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Top of the South

Top of the South

At the top of South Island, from Golden Bay to the Marlborough Sounds, a community of Māori are fighting to maintain their way of life and a connection to the sea that was passed down to them from their tīpuna as modernity threatens this existence.

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Top of the South

Top of the South

At the top of South Island, from Golden Bay to the Marlborough Sounds, a community of Māori are fighting to maintain their way of life and a connection to the sea that was passed down to them from their tīpuna as modernity threatens this existence.

Lifestyle

Stream Worldwide

Top of the South

Top of the South

At the top of South Island, from Golden Bay to the Marlborough Sounds, a community of Māori are fighting to maintain their way of life and a connection to the sea that was passed down to them from their tīpuna as modernity threatens this existence.

Lifestyle

Stream Worldwide

Season 1, Episode 1

Keelan and Peter trace ancestral footsteps at the Wairau Bar, Hamuera shares stories of weaving and colonisation at Rotomairewhenua, and Lee-Ann and Todd inspire indigenous care through waka ama.

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Season 1, Episode 1

Keelan and Peter trace ancestral footsteps at the Wairau Bar, Hamuera shares stories of weaving and colonisation at Rotomairewhenua, and Lee-Ann and Todd inspire indigenous care through waka ama.

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Season 1, Episode 1

Keelan and Peter trace ancestral footsteps at the Wairau Bar, Hamuera shares stories of weaving and colonisation at Rotomairewhenua, and Lee-Ann and Todd inspire indigenous care through waka ama.

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Season 1, Episode 1

Keelan and Peter trace ancestral footsteps at the Wairau Bar, Hamuera shares stories of weaving and colonisation at Rotomairewhenua, and Lee-Ann and Todd inspire indigenous care through waka ama.

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Episode 1

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Keelan and Peter trace ancestral footsteps at the Wairau Bar, Hamuera shares stories of weaving and colonisation at Rotomairewhenua, and Lee-Ann and Todd inspire indigenous care through waka ama.

Episode 1

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Keelan and Peter trace ancestral footsteps at the Wairau Bar, Hamuera shares stories of weaving and colonisation at Rotomairewhenua, and Lee-Ann and Todd inspire indigenous care through waka ama.

Episode 2

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Aneika introduces pou whenua at Abel Tasman before Barney, Marnie, Peter, Kerensa, Michael, and Hamuera take us through whakapapa, land disputes, indigenous crops, whale strandings, and kaitiakitanga in Te Tauihu.

Episode 2

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Aneika introduces pou whenua at Abel Tasman before Barney, Marnie, Peter, Kerensa, Michael, and Hamuera take us through whakapapa, land disputes, indigenous crops, whale strandings, and kaitiakitanga in Te Tauihu.

Episode 3

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Hawaiki Kura lead a wānanga with Kiley and his daughters before we follow Hamuera at Nelson Museum, Ruihana, Kahu, and Michael through pākohe carving, marae life, and whitebaiting, ending in London where Hamuera reunites a kete tikumu with a friend.

Episode 3

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Hawaiki Kura lead a wānanga with Kiley and his daughters before we follow Hamuera at Nelson Museum, Ruihana, Kahu, and Michael through pākohe carving, marae life, and whitebaiting, ending in London where Hamuera reunites a kete tikumu with a friend.

Episode 4

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Kahu reflects on community and mātauranga at Te Āwhina Marae before the journey moves through Shannon’s kaupapa of He Kai Kei Aku Ringa, waka ama with Lee-Ann and Todd, carving with Roni, and Maia’s art in Nelson.

Episode 4

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Kahu reflects on community and mātauranga at Te Āwhina Marae before the journey moves through Shannon’s kaupapa of He Kai Kei Aku Ringa, waka ama with Lee-Ann and Todd, carving with Roni, and Maia’s art in Nelson.

Episode 5

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Hamuera reflects on hapū weaving knowledge in Te Tauihu. We follow Kiley’s men’s wānanga, Kahu’s community mahi, Michael’s kaitiakitanga, Marnie’s healing through horses, waka ama's revival, and Keelan sharing the Crown’s apology to Rangitāne.

Episode 5

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Hamuera reflects on hapū weaving knowledge in Te Tauihu. We follow Kiley’s men’s wānanga, Kahu’s community mahi, Michael’s kaitiakitanga, Marnie’s healing through horses, waka ama's revival, and Keelan sharing the Crown’s apology to Rangitāne.

Episode 6

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Kiley holds a men’s wānanga on abundance and wellbeing. Then, Lee Mason’s Kānuka initiative, Hawaiki Kura’s Haka Fusion, Margie’s care of Waikoropupū Springs, Shannon’s kai traditions, and Raniera’s mau rākau wānanga, and the Hawaiki Hou exhibition.

Episode 6

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Kiley holds a men’s wānanga on abundance and wellbeing. Then, Lee Mason’s Kānuka initiative, Hawaiki Kura’s Haka Fusion, Margie’s care of Waikoropupū Springs, Shannon’s kai traditions, and Raniera’s mau rākau wānanga, and the Hawaiki Hou exhibition.

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