Tahuri turns 40 and the whānau have a couple of surprises in store for him and Makaira takes the first steps towards independence and gets some work experience.
15 year-old Niko hopes to outbake his kuia! He might get there with a Stuffed Rewena while Piki bakes her famous Keke Rēmana. Legend-in-his-own-lunchtime Gundy Pryor will decide with help from host Kahurangi Maxwell.
Surprising details of Ana’s heritage are revealed, we meet her Mum and the girls talk about what girls talk about best – boys!
Tahuri takes the whānau back home to Ruatoki, the small Tūhoe settlement where he grew up. It’s a different pace of life here and there’s not a cell phone in sight. How will the girls cope with that?
The Tumoana whānau pack up and head to Lake Karāpiro where they will all race in the national waka ama competition.
Reality series following Te Tahuri Tumoana and his family through the trials, tribulations and triumphs of their lives. We find out how te reo and tikanga Māori underpin the everyday life of this family. (PREMIERE)