Origins

Scotty 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?

In this new series, Scotty Morrison explores the origins of the Maori people. Tonight, how early Pakeha researchers go the origins of Maori so wrong. Plus, a shocking personal discovery in Vanuatu.

Will Scotty be able to find evidence that Taiwan was one of the homelands of the Maori people? Plus, he travels to Ethiopia to explore the place that is said to be the origin of us all.