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Quick Summary: Mauri

• What It’s About: A cinematic invitation into Māori healing traditions—where land (whenua), language, ceremony, and community remembrance weave a living pathway through intergenerational trauma back to relationship and belonging.
• Why Watch: Registration includes the full film premiere and a 5-day online gathering with Māori elders and knowledge keepers, with 48-hour access to each day’s teachings. Available by donation (including $0 – nobody will be turned away due to lack of funds).
• When: October 14–18, 2025 — world premiere window with daily sessions.
• Where: Online worldwide. Stream the film and join live sessions from anywhere.
• Good to Know: At least 50% of proceeds after costs support Indigenous-led initiatives in the territories where filming occurred—an invitation to reciprocity in action.

Prefer to feel into it first? You can register now and decide your donation later — even $0.

Table of Contents

• • Watch Mauri: The Vital Essence in All Beings
  • About the Film
  • Why You Should Watch It
  • What You’ll Learn
  • Schedule of Events
  • Featured Healers & Elders
  • Themes Explored in the Film
  • Watch the Trailer
  • Audience Reviews & Reactions
  • Release Details
  • Extend Your Journey: The Full Collection
  • Reciprocity & Where Donations Go
  • Accessibility & Replays
  • Māori Healing Glossary
  • FAQs About Mauri

About the Film

Mauri: The Vital Essence in All Beings is a breathtaking cinematic journey into the heart of Māori healing traditions — an ancestral practice that holds land (whenua), lineage, ceremony, and spirit as one living system of care. Filmed across Aotearoa (New Zealand) and guided by Māori healers, elders, and knowledge keepers, this documentary invites viewers to remember the essence that pulses within all beings — the mauri — and to witness how healing extends beyond the individual into the fabric of community, land, and time itself.

Rather than presenting Māori healing as a static tradition, Mauri moves with it. It listens to the silence beneath colonial disruption, honors the ancestral memory carried through language and ritual, and reveals how connection to the land can mend wounds that words alone cannot reach. Through sacred ceremony, prayer (karakia), and embodied practice, the film shows that healing is not something we “do” — it’s something we allow, remember, and reclaim.

“When someone walks into the room, the healing has already begun.” — Atarangi Murupaenga

Part of the ongoing Wisdom of the Ancestors series, Mauri is the second feature-length documentary in a 12-film cycle exploring Indigenous knowledge and resilience across the globe. Each film opens a new portal into ancestral wisdom, inviting us to participate in the collective remembering of humanity’s deepest truths — truths that still live in the soil beneath our feet and in the stories carried through generations.

• Streaming Dates: October 14–18, 2025
• Location: Online (worldwide access)
• Cost: By donation — including $0

Why You Should Watch Mauri

In a time when the modern world feels increasingly fractured — when disconnection from land, language, and lineage has left so many of us searching for belonging — Mauri offers a sacred pathway home. This is not a film to simply “watch.” It’s a ceremony to enter, a field to feel, and a remembering to receive.

Unlike typical documentaries that inform from the outside, Mauri transforms from within. It’s a cinematic initiation into the living world of Māori healing — a world where grief is not pathologized but honoured, where trauma is not “treated” but held, and where the body, spirit, and land are not separate entities but parts of a sacred whole.

As you watch, you’ll encounter ceremonies that awaken ancestral memory, prayers that speak to the land itself, and stories that trace healing back through generations. You’ll hear voices that have survived attempts at erasure, see rituals that still carry the vibration of belonging, and feel the pulse of mauri — the life force that has never stopped flowing beneath the surface of modern life.

This is why Mauri matters. It reminds us that healing is not a self-improvement project; it’s a collective remembering. It shows us that land remembers, bodies remember, and that the wisdom we seek is not lost — only waiting for us to slow down enough to listen.

And perhaps most importantly, it invites us to participate. To show up, to bear witness, to listen without trying to fix, and to learn from a worldview that holds wholeness not as something to achieve but as something already here — woven into every breath, every ancestor, and every blade of grass.

