing complaints or ignoring on campus problems. He is pursued throughout the series by Marion Patterson from the Education Review Office, an attraction he does not reciprocate. In Season One, Episode Seven, a decision on reducing staff numbers sends him into a mental health crisis, where he is driven away in an ambulance. In Season Two, Episode One, he returns to his old position, but with having been diagnosed as 'clinically insane'. In Season Two, Episode Six, he reluctantly proposes to Marion Patterson to prevent Tepapawai merging with McLeod's Girls School, but after this raises issues at the Ministry of Education, they are able to separate amicably. He then proposes to Lauren, who accepts. After the McLeods fire, Dascent ends the series as Principal of the merged Tepapawai/McLeods. Steve Mudgeway (Jason Hoyte) The school counsellor and 'acting deputy vice principal'. Steve is Gormsby's prime antagonist, and is shown to be selfish, self interested, and manipulative. He is also shown to be very ambitious and aspires to be more than a school counsellor. He has an interest in film, and brags about minor achievements like being an extra in the Extended DVD version of Lord of the Rings, writing his screenplay, and "helping" on the script of The Piano, as well as being in the Auckland Development Cricket Squad. He is a frequent womanizer. At the beginning of the series he is in a relationship with Fenn Partington, but sleeps with Agnes O'Flahrety in the Music recording booth. This causes her to get pregnant, and Fenn to break up with Steve. Steve then pressures Agnes to have an abortion, which she does, but this causes her to fall into a depressive state, before she ends things also with Steve. In Season One, Episode Seven, he becomes Acting Principal of Tepapawai after Roger Dascent's mental breakdown. His first act is to fire Gormsby. In Season Two, Episode One, he angrily 'quits' after Roger is reinstated, and Gormsby is hired as the Guidance Counsellor. However, his car is destroyed by Hohepa. In Season Two, Episode Five he and Fenn begin to get back together, but their night together is cut short after 5F sabotage Steve's latrine, causing him to fall into a latrine pit. In Season Two, Episode Six, while the rest of faculty band together to save Tepapawai from merging with McLeod's Girls School, Steve begins secretly lining up a role for himself as Principal at McLeod's, despite outwardly supporting his colleagues. In Season Two, Episode Seven, Steven approaches all female faculty to court them for marriage as the McLeod's role requires him to be married. They all reject him, and he angrily chastises his colleagues before leaving. After the McLeod's fire, Steve ends the series back as Guidance Counsellor. Fenn Partington (Tandi Wright) A professional and kind English Teacher. She is shown to be one of the more competent faculty members, who cares about education and student wellbeing. At the beginning of the series, she was seen in a relationship with Steve Mudgeway, but broke it off after he and Agnes O'Flaherty slept together, making Agnes pregnant. To get her own back, she sleeps with Afioga, a student. This causes her to be fired, but she is quickly rehired after it emerges that as a result, his reading scores have notably increased, and Fenn is singled out by the Ministry of Education as an exceptional teacher. In Season Two, Episode One, she and Hone Hakanui are shown to have started a relationship, however Fenn ends this in Season Two, Episode Four after Hone's drinking and gambling cause issues on the school 'camp'. She and Steve nearly get back together, but after Steve proposes to her only to secure his job, she leaves him permanently. Lauren (Michele Amas) An honest and perceptive Secretary. She frequently is roped into Roger Dascent's mismanagement, such as helping him duck calls from Marion Patterson and not calling the Police when there are issues on school. She is often the conscious of the show, such as highlighting the amorality of selling Māori and Pacific Island Students to rugby playing schools. Despite being reluctantly involved in Roger's schemes, she cares deeply about him, being the only faculty member to visit him in the Psychiatric facility. At the end of the series, Roger proposes to Lauren, which she accepts. Agnes Maria Teresa O'Flaherty (Dena Kennedy) A sweet natured, Catholic Social Studies/History teacher. In the beginning of the show, she and Steve Mudgeway are seen flirting, despite Steve being in a relationship with Fenn Partington. Later, they have sex, causing Agnes to become pregnant. Despite wanting to keep the baby, Steve pressures her into having an abortion. This causes Agnes to fall into a depressive state, ultimately leading to a suicide attempt in Season One, Episode Four. Despite this, she returns to her job, developing a close friendship with Alisdair Morton. In Season Two, Episode