Rising Lights
Season 2 • 2023
⭐ 3.6 / 5
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.
Episodes
1. Landfall
Tensions between Rurangi's farming and Maori communities culminate in a strange phenomenon that awakens the past.
2023-02-12 • 22 min
2. Face Value
Anahera stands up to Aunty Beth on the marae, Caz returns to Auckland to seek out Ellie, and Jem experiences his first queer nightclub.
2023-02-19 • 23 min
3. Plum Life
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.
2023-02-26 • 22 min
4. In Milk We Trust
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.
2023-03-05 • 22 min
5. The Boat of Truth
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.
2023-03-12 • 22 min
