She is known by many up and down the country as Whaea T - the aunty who will teach you how to hunt, fish and gather.
Southlander Terressa Kollat is also now a TikTok star with some 200,000 followers. Her videos show her catch and how she prepares the food.
Inspired by her nephew Michael Taniora to put her Facebook videos on TikTok - Terressa's first video on the video platform of her eating fresh kina went viral with more than 1 million views.
She goes on trips every week to her best spots around Southland and takes a group of up to six people with her.
Terressa is adamant she's not there to fix problematic kids. They have to be up to it and want to learn.
She splits her week from working at the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter and going out on foraging trips.
Terressa talks to Kathryn about her attachment to the whenua. Kathryn also speaks to Terressa's nephew Michael, who regularly joins the fishing and hunting trips, as well as Piper Lovell who has been learning from Whaea T.
Terressa Kollat. Photo: TikTok / Terressa Kollat