Five, she arouses Alisdair, leading to the two of them entering a romantic relationship, and were still seen together at the end of the show. Alisdair Morton (Thomas Robins) A queer Economics teacher. Although frequently competent at his job, his sexual orientation makes him the punchline of many jokes or staff comments. In Season One, Episode Seven, a rumour spread that he has AIDS, but it instead is anal warts. He shared a close friendship with Agnes O'Flaherty, which becomes romantic in Season Two, Episode Five. Prior to that he had an off screen relationship with a man called Vinaj, who left him in Season Two, Episode Four. He displays many stereotypical queer characteristics, such as an absence of sporting skill and a love of musical theater. He is also shown to be quite well travelled. Hone Hakanui (Louis Sutherland) An incompetent Māori studies teacher. Despite being head of the department, he cannot speak te reo Māori and is shown to be lazy, culturally incompetent, and out of his depth. In Season Two, Episode One, he is seen in a relationship with Fenn. In Season Two, he develops a gambling addiction at school, where he gambles away to Rak all the school's money for a school trip. In Season Two, Episode Five, he gets drunk on school camp, prompting Fenn to break up with him. In Season Two, Episode Seven, he reveals he is actually Sāmoan
Lesley Tangaroa (Grace Hoet) A Māori lesbian P. E. teacher. Despite being a P. E. teacher, she is shown to be unfit and lazy at her job, focusing more on playing social sport than teaching students. She is heavy, beings shown as the only faculty to be able to barge through a door. Her sexual orientation makes her the ridicule of the staff and students. In Season One, Episode Six, she tried to kiss Agnes O'Flahrety, mistaking her for queer, but Agnes rebukes her advance. Werner Hundertwasser (Nigel Collins) Head of Music. A German Hippie, Werner is shown to be generally incompetent at playing music. His German heritage sometimes makes him stand out in a New Zealand environment, such as not knowing the slightest thing about cricket. Marion Patterson (Geraldine Brophy) The Education Review Office school inspector. Marion is shown as a tough, honest women, with an unreciprocated attraction to Roger Dascent. This means that despite Tepapawai's poor educational outcomes, the ERO never really rebukes the school. She and Roger attend a nudist weekend between Season One Episode Six and Seven. In Season Two, Episode One, she reveals to Acting Principal Steve Mudgeway that the Ministry of Education plans on merging Tepapawai and Mcleod's Girls School,
Rak (Charles Lum) School cleaner, formerly a nuclear physicist in Cambodia, who runs a successful gambling racket on campus.
Lesley Tangaroa (Grace Hoet) A Māori lesbian P. E. teacher. Despite being a P. E. teacher, she is shown to be unfit and lazy at her job, focusing more on playing social sport than teaching students. She is heavy, beings shown as the only faculty to be able to barge through a door. Her sexual orientation makes her the ridicule of the staff and students. In Season One, Episode Six, she tried to kiss Agnes O'Flahrety, mistaking her for queer, but Agnes rebukes her advance. Werner Hundertwasser (Nigel Collins) Head of Music. A German Hippie, Werner is shown to be generally incompetent at playing music. His German heritage sometimes makes him stand out in a New Zealand environment, such as not knowing the slightest thing about cricket. Marion Patterson (Geraldine Brophy) The Education Review Office school inspector. Marion is shown as a tough, honest women, with an unreciprocated attraction to Roger Dascent. This means that despite Tepapawai's poor educational outcomes, the ERO never really rebukes the school. She and Roger attend a nudist weekend between Season One Episode Six and Seven. In Season Two, Episode One, she reveals to Acting Principal Steve Mudgeway that the Ministry of Education plans on merging Tepapawai and Mcleod's Girls School,
Rak (Charles Lum) School cleaner, formerly a nuclear physicist in Cambodia, who runs a successful gambling racket on campus.
Элиздэр Мортон (Томас Робинс) – гомосексуалды экономика пәнінің мұғалімі. Жұмысында жиі қабілетті болғанына қарамастан, оның сексуалдық бағдары көптеген әзілдердің немесе қызметкерлердің пікірлерінің нысаны болады. Бірінші маусымның жетінші эпизодында ол СПИДке шалдыққан деген қауесет таралады, бірақ шындығында ол анальды кеспелерге шалдыққан. Ол Агнес О'Флаэртимен жақын достық қарым-қатынас орнатады, ол екінші маусымның бесінші эпизодында романтикалыққа айналады. Осыған дейін ол Винаж есімді адаммен қарым-қатынаста болған, ол екінші маусымның төртінші эпизодында оны тастап кеткен. Ол көптеген стереотиптік гомосексуалдық ерекшеліктерді көрсетеді, мысалы, спортқа бейімділігінің жоқтығы және музыкалық театрды сүйіп тұруы. Ол сонымен қатар көп саяхат жасаған адам болып көрінеді.
