Broadcasters Phillip Liner and Haare Williams introduce an episode of the "Local Artist" show, focussing on the opening of the Te Rau Aroha marae in Bluff, with speeches, interviews and other items recorded at the opening.
Local M.P. Rex Austin, one of the instigators in the building of the marae speaks of its origin and genesis.
- Karakia: Lifting of the tapu - explanation by Haare Williams. Ringatu elder Monita Delamere from Opōtiki was invited to come and lift the tapu.
The story of the Takitimu canoe, as told by Haare Williams. He then explains the protocols of the marae to Phillip Liner.
- Karanga/haka pohiri/ Toia mai te waka.
- Kaikōrero: Eruera Stirling.
- Kaikōrero: Ta Tipene O'Regan/ Kinaki: E tangi atu ana.
- Kaikōrero: Hohua Tutengaehe/ Kinaki: E noho noa ahau ki te toka o Ohiwa.
- Haare translates the waiata.
- Kaikōrero: Maria Tini, one of the organisers of the hui, talks about the arrangements for the 2,000 guests who have come from all over Aotearoa.
Waiata: Ka pine a koe.
- Kaikōrero: [Four unidentified male speakers speak briefly in te reo Māori, English and Samoan - one speaks on behalf of the workers at Ocean Beach, congratulating the community on the new marae.]
- Kaikōrero: Unidentified female Cook Islands speaker
Rex Austin speaks about hopes for the impact of the marae on Bluff.
Maria Tini is interviewed again as the doors of the marae are opened.
- Waiata: Ha, haere mai e nga iwi o te motu.
- Waiata: E koro Ngaroto
Haare Williams speaks about the need for young New Zealanders to learn about both cultures in their country, and the importance of having a place to stand, which is what the new marae will give the people of Southland.
An unidentified woman [a doctor with ties to Murihiku and the Davis and Anglem whānau] talks about what her new marae means to her - it is home, even though she lives in the North Island.