Kupe Voyaging by the Stars

According to Māori legend Aotearoa was found by the explorer Kupe chasing an octopus from Raiatea Tahiti This documentary follows Northland building contractor Hekenukumai Hector Busby as he leads the construction of a waka hourua doublehulled canoe then retraces Kupes course across the Pacific back to Rarotonga Busby first heads to Tahiti to learn navigation methods used by Polynesias great ocean voyagers then returns home to fell a kauri and begin building Te Aurere