Mortimer Ellis Gormsby (David McPhail) Relief Teacher. Gormsby is ex army and well travelled. He is an old school disciplinarian, conservative and brash, frequently calling students and staff offensive names based on ethnicity, gender, intellect, and sexual orientation, or by mocking their names (He calls Roger Dascent 'Mr Pissent' and Hone Hakanui 'Half Caste'). His conservative ways put him in conflict with many of the faculty, especially Steve Mudgeway, who try to have him fired in Season One, Episode Two. He has a hatred for bureaucracy, 'mamby pamby' modern attitudes and trade unions, especially the PPTA. Despite these prejudices, Gormsby develops an affinity for his 5F class over the series, and in turn a respect develops from the students towards him, especially from Hohepa. At the end of Season One, Gormsby is fired by Acting Principal Steve Mudgeway. In Season Two, Episode One he is rehired as a Guidance Counselor, and then reinstated as teacher of 5F. At the end of the series, he rises to Deputy Principal of Tepapawai/McLeod's, after implicitly directing 5F to burn McLeod's down in order to save Tepapawai from merging with McLeod's. Roger Dascent (Paul McLaughlin) The principal of Tepapawai Boys High School. In Season One he has little moral compass, worrying on saving money, not involving the authorities or avoiding conflict by dismissing complaints or ignoring on campus problems. He is pursued throughout the series by Marion Patterson from the Education Review Office, an attraction he does not reciprocate. In Season One, Episode Seven, a decision on reducing staff numbers sends him into a mental health crisis, where he is driven away in an ambulance. In Season Two, Episode One, he returns to his old position, but with having been diagnosed as 'clinically insane'. In Season Two, Episode Six, he reluctantly proposes to Marion Patterson to prevent Tepapawai merging with McLeod's Girls School, but after this raises issues at the Ministry of Education, they are able to separate amicably. He then proposes to Lauren, who accepts. After the McLeods fire, Dascent ends the series as Principal of the merged Tepapawai/McLeods. Steve Mudgeway (Jason Hoyte) The school counsellor and 'acting deputy vice principal'. Steve is Gormsby's prime antagonist, and is shown to be selfish, self interested, and manipulative. He is also shown to be very ambitious and aspires to be more than a school counsellor. He has an interest in film, and brags about minor achievements like being an extra in the Extended DVD version of Lord of the Rings, writing his screenplay, and "helping" on the script of The Piano, as well as being in the Auckland Development Cricket Squad. He is a frequent womanizer. At the beginning of the series he is in a relationship with Fenn Partington, but sleeps with Agnes O'Flahrety in the Music recording booth. This causes her to get pregnant, and Fenn to break up with Steve. Steve then pressures Agnes to have an abortion, which she does, but this causes her to fall into a depressive state, before she ends things also with Steve. In Season One, Episode Seven, he becomes Acting Principal of Tepapawai after Roger Dascent's mental breakdown. His first act is to fire Gormsby. In Season Two, Episode One, he angrily 'quits' after Roger is reinstated, and Gormsby is hired as the Guidance Counsellor. However, his car is destroyed by Hohepa. In Season Two, Episode Five he and Fenn begin to get back together, but their night together is cut short after 5F sabotage Steve's latrine, causing him to fall into a latrine pit. In Season Two, Episode Six, while the rest of faculty band together to save Tepapawai from merging with McLeod's Girls School, Steve begins secretly lining up a role for himself as Principal at McLeod's, despite outwardly supporting his colleagues. In Season Two, Episode Seven, Steven approaches all female faculty to court them for marriage as the McLeod's role requires him to be married. They all reject him, and he angrily chastises his colleagues before leaving. After the McLeod's fire, Steve ends the series back as Guidance Counsellor. Fenn Partington (Tandi Wright) A professional and kind English Teacher. She is shown to be one of the more competent faculty members, who cares about education and student wellbeing. At the beginning of the series, she was seen in a relationship with Steve Mudgeway, but broke it off after he and Agnes O'Flaherty slept together, making Agnes pregnant. To get her own back, she sleeps with Afioga, a student. This causes her to be fired, but she is quickly rehired after it emerges that as a result, his reading scores have notably increased, and Fenn is singled out by the Ministry of Education as an exceptional teacher. In Season Two, Episode One, she and Hone Hakanui are shown to have started a relationship, however Fenn ends this in Season Two, Episode Four after Hone's drinking and gambling cause issues on the school 'camp'. She and Steve nearly get back together, but after Steve proposes to her only to secure his job, she leaves him permanently. Lauren (Michele Amas) An honest and perceptive Secretary. She frequently is roped into Roger Dascent's mismanagement, such as helping him duck calls from Marion Patterson and not calling the Police when there are issues on school. She is often the conscious of the show, such as highlighting the amorality of selling Māori and Pacific Island Students to rugby playing schools. Despite being reluctantly involved in Roger's