What You’ll Learn by Watching Mauri

Mauri isn’t a lecture or a lesson — it’s a transmission. It doesn’t tell you what to think; it shows you how to remember. Through the voices of Māori elders and the living heartbeat of ceremony, it invites you to rediscover the sacred principles that have always guided Indigenous ways of healing and being.

Each moment in the film opens a doorway: into ancestral memory, into deeper relationship with land, into the possibility that healing is not about fixing what’s broken but about reweaving what’s been forgotten. You’ll learn how trauma can become medicine when held in community, how ceremony bridges the seen and unseen, and how belonging isn’t earned — it’s remembered.

And beyond understanding Māori healing traditions themselves, you’ll come to see how these teachings illuminate our shared human story — revealing pathways that can guide each of us back into harmony with ourselves, each other, and the living Earth.

• How mauri — the vital essence — flows through all life and connects us across time
• Why Māori healing views trauma as a collective story, not an individual flaw
• How to approach healing as remembering rather than fixing
• What it means to restore right relationship with land, ancestors, and community
• The role of language and ceremony in repairing cultural identity
• How grief, when honored, becomes a sacred teacher and source of power
• What Indigenous worldviews reveal about health, balance, and resilience
• How traditional practices like karakia (prayer), rongoā (medicine), and whānau (family) weave together to support holistic well-being

Schedule of Events — October 14–18, 2025

The global premiere of Mauri: The Vital Essence in All Beings unfolds over five transformative days — each one a ceremonial journey guided by Māori elders, healers, storytellers, and knowledge keepers. Every day blends live sessions, recorded teachings, and opportunities for reflection, offering a living curriculum rooted in Indigenous wisdom and ancestral remembrance.

All sessions are free to attend with registration and will be available to stream for 48 hours after their live broadcast. Times listed are in Pacific Time (PT).

Day 1 — Tuesday, October 14

• 1:00 – 1:30 PM: Welcome & Opening Karakia (Prayer Circle) & Pūrākau (Story) — Tāngaroa Ngaropo-Tāwio, Atarangi Murupaenga, Mark Kopua. Hosted by Maurizio & Zaya Benazzo.
• 1:30 – 2:40 PM: Mauri Film Communal Screening
• 2:45 – 3:15 PM: Q&A with Māori Elders — Atarangi Murupaenga & Mark Kopua
• 3:30 – 4:30 PM: The Art of Mahi Rākau (Self-Healing Workshop) — Atarangi Murupaenga

Day 2 — Wednesday, October 15

• 1:00 – 2:00 PM: Opening the Pacific Ocean Stargate — Tāngaroa Ngaropo-Tāwio
• 2:00 – 3:00 PM: Teaching, Tradition, and the Echo of Mōteatea — Tenga Rangitauira
• 3:00 – 3:05 PM: Mōteatea (Sacred Chant) — Tenga Rangitauira

Day 3 — Thursday, October 16

• 1:00 – 2:00 PM: The Medicine of the Forest and the Land: A Conversation — Donna Kerridge & Tohe Ashby
• 2:00 – 3:00 PM: Remembering Through the Land — Tohe Ashby
• 3:00 – 3:05 PM: Pūrākau (Story) — Mark Kopua

Day 4 — Friday, October 17

• 1:00 – 2:00 PM: Weaving Currents of Care and Resistance — Erin Matariki Carr & Tina Ngata
• 2:00 – 3:00 PM: Healing with the Ancestors: From Birth to Death — Awhitia Mihaere
• 3:00 – 3:05 PM: Kapa Haka Performance — Te Kapa Haka o Ngāti Whakaue

