Māori are among the lowest organ donors in the world, but our need for organs is greater than any other group of New Zealanders.
Now a new organ-sharing programme is offering new hope to 700 families.
It's called the Paired Kidney Exchange and for the first time our cameras have been allowed to follow a family undergoing a transplant.
Adrian Stevanon brings us the remarkable story of a mother's love and a daughter's sacrifice.