Whakaata Māori

Professor John Moorfield's Māori language course supported by an interactive website. (R)

NZ's longest-running, bilingual, weekly current affairs show returns for 2026, featuring a Māori perspective on politics and culture. (R)

See Earth as never before from space. Using breathtaking satellite imagery, this series shows how powerful planetary forces shape life on Earth.

Four city slickers get out of their comfort zones and connect with their whenua and whānau. The boys travel to Samoa to try heal the past and give pig hunting with a Samoan twist a go. (R)

From wild hog hunting to silver carp fishing, adventure-loving culinary explorer Via Vang is ready to chase, kill, cook, and eat all the crazy creatures that have overstayed their welcome (R)

Celebrating the diversity of hunter-gatherers from around Aotearoa. The Brown Boys are in Tokoroa, while the Chum Lads have a big day slaying kingy and snapper off the west coast of Muriwai. (R)

Te Rangiaroha Huhana Clark, Heeni Sunderland and Iranui Haig talk of their experiences of the karanga, the kawa (practices) surrounding karanga, and how as young teenagers they were thrust into the ro

Distinctive kōrero from around the country made by iwi for iwi. (R)

Professor John Moorfield's Māori language course supported by an interactive website. (R)

Pānia Papa presents Māori language lessons for intermediate-level learners. (R)

Featuring Ngā Tama Toa o Ururoto - Westlake Boys' High School, Whakaata Māori presents performances from the Māori Stage of ASB Polyfest 2025, as the festival marks 50 years of rangatahi excellence

With the help of Aroha we learn more about the biggest planet in the Solar System, Kōpūnui. (R)

Join the CoComelon family in a world that centres on the everyday experiences of young children through toe-tapping music.

Takaro Tribe is an animated series for 0-6 year olds. We follow our cute characters as they enter the magical Alphabet Forest where our talking Papa Rakau, Pond Koka, Pu and Waea Wao live. (R)

Animated tamariki series Kiri & Lou follows the adventures of two friends living in pre-historic Aotearoa NZ. (R)

An animated series for tamariki about two little kororā living their lives between the moving of the tides. (R)

Kura is furious that they have lost the godstick again and tries her best to stop her sister and Josh from making a deal with Hikuroa. (R)

Niua and Hura travel to Whangārei to uncover the story behind the sacred maunga Parihaka. (R)

Shorter, sharper and cooler, Pūkana has been reinvented for our digitally savvy tamariki and taiohi (R)

Ko nga putanga reo maori o nga pakiwaituihi e rua, o Avatar. (R)

The extraordinary lives of Māori wedding celebrants. Ōpōtiki celebrant, Annette Papuni Mcllenan, goes back in time to her own wedding venue to marry a couple whose wedding ends with a bang. (R)

Relive the best of this year's Te Mana Kuratahi regional kapa haka competition held in Tauranga. (R)

Nikora Edwards aka Swizl Jager, defies societal expectations in more ways than one and, through his music, explores the dynamics of not fitting the traditional mould. (R)

NEW: Hosted by Mātai Smith. The ultimate Māori language showdown where the sharpest minds, quickest wits, and cheekiest tongues battle it out to see who is the ultimate clever dickie.

NEW: Haka Hopefuls is a laugh out loud, heart-warming mockumentary that follows two aspiring kaihaka vying for a spot with Angitu to compete at this year's Tāmaki Regionals. A high-octane digital ser

Commercial success made William Singe lose his sense of self. At his lowest point, Will turns to his whakapapa and finds the connection with his first te reo Māori single: Whānau. (R)

Determined to understand the whakapapa of the mysterious taonga Ārepa does some research and discovers the tohunga in her dreams is somehow linked to the hei tiki. (R)

See the stories of people who are at different stages of 'rangatiratanga' in their community. Rosie King passes her knowledge onto rangatahi. (R)

NEW: In the aftermath of a massive wildfire in 2016, host Cezin Nottaway finds a deep connection between food and healing. Combining her signature bush cooking style with a traditional beaver tail rec

NEW: It's the morning after the rokha, and the family's trying to pick up the pieces.

NEW: In the shadow of grief, new life is welcomed. The whānau come together showing strength in unity, despite the looming mortgagee sale.

The war between Pareihe of Kahungunu and Te Heuheu of Tūwharetoa rages on for many years. Te Heuheu forsees his own death and makes peace with Pareihe cementing it with marriage. (R)

Reluctantly following in their father's footsteps, Everett and Eric Saunders run a dysfunctional office-moving company, Shazam Moving.

After realising the generational disconnect caused by her father's adoption, Jordyn with a Why has dedicated herself to revitalising te reo Māori within her whānau. (R)

REWIND is a music video series with curated NZ and Reo Māori music. It also has old music videos updated with graphic factoids. (R)

In his new waiata, Reti Hedley of the indigenous soul music group IA delves into the beauty and self-assurance that te reo Māori can bestow upon its speakers. (R)

Revisit the performance of rōpū from the 2026 Senior Kapa Haka Regional Competition.

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