schemes, she cares deeply about him, being the only faculty member to visit him in the Psychiatric facility. At the end of the series, Roger proposes to Lauren, which she accepts. Agnes Maria Teresa O'Flaherty (Dena Kennedy) A sweet natured, Catholic Social Studies/History teacher. In the beginning of the show, she and Steve Mudgeway are seen flirting, despite Steve being in a relationship with Fenn Partington. Later, they have sex, causing Agnes to become pregnant. Despite wanting to keep the baby, Steve pressures her into having an abortion. This causes Agnes to fall into a depressive state, ultimately leading to a suicide attempt in Season One, Episode Four. Despite this, she returns to her job, developing a close friendship with Alisdair Morton. In Season Two, Episode Five, she arouses Alisdair, leading to the two of them entering a romantic relationship, and were still seen together at the end of the show. Alisdair Morton (Thomas Robins) A queer Economics teacher. Although frequently competent at his job, his sexual orientation makes him the punchline of many jokes or staff comments. In Season One, Episode Seven, a rumour spread that he has AIDS, but it instead is anal warts. He shared a close friendship with Agnes O'Flaherty, which becomes romantic in Season Two, Episode Five. Prior to that he had an off screen relationship with a man called Vinaj, who left him in Season Two, Episode Four. He displays many stereotypical queer characteristics, such as an absence of sporting skill and a love of musical theater. He is also shown to be quite well travelled. Hone Hakanui (Louis Sutherland) An incompetent Māori studies teacher. Despite being head of the department, he cannot speak te reo Māori and is shown to be lazy, culturally incompetent, and out of his depth. In Season Two, Episode One, he is seen in a relationship with Fenn. In Season Two, he develops a gambling addiction at school, where he gambles away to Rak all the school's money for a school trip. In Season Two, Episode Five, he gets drunk on school camp, prompting Fenn to break up with him. In Season Two, Episode Seven, he reveals he is actually Sāmoan
Lesley Tangaroa (Grace Hoet) A Māori lesbian P. E. teacher. Despite being a P. E. teacher, she is shown to be unfit and lazy at her job, focusing more on playing social sport than teaching students. She is heavy, beings shown as the only faculty to be able to barge through a door. Her sexual orientation makes her the ridicule of the staff and students. In Season One, Episode Six, she tried to kiss Agnes O'Flahrety, mistaking her for queer, but Agnes rebukes her advance. Werner Hundertwasser (Nigel Collins) Head of Music. A German Hippie, Werner is shown to be generally incompetent at playing music. His German heritage sometimes makes him stand out in a New Zealand environment, such as not knowing the slightest thing about cricket. Marion Patterson (Geraldine Brophy) The Education Review Office school inspector. Marion is shown as a tough, honest women, with an unreciprocated attraction to Roger Dascent. This means that despite Tepapawai's poor educational outcomes, the ERO never really rebukes the school. She and Roger attend a nudist weekend between Season One Episode Six and Seven. In Season Two, Episode One, she reveals to Acting Principal Steve Mudgeway that the Ministry of Education plans on merging Tepapawai and Mcleod's Girls School,
Rak (Charles Lum) School cleaner, formerly a nuclear physicist in Cambodia, who runs a successful gambling racket on campus.
Lesley Tangaroa (Grace Hoet) A Māori lesbian P. E. teacher. Despite being a P. E. teacher, she is shown to be unfit and lazy at her job, focusing more on playing social sport than teaching students. She is heavy, beings shown as the only faculty to be able to barge through a door. Her sexual orientation makes her the ridicule of the staff and students. In Season One, Episode Six, she tried to kiss Agnes O'Flahrety, mistaking her for queer, but Agnes rebukes her advance. Werner Hundertwasser (Nigel Collins) Head of Music. A German Hippie, Werner is shown to be generally incompetent at playing music. His German heritage sometimes makes him stand out in a New Zealand environment, such as not knowing the slightest thing about cricket. Marion Patterson (Geraldine Brophy) The Education Review Office school inspector. Marion is shown as a tough, honest women, with an unreciprocated attraction to Roger Dascent. This means that despite Tepapawai's poor educational outcomes, the ERO never really rebukes the school. She and Roger attend a nudist weekend between Season One Episode Six and Seven. In Season Two, Episode One, she reveals to Acting Principal Steve Mudgeway that the Ministry of Education plans on merging Tepapawai and Mcleod's Girls School,
Rak (Charles Lum) School cleaner, formerly a nuclear physicist in Cambodia, who runs a successful gambling racket on campus.
Хоне Хакануи (Луис Сатерленд) – нашар білімді маори тілінің мұғалімі. Басшы болғанына қарамастан, ол те рео маори тілінде сөйлей алмайды және жалқау, мәдениетіне бейім емес және өз өмірінен шығып кеткен болып көрінеді. Екінші маусымның бірінші эпизодында ол Феннпен қарым-қатынаста болады. Екінші маусымда ол мектепте құмар ойындарға беріліп, мектеп сапарына арналған барлық ақшаны Ракқа ұтырады. Екінші маусымның бесінші эпизодында ол мектеп лагерінде мас болып, Фенннің одан айырылуына себеп болады. Екінші маусымның жетінші эпизодында ол шындығында Самоан екенін жариялайды.
