Rūrangi: Rising Lights takes place two weeks after the end of season one and has Jem navigating that attraction with Caz. Rūrangi's culture war intensifies between the transgender activists, farmers and local Māori - all while ancestors from the past reach out to the living with unfinished business.

After skipping town a decade ago, transgender activist Caz Davis returns to the remote, politically divided dairy community of Rūrangi, hoping to reconnect with his estranged father, who hasn't heard from him since before Caz transitioned.