Trouble Is My Business is an observational documentary about an assistant principal who battles to keep his students in school and out of trouble. The film follows the stories of three Pacific Island and Maori students from a high school in the low socioeconomic area of South Auckland as they struggle with the complex issues preventing them from getting an education.

Assistant Principal Mr Peach is the back stop for kids with truancy and behavioural problems, when none of the other teachers can deal with them. In an environment where the morale of both the students and teachers is at an all time low, Mr Peach single handedly persists in his belief in the kids and their right to an education. He fights to keep the kids at school through a mixture of tough discipline, street knowledge, negotiation, support and encouragement - whatever it takes.

''This is a terrific piece of work. Funny, entertaining... downright moving.” Graeme Tuckett, Dominion Post