Fifty Percent
Lillian Hanly / Sara Shirazi
Running
time:
10 mins
Lillian Hanly has a 50/50 chance of inheriting Huntington’s, a neurodegenerative disease. With a number of her family testing positive for the gene, and her mother already affected by it, she must come to a decision. Get tested now or continue to live on in the unknown.
You may lose me well before I die.Lillian Hanly
Season 8
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Fifty Percent
With a 50% chance of inheriting a fatal disease, is it better to know or live in the moment?
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Night Ride
A mother's nightly visits to feed stray cats lead her son to probe its link to his brother's death.
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Wind Song and Rain
Poet Hone Tuwhare's granddaughter pens a love letter to the world, bridging the gap he left and embracing his legacy.
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The Weedfish
A hunt for the rare Weedfish in fading New Zealand kelp forests leads to a profound underwater journey.
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Only Human
A social media fight over sexism is the last straw for the liberal daughter of a chauvinistic father.
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HAKA haha
There’s cultural appropriation in the air as kaka haka is debated by the people of Aotearoa.
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The Scam
The ultimate scam lures an elderly beekeeper around the world in this wild true-crime tale.
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When Nobody Was Looking
An entomologist takes on the 1970s New Zealand Government uncovering institutional racism and child abuse.