WAKA Episode 3: Creatures of Perfection

Alika Bumatay’s teammates call him “the Hawaiian Jack Black” because he’s constantly cracking jokes. But when he talks about wa’a, it’s a different story. “Wa’a means everything,” he tells Simone Kaho. “It’s a family member.”
Waka is a six-part online video series produced by Tawera Productions in collaboration with E-Tangata and the New Zealand Herald as part of Tuia 250. It was made with the support of NZ On Air. A version of this story was also published in the Herald.