Rising Lights

5 Episodes2023

Rūrangi’s culture war intensifies between the transgender activists, farmers and local Māori - all while ancestors from the past reach out to the living with unfinished business.

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Episodes (5)

Ep 1

Landfall

★6.0

2023-02-12•22m

Tensions between Rurangi's farming and Maori communities culminate in a strange phenomenon that awakens the past.

Ep 2

Face Value

★6.0

2023-02-19•23m

Anahera stands up to Aunty Beth on the marae, Caz returns to Auckland to seek out Ellie, and Jem experiences his first queer nightclub.

Ep 3

Plum Life

★7.0

2023-02-26•22m

Jem is crushed to realise the town is gossiping about his sexuality. Caz tries to convince Anahera to let local queer kids host a Rainbow Youth Group in her op shop.

Ep 4

In Milk We Trust

★8.0

2023-03-05•22m

Caz is forced to watch the documentary about his dead lover, Anahera and Ellie have a karaoke duel, and Jem wants to go back in the closet.

Ep 5

The Boat of Truth

★7.0

2023-03-12•22m

Tensions in Rurangi grow. Anahera confesses her true feelings, Jem makes a painful decision, and Caz's pursuit of Andy's ghost takes him to a dangerous new low.