Māori Television launches supernatural vertical drama "Kiri"
The 10-episode series streams on Māori+, YouTube and TikTok and is framed by the broadcaster as a vehicle for indigenous storytelling and language revitalisation, C21Media reported.
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Māori Television has launched "Kiri", a supernatural vertical drama, on its Māori+ service, YouTube and TikTok, C21Media reported on 30 September 2026.
The series has 10 episodes of about three minutes each. It follows a 14-year-old girl in Wellington in the early 1980s who has healing abilities rooted in mātauranga Māori, or traditional Māori knowledge. It was written, produced and directed by Julian and Becs Arahanga of Awa Films and is funded by Te Māngai Pāho, the Māori broadcasting funding agency.
C21Media quoted the broadcaster as seeing the format as a vehicle for indigenous storytelling and language revitalisation. No audience figures were reported.
Companies Māori Television, Awa Films