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Te Puna Ora: The Source of Life

Season 13 Episode 1 | 55m 00s

Follow three Indigenous women - a community leader, a spearfisher and a teenage activist - as they cultivate an alliance at the front lines of climate change. Inspired by myths and rituals that shaped their Tahitian culture, these women move beyond bureaucracy and toward grassroots empowerment to oppose overdevelopment, take back indigenous land, and demand recognition from international leaders.

Aired: 08/19/26 | Expires: 09/17/26
Funding provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Extras
Ioana Turia, competitive paddler and free diver, shares her birth journey in Rarotonga.
Rava Ray, Tahitian photographer and artist, sought an ocean birth for her first child.
Kimi Werner, Native Hawaiian free diver and spearfisher, shares her first birth journey.
Indigenous women around the Pacific seek support in their birth choices.
Two sisters, Kapulei Flores and Hāwane Rios, share a responsibility to protect Mauna Kea.
Thousands of Native Hawaiians and protectors of Mauna Kea gather in protest.
Native Hawaiian mother-daughter activists stand to protect their sacred Mauna Kea.
What does it mean to be māhū? Kumu Patrick Makuakāne shares why it's the name of his show.
Kumu Patrick Makuakāne designed his show to be inclusive in dance, song, and costume.
New theater production by Kumu Hula Patrick Makuakāne reclaims and celebrates māhū people.