Jamie Watson (Ngāti Maru ki Hauraki) and his whānau grew up in the Hauraki living off their whenua, what his kuia explained as “we were poor but lived like kings”. Jamie shares the traditional Māori and modern skills he learnt through this way of life with his Youtube Channel “Off Grid Native” and hosting wānanga. In this interview we kōrero about recovering mātauranga ā taiao and re-connection to whenua.