Trouble Is My Business 2008

Aorere College a true classic school

 5

From Mr Herbert through to My mum Mrs Gifford. lol Aorere 1997 - 2000 were the meanest school days.. Peachy and Moony were the meanest tag team. I think this was really funny.. A true classic film of how Peachy was the doughnut lol Alot of Aroha for this school.. The bestest memories :)

By Ang

to oldschool

 5

that was funny what you wrote, Im feeling this trailer and cant wait to purchase this dvd (When i have the money that is haha)
I was there too when they filmed this, but i left aorere college and finished my high school years at southern cross lmao...Mr peach was an inspiration to all students, i wonder if aorere college is still the same without him?
its also funny how you mentioned the "jds" most of them are doing so well now days compared to what they used to do back in school, A few of them are married, have kids & have got there own house (& im not talking about renting too lol) How amazing is that? & they all still hang out (laughing)
You forgot to mention that there were even girl groups lol But i aint even gonna go there haha

By love it

awesome

 5

As i watched the trailer i sit back and realized "what an awesome school i went too lol" This was filmed when i was still in school, wait a minute, me and soeli were in the same year lol yup! i saw everything that year, from watching mr peach walking around with his michrophone, to students skipping classes (I wasnt one of them haha) to having the lil group gangs "JDS" & "LHS" Even saw people from de la salle coming into the school grounds just to have fights lmao ahh those were the days

By Oldschool

 5

Congratulations on taking the huge challenge on of portraying how difficult teenagers were back, they need more teachers like Mr Peachy around - his way was foreign but effective. This is not a bad portrayal of AO, there are many schools like this, but congrats to this particular school & Mr Peachy for being gutsy enough to show how challenging ther roles are,it is not a 9-3 job most of us have now and they need to be paid more for it!

Well done & for those AO students, count your blessings you were given such advise like "Harden Up" becos you will never forget it and it will pass down to your own children, straight from the famous Mr Peachy himself.

By Amazed

Oi

 3

Cant wait 2 see it,cos ma son Royce went to the school & i remember Mr Peach saying he was gna do a film on the student also ask 4 my permission 2 film it & yep i agreed...... Not many teacher around like him wish i had him in my days lol......

By Xcel Mum

shot peachie

 5

they didn't show the positives, and they didn't show the camps, sports etc. but what they did show is how awesome the kids are, their inner beauty, and how important it is for all teachers to care. its not all about AO its all about life
harden up

By luke

A.O - MY OLD STOMPING GROUNDS

 5

A.O is in my blood, and its apart of me. That school tought me many things, how to survive outside the grounds. Crew vs Crew inside, but on the out, "A.O STUCK TOGETHER", back when i was there from 1999-2002 we had to lern 2 things. ACADEMIC & SURVIVE,for out on the streets- your on your own. This movie tells it how it is. Once a strong school knwon for its academics,then turned into a young thugs paradise. Big shout out to all the teachers who look out for me at school,and to Uncle Peachy, thanks for not narking me in to my grandparents ay, for that i am greatfull.
A.O is in my blood, A.O is a part of me.

By Shaun Tuteru

AHAHAHA!

 5

This is funny azzz! this was being filmed back when I was 3rd or 4th form because I was in the same form as that Jesse guy! Lol

Man! Honestly! A.O was the shizz! The teachers and Deans there were on to it!!!

The atmosphere there was, even though there were kids doing stupid stuff around the place, very warm! at least thats how I felt it!

anyways, haven't seen the film yet, only the trailer, but peachey's awesome! (even though he betrayed our school and left us for some other!!! BAAHAHAHAHAHA)

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By YR13 '09

THIS IS A FUNNY MOVIE AND A TRUE HONEST AND MEAN MOVIE!!

 5

I THINK THIS MOVIE BRINGS OUT THE TRUTH AND THE HONESTY AND THE BOND OF STUDENT WITH DEANS OFFICE IN HIGH SCHOOLS IN SOUTH AUCKLAND. HEAPS OF STUDENTS HAVE BEEN IN TROUBLE ABOUT DIFFFERENT KINDS OF THINGS LIKE GETTING INVOLVED IN DRUGS,SELLING DRUG'S OR SELLING SMOKE'S AT SCHOOL TO ANYONE NO MATTER HOW HOLD YOU WERE, WAGGING, STEALING TEACHERS STUFF, PHONES,LUNCH,MP3'S,ETC AND THE ONE THING EVERYONE GETS IN TROUBLE THE MOST----> FIGHTING AT SCHOOL OR FIGHTING AT PARKS. I WENT TO AORERE COLLEGE AND I'VE BEEN THROUGH UP'S AND DOWNS AND THE ONE THING A.O HAS BROUGHT TO THE STUDENTS IN AORERE WAS A DEAN,TEACHER,ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL,COUNCILERS,RECPTIONS THAT LISTENS TO YOU. SPECIALY MR PEACH HE WAS A AWSOME DEAN ALSO MS SYMONS SHE WAS THERE FOR ME THROUGH MY UP'S AND DOWNS. THE MORAL IS THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT HELPS YOU EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE THE ENEMY HAHA I MEAN DEANS OR TEACHERS, LOL RESPECT GOES ALONG WAY. THANK YOU AORERE COLLEGE AND THANK YOU MUM AND DAD.

