“A Christmas heartland special in which Gary McCormick returns to the far north for a festive concert, and looks back at highlights from four years of Heartland.” (NZ Listener) Te Kao Area School sports is taking place. Te Hāpua School student numbers have doubled in two years since Gary visited. Gary attends a Batons Up and a concert at Te Reo Mihi Marae O Te Hāpua.
Excerpts are shown from previous programmes: Te Hāpua - The Tail of the Fish; Stewart Island - The Other Side; Lyttelton - The Ebb Tide; Ōmārama - High Country Christmas; Tokoroa Show Day: Patea - The Survivors; The Queen of Streets; Alexandra - Coming of Spring; Ōpunake - Carnival Day; Glenorchy - A Wet Day in Paradise; French Pass - The Home Guard Sports; Waipū - The Highland Games; Gore - The Heart of the High Country; Hokianga - The Nest; Chatham Island - Off the Map; Haast - The Last Frontier; Living in the Maniapoto; Growing up in Fendalton; Old Man Kaipara; Riverton Races; Te Kuiti - Election Day; Reefton - The Coalminer’s Family; Port Chalmers - The Price of Progress; Waimarino - The Easter Hunt; Bluff - Fred and Myrtle’s Big Day; East Coast - Towards the Light; The High Country - Autumn Muster; Kennedy Bay - A Place to Stand; Wanganui River - The River Road; Ngāruawāhia - Revisited; Ruatāhuna - To Be Tūhoe; Dunedin North - Coming of Age; Wainuiomata - Beyond Nappy Valley; Raglan by the Sea;
Interviewees include previous people and: Winiata Kepa, Music Tutor; Alan Forsyth, Head Teacher, Te Hāpua School; Iris Waru, Te Hāpua School.