Sam Te kani

Sam Te Kani meets renowned photographic artist Fiona Pardington to discuss death as a central theme in art and learns how to make a memento mori.

Sam Te Kani spends the morning at a natural funeral home learning about what it means to have a natural funeral before heading out to Aucklands largest cemetery to learn about natural burials.

Sam Te Kani heads out to the rural town of Katikati in New Zealands north island where he meets a welcoming group of older people who make and hand decorate their own coffins.

In this episode of Sex With Sam, Sam talks New Zealand's "eroded and erased" lesbian history with Dr Miriam Saphira of Auckland's The Charlotte Trust Museum.

Sam meets Matt, a gay farmer who lifts the lid on his encounters with closeted gay men of rural New Zealand.

Our sexpert Sam takes a crash course in mindful self love with tantra coach Natalie Z from Auckland's Blue Lotus Sanctuary.