Mortimer Ellis Gormsby (David McPhail) Relief Teacher. Gormsby is ex army and well travelled. He is an old school disciplinarian, conservative and brash, frequently calling students and staff offensive names based on ethnicity, gender, intellect, and sexual orientation, or by mocking their names (He calls Roger Dascent 'Mr Pissent' and Hone Hakanui 'Half Caste'). His conservative ways put him in conflict with many of the faculty, especially Steve Mudgeway, who try to have him fired in Season One, Episode Two. He has a hatred for bureaucracy, 'mamby pamby' modern attitudes and trade unions, especially the PPTA. Despite these prejudices, Gormsby develops an affinity for his 5F class over the series, and in turn a respect develops from the students towards him, especially from Hohepa. At the end of Season One, Gormsby is fired by Acting Principal Steve Mudgeway. In Season Two, Episode One he is rehired as a Guidance Counselor, and then reinstated as teacher of 5F. At the end of the series, he rises to Deputy Principal of Tepapawai/McLeod's, after implicitly directing 5F to burn McLeod's down in order to save Tepapawai from merging with McLeod's. Roger Dascent (Paul McLaughlin) The principal of Tepapawai Boys High School. In Season One he has little moral compass, worrying on saving money, not involving the authorities or avoiding conflict by dismissing complaints or ignoring on campus problems. He is pursued throughout the series by Marion Patterson from the Education Review Office, an attraction he does not reciprocate. In Season One, Episode Seven, a decision on reducing staff numbers sends him into a mental health crisis, where he is driven away in an ambulance. In Season Two, Episode One, he returns to his old position, but with having been diagnosed as 'clinically insane'. In Season Two, Episode Six, he reluctantly proposes to Marion Patterson to prevent Tepapawai merging with McLeod's Girls School, but after this raises issues at the Ministry of Education, they are able to separate amicably. He then proposes to Lauren, who accepts. After the McLeods fire, Dascent ends the series as Principal of the merged Tepapawai/McLeods. Steve Mudgeway (Jason Hoyte) The school counsellor and 'acting deputy vice principal'. Steve is Gormsby's prime antagonist, and is shown to be selfish, self interested, and manipulative. He is also shown to be very ambitious and aspires to be more than a school counsellor. He has an interest in film, and brags about minor achievements like being an extra in the Extended DVD version of Lord of the Rings, writing his screenplay, and "helping" on the script of The Piano, as well as being in the Auckland Development Cricket Squad. He is a frequent womanizer. At the beginning of the series he is in a relationship with Fenn Partington, but sleeps with Agnes O'Flahrety in the Music recording booth. This causes her to get pregnant, and Fenn to break up with Steve. Steve then pressures Agnes to have an abortion, which she does, but this causes her to fall into a depressive state, before she ends things also with Steve. In Season One, Episode Seven, he becomes Acting Principal of Tepapawai after Roger Dascent's mental breakdown. His first act is to fire Gormsby. In Season Two, Episode One, he angrily 'quits' after Roger is reinstated, and Gormsby is hired as the Guidance Counsellor. However, his car is destroyed by Hohepa. In Season Two, Episode Five he and Fenn begin to get back together, but their night together is cut short after 5F sabotage Steve's latrine, causing him to fall into a latrine pit. In Season Two, Episode Six, while the rest of faculty band together to save Tepapawai from merging with McLeod's Girls School, Steve begins secretly lining up a role for himself as Principal at McLeod's, despite outwardly supporting his colleagues. In Season Two, Episode Seven, Steven approaches all female faculty to court them for marriage as the McLeod's role requires him to be married. They all reject him, and he angrily chastises his colleagues before leaving. After the McLeod's fire, Steve ends the series back as Guidance Counsellor. Fenn Partington (Tandi Wright) A professional and kind English Teacher. She is shown to be one of the more competent faculty members, who cares about education and student wellbeing. At the beginning of the series, she was seen in a relationship with Steve Mudgeway, but broke it off after he and Agnes O'Flaherty slept together, making Agnes pregnant. To get her own back, she sleeps with Afioga, a student. This causes her to be fired, but she is quickly rehired after it emerges that as a result, his reading scores have notably increased, and Fenn is singled out by the Ministry of Education as an exceptional teacher. In Season Two, Episode One, she and Hone Hakanui are shown to have started a relationship, however Fenn ends this in Season Two, Episode Four after Hone's drinking and gambling cause issues on the school 'camp'. She and Steve nearly get back together, but after Steve proposes to her only to secure his job, she leaves him permanently. Lauren (Michele Amas) An honest and perceptive Secretary. She frequently is roped into Roger Dascent's mismanagement, such as helping him duck calls from Marion Patterson and not calling the Police when there are issues on school. She is often the conscious of the show, such as highlighting the amorality of selling Māori