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Kiwis are an exotic mix of personalities, values and tempers sourced from around the world. In this second series (as seen on TV One), another six well-known New Zealanders trace their cultural roots, learning why they are Here To Stay.

Actor Paolo Rotondo asks what the Italian flamboyance, love of wine, coffee, soccer and signorine means in modern New Zealand.

Could we recognise New Zealand without the Pacific Islanders? Comedian Shimpal Lelisi finds out if love of the sea, a good joke and a family feast are part of the national psyche.

The Dutch migrants argued with liquor laws, took on our sports stars and created shocking art. Bugman Ruud Kleinpaste goes digging.

Michele A'Court wonders if New Zealand could have been a French colony, and finds our soup kitchens, schools and convents owe much to the tricolore

From turbans to taxi drivers, Bollywood to bottle collectors, actress Madeleine Sami discovers Indian migrants had a hard road to travel.

And the Viking spirit has left traces in farming and forestry, but not food. Stephanie Tauevihi takes a pea-mould in search of her long-lost Scandinavian forebears.