Maori Television Highlights

Maori Television Highlights
Week 5: Monday January 29 – Sunday February 4 2007

Ask Your Auntie – Monday to Friday at 6.00 PM from Monday January 29
Those wise wahine are back with even more problem-solving wisdom for the down-at-heart of Aotearoa. From romantic wrangles and family feuds to work woes and back-stabbing buddies, Auntie Mabel and her team of tough-talking agony aunties have the no-nonsense answers to kick troubles into touch.

Tangaroa With Pio – Monday January 29 at 8.00 PM
Comedian Pio Terei hooks up with more interesting characters in his hikoi around the coast of Aotearoa. After trying to net mullet and getting tangled up with surfcasting, he meets with some whanau for his favourite activity – feasting on kai moana!

Rameses: Wrath Of God Or Man? (Monday Feature) – Monday January 29 at 8.30 PM
Join a team of top forensic archaologists as they use ancient skeletal remains to unravel the fascinating mystery of Rameses the Great, one of Egypt’s most successful pharaohs. Is one skull that of his first-born son, who the Bible says was struck down by God? And could another son be Moses, who rejected his father’s will and led slaves to freedom?

Accused #1: Nelson Mandela (International Doco) – Tuesday January 30 at 8.30 PM
In June 1964, Nelson Mandela and six others were sentenced to life imprisonment for planning to overthrow South Africa’s Apartheid system by military means. Using original footage plus exclusive interviews with Mandela and his fellow ex-prisoners, this documentary recounts the untold story of the notorious Rivonia Trial.

Wiremu Tamehana (Nz Doco) – Wednesday January 31 at 8.30 PM
The search by Kingmaker Wiremu Tamehana for a paramount chief to lead all Maoridom and the bloody1863 invasion of the Waikato by colonialist forces are brought to life in this fascinating documentary-drama, created from the eye witness accounts of a Ngati Haua chief.

Ran – Thursday February 1 at 9.30 PM
Tensions flare on the remote Torres Strait island, home to lonely Australian nurse Helen Tremayne, in this drama of life, love, feuds and Dengue fever. When a trawler fisherman poaches crayfish it leads to a bloody conflict between intruders and islanders.

Pukana – Saturday February 3 at 3.00 PM
Pining for Pukana? Well, wait no more! The boredom-busting team is back for an amazing ninth year of the award-winning kids’ show, packed with music, cheeky send-ups, practical life skills, giveaways, competitions and reo Maori.

Tu Te Puehu – Saturday February 3 at 4.00 PM
Sports stars share training secrets and tips for success in the return of the popular kids’ show about all things athletic. Staying fit has never been so cool!

2007 National Waka Ama Club Sprint Champs – Sunday February 4 at 2.00 PM
The paddles are out for the final races from the National Waka Ama Club Sprint Championships, held at Lake Karapiro in the Waikato. Fast, fun and exciting, this sport attracts 2,300 competitors, all determined to make a splash!

September 11 (Sunday Feature) – Sunday February 4 at 9.00 PM
Eleven well-known international moviemakers were asked to create a short film reflecting on 9/11. They had one instruction – it had to be11 minutes, nine seconds and one frame in length. The results, brought together in one feature film, range from moving and poignant to heart-wrenching and shocking. Famously accused of anti-Americanism, the movie was also commended by some media for showing different perspectives of one event.

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