Maori Television Highlights Sept 10 - 16

MAORI TELEVISION HIGHLIGHTS
Week 37: Monday September 10 – Sunday September 16 2007

WARRANT OF FITNESS (HEALTH) – Monday September 10 at 8.00 PM
John Manuel (Ngati Porou) has led a hard life and is now doing the hard yards with two damaged knees. He’s made some ingenious adaptations to his work running a farm while he waits on a hospital waiting list for knee replacement surgery.

ITI POUNAMU (NZ SHORT FILMS) – Monday September 10 at 9.30 PM
Turangawaewae: The late Wi Kuki Kaa stars as a Vietnam War vet living homeless and wandering the city when his daughter – and granddaughter – visit to try yet again to persuade him to return to their ancestral home. With studio guest, director Peter Burger.

SAZ: THE PALESTINIAN RAPPER FOR CHANGE (INTERNATIONAL DOCO) – Tuesday September 11 at 8.30 PM
The rage, the poetry, the girls, the confusion, the temptations of global media and the idealism: they are all here in this story of a year in the life of budding Palestinian hip hop star Samekh Zakhut (aka Saz).

BOIL UP – Tuesday September 11 at 10.00 PM
Lovers of local rugby league will farewell the weekly review-preview show presented by Te Arahi Maipi – joined in the studio by league legends Tawera Nikau, Ritchie Barnett and Tony Kemp. The boys reflect on the highs and the lows of the national competition for one last time.

MARAE DIY – Wednesday September 12 at 8.30 PM
Omaha Marae, Leigh: A total transformation is the aim for this marae – from the waharoa in the front to the kitchen out the back. The work is being done to coincide with the unveiling of new carvings for the wharenui which has been a 10-year project for the hapu.

SOME OF MY BEST FRIENDS ARE CAR SALESMEN – Thursday September 13 at 8.00 PM
It’s a profession we love to hate and the word on the street is that car salesmen are sleazy, dodgy and not to be trusted. Recovering car salesman Pio Terei asks what’s wrong with making a profit from trading cars.

CODE – Thursday September 13 at 8.30 PM
The award-winning sports entertainment show that nets the best guests wraps up another year on air with a recap of all the ‘best bits’. Crack the code one final time with Tawera Nikau, Jenny-May Coffin, Ritchie Barnett, Wairangi Koopu, Glen Osborne and Matua Parkinson. Mean, Maori, Mean!

HOMAI TE PAKIPAKI – Friday September 14 at 8.00 PM
Wannabe singing stars who have already wooed the world with their wicked warbling line up for the final of New Zealand’s hottest karaoke competition – with the supreme winner crooning their way to the $10,000 grand prize. Tune in to text in and make your vote count!

MAUMAHARA – Saturday September 15 at 8.00 PM
Education: Up until the early 1950s, the majority of Maori children were educated in ‘Native Schools’ while others went on to Maori boarding schools. Elders Sam Pehi (Ngapuhi), June Mariu (Te Whanau-a-Apanui) and Mere Postow (Ngapuhi) talk about their experiences.

AE FOND KISS (SUNDAY FEATURE) – Sunday September 16 at 9.00 PM
Romantic drama that revolves around the tensions between a young Muslim’s two lives – he has an arranged marriage on the cards, a prospect that pales to grey when a chance encounter with an earthy Catholic girl slowly builds into a lasting bond.

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