Rnz: Te Ahi Kaa

Ngaa Rauuira Puumanawawhiti starred in the documentary film Māori Boy Genius released in 2011. Ngaa graduated with a Diploma from Te Wānanga o Raukawa when he was just 13 years old. In 2009 at just 15 years old he studied for a semester at Yale, an Ivy League University in New Haven, Connecticut. In the film, He described himself as an accelerated learner. Since the film release four years ago, Ngaa is now living in Rotorua with a new job at The New Zealand Māori Arts and Crafts Institute in Rotorua. Justine Murray talks to Ngaa and his mum Maakarita about the impact of the movie, and life today.