and Pacific Island Students to rugby playing schools. Despite being reluctantly involved in Roger's schemes, she cares deeply about him, being the only faculty member to visit him in the Psychiatric facility. At the end of the series, Roger proposes to Lauren, which she accepts. Agnes Maria Teresa O'Flaherty (Dena Kennedy) A sweet natured, Catholic Social Studies/History teacher. In the beginning of the show, she and Steve Mudgeway are seen flirting, despite Steve being in a relationship with Fenn Partington. Later, they have sex, causing Agnes to become pregnant. Despite wanting to keep the baby, Steve pressures her into having an abortion. This causes Agnes to fall into a depressive state, ultimately leading to a suicide attempt in Season One, Episode Four. Despite this, she returns to her job, developing a close friendship with Alisdair Morton. In Season Two, Episode Five, she arouses Alisdair, leading to the two of them entering a romantic relationship, and were still seen together at the end of the show. Alisdair Morton (Thomas Robins) A queer Economics teacher. Although frequently competent at his job, his sexual orientation makes him the punchline of many jokes or staff comments. In Season One, Episode Seven, a rumour spread that he has AIDS, but it instead is anal warts. He shared a close friendship with Agnes O'Flaherty, which becomes romantic in Season Two, Episode Five. Prior to that he had an off screen relationship with a man called Vinaj, who left him in Season Two, Episode Four. He displays many stereotypical queer characteristics, such as an absence of sporting skill and a love of musical theater. He is also shown to be quite well travelled. Hone Hakanui (Louis Sutherland) An incompetent Māori studies teacher. Despite being head of the department, he cannot speak te reo Māori and is shown to be lazy, culturally incompetent, and out of his depth. In Season Two, Episode One, he is seen in a relationship with Fenn. In Season Two, he develops a gambling addiction at school, where he gambles away to Rak all the school's money for a school trip. In Season Two, Episode Five, he gets drunk on school camp, prompting Fenn to break up with him. In Season Two, Episode Seven, he reveals he is actually Sāmoan
Lesley Tangaroa (Grace Hoet) A Māori lesbian P. E. teacher. Despite being a P. E. teacher, she is shown to be unfit and lazy at her job, focusing more on playing social sport than teaching students. She is heavy, beings shown as the only faculty to be able to barge through a door. Her sexual orientation makes her the ridicule of the staff and students. In Season One, Episode Six, she tried to kiss Agnes O'Flahrety, mistaking her for queer, but Agnes rebukes her advance. Werner Hundertwasser (Nigel Collins) Head of Music. A German Hippie, Werner is shown to be generally incompetent at playing music. His German heritage sometimes makes him stand out in a New Zealand environment, such as not knowing the slightest thing about cricket. Marion Patterson (Geraldine Brophy) The Education Review Office school inspector. Marion is shown as a tough, honest women, with an unreciprocated attraction to Roger Dascent. This means that despite Tepapawai's poor educational outcomes, the ERO never really rebukes the school. She and Roger attend a nudist weekend between Season One Episode Six and Seven. In Season Two, Episode One, she reveals to Acting Principal Steve Mudgeway that the Ministry of Education plans on merging Tepapawai and Mcleod's Girls School,
Rak (Charles Lum) School cleaner, formerly a nuclear physicist in Cambodia, who runs a successful gambling racket on campus.
Lesley Tangaroa (Grace Hoet) A Māori lesbian P. E. teacher. Despite being a P. E. teacher, she is shown to be unfit and lazy at her job, focusing more on playing social sport than teaching students. She is heavy, beings shown as the only faculty to be able to barge through a door. Her sexual orientation makes her the ridicule of the staff and students. In Season One, Episode Six, she tried to kiss Agnes O'Flahrety, mistaking her for queer, but Agnes rebukes her advance. Werner Hundertwasser (Nigel Collins) Head of Music. A German Hippie, Werner is shown to be generally incompetent at playing music. His German heritage sometimes makes him stand out in a New Zealand environment, such as not knowing the slightest thing about cricket. Marion Patterson (Geraldine Brophy) The Education Review Office school inspector. Marion is shown as a tough, honest women, with an unreciprocated attraction to Roger Dascent. This means that despite Tepapawai's poor educational outcomes, the ERO never really rebukes the school. She and Roger attend a nudist weekend between Season One Episode Six and Seven. In Season Two, Episode One, she reveals to Acting Principal Steve Mudgeway that the Ministry of Education plans on merging Tepapawai and Mcleod's Girls School,
Rak (Charles Lum) School cleaner, formerly a nuclear physicist in Cambodia, who runs a successful gambling racket on campus.
Лесли Тангароа (Грейс Хоэт) – маори лезбияны әйелдер дене шынықтыру пәнінің мұғалімі. Дене шынықтыру пәнінің мұғалімі болғанына қарамастан, ол өзінің жұмысында жарамсыз және жалқау болып көрінеді, студенттерге сабақ беруден гөрі әлеуметтік спорт түрлерін ойнауға көбірек бейім. Ол семіз, есіктерді бұзуға қабілетті жалғыз қызметкер болып көрінеді. Оның сексуалдық бағдары оны...
