Tamahou Temara has had the enviable privilege of having an up-close and personal relationship with our nation’s treasures. It’s a career that has seen him facilitate the return of ancestral bones long-forgotten in foreign museum vaults; the training for which began on his own marae with his own tīpuna.   

Kawiti Waetford went to London to start a career in opera, but while there learning about the forms of language and the vocal dynamics of opera he began to feel the pull to come home and start his own family. But while he’s happy these days to live off the land and give his time to youth projects he still finds time to jet off overseas for a quick gig.

Alana Thomas has found her vocation in representing iwi, hapū and whanau claimants in Waitangi Tribunal inquiries. However this descendant of Ngāti Rehia, Ngāti Kuri began her path into the law after her own close brush with the judicial system.

Clinical Psychologist and researcher Dr Waikaremoana Waitoki explains the essence indigenous psychology and talks her research project looking at racial oppression.

Editor and director Kereti Rautangata talks about his passion for kaupapa Māori and how its led him to only select work that aligns with this principles.