Cousins

Multiple references to parents dying or being dead. Someone mistakenly believes their uncle burned to death. A parent places their child in an orphanage where they experience bullying and abuse, often racially motivated, and sometimes at the hands of other children. This includes being pushed to the floor and having their head held in a dirty puddle. Another child comes to their aid and punches and pushes the bullies. A child is caned for supposedly misbehaving. Character fires a rifle twice from distance in an an attempt to scare off two people on their land. Someone wakes up in the middle of the night suffering from a panic attack. A mother experiences a still birth. The baby is briefly seen covered in blood before being covered in a towel. Character is told their cancer has spread. They die at home in a chair and their body is later seen in an open coffin. Two kids act at a scene from The Lone Ranger comics by using their hands to portray guns.

Some references to sex, including by a young child who pretends to be pregnant by sticking a pillow up her dress. Character climbs into bed with their partner in just their underwear and vest and makes sexual advances, but backs away when they're not reciprocated. Some mild flirting, instances of dating and romance. Character makes a joke about giving up "red wine and sex." Someone kisses their partner who is lying under the sheets in bed. Character is briefly seen in their nightdress while getting changed.

Some racist language including "blackie" and Maori people being "unsavory." Other language includes "f---ing," "f----rs," "s--t," "bitch," "d--khead," "bloody hell" "bastard," "mongrels," and "buggered off." Some "jokey" references to sex are made by a young child: "a man stuck his thing in me."

Some characters are occasionally seen smoking. Some drinking of beer both at social gatherings and in a bar, but no drunkenness is depicted. One character is seen pouring alcohol from a hip flask into their cup of coffee. In a later scene, they are shown drinking wine and seem to be mildly intoxicated. Reference to someone giving up the "booze."