Mortimer Ellis Gormsby (David McPhail) Relief Teacher. Gormsby is ex army and well travelled. He is an old school disciplinarian, conservative and brash, frequently calling students and staff offensive names based on ethnicity, gender, intellect, and sexual orientation, or by mocking their names (He calls Roger Dascent 'Mr Pissent' and Hone Hakanui 'Half Caste'). His conservative ways put him in conflict with many of the faculty, especially Steve Mudgeway, who try to have him fired in Season One, Episode Two. He has a hatred for bureaucracy, 'mamby pamby' modern attitudes and trade unions, especially the PPTA. Despite these prejudices, Gormsby develops an affinity for his 5F class over the series, and in turn a respect develops from the students towards him, especially from Hohepa. At the end of Season One, Gormsby is fired by Acting Principal Steve Mudgeway. In Season Two, Episode One he is rehired as a Guidance Counselor, and then reinstated as teacher of 5F. At the end of the series, he rises to Deputy Principal of Tepapawai/McLeod's, after implicitly directing 5F to burn McLeod's down in order to save Tepapawai from merging with McLeod's. Roger Dascent (Paul McLaughlin) The principal of Tepapawai Boys High School. In Season One he has little moral compass, worrying on saving money, not involving the authorities or avoiding conflict by dismissing complaints or ignoring on campus problems. He is pursued throughout the series by Marion Patterson from the Education Review Office, an attraction he does not reciprocate. In Season One, Episode Seven, a decision on reducing staff numbers sends him into a mental health crisis, where he is driven away in an ambulance. In Season Two, Episode One, he returns to his old position, but with having been diagnosed as 'clinically insane'. In Season Two, Episode Six, he reluctantly proposes to Marion Patterson to prevent Tepapawai merging with McLeod's Girls School, but after this raises issues at the Ministry of Education, they are able to separate amicably. He then proposes to Lauren, who accepts. After the McLeods fire, Dascent ends the series as Principal of the merged Tepapawai/McLeods. Steve Mudgeway (Jason Hoyte) The school counsellor and 'acting deputy vice principal'. Steve is Gormsby's prime antagonist, and is shown to be selfish, self interested, and manipulative. He is also shown to be very ambitious and aspires to be more than a school counsellor. He has an interest in film, and brags about minor achievements like being an extra in the Extended DVD version of Lord of the Rings, writing his screenplay, and "helping" on the script of The Piano, as well as being in the Auckland Development Cricket Squad. He is a frequent womanizer. At the beginning of the series he is in a relationship with Fenn Partington, but sleeps with Agnes O'Flahrety in the Music recording booth. This causes her to get pregnant, and Fenn to break up with Steve. Steve then pressures Agnes to have an abortion, which she does, but this causes her to fall into a depressive state, before she ends things also with Steve. In Season One, Episode Seven, he becomes Acting Principal of Tepapawai after Roger Dascent's mental breakdown. His first act is to fire Gormsby. In Season Two, Episode One, he angrily 'quits' after Roger is reinstated, and Gormsby is hired as the Guidance Counsellor. However, his car is destroyed by Hohepa. In Season Two, Episode Five he and Fenn begin to get back together, but their night together is cut short after 5F sabotage Steve's latrine, causing him to fall into a latrine pit. In Season Two, Episode Six, while the rest of faculty band together to save Tepapawai from merging with McLeod's Girls School, Steve begins secretly lining up a role for himself as Principal at McLeod's, despite outwardly supporting his colleagues. In Season Two, Episode Seven, Steven approaches all female faculty to court them for marriage as the McLeod's role requires him to be married. They all reject him, and he angrily chastises his colleagues before leaving. After the McLeod's fire, Steve ends the series back as Guidance Counsellor. Fenn Partington (Tandi Wright) A professional and kind English Teacher. She is shown to be one of the more competent faculty members, who cares about education and student wellbeing. At the beginning of the series, she was seen in a relationship with Steve Mudgeway, but broke it off after he and Agnes O'Flaherty slept together, making Agnes pregnant. To get her own back, she sleeps with Afioga, a student. This causes her to be fired, but she is quickly rehired after it emerges that as a result, his reading scores have notably increased, and Fenn is singled out by the Ministry of Education as an exceptional teacher. In Season Two, Episode One, she and Hone Hakanui are shown to have started a relationship, however Fenn ends this in Season Two, Episode Four after Hone's drinking and gambling cause issues on the school 'camp'. She and Steve nearly get back together, but after Steve proposes to her only to secure his job, she leaves him permanently. Lauren (Michele Amas) An honest and perceptive Secretary. She frequently is roped into Roger Dascent's mismanagement, such as helping him duck calls from Marion Patterson and not calling the Police when there are issues on school. She is often the conscious of the show, such as highlighting the amorality of selling Māori and Pacific Island Students to rugby playing schools. Despite being reluctantly involved in Roger's schemes, she cares deeply about him, being the only faculty member to visit him in the Psychiatric facility. At the end of the series, Roger proposes to Lauren, which she accepts. Agnes Maria Teresa O'Flaherty (Dena Kennedy) A sweet natured, Catholic Social Studies/History teacher. In the beginning of the show, she and Steve Mudgeway are seen flirting, despite