Day 5 — Saturday, October 18

• 1:00 – 2:00 PM: The Māori Star Compass and the Sea’s Embrace — Captain Stan Conrad
• 2:00 – 2:20 PM: Wayfinders of the Ancestors: Ocean, Stars & the Spirit of Navigation — John Panoho
• 2:30 – 3:15 PM: The Body Already Knows: Rongoā Māori and the Art of Listening — Atarangi Murupaenga
• 3:15 – 3:20 PM: Mōteatea (Closing Chant) — Te Kapa Haka o Ngāti Whakaue

Meet the Filmmakers

Zaya and Maurizio Benazzo are the visionary co-founders of Science and Nonduality (SAND), the organization behind The Wisdom of Trauma and the acclaimed Eternal Song series. Known for their ability to transform documentaries into living ceremonies, their work weaves together film, philosophy, and spiritual inquiry into profound journeys of awakening and reconnection.

With Mauri, they continue their mission to amplify Indigenous wisdom and catalyze global conversations about healing, resilience, and collective remembering. Their filmmaking is not just about storytelling — it’s about stewarding sacred knowledge, creating space for voices that have been marginalized, and inviting viewers into a deeper relationship with life itself.

“We set out to make a film about Māori healing — but what emerged was something far deeper: a cinematic ceremony that shows how the essence of life still flows beneath everything.” — Zaya & Maurizio Benazzo

Featured Healers & Elders

Mauri: The Vital Essence in All Beings brings together a remarkable circle of Māori elders, healers, knowledge keepers, and cultural leaders — each carrying unique strands of ancestral wisdom that together form a tapestry of healing, resilience, and remembrance. These are not “speakers” in the conventional sense; they are living bridges between past and future, guiding us back to the original pulse of life itself.

Through story, ceremony, song, and dialogue, they share teachings that have been passed down through generations — teachings that reconnect us to the land, to each other, and to the mauri that lives within all beings. Each session in the five-day event is an opportunity to sit at the feet of these elders and receive wisdom that is both timeless and urgently relevant to our modern world.

• Atarangi Murupaenga — Respected healer whose life’s work carries Rongoā Māori into communities across Aotearoa and the world.
• Mark Kopua — Tā moko master and guardian of ancient story traditions who uses art and narrative to heal collective memory.
• Donna Kerridge — Trauma therapist and educator working with nervous system intelligence and land-based healing practices.
• Tina Ngata — International advocate for Indigenous, environmental, and human rights focused on decolonization and planetary care.
• Tāngaroa Ngaropo-Tāwio — Māori scholar, spiritual practitioner, and cultural leader dedicated to reviving ancestral knowledge and navigation.
• Tohe Ashby — Rongoā Māori healer known for developing traditional treatments for kauri tree dieback disease.
• Erin Matariki Carr — Lawyer and project lead at RIVER, advancing constitutional transformation movements in Aotearoa.
• Captain Stan Conrad — One of the foremost captains of Māori ocean voyaging and a leader in traditional navigation wisdom.
• Tenga Rangitauira — Language revitalization leader preserving Mōteatea (sacred chant) as medicine, memory, and movement.
• Awhitia Mihaere — Spiritual teacher and healer focused on birth, death, and ancestral connection as pathways to wholeness.
• John Panoho — Wayfinding expert illuminating how ancient navigation carries profound lessons for modern life.
• Te Kapa Haka o Ngāti Whakaue — Renowned cultural performance group preserving Māori song, dance, and oral traditions as vessels of ancestral knowledge.

Themes Explored in Mauri

The film doesn’t shy away from the hard truths of history — it walks straight into them with grace, depth, and reverence. Colonization. Cultural erasure. Intergenerational trauma. Mauri faces these wounds not to dwell on them, but to reveal the pathways of healing and reconnection that have always been present beneath the surface.

It is also a celebration — of resilience, of ancestral memory, of the mauri that cannot be extinguished. It invites us to feel the paradox of human experience: sorrow and joy, rupture and renewal, loss and the unwavering continuity of life. These themes are not simply “topics” — they are living realities, woven into the story of our shared humanity and calling us to participate in the great work of remembrance and repair.

