Too PC?

I recently rented the NZ TV series “Mataku” which are supernatural stories based on Maori beliefs and legends. It is quite interesting although production and consistency is quite poor. Very low budget I suppose…

In a way I view this series as very racist as they do not portray the normal picture of the NZ population. Everyone is Maori with the exception of Michael Hurst as one of the guest star in one episode.

One example was this episode where a woman nearly died and was in the hospital. There was a scene inside the hospital and everyone was Maori. There were no white people, no pacific island people, and no Asian people. If you go to any hospital here in Auckland (which is the city where the episode was set); you will find all of the above.

There is one big inconsistency, one which I am very upset about. In the same episode (I think it was called “The pathway of the spirits”) there was a scene where this man was driving on a rural highway at night. The highway was meant to be some rural road that leads to Cape Reinga where the spirits travel towards the land of the afterlife (I forgot what this is called). On the side of the road is a police car with a cop inside drinking coffee. After the man drove pass the cop speeding, the cop gave chase.

What is wrong with the above scene? Two major things…first the cop was on the side of the road drinking coffee - cops do not drink coffee on the side of the road!!! Whenever you see them, they are pointing some sort of laser gun at oncoming cars. Second, this is a rural area! Cops don’t stay on the side of the road waiting for speedsters without a laser; they stay at motorways where their revenue-gathering quotas can be filled much faster!