Heartland - Ruatāhuna

If you can imagine your home, right here in the middle of the valley, and then you imagine the walls to your fort are all these hills here — you can't help but feel a little bit comfortable.

– Teacher at Huiarau School and member of the Tūhoe Festival Committee, Matiu Tahi, sets the scene

People should not feel intimidated about my beautiful moko because it is an art, it is poetic... it's an art, and there's a story on it.

– Tāme Iti discusses why Pākehā New Zealanders might feel anxious if taking the activist at face value

I was apprehensive coming here but I needn't have been. People have answered my questions and treated me with love and respect and I suppose that's the way you go about allaying your fears. 

– Presenter Gary McCormick describes how he's overcome his own fears and whakamā about visiting a marae