• 🌿 Intergenerational Healing — How ancestral trauma is carried — and healed — through land, lineage, and ceremony.
• 🔥 Decolonization as Ceremony — Moving beyond resistance to restore right relationship with the Earth and one another.
• 🌏 Whenua (Land) as Medicine — Understanding the land as a living ancestor and source of deep healing.
• 🪶 Language and Identity — How the return of sacred language awakens memory and belonging.
• 💧 Grief as a Sacred Teacher — Embracing grief not as weakness but as a gateway to transformation.
• 🌌 Ceremony and Story — The essential role of ritual, story, and song in the restoration of balance.
• 🌺 Community and Reciprocity — Healing as a shared responsibility that ripples far beyond the individual.

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What Viewers Are Saying

The impact of Mauri goes far beyond the screen. Those who have witnessed this cinematic ceremony describe it not as a film they “watched,” but as a journey they lived — one that stirred ancestral memory, unlocked unexpected emotion, and reawakened a profound sense of connection to all life.

“It felt like sitting inside a living prayer — every frame pulsed with meaning, and I left feeling as if I had remembered something I never knew I’d forgotten.” — Mereana R.

“I came expecting a documentary. I left in tears, holding a deeper reverence for the land, my ancestors, and myself. This is medicine for the soul.” — James W.

“Haunting. Transformative. Sacred. It reminded me that healing isn’t about fixing — it’s about remembering. I will carry this film in my heart forever.” — Angela K.

“This is the kind of storytelling the world desperately needs — one that restores dignity, memory, and belonging to all of us.” — Hemi P.

Release Details for Mauri

Mauri: The Vital Essence in All Beings is a global online film premiere and ceremonial gathering, available to stream for free for a limited time. During the release window, you’ll have access to both the feature documentary and the multi-day online event featuring elders, healers, and wisdom keepers from across Aotearoa (New Zealand) and beyond.

• 📅 Premiere Dates: October 14–18, 2025
• 📍 Location: Online (Global Access)
• 💸 Cost: Free to watch during premiere window (optional upgrades available)
• ⏱️ Runtime: 90 minutes (feature documentary)
• 🌏 Country of Origin: Aotearoa (New Zealand)
• 🗣️ Language: English & Te Reo Māori (with English subtitles)
• 🎥 Genre: Documentary, Indigenous Spirituality, Healing, Culture
• ⭐ Rating: 5.0 / 5 (Based on early audience feedback)
• 🔗 Official Website: https://spiritualgrowthevents.com/mauri-film
• #️⃣ Hashtag: #MauriFilm #MauriHealing

Extend Your Journey: The Full Collection

If Mauri speaks to you — and chances are, it will — you may wish to go deeper beyond the premiere event. The Mauri Full Collection is designed to support that journey. It’s more than bonus content. It’s an immersive library of teachings, stories, ceremonies, and practices designed to integrate ancestral wisdom into your life long after the credits roll.

Purchasing the Full Collection is also an act of reciprocity — a way to give back. A significant portion of proceeds directly supports Māori-led initiatives for cultural preservation, language revitalization, land restoration, and healing education. Your contribution helps ensure that this wisdom continues to thrive for generations to come.

The Full Collection Includes:

• 🎥 Lifetime access to the Mauri feature documentary
• 📚 Extended interviews and teachings with featured elders and healers
• 📜 Full-length recordings of all 5 days of the online event
• 🎶 Original soundtrack and ceremonial music
• 🧘🏽‍♀️ Guided meditations, prayers, and land-based rituals
• 🪶 Additional short films and bonus segments on Māori healing traditions
• 🌿 Two-year access to community gatherings and live Q&A sessions

💸 Suggested Donation: $20
🌏 Ally Package: $197 (includes additional community membership benefits)

Reciprocity & Where Donations Go

In Māori culture — and in many Indigenous worldviews — healing is never a one-way exchange. It’s a living relationship. When we receive wisdom, ceremony, or medicine, the natural response is to give back. This cycle of giving and receiving is called utu — a sacred balance that ensures the flow of mauri (life force) remains strong for everyone. And that spirit of reciprocity is at the heart of Mauri: The Vital Essence in All Beings.

