The Ponga whānau tells the inspiring story of how and why they overcame the many challenges to restore their homestead for their descendants.

The Makiha Homestead has long been vacant. In light of covid-19 and the housing crisis, whānau longed to return home. This sparked their desire to rebuild their homestead and develop a papakāinga on their whenua.

This episode centers around three Stirling Homesteads, each of which represents a significant time in their whānau history. This resilient whānau shares their deeply personal story and demonstrates how hardship has brought them even closer together.

Kitemoana Street is an urban papakāinga in one of the most affluent areas in Auckland. This episode tells the story of how these Ngāti Whātua ki Orakei descendants came to reside on this street, highlighting major events that impacted their iwi.

Situated in the Whareponga Valley, Maraeake is the name of the Ngarimu homestead where Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa Ngarimu VC was born. More than 100 years old and steeped in history, this house has no power, no reception, and occasionally no hot water.

Pōhatukura is the name of the Ngarimu whānau homestead in Ruatorea, Te Tai Rawhiti. Five generations of the Ngarimu whānau have lived in this home over the past 100 years.