Maraea Rakuraku meets with members of the Poutu whānau who just may be the Māori version of the story that inspired the the 1998 Steven Spielberg film Saving Private Ryan - but with a much happier ending. All five sons returned safely to Aotearoa and went on to have 100s of descendants.

Maraea Rakuraku walks alongside whānau, war veterans of various military campaigns and a contingent of young Māori men representing soldiers of the Pioneer Battalion and hears their experiences of war that still resonates throughout the Tai Rawhiti community as they make their way from Te Poho o Rawiri pā to a purpose built whare, the C Company Memorial House that stands alongside Te Tairawhiti museum, Gisborne.