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This programme features narration, music, and interviews that focus on the history and the significance of South Island Māori rock drawings.
In part one, artist Theo Schoon discusses his experiences as an enthusiast of early Māori art after encountering images of the rock drawings at Otago Museum.
In part two, Dr. Roger Duff, ethnologist at Canterbury Museum, provides an explanation of the age, method, purpose, and deterioration of the Māori rock drawings that were discussed by Schoon in part one.
In part three, the Historical Research Officer for the Department of Internal Affairs, William Vance, talks about the deterioration and preservation of the rock drawings. Also, four rock drawing sites are described, but the locations are deliberately not identified to preserve the paintings from further vandalism.