The film tells the story of Kawariki (Calvin Tuteao), an apparently happy family man married to Annabelle (Nathalie Boltt).

He has been desperately fighting his feelings for years, but he now frequents gay baths and he has a love affair with Chris (Dean O'Gorman).

Things get more complicated and acquire more urgency when his mother, Grace (Vicky Haughton), discovers him kissing Chris on the beach after a fight between the two and decides to expel him from her house.

Kawa has to quit home but is torn with his love for his son, Sebastian (Pana Hema Taylor), and his daughter, Miranda (Miriama-Jane Devantier).

The film ends with a scene in which Kawa's father is reconciled with himself and visits his son at his new residence to deliver him the traditional Maori emblem.