WAGGER
*AKA*
TEE

By WAGGER

hold on!!!

 4

Ok first of all, its not about da skul. Thats not even da point, well maybe a lil bit... Its abt da wun man he stood up n tryd 2 make a difference. I'll always remember Peachy, I wasnt a bad student, I just always saw him after skul 2 hand in my daily report. But wun fing u cud always count on, is dat he is always dr 4 u. Wen I was having troubles at home, he sorted dem out. Wen i stepped out of line, he put me bak! Peachy, ur truly an inspiration...dats y I'm studyn 2 b a teacher...so dat I can hopefully be an inspiration 2 adas! Oh n Mrs Symonds u were kul 2!!!

p.s hvnt seen movie yet...will do on friday, jus reading ur guys comments!

By Krystal MTonga

Dem Days......2 Funi!!!

 5

Great skul & gud Doco..!!!


By Ame

By Ame

Dem Days......2 Funi!!!

 5

Great skul nd gud Movie....!!

By Ame

MEEAAAN

 5

soundss mean, how can i watch it ?

By Manaia

Very highly recommended... what a wonderful film.

 5

By Sabrina

Haters

It is a shame that a hater decided to use this review page to mount a personal attack on someone else, rather than review the film. I believe I know the person. How would she know what the school was like when she was at intermediate at the time? I went to the school at the time the film was made and by clever editing it was made to look way worse than I remember, also the school was improved by a desire of the students. One man did not make all the difference.
BTW, my parents took me on a visit to England, by chance we visited Southampton. Many parts of it were harder than 'South Auckland', with a hell of a lot of drugs and a hell of a lot of deprived children.
Please if you wanna make personal attacks

By Follow Your Bliss

Excellent

 4

Great movie

By Krystal Maru

Borat

 1

eoww, they shuld just make a movie about our 1st xv ae haha raaaank lol. this doco is ancient, they shuld make one about how aorere is now...meeean maori mean (= shot peachy boy..

By Borat

stunning

 5

Juliet, bloody well done. I could not stop the tears as the doco came toward its conclusion. No film making getting in the way of raw human experience. as a viewer I was taken on a stunning journey of elation and joy, despair, pity, and inspiration. again, bloody well done!!!
Bruce

By Bruce Hopkins

Can't wait to watch it!

Geoff is one of those rare special South Auckland teachers who put kids ahead of his career...using unconventional methods to get results and risking his career rather than playing PC and allowing kids to slip through to become a statistic. He should be the template for teachers in South Auckland to follow.

By GPG

Classic Peach!!!

 5

Looks awesome. Can't wait to see it. Peachy was one of those teachers that you either hated or loved. "Harden up" was always one of his classic sayings. And my favourite was, "Get your head out of your arse cos you're smelling sh**"...he said that when we got too cocky.
This doco shows that Peachy cared for his students. Because if he didn't, he wouldn't be so much in their lives. And that takes a lot of courage and heart.
Thanks Peachy!!!

Keep it real :)

By Bass Man

9wg faces headlines

 5

as a student from 9wg at Aorere College hope u enjoy the film

By Robert Sutherland

Stop tha hating Charlotte!

 5

Ok to get things started i just wana say 'KIK tha f*** BAK' to Charlotte! U havent even been at this school long enough to understand what its like to be in one of these situations or from South Auckland and you dont even know what its like to face troubles like the ones these boys are going through. You dont know what its like to be bought up around drugs, alcohol or gangs from around here because you're from South HAMPTON not SOUTH AUCKLAND! So dont you come up and hate on a piece of work we're all proud to witness.
This doco is relevant to all of us who live in South Auckland. WE all know these people. And Peachy. I even remeber him and i was jus in intermediate. Probably only in yr7 or 8 wen dis doco was filmed.
This is a mean doco, it's REAL, it shows the truth! People who have nothing ta do but hate on a awsome piece of work that shows the truth about a decile 1 school in south auckland should just go and hate on something else like hitler or sumfn!

