Tangata Whenua

G The aged kuia Ngākahikatea Wirihana reminisces with Te Uira Manihera about her early life. Māori elders discuss the significance of moko kauae and the role of kuia who still have them, including Herepo Rongo, then one of the last women with a moko kauae in the Poihākena, Raglan community.

G There is a saying about the old leaders 'He Tōtara Whakaruruhau’ (they are the great trees giving shelter from the wind). This episode travels to Pūtauaki, the sacred mountain near Whakatāne, a symbol of prestige and the burial place of the chiefs of the Ngāti Awa tribes.

G Waikato explores the relationship Waikato Māori have with the Kīngitanga (King movement) and the Waikato River “the bloodstream for the life of the Waikato people.”

G The Tūhoe people of the Urewera country have maintained the Ringatū religion founded in the 19th century by Te Kooti Arikirangi Te Turuki. At Mataatua Marae, Ruatāhuna, whānau observe the Tekaumārua, Te Kooti's 24-hour day of prayer on the 12th of every month.

G Tūrangawaewae, A Place to Stand follows the establishment of a new urban marae (Maraeroa) in Porirua, while also examining the past reality of life in the rural communities of Tokomaru Bay and Waimā Valley.

G We are taken to Pakirikiri marae, Tokomaru Bay where there is a carving that people say will weep when something in the Māori world is lost. Māori Battalion members remember their lost comrades at an ANZAC service near Tikitiki while a Kotahitanga meeting near Ruatōria discusses the politics of Māori nationalism.