This film is not a commercial product. It’s a living gift — the result of years of collaboration among elders, filmmakers, healers, language holders, navigators, and knowledge keepers. They’ve offered their stories, songs, and ceremonies not as content to consume, but as sacred teachings to be honored and integrated. By contributing to this project — whether through purchasing the Full Collection, making a donation, or sharing the film — you participate in the ancient practice of reciprocity that keeps wisdom alive for future generations.

🌿 Where Your Contribution Goes

Your support is not symbolic — it is tangible. A significant portion of proceeds from Mauri goes directly to Māori-led initiatives dedicated to cultural preservation, healing, and regeneration. Here’s how your contribution is used:

• 🌱 Cultural Revitalization: Funding projects that support the teaching of Te Reo Māori (Māori language) in schools and communities, ensuring that sacred words and stories continue to live.
• 🪶 Land Healing & Restoration: Supporting community-led ecological initiatives — from replanting native forests to restoring waterways — that embody the Māori principle of kaitiakitanga (guardianship).
• 🔥 Indigenous Healing Programs: Providing resources for traditional healing clinics, trauma-informed gatherings, and intergenerational storytelling spaces where ceremony is offered freely to those in need.
• 🌊 Ocean & Navigation Projects: Backing ocean voyaging education and navigation schools that teach ancestral wayfinding — vital practices for cultural continuity and environmental stewardship.
• 📜 Community Access & Scholarships: Creating free or low-cost access to cultural events, online teachings, and healing programs for Indigenous youth, elders, and those from historically marginalized communities.

When you give, you’re not just “donating.” You’re weaving yourself into the lineage of this work — helping elders continue their teaching, ensuring the survival of sacred knowledge, and creating opportunities for younger generations to inherit a living culture that thrives rather than merely survives.

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🤝 Reciprocity as a Spiritual Practice

Reciprocity isn’t about guilt, obligation, or transaction — it’s about relationship. In Indigenous ways of knowing, we are all part of a vast network of reciprocity: humans and rivers, ancestors and descendants, forests and breath. When you support Mauri, you are honoring that web of life. You are saying “thank you” not just with words, but with action — a gesture that ripples far beyond you.

And this is how the film itself is meant to live: as a circle. The elders offer the teachings. You receive them. And through your support — whether financial, social, or ceremonial — the circle continues. That is how wisdom flows. That is how culture lives. That is how mauri stays strong.

Accessibility & Replays

One of the core intentions behind Mauri: The Vital Essence in All Beings is that the teachings within it remain accessible to everyone — regardless of time zone, physical ability, financial circumstance, or background. This project is not only about sharing a film; it’s about creating a living, inclusive field where ancestral wisdom, ceremony, and healing can reach as many hearts as possible.

Whether you’re joining from a remote village, a busy city, or a different hemisphere, you’ll be able to participate fully in the global premiere experience. We’ve designed the event and its companion resources with care so that every viewer can engage meaningfully — at their own pace, in their own way.

🌏 Global Access, Local Time

All sessions — including the feature documentary and the 5-day online event — are available to stream from anywhere in the world. You don’t need special software or subscriptions. Once registered, you’ll receive a personalized viewing link that works on any device (desktop, tablet, or mobile).

Each session is broadcast live according to Pacific Time (PT), but we know many viewers will be watching from different time zones. That’s why 48-hour replays are automatically available for every film screening, ceremony, and live session. You’ll never miss a teaching — even if you can’t attend live.

