Scotty Morrison explores the history of the Maori people.
Where to Watch Origins • Season 1
3 Episodes
Search for Hawaiki
E1
Search for HawaikiScotty Morrison explores the origins of the Māori people, visiting the Wairau Bar site which could be the first community in Aotearoa. Scotty tries to locate his hawaiki, his homeland, in the Pacific, but is hawaiki a real place or just a concept?
Birth of Polynesia
E2
Birth of PolynesiaScotty learns how early Pākehā researchers got the origins of Māori so wrong. He is surprised to find that several traditional folktales in Samoa are replicated in Māori culture and he makes a shock personal discovery at an ancient Vanuatu urupa.
Ancient Homelands
E3
Ancient HomelandsSeries Finale: Scotty travels to Ethiopia to explore the place that is said to be the origin of us all, and he visits the Cook Islands - the stepping off point for waka heading to Aotearoa hundreds of years ago.