Peachy was an inspirational leader who helped these kids stay in school! Hes one of a kind. And this movie dedicated to his hard work shouldnt be discriminated by a girl from South HAMPTON whos only been at ayo long enough to probably only remeber her teachers' names!
And dont act like ur speakn for everyone at ayO because its not an OFFENSE to me ! Infact ur tha ony one whos given a bad review. So kik bak!


AoOorere RISE! haha!
C u at skool!

By Taarea

 5

wow its great to see this doco finally come out.....way to go peachy hes one person i will always thank for putting me back on the right track when i needed it.......and its also great to see how aorere has changed from 2004 AORERE has come a long way and im proud to have attended this school i am what i am because of AORERE college and its great to see peachy with the microphone lols

By P.T

Hit the nail on the head

 5

this is Peachy at his best. he was always there for the students and didnt hold anything back. i leaft that school a long time ago and this is what i experienced on a day to day basis. thank you for taking this to the rest of the world.

By Toni

REALLY GOOD hehee

 5

I want to watch this lol . I finished Aorere last year i think i would have been a year 9 or something like that. made 6 or 5 years ago . OMG i can't believe i know those peole in there. CONGRATS..!! =) What a success . Hope this will be able to sell on DVD !! one day !! :P :O

5 star because i went aorere for 5 whole years && i know the troubles that even prefects caused as well behind scenes. from when i was a year 9 lol ..!! :D It's great to see that new zealand's South Auckland school shoes the truth of aorere. but we are just a normal school like everyother school. Miss PEACHY . he was the best .. :D :P lol

By Hookie

Wow!!

 5

aw oopz but anyways this is great documentary of how A.O used to be. I represent A.O hard out and we are nothing like that now but I couldn't stop laughing at the preview and I can't wait to see the movie. Big ups to Mr. Peach.

By Layla

ITS IN THE PAST

 1

Im a new student to Aorere College this year, and to see this stupid doco..which might i add was made 6years ago.. its one huge offence to Aorere students, staff and the school over all.
Yes Aorere might of been abit rough six years ago, but every single school in the world has its problems. The only thing this doco is doing is giving Aorere a bad name and reputation. This documentary would be fine if the people who made this were to make a counter balancing documentary, what i mean by this is to make a doco about what the school is like now. But until you do this, everyone who watches this will only see the words "New Zealands Roughest School" in there minds, and trust me i as a student this is extremly untrue. So well done for putting a documentary together, it's just unfortunate that it is a lie.

By Charlotte Brown

Memories...

 5

As a former student in the school, i was there to see it all happen. Aorere College was only tough if you made it harder for yourself... i have to say though peachy... you made it funnier when Sioeli was told to harden up..haha.


John Taipeti

By John Taipeti

AO, AO, AO

 5

Classic Peachy!!! Epitomised in the last shot - "harden up". Memories spring to mind of the 97 1st XV game against La Salle which ended 0-0. One of the boys was down spewing his guts out and had mild concussion, I could hear a voice on the side line call out "HARDEN UP". He gets up and with a roar gets up and smashes some guy running the ball. Looking forward to seeing this.

By Lele

Look how far we've come!

 5

Once upon a time AO was like that, but times have changed and now we are proud to be part of a school in its peak! Peachy was vital in starting the change in Aorere College, and that change continues today. this docco is from '04/'05 and is a far representation of Aorere in 2009. Thank you sir for the work you did!

Aorere Rise** haha..

By Myk

Da manz!

 5

This doco is meean! lol that's exactly what Aorere used to be like in the past..and of course i do agree, Mr Peach WAS the biggest positive influence and will forever be the best teacher Aorere has seen yet! Too bad he's gone, but his works live on. Aorere is heading up there in the world .. xO shot!

By Captain

 5

looks like a cool film showing wat its like in south auckland these days.

By jay

 5

It looks like a really good movie but has no links whatsoever to Aorere College now. This movie was made 5years ago and is just a preview of what Aorere College was! not is! In saying this, Mr Peach has definitely been one of the most inspiring and influential teachers (assistant principal) and has played a huge role in moulding Aorere College into what it is today!!!

By Tali

Trouble is my BusiNess

 5

About time...this films tells it hw it is..
its a hard life & kids today r living it
A.O was once known as a good academic school & thennn...
i cant wait 2 watch this..!

By LeeAnne

 5

By otoota lavulavu

Excellent

 5

Excellent film, excellent view of Kiwi culture

By Kel

Looks great!!

By Jennifer