Maori Television Highlights Sept 6 – Sept 12

Maori Television Highlights
Week 37: Sunday September 6 – Saturday September 12 2009

FOX MEMORIAL SHIELD – Sunday September 6 at 2.00 PM, Saturday September 12 at 2.00 PM
Auckland’s premier rugby league club teams have been in this competition since 1910. Maori Television is there to capture the action. This week: On Sunday, the Fox Memorial Shield final; on Saturday the Sharman Cup final.

KAI TIME ON THE ROAD – Sunday September 6 at 7.00 PM
Chef Pete Peeti visits Taiwhakaea Marae to help Ngati Awa prepare a hakari fit for a king –which is fitting as Kingi Tuheitia himself is part of the festivities.

NOI THE ALBINO (2003) – Sunday September 6 at 9.00 PM
Seventeen-year-old Noi drifts through life on a remote fjord in the north of Iceland. His dream to escape with the girl from the filling station is thwarted, until the timely intervention of a natural disaster opens a window of opportunity. Directed by Edinburgh International Film Festival award winner Dagur Kari.

NATIVE AFFAIRS – Monday September 7 at 8.00 PM
Educational, informed and serious current affairs. Julian Wilcox presents regional and national stories from a Maori perspective, as well as international indigenous news.

411 – Monday September 7 at 9.30 PM
Series premiere! Reviews, highlights and samples from the world of technology, in Aotearoa and the world beyond, with host Tumamao Harawira. This week: Matt and Karl from the Cactus Lab, and Gadget Girl Katy Thomas checks out the PSP 3000.

TORTURE QUESTION (INTERNATIONAL DOCO) - Tuesday September 8 at 8.30 PM
Following September 11, a power struggle was underway within the Bush administration over how and when to use what was called ‘coercive interrogation’.

WARRANT OF FITNESS – Tuesday September 8 at 9.30 PM
Series premiere! Health information series from a Māori perspective, presented by Dr Lance O’Sullivan. Tonight: Ben Hekenui has regained his independence after losing a leg in a work place accident.

RIKI ELLISON – THE DEFENDER (NZ DOCUMENTARY) –Wednesday September 9 at 8.30 PM

The next in the ‘Knowing Ourselves, Knowing Each Other’ documentary strand. A profile on Riki Ellison - a New Zealander of Ngāi Tahu descent and of extraordinary achievements. An American football legend and a key figure in US missile defense.

THE NAVIGATORS (2001) – Saturday September 12 at 9.00 PM
In South Yorkshire, a small group of railway maintenance men discover their lives will never be the same after privatisation. When corners are cut to lower costs, a series of misadventures ensues. Directed by Ken Loach.
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