Life in the FFN is about the characters who live on the northernmost tip of Aotearoa.
Rugged and windswept like the landscape, the people here hold steadfast to their communities,
their whānau and the simple pleasure of doing things their way.
RELEASE DATE: 7: 30PM - MONDAY 21ST SEPTEMBER, 2026
WHAAKATA MĀORI AND MĀORI PLUS
Funded by
Te Māngai Pāho
Platform
Whakaata Māori and Māori +
Format
8 x 26 minute episodes
Episodes:
Episode #1: Rawiri Pihama and Tia Waitai-Henare - Waikato, Te Rarawa, Ngāti Kurī
Episode #2: Tipene Kapa-Kingi - Te Aupōuri, Ngāpuhi
Episode #3: Kailah & Kenape Saupese - Ngāti Kahu, Ngāti Whatua, Ngāti Hamoa
Episode #4: Harata Brown - Te Aupōuri, Te Arawa
Episode #5: Reuben Butler - Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Kahu
Episode #6: Wikātana Popata - Te Paatu
Episode #7: The Bates Brothers
Episode #8: Wiremu Sarich - Te Rarawa, Ngāpuhi
Series Director
Julian Arahanga
Directors
Piata Gardiner-Hoskins, Sacha Te Utupoto Keating, Brandon Te Moananui, Julian Arahanga
Producers
Vanessa Patea, Ruth Korver, Julian Arahanga
Cinematography
Jos Wheeler, Mike Potton, Sacha Te Utupoto Keating, Julian Arahanga, Chris Mauger, Brandon Te Moananui
Line Producer
Ruth Korver
Production Managers
Vanessa Patea, Ruth Korver
Production Coordinators
Sophie Hampson, Ashley Pye
Editors
Tautahanga Rameka, Daniel Mulholland, Jeff McDonald
Sound Editor
Tom Scott-Toft
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