♿ Accessibility Features

True accessibility goes beyond convenience — it’s about dignity, inclusion, and care. Here’s how we’re making sure Mauri is welcoming to all:

• Closed Captions & Subtitles: English captions are available for all sessions. Many key teachings are also presented in both English and Te Reo Māori (Māori language), with translations provided throughout.
• Replay Library: Every live event recording remains accessible for 48 hours, so you can pause, rewatch, and reflect at your own pace.
• Mobile-Friendly Streaming: Watch from your phone, tablet, or laptop — no special apps or downloads required.
• Downloadable Transcripts: Select teachings and ceremonies will include written transcripts, so you can read, annotate, or revisit them offline.
• Audio-Only Access: For those with limited bandwidth or visual accessibility needs, audio-only versions of talks and ceremonies are available.

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⏱️ Extended Access Options

If you wish to revisit the teachings beyond the 48-hour replay window, you can choose to upgrade to the Mauri Full Collection. This optional offering gives you long-term access to all content — including extended interviews, bonus teachings, ceremonial recordings, and additional practices — for deeper integration over time.

We believe wisdom is meant to be returned to, not rushed through. With lifetime access, you can return again and again to the stories, songs, and ceremonies — discovering new layers of meaning each time you watch.

Māori Healing Glossary

This short glossary offers respectful, plain-language meanings for key Māori terms used in the film and 5-day gathering. Definitions are intentionally concise so you can carry them into practice and reflection. (Macron usage may vary across sources and iwi/tribes.)

mauri (MAU-ree)

The vital essence or life force present in all beings and places — the spark that animates and connects life.

wairua (WHY-roo-ah)

Spirit; the subtle dimension of a person or place. Healing attends to body, mind, and wairua together.

mana (MAH-nah)

Inherent dignity, authority, and spiritual power. Actions can uphold or diminish one’s mana.

tapu (TAH-poo) & noa (NO-ah)

Tapu: sacred/restricted; noa: ordinary/neutralized. Many rituals balance these states for safety and respect.

whakapapa (FAH-kah-pah-pah)

Genealogy and origin story — the relational web linking people, lands, waters, species, and ancestors.

whenua (FEN-oo-ah)

Land, placenta; the source that nourishes life. Land is an ancestor, not a “resource.”

rongoā (RONG-oh-ah)

Māori healing practices, including plant medicines, massage/bodywork, prayer, and land-based remedies.

karakia (KAH-rah-kee-ah)

Prayer/incantation used to open, protect, cleanse, or close space; aligns intent with spirit and ancestors.

tikanga (TEE-kahng-ah)

Right way/appropriate protocols in context; living ethics that guide conduct and ceremony.

whānau (FAR-no)

Family; often extends beyond blood ties to chosen kin and those held in care and responsibility.

hapū (HAH-poo) / iwi (EE-wee)

Hapū: sub-tribe; iwi: tribe/nation. Community structures through which culture and leadership flow.

kaitiakitanga (KAI-tee-ah-kee-tahng-ah)

Guardianship/stewardship of lands, waters, and taonga (treasures); caring for future generations.

rangatiratanga (RAHNG-ah-tee-rah-tahng-ah)

Self-determination and sovereignty — collective authority over one’s life, lands, and knowledge.

mōteatea (MAW-teh-ah-teh-ah)

Traditional chant/laments that carry history, language, and medicine through sung poetry.

pūrākau (POO-rah-koh)

Ancestral story; teaching narratives that transmit ethics, place-based wisdom, and spiritual law.

waka (WAH-kah)

Canoe/voyaging vessel; also lineage or migration group — a metaphor for shared journey and purpose.

tohunga (TOH-hoong-ah)

Expert/healer/ritual specialist recognized for skill, humility, and service to community.

taonga (TAH-ong-ah)

Treasures — tangible or intangible (e.g., language, songs, lands, knowledge) held in trust.

aroha (AH-roh-hah)

Love, compassion, generous regard; an active ethic that informs healing relationships.

utu (OO-too)

Reciprocity/restoration of balance — giving back to maintain right relationship and flow of mauri.

