Swagger - Series Four, Episode One

This Māori Television series merged old media and new: giving a group of young people iPhones and storytelling workshops, and empowering them to tell their own fun stories. In this fourth season episode, the slices of life include: swimming with whales off Tonga, a Te Tai Tokerau marae challenge, holidaying in Sydney and learning to surf in Bali, filming live rugby league at Mt Smart, basketball trials, farewelling a mate at the airport with a haka, and a stage-shaking kapa haka act. Press on the 'CC' symbol below the screen to find subtitles for (occasional) te reo.

'[Swagger offers] a whole new way of thinking about television. We have technology at our fingertips and we are already using it. We make movies to go on YouTube, Facebook, Vine, Snapchat, Tumblr and Instagram. We are already putting things that are important to us online. So why not put it on television?

– Ngawaero Maniapoto, one of the young people who worked the first series of Swagger

Key Cast & Crew

Nikau Mokaraka

Presenter

Varron Armstrong

Presenter

Kale Richmond

Presenter

Hinewehi Mohi

Producer

Sally Thompson

Production Coordinator

Paul Thompson

Post-Production Producer