The show is a comedy and Tukiwaho said the history of comedy in te ao Māori has been heavily influenced by the perspective of the late comedian Billy T James. One of the things that he [Billy T] did for us was that he managed to let us laugh at ourselves and in doing so he opened doorways and built bridges between some of the race relationship issues between Pākehā and Māori in Aotearoa.
Tukiwaho said he is aware a lot of Māori do not like being laughed at by Pākehā, but allowing Māori to laugh at themselves created healing.