Lydia tries to use the Treaty of Waitangi when MAF catches her stealing (harvesting) toheroas out of season.
Lydia’s new boyfriend Mike is a performance poet who inspires Greg into writing poetry.
Nadia with Lydia’s help organises a teens slumber party, Billy tries to set the rules.
Billy catches the chickenpox, Greg goes over the top nursing him with an obvious reverse outcome...
Billy's ratings are falling so the girls decide to help by calling in with controversial topics.
Billy takes a short break from the Radio Station, but while he's away the ratings lift much to his distress.
Billy’s annual fishing trip with friend Dan is disturbed by Lydia deciding to get a Moko.
Billy's mean old Aunty Pearl from Manchester dies and leaves Billy a small Will but with a surprise legacy.
Thelma is offered a singing tour of Australia while Billy receives the bad news that his Tribal enemies the Ngatekiaparo have been given a lease on his land by the Waitangi Tribunal.
Billy’s Radio Station Cuz FM is changing it target audience, rumours are that Billy could lose his job, so he decides to change his image into a cooler cuz
Billy is worried about Nadia’s school report, Greg is taking a course in taxidermy and Lydia decides she will teach the household Maori language.
An old comrade Earl Wilson from Billy’s Vietnam Unit arrives unexpectedly, Billy insists he stays at with him, but Earl’s and his stories seem to have changed from the old days.
Greg has just started a panel beating course, when Lydia dents Billy Mark 2. In desperation Billy finally agrees to Greg repairing the dent...
Thelma decides the Family are in need of a fitness regime, beginning with an early morning run. But it soon turns competitive on who can lose the most weight.
Nadia is cast as Juliet in the school Shakespeare play 'Romeo and Juliet.' Parents are asked to help so Billy assists performance and Thelma makes the costumes. Even Greg joins in and builds sets with disastrous results.
Billy has a young, attractive American therapist on his evening talk show. But when the talk back gets decidedly more intimate Thelma gets jealous.
Billy is worried about the rising cost of living, but his family seem intent on throwing money away. In an attempt to make ends meet, Billy initiates a “Family Belt Tightening” regime.
One of Billy’s talk back guests predicts that an old nag Likely Lad would win the Fergus Rose Bowl Stakes and that it would be followed by a major earthquake. When, to everyone’s astonishment Likely Lad wins, Billy sees the next prediction as a certainty...
Election Day is arriving and Billy is having no luck getting a politician to come on his talk back show and pressure to get someone is coming from his boss, but when his mum arrives from up north, she persuades her old mate Winston Peters onto the show.
A surprise birthday party for Billy with all his friends turns a little strange but it is saved by mum with a little bit of Maori ingenuity.
When Thelma’s best show business buddy visits the family, she gives a spontaneous performance. Billy decides it is time to kick-start Thelma’s cabaret career. Trivia: Thelma’s buddy is played by the late Beaver, one of NZ’s popular cabaret stars.
Billy's cousin and neighbour brings her new baby to visit the family. Against Billy's wishes Nadine agrees to babysit, but Billy's worries turns babysitting into chaos. Trivia: The cousin is played by Susanne Lee, Billy's long time solo and backing singer.
Billy and Thelma's wedding anniversary has become annual disaster but this year Greg has taken charge with a romantic fine dining experience at home.