Frequently Asked Questions About Mauri

When does Mauri premiere?

The global online premiere runs from October 14–18, 2025. During this time, you can stream the feature documentary and attend the live sessions free of charge.

Where can I watch Mauri?

You can stream it for free on the official event website: https://spiritualgrowthevents.com/mauri-film.

How much does it cost to attend?

Access to the feature documentary and the 5-day event is completely free. Optional upgrades with extended access and bonus materials are available.

What is Mauri about?

Mauri is a deeply moving documentary exploring Māori healing traditions, ancestral wisdom, grief, ceremony, and the sacred life force that flows through all beings. It invites viewers to remember what it means to belong — to each other, to the Earth, and to the great web of life.

Who created Mauri?

The film was created by Māori elders, filmmakers, and cultural practitioners in collaboration with leading Indigenous storytellers. It’s produced as part of an ongoing initiative to preserve and share ancestral healing traditions globally.

Who are the featured elders and healers?

The film and event feature dozens of Māori elders, knowledge keepers, healers, and leaders — including Atarangi Murupaenga, Mark Kopua, Donna Kerridge, Tina Ngata, Tāngaroa Ngaropo-Tāwio, Tohe Ashby, and many more.

What will I learn during the event?

Topics include trauma healing, ancestral memory, Indigenous spirituality, language revival, land-based healing, sacred ceremony, and how to live in deeper connection with the vital essence of life.

Is the film suitable for group settings?

Yes. Many facilitators use Mauri for healing circles, retreats, spiritual gatherings, and educational settings to deepen collective understanding and foster meaningful dialogue.

Are the stories real?

Yes — all stories, ceremonies, and teachings in Mauri are drawn from real experiences, lived traditions, and ancestral knowledge shared by Māori elders and practitioners.

How long is the film?

The feature documentary runs approximately 90 minutes.

What language is it in?

The film is presented in English and Te Reo Māori, with English subtitles provided throughout.

Can I watch at my own pace?

Yes. You’ll have 48-hour on-demand access to each day’s sessions during the premiere window, allowing you to watch whenever it’s convenient for you.

Is this a religious film?

No. Mauri is not affiliated with any religion. It is rooted in Indigenous spirituality, cultural practices, and ceremonial traditions that honor the sacredness of all life.

Can I participate if I’m not Māori or don’t know my ancestry?

Absolutely. This film is for everyone. Whether or not you know your lineage, Mauri invites you to reconnect with the universal life force that unites all beings.

What makes this film different from other spiritual documentaries?

Unlike most films, Mauri is not a linear narrative or expert-led documentary. It is structured as a ceremonial experience — poetic, embodied, and deeply relational — centered entirely on Indigenous voices.

What is included in the Full Collection?

The Full Collection includes lifetime access to the feature film, extended interviews, complete recordings of all sessions, original music, guided practices, and bonus teachings — with proceeds supporting Māori cultural initiatives.

Are subtitles available?

Yes. English subtitles and captions are available throughout, with translations offered for key ceremonial language and teachings.

What is the spiritual message of the film?

Mauri reminds us that healing is not something we “do” — it’s something we remember. It shows that the sacred essence of life has always been within and around us, waiting for us to awaken to it.

Why is grief a central theme?

Grief is not portrayed as weakness in Mauri — it is honored as a powerful teacher and a necessary doorway into deeper connection, compassion, and healing.

How does Mauri address colonization?

The film acknowledges colonization as an ongoing force affecting land, language, and culture — and shows how communities are reclaiming sovereignty, restoring balance, and healing through ceremony and collective action.

Ready to remember the sacred essence within you?

Join elders, healers, and seekers from around the world in this global cinematic ceremony. Mauri is more than a film — it’s a path, a prayer, a homecoming.

The ancestors are still speaking — will you listen?