In the final show of the year, Te Ahi Kaa features highlights from 2018. Kaiora Honey is a thriving whanau business lead by Blanche Morragh, she discusses the hard yards and ongoing work of running Kaiora Honey from their home at Awanui. In the continuing series, Behind the Blazers, Hamuera Ratana band drum bass player JJ Lewis describes his instrument it as the "heartbeat of the reo", he has been with Te Reo o Hamuera since 1996 and says its his way of giving back to his community and Ihoa. In the series Taa Moko Sessions, Stu Mcdonald, Julie Paama-Pengelly and Pip Hartley share their own experiences of moko both locally and overseas. Te Ahi Kaa profiles Pip Old, a Pakeha woman who is on a mission to learn to reo Maori inspired by her own children and mokpuna.