Maori Television Highlights

Maori Television Highlights

Week 44: Monday October 29 “ Sunday November 4 2007

KAITIAKI O TE MAUNGARONGO “ Â Monday October 29 at 8.00 PM
Maori Television's inside look at policing from a uniquely Maori perspective . In tonight's second season premiere, we join the Hamilton police as they clamp down on boy racers and see how Sergeant Frazer of the Taupo police manages the Taupo cycle challenge with over 11,000 participants.

ITI POUNAMU (NZ SHORT FILMS) “ Monday October 29 at 9.30 PM
Filmmakers Ainsley Gardiner and Tearepa Kahi host this series which features short films every week followed by a critique from the presenters and interviews with filmmakers or industry professionals.
Watermark: A young girl discovers that sometimes what you're looking for is different to what you find.

WAKA REO (LANGUAGE) “ Tuesday October 30 at 8.00 PM
Along with learning reo Maori, the remaining 10 contestants face more physical challenges as well as living in isolation. There's $10,000 at stake so it's no wonder that tempers flare in the waka ama challenge.

THE MAGIC TOUCH (INTERNATIONAL DOCO) “ Tuesday October 30 at 8.30 PM
The fairytale image of the Cirque du Soleil has reached audiences around the world but the public knows very little about the person who has created many of its fabulous costumes: Dominique Lemieux. This documentary offers a unique insight into the imagination of this flamboyant artist.

THE LOST WAKA (NZ DOCUMENTARY) “ Wednesday October 31 at 8.30 PM
This hour long documentary follows former Maori Language Commissioner, Professor Patu Hohepa, and wife Erena as they travel to Rennell (Mu Ngiki) and Bellona (Mu Nggava) in search of the ˜lost waka' “ the link in the geneology, mythology and lapita design between Maori and the people of these islands.

NBL: HARVEY NORMAN NZ BREAKERS “ Thursday November 1 at 8.00 PM, repeats Saturday November 3 at 1.30 PM
The brilliant Brisbane Bullets are up against the Harvey Norman Breakers. The Breakers will have home court advantage in this round seven showdown of Australia's Hummer Championship NBL.

MAORI REGIONAL SPORTS AWARDS 2007 “ Friday November 2 at 8.00 PM
Exclusive coverage of sports awards ceremonies held by iwi throughout the country. Tonight: The sporting achievements of athletes, coaches, administrators and supporters from Te Arawa.

MAORIOKE “ Friday November 2 at 8.30 PM
The best and the bravest from around the motu summon their vocal talents to try and wow the MAORIOKE judging panel of Brannigan Kaa, Whirimako Black and Betty-Anne Monga. Tonight, the southern talent gets an outing and the chance to go forward to the semifinals.

MAUMAHARA “ Saturday November 3 at 8.00 PM
Women: The nostalgic kaumatua show remembers the women who shaped the lives of some of today's kaumatua as children and the challenges Maori women faced in the 1930s and 40s. Reflect on the fashions, dance crazes and fads of yesteryear.

2007 GILLETTE FUSION SERIES: KIWIS V GREAT BRITAIN “ Sunday November 4 at 12.00 PM: Delayed coverage of yesterday's (Nov 3) second test between New Zealand and Great Britain at Kingston Communications Stadium in Hull, UK.

MARAMATAKA “ Sunday November 4 at 5.30 PM
More than a gardening series, MARAMATAKA is heavily laden with Maori lifestyle and cultural content, exploring how the necessities of life and the creativity of Maori artists, artisans, carers, weavers and healers have been guided by this ancient seasonal cycle

BEFORE NIGHT FALLS (SUNDAY FEATURE) “ Sunday November 4 at 9.00 PM
Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the 2000 Venice Film Festival, Before Night Falls is a richly imagined journey into the life and writings of the brilliant Cuban author and exile Reinaldo Arenas. Before Night Falls spans the whole of Arenas' life, from his rural childhood and his early embrace of the Revolution to the persecution he would later experience as a writer and homosexual in Castro's Cuba; from his departure from Cuba in the Mariel Harbor exodus of 1980 to his exile and death in the United States.

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