Follows the life of trailblazing Maori leader Dame Whina Cooper, who spent her life breaking boundaries, speaking for the rights of Maori, and fighting for the land.

After suffering a nervous breakdown, chess player Genesis Potini volunteers to teach a group of disadvantaged children how to play the game.

Irish detective Theo Ritcher teams up with Maori detective Diana Huia to investigate a young Irish couple who have gone missing from a small town in New Zealand's North Island.