Celebrating Maori Language Week 2011

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Monday, 20 June 2011

Celebrating Maori Language Week 2011

Maori Language Week is only two weeks away and where else can you find programming in te reo but with New Zealand’s only indigenous television network.

Maori Television is proud of the part it plays in the revival of the language and Maori Language Week 2011, which this year is on from Monday 4 July to Sunday 10 July with “manaakitanga” the theme.

If you are keen to see some te reo this week Maori Television and Te Reo are the two channels to tune into.

You can check out a newest series of NGA PARI KARANGARANGA O TE MOTU with E TU E MANIAPOTO premiering on Maori Television weekdays from Monday 4 July at 4.30pm. This is a made by iwi for iwi series, with each series focusing on a different iwi or region. Check out NGA REO O TE TAIRAWHITI on Te Reo, our 100 percent Maori language channel, daily at 8.30pm from 4 July.

Maori Television caters for all levels of knowledge with language learning shows such as TOKU REO for beginners and children’s programming in the early afternoon. On Te Reo the new series of TE KAUTA, a risqué chat show featuring guests who reminisce about their younger days and some of their most naughty secrets never told or seen on television before, has just started screening on weeknight’s at 8pm. You can also catch up with the last series on Maori Television on Wednesdays at 9.30pm.

Don’t forget, Wednesdays is te reo night on Maori Television so check the night’s scheduled programming including WHAKATAUKI, presented by Rahui Papa, at 8pm and building makeover show MARAE DIY at 8.30pm.

From 4 July, our flagship Maori news service TE KAEA is also moving to the new time of 5.30pm for its live daily news bulletin.

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