Te Matatini Herenga Waka, Herenga Tangata 2023

Taonga: Treasures of our Past

Retells precious Māori stories of romance, betrayal, politics and war.
Documentary & Factual
Stream only in New Zealand
Season 1

Episode 1

Till Death Do Us Part

PG
Retells precious Māori stories of romance, betrayal, politics and war. Features Oha and Albie Bennett's incredible tale of two coins, a soldier's passion and one woman's faith that would never die.

Episode 2

Te Rangitopeora - The Warrior Princess

PG
Retells precious Māori stories of romance, betrayal, politics and war. Profiles Te Rangitopeora - a fearsome warrior who fought in battle beside her uncle, the mighty Te Rauparaha.

Episode 3

Arapeta Awatere - A Soldiers Story

PG
Historical Māori tales of romance, intrigue, murder, survival and heroism. Arapeta Awatere was a distinguished Māori leader - so why did he spend his last years in Mt Eden Prison, convicted of murder?

Episode 4

A Traitors Tale - Lucy Lord

PG
Historical Māori tales of romance, intrigue, murder, survival and heroism. Branded as a traitor and spy, Lucy Lord guided British troops into hostile territory where the enemy were her own hapu.

Episode 5

Hetty Idiens - Piracy In The Pacific

PG
A routine boat trip from the Chatham Islands to Christchurch in 1940 turns into a terrifying 52 days of captivity on a German naval vessel for Hetty Idiens and her whanau.

Episode 6

Sir Maui Pomare - First Maori Doctor

PG
Sir Maui Pomare: New Zealand's first Maori doctor fought for the very survival of his people, a race that many believed was doomed to extinction.

Episode 7

The Sorcerer and the Saint

PG
Amidst one of New Zealand's most violent volcanic eruptions, Te Paea Hinerangi - known to many as Guide Sophia - would emerge a tower of strength and courage for the survivors.

Episode 8

Penetito Hawea

PG
In the late 1860s, Māori teenager Penetito Hawea was implicated in one of Aotearoa's most sensational murders - the ritual killing of Anglican minister Karl Volkner.

Episode 9

Ngataua Omahuru - The Lost Boy

Ngataua Omahuru: A five-year-old Māori child wrenched from a world of armed conflict finds himself plunged into an alien European world of privilege, to become the adopted son of a New Zealand PM.

Episode 10

The Bone Collector

PG
Retells precious Māori stories of romance, betrayal, politics and war.

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