Pūkana, the longest-running Te Reo kids' show on TV, began with an idea from a seven-year-old boy.
"[My son] was watching What Now? with a couple of mates and they were trying to get through to the competition line," says Pūkana's executive producer Nicole Hoey.
"He turned around and said: 'Māmā, why don't you make us a show like this?'"
"I thought to myself: 'Actually, why not? Why not make a show in Te Reo Māori that is all for them?'"
The 17-year-old show was originally called Tūmeke, and after only four months had won best children's programme at the 1999 TV Guide New Zealand Television Awards.
Ms Hoey believes the show's long life comes from the presenters' ability to engage with kids.
She says everyone who works on the show is "one big whānau ".
Presenter Nathaniel Howe says Pūkana is an "important" show that has become a "household name within Māori communities".
"It was founded as a show to feed Te Reo Māori to our tamariki [children] and to give our rangitahi [youth] throughout Aotearoa positive role models that are Māori, that speak Māori, that entertain in Māori."
Mr Howe says he and fellow presenter Raniera Blake grew up watching Pūkana on TV3.
"It's really a show about telling our Māori stories in a fun, humorous way and educating our rangitahi through a Māori medium."
Makaira Berry, another presenter on the show, said the biggest thing for Pūkana was making it clear that it is "a common thing to speak Te Reo, everywhere and anywhere, at any time".
"It's an honour and a privilege to showcase Te Reo and showcase our Māori talents to our kids - and to show them you can do anything," she said.
While Pūkana has been successful for nearly two decades, it has to keep an eye on the future and the changing way people are watching TV.
They've now created an app for people to watch the show whenever they like.
"We have to move with the times and move with technology, bearing in mind that the majority of our audience live in areas where you're lucky to get wifi," says producer Alecia Haua.
"With our app they can access different parts of the show, they can download it when they've got free wifi, and then they cache the clips and watch it at their leisure."
The Pūkana app can be downloaded on Apple or Android devices.
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