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Te Puna Ora: The Source of Life Preview

Season 13 Episode 1 | 30s

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.

Funding provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and the National Endowment for the Arts. Distributed nationally by American Public Television
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Native Hawaiian mother-daughter activists stand to protect their sacred Mauna Kea.
New theater production by Kumu Hula Patrick Makuakāne reclaims and celebrates māhū people.
Kalā and others begin the palila annual survey point counts on Mauna Kea.
Ānuenue is the name of a palila bird who has been killed; but his story doesn't end there.
A Hawaiian finch sues the State of Hawai‘i to prevent its imminent extinction.
From water scarcity to loss of culture, land development is concerning Tahitians.
Poema teachers her children to protect the ocean and land.
Land development has made Tahiti inaccessible and unaffordable for the Indigenous peoples.
Pacific Heartbeat draws viewers into the heart and soul of Pacific Islander experiences
Pacific Heartbeat draws viewers into the heart and soul of Pacific Islander experiences