Steve being in a relationship with Fenn Partington. Later, they have sex, causing Agnes to become pregnant. Despite wanting to keep the baby, Steve pressures her into having an abortion. This causes Agnes to fall into a depressive state, ultimately leading to a suicide attempt in Season One, Episode Four. Despite this, she returns to her job, developing a close friendship with Alisdair Morton. In Season Two, Episode Five, she arouses Alisdair, leading to the two of them entering a romantic relationship, and were still seen together at the end of the show. Alisdair Morton (Thomas Robins) A queer Economics teacher. Although frequently competent at his job, his sexual orientation makes him the punchline of many jokes or staff comments. In Season One, Episode Seven, a rumour spread that he has AIDS, but it instead is anal warts. He shared a close friendship with Agnes O'Flaherty, which becomes romantic in Season Two, Episode Five. Prior to that he had an off screen relationship with a man called Vinaj, who left him in Season Two, Episode Four. He displays many stereotypical queer characteristics, such as an absence of sporting skill and a love of musical theater. He is also shown to be quite well travelled. Hone Hakanui (Louis Sutherland) An incompetent Māori studies teacher. Despite being head of the department, he cannot speak te reo Māori and is shown to be lazy, culturally incompetent, and out of his depth. In Season Two, Episode One, he is seen in a relationship with Fenn. In Season Two, he develops a gambling addiction at school, where he gambles away to Rak all the school's money for a school trip. In Season Two, Episode Five, he gets drunk on school camp, prompting Fenn to break up with him. In Season Two, Episode Seven, he reveals he is actually Sāmoan
Lesley Tangaroa (Grace Hoet) A Māori lesbian P. E. teacher. Despite being a P. E. teacher, she is shown to be unfit and lazy at her job, focusing more on playing social sport than teaching students. She is heavy, beings shown as the only faculty to be able to barge through a door. Her sexual orientation makes her the ridicule of the staff and students. In Season One, Episode Six, she tried to kiss Agnes O'Flahrety, mistaking her for queer, but Agnes rebukes her advance. Werner Hundertwasser (Nigel Collins) Head of Music. A German Hippie, Werner is shown to be generally incompetent at playing music. His German heritage sometimes makes him stand out in a New Zealand environment, such as not knowing the slightest thing about cricket. Marion Patterson (Geraldine Brophy) The Education Review Office school inspector. Marion is shown as a tough, honest women, with an unreciprocated attraction to Roger Dascent. This means that despite Tepapawai's poor educational outcomes, the ERO never really rebukes the school. She and Roger attend a nudist weekend between Season One Episode Six and Seven. In Season Two, Episode One, she reveals to Acting Principal Steve Mudgeway that the Ministry of Education plans on merging Tepapawai and Mcleod's Girls School,
Rak (Charles Lum) School cleaner, formerly a nuclear physicist in Cambodia, who runs a successful gambling racket on campus.
Lesley Tangaroa (Grace Hoet) A Māori lesbian P. E. teacher. Despite being a P. E. teacher, she is shown to be unfit and lazy at her job, focusing more on playing social sport than teaching students. She is heavy, beings shown as the only faculty to be able to barge through a door. Her sexual orientation makes her the ridicule of the staff and students. In Season One, Episode Six, she tried to kiss Agnes O'Flahrety, mistaking her for queer, but Agnes rebukes her advance. Werner Hundertwasser (Nigel Collins) Head of Music. A German Hippie, Werner is shown to be generally incompetent at playing music. His German heritage sometimes makes him stand out in a New Zealand environment, such as not knowing the slightest thing about cricket. Marion Patterson (Geraldine Brophy) The Education Review Office school inspector. Marion is shown as a tough, honest women, with an unreciprocated attraction to Roger Dascent. This means that despite Tepapawai's poor educational outcomes, the ERO never really rebukes the school. She and Roger attend a nudist weekend between Season One Episode Six and Seven. In Season Two, Episode One, she reveals to Acting Principal Steve Mudgeway that the Ministry of Education plans on merging Tepapawai and Mcleod's Girls School,
Rak (Charles Lum) School cleaner, formerly a nuclear physicist in Cambodia, who runs a successful gambling racket on campus.
Бірінші серия
Жоқ, маусымдағы нөмірі. Серия нөмірі. Атауы. Режиссер. Авторы. Алғашқы көрсетілген күні.
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Екінші серия
Жоқ, маусымдағы нөмірі. Серия нөмірі. Атауы. Режиссер. Авторы. Алғашқы көрсетілген күні.
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Қабылдау
Сериал австралиялық сыншылар тарапынан көбінесе жағымды қабылданды, бірақ оның саяси тұрғыдан дұрыс емес екендігінің кейбір жайттары қызығушылық тудырды. Алан Маскаренхас (The Age) серияның өндіріс сапасы төмен және актерлік шеберлігі біркелкі болғанын, бірақ бәрібір «Monty Python»-ға тән ерекшеліктері бар екенін айтады. Ол тіпті қалай күлу керек емес көріністерде де тоқтамай күлгенін еске алады. Оның пікірінше, бұл шоу «Кәсіпорын» сериалының көңілділік пен көзқарастық шектерін бұрынғыдан да басып өтеді.
The series was received mostly positively by Australian critics, although some aspects of its politically incorrect nature raised some eyebrows. Alan Mascarenhas (The Age) states while the series has low production values and patchy acting it does nevertheless possess a pythonesque quality. He recalls that he couldn't stop laughing even at scenes where he probably shouldn't have. According to him the show goes further than The Office ever dared balancing between fun and bigotry.