A unique series that re-visits Maori archival documentaries in the new millennium. Well-known presenter Tainui Stephens fronts the programme and revisits the inspirational, controversial and influential people that were involved in the original documentaries.

A view into the formation of Te Papa Tongarewa, the Museum of New Zealand. Compelling fly-on-the-wall moments are captured as a new kind of national museum is conceived.

A view into the formation of Te Papa Tongarewa, the Museum of New Zealand. Compelling fly-on-the-wall moments are captured as a new kind of national museum is conceived.

This documentary follows 70 nuns as they visit the many marae along the Whanganui River to Jerusalem where the Sisters of Compassion, New Zealand’s only indigenous order, was established.

From the current affairs series Inquiry, this documentary looks at how phosphate exports impacted on the tiny Pacific nation of Nauru. No credits for documentary segment.

The New Zealand Māori Theatre Trust held a summer school on the Manutuke Marae, near Gisborne. Young Māori were trained to form a professional theatre company to tour the world performing traditional and modern Māori music and dance.

Follows a day in the life of the rubbish runners of Manukau Refuse Collection.

Follows 38 year old Tia Moa, in his determination to create a new path away from his drug addicted past by pursuing his passion for music.

Tonga’s lifestyle and livelihood revolve around the coconut palm, which provides housing material, food, fuel and money. It is now the focal point in a technological revolution - milling timber from a tree that is really a grass.

A documentary made to celebrate the centenary of the gifting of Tongariro National Park to the nation by its Māori owners. In 1887 Māori land was gifted to the nation making Tongariro the world’s sixth National Park. Since then eleven other National Parks have been set aside for enjoyment in New Zealand. This is the legend of Ngātoroirangi, high priest and navigator of the Arawa canoe. Includes brief shots of the small Waihi village and marae. Still archival shots of early pioneer developments are shown. Te Heuheu Tukino chief of the Tūwharetoa tribe, introduced his vision of National Parks by gifting Tongariro mountain to the nation.