Scotty Morrison explores the history of the Maori people.
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Sep 15, 2020 · 44m
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?
Sep 22, 2020 · 44m
Scotty 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.
Sep 29, 2020 · 45m
Series 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.
Quick answers about this season's release timeline and episode lineup.
Origins Season 1 premiered on September 15, 2020.
Origins Season 1 has 3 episodes.
The season opens with Season 1 Episode 1, "Search for Hawaiki". It aired on September 15, 2020.
Go to Season 1 Episode 1