Director
Anna Marbrook Season Two Episodes 2,3,4
Producer
Meg Douglas
Presenter
Pio Terei
Network
Maori Television
Production Company
Scottie Productions
Te Araroa is a 3000 kilometre walkway running the length of New Zealand
Pio Terei is an entertainer in the true sense of the word. When you travel with him you can see that he has put in the yards across this country and he is beloved in every corner. Pio opens up the many dimensions of this place with a huge amount of humour and fun. As a maker its important to get out of the cities into the heartland of New Zealand because it’s there that many of our most dynamic stories and people reside. “If you want to know the land you must walk the land.”
Te Araroa is a walkway that is growing in popularity, partly due to the success of the work by Meg and Scottie Productions to share this incredible hikoi. The Te Araroa Walk has become a kind of odyssey for people who are overcoming personal or health challenges, commemorating loved ones or just needing a time out to reflect and have fun.
Awards
Nominated NZTV Award 2017
Links to Episodes
Project Stats
3000
miles walked
10
Regions Crossed
1500
Cups of Tea