Maori TV Highlights Week 39: Sep 24 – Sep 30 2007

Maori Television Highlights Week 39: Monday September 24 – Sunday September 30 2007

WARRANT OF FITNESS (HEALTH) – Monday September 24 at 8.00 PM
Teen Mum: One in five teenagers in the Gisborne area has one or more dependent children under their care. Nazreen Hihi (Te Aitanga-a-Mahaki) is 19 and pregnant for the second time – with twins! How will she manage raising three children under two without their father’s support?

ITI POUNAMU (NZ SHORT FILMS) – Monday September 24 at 9.30 PM
A Very Nice Honeymoon: Beautifully crafted animated film about brothers Jeff and Phill Simmonds’s great grandparents who were on a steamer that was wrecked on Great Barrier Island in 1893. Presenters Ainsley Gardiner and Tearepa Kahi korero with studio guest, Phill Simmonds.

SLOW FOOD REVOLUTION (INTERNATIONAL DOCO) – Tuesday September 25 at 8.30 PM
With traditional foods at risk of disappearing forever, the international eco-gastronomic movement known as Slow Food champions the protection of traditional culture, the environment and biodiversity while encouraging the regional production of food, education and pleasure.

MARAE DIY – Wednesday September 26 at 8.30 PM
Otakou Marae, Dunedin: The first South Island marae makeover proves to be a challenge in more ways than one. The team faces gale force winds, snow, hail and rain along with some of the toughest terrain yet to redesign ‘the steepest marae atea in the country’ and create a special memorial garden.

ANBL: NZ BREAKERS – Thursday September 27 at 8.00 PM
Maori Television continues its free-to-air coverage of the Australian National Basketball League with a top game from across the ditch – the Townsville Crocs versus the Sydney Kings. Bring on the basketball!

RODEO KAUPOAI – Thursday September 27 at 10.00 PM
It’s the last chance for the top eight cowboys to put what they’ve got left in the tank towards a national title. Davey Ashford is retiring and looking to end his career on a high note by winning the top saddle bronc award – plus who will race the fastest in the open barrel competition.

MAORI LANGUAGE WEEK AWARDS – Friday September 28 at 8.30 PM
Now in its fourth year, these awards recognise and celebrate creative efforts to promote reo Maori with the winners announced at a special ceremony held in Wellington on Maori Language Day – Friday September 14 – and screening exclusively on Maori Television.

MAUMAHARA – Saturday September 29 at 8.00 PM
Food: Alan Taumata (Tuwharetoa), Sam Pehi Snr (Ngapuhi) and Ila Crofts-Howse (Ngai Tahu) reminisce about traditional Maori kai, home-cooked food and bountiful food resources from when they were youngsters – and also recall the luxuries like bread, sugar, butter and flour.

MARIA FULL OF GRACE (SUNDAY FEATURE) – Sunday September 30 at 9.00 PM
A young Colombian woman (Catalina Sandino Moreno) is transported into the risky and ruthless world of international drug trafficking after accepting a lucrative job offer involving travel – in fact, becoming a ‘mule’. Nominated for Best Actress at the 2005 Academy Awards.

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