In this short video, learn more about the Mauri global film premiere and how you can participate.
- Watch Mauri for 48 hours
- Access 3 Talks from our 5-Day Online Event with Māori Elders
- Receive a downloadable workbook
- Support the Indigenous communities featured in the film
Suggested minimum donation $20
no one will be turned away for lack of funds
- Unlimited streaming of Mauri
- Unlimited streaming of The Eternal Song
- Full 12 companion films, each from a featured community, released every two months
- 15 recorded sessions from the Mauri Event
- 70+ recorded sessions from all our live gatherings with Elders and knowledge keepers
- Audio files & full transcripts of each session
- Extended interviews & behind-the-scenes conversations
- The original film soundtrack
- Two-year access to your private library
- Monthly community gatherings to stay connected
- Discussion groups to share reflections, questions, and resources
The Guardians
Guest Speakers & Indigenous Wisdom Keepers
Mauri Talks Global Gathering Schedule
A journey of remembering, healing, and reimagining
DAY 1
w/ Tāngaroa Ngaropo-Tāwio, Atarangi Murupaenga, Mark Kopua. Hosted by: Maurizio and Zaya Benazzo
w/ Atarangi Murupaenga & Mark Kopua
w/ Atarangi Murupaenga
We will explore in community:
- Holistic principles and elements for healing
- How to use rākau (wooden tools)
- Listening to the body’s truth
DAY 2
w/ Tāngaroa Ngaropo-Tāwio
We will explore in community:
- Our breath & the breath of our ancestors
- A Sacred Covenant with Ra‘iātea
- From deep-sea navigation to celestial navigation
w/ Tenga Rangitauira
We will explore in community:
- Reclaiming Education Through Ancestral Language and Rhythm
- Mōteatea as Memory, Medicine, and Movement
- Carrying the Flame: Story, Responsibility, and Spiritual Guidance
w/ Tenga Rangitauira
DAY 3
w/ Donna Kerridge and Tohe Ashby
We will explore in community:
- Listening to the language of the Ngahere (forest)
- Healing the whānau (people) and the whenua (land) as one
- Carrying ancestral knowledge forward for future generations
w/ Tohe Ashby
We will explore in community:
- Rongoā Māori is more than medicine
- Healing begins with permission
- Wellbeing includes land, lineage, and spirit
w/ Mark Kopua
DAY 4
w/ Erin Matariki Carr, Tina Ngata
We will explore in community:
- Decolonizing Our Relationship with Natural Resources
- Revitalizing Indigenous values for planetary regeneration
- Indigenous governance for sustainable futures
w/ Awhitia Mihaere
We will explore in community:
- The placenta as a carrier of wisdom and guidance
- Colonization’s impact on birth and land
- Spirit work in prisons, births, and death
w/ Te Kapa Haka o Ngāti Whakaue
DAY 5
w/ Captain Stan Conrad
We will explore in community:
- The History of the Waka as a sacred vessel
- Te kapehu whetū, the compass as a mental construct
- Voyages as reclamation and revitalization of culture
w/ John Panoho
We will explore in community:
- Ancestral knowledge carried on waves and wind
- Resilience, relationship, and reverence at sea
- What ancient navigation offers us today
w/ Atarangi Murupaenga
We will explore in community:
- The body tells the truth — no story needed
- Rongoā Māori is remembering, not learning
- Laughter, grief, and spirit all belong in healing
w/ Te Kapa Haka o Ngāti Whakaue
w/ Tāngaroa Ngaropo-Tāwio
How Your Contribution Supports Indigenous Communities
In The Spirit of Reciprocity
We thank the past, current, and future Indigenous stewards of this territory.
SAND is a nonprofit organization under section 501.c.3 of the US tax code. Its headquarters are on the unceded ancestral territories of Coastal Miwok and Southern Pomo Land in Sebastopol, CA. We thank the past, current, and future Indigenous stewards of this territory.
We thank the past, current, and future Indigenous stewards of this territory.
When you donate to watch the film, you help support the following project:
Rongoā Māori Healers and Elders
Mauri follows Māori elders and healers carrying forward the living traditions of Rongoā Māori in Aotearoa, present-day New Zealand. Rongoā Māori is an ancestral healing system that is transmitted across generations and woven into daily life, ceremony, and care for communities.
As part of SAND’s reciprocity commitment, we are directing $10,000–$15,000 to the Māori elders and healers featured in the film. Funds will be used to support the long arc of Rongoā Māori, as determined by the community and in their own time.
Reciprocity funds will be used to support:
- Immediate needs that arise within the community
- Cultural and ceremonial events
- Spaces for community connection and knowledge sharing
Through their teachings and practice, Māori elders and healers are keeping sacred healing alive in the face of colonization and extraction.
The Eternal Song
12 FILM SERIES
The Eternal Song
LAND: EARTH
92 Minutes • WATCH NOW
Mauri
LAND: AOTEAROA (NEW ZEALAND)
70 Minutes • WATCH NOW
If an Owl
Calls Your Name
LAND: Esk’etemc, Gitxsan, and Wet’suwet’en (CANADA)
92 MINUTES • WATCH NOW
In the Circle
of Life
LAND: BUNDJALUNG & WIRADJURI (AUSTRALIA)
75 Minutes • WATCH NOW
Katô: Dreams
of Dark Earth
LAND: DAJE KAPAP EYPI (BRAZIL)
76 MINUTES • WATCH NOW
Little Singer
LAND: DINÉ BIKÉYAH (ARIZONA)
81 MINUTES • COMING May 26 – 28, 2026
Sila
LAND: KALAALLIT NUNAAT (GREENLAND)
COMING 2026
Kupuna ʻĀina
LAND: MOKUPUNI HAWAI’I
COMING 2026
Flowers of The Earth
LAND: MATO GROSSO DO SUL (BRAZIL)
COMING 2026
Maasai
LAND: OLOSHO LE MAA (KENYA)
COMING 2027
Haida
LAND: HAIDA GWAII (CANADA)
COMING 2027
Ifá
LAND: TSENACOMOCO (VIRGINIA)
COMING 2027
See other films from SAND:
The Eternal Song
LAND: EARTH
Mauri
LAND: AOTEAROA (NEW ZEALAND)
If an Owl Calls
Your Name
LAND: UNIST’OT’EN YIN’TAH (CANADA)
In the
Circle of Life
LAND: BUNDJALUNG & WIRADJURI (AUSTRALIA)
Katô:
Dreams of Dark Earth
LAND: DAJE KAPAP EYPI (BRAZIL)
Little Singer
LAND: DINÉ BIKÉYAH (ARIZONA)
Sila
LAND: KALAALLIT NUNAAT (GREENLAND)
Kupuna ʻĀina
LAND: MOKUPUNI HAWAI’I
Flowers of The Earth
LAND: MATO GROSSO DO SUL (BRAZIL)
Maasai
LAND: OLOSHO LE MAA (KENYA)
Haida
LAND: HAIDA GWAII (CANADA)
Ifá
LAND: TSENACOMOCO (VIRGINIA)
See other films from SAND:
12 Films & 70+ Talks and Teachings
from the Following Wisdom Keepers & Elders
from the Following Wisdom Keepers & Elders