In this series, Anglican minister and historian Hirini Kaa (Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Kahungunu, Rongowhakaata) looks at how the earliest Māori biblical prophetic movements were impacted by key events like the Treaty of Waitangi. This first episode explores Ngāpuhi tohunga Penetana Papahurihia (aka Te Atua Wera). Papahurihia was a respected tohunga and early convert to christianity. Reverend Kaa and those interviewed attempt to understand the struggle of a man forging a new path between two seemingly irreconcilable worlds. The Prophets was directed by Tainui Stephens (Let My Whakapapa Speak).