Maori Television Highlights for Week 21: May 18 - 24

Maori Television Highlights for Week 21: May 18 - 24

New this week

Ka TV (repeat)

The Cave of the Yellow Dog

Uspomeme 677

Tina Cross features in Unsung Heroes of Maori Music

Season finals this week

Nga Pari Karangaranga o te Motu: He Piko He Taniwha

Coming soon

The Shock Doctrine

Fox Memorial Shield

IRB Junior World Championships

Matariki Magic – two hour LIVE concert celebrating New Zealand’s rising stars
 SATURDAY 18 MAY 2013
 
 
7.30 pm            Saturday Night at the Movies: Lassie                                                    G
A family in financial crisis is forced to sell Lassie, their beloved dog. Hundreds of miles away from her true family, Lassie escapes and sets out on a journey home. (PREMIERE)
 
9.30 pm            Journey to the West                                                                 G
The Monkey King stars in this epic Chinese fantasy series adapted from the classic novel of the same title. Dubbed in te reo Maori.
 
10.30 pm          Poitukohu NBA                                                                        UR
Maori Television is pleased to bring you action from the 2012-2013 National Basketball Association (NBA) regular season. Tonight: Play-off
 
 
SUNDAY 19 MAY 2013
 
2.30 pm            Ka TV                                                                           G
                        Ka TV is your weekly healthy lifestyle show here to motivate the whole whanau towards better living through a fun and entertaining approach to holistic health. (REPEAT PREMIERE)
 
7.30 pm            It’s in the Bag                                                               G
Pukekohe turned out in force for It’s in the Bag and showed why it is one of the most popular communities in the North Island.
 
8.00 pm            Hoiho                                                                           G
Maori are the horse people of the South Pacific. Join Annabelle Lee-Harris as she journeys through the Maori horse culture of Aotearoa. Tonight: Turangi
 
8.30 pm            Pakipumeka Aotearoa: He Toki Huna: New Zealand in Afghanistan      AO
A challenging documentary by Annie Goldson and Kay Ellmers that explores the decade of New Zealand’s involvement in the war in Afghanistan.  (REPEAT)
 
9.30 pm            Sunday Cinema: The Cave of the Yellow Dog                           PGR
This film explores the age-old bond between man and beast, as a young Mongolian girl rescues a stray dog against the wishes of her disapproving father.  (PREMIERE)
 
MONDAY 20 MAY 2013
 
7.30 pm            Kai Time on the Road                                                               G
It’s picking time at Mamaku Blue Blueberry Farm in Rotorua. Chef Peter Peeti dishes up a blueberry extravaganza with some blueberry pancakes, blueberry pie and blueberry crumble.
 
8.00 pm            Iwi Anthems                                                                             G
Iwi Anthems are the waiata and haka we love to perform. They reveal who we are as a tribe and what is important to us – all the while providing entertainment.  Tonight: Ratana.
 
8.30 pm            Native Affairs                                                                            UR
Mihingarangi Forbes and the award-winning current affairs team investigate regional and national stories from a Maori perspective, as well as international indigenous news.

TUESDAY 21 MAY 2013
 
8.00 pm            The Prophets                                                               G
Rev Hirini Kaa uncovers the stories of the Maori prophets.  Tonight: Prophet or warrior? Ringatu faith founder Te Kooti Arikirangi was a resistance leader who spent time on the run from colonial forces in the Urewera.
 
8.30 pm            Tuesday Festival Documentary: Uspomene 677                        AO
677 concentration camps were set up during the Bosnian War.  Uspomene (Remembrances) 677 examines this toxic legacy through the perspectives of three camp survivors and three teenagers born after the war. (PREMIERE)
 
WEDNESDAY 22 MAY 2013
 
7.30 pm            Te Tepu                                                                        UR
Prominent kaumatua as well as the country’s best practitioners of te reo Maori share their views on local, national and international issues with presenter Chris Winitana.
 
8.00 pm            He Iwi Whakapono                                                                   G         
Tuhitaare Nohotima was brought up in a strict Ringatu whanau. He and Ruia Aperahama examine how that led him to be the man, father and teacher he is today.
 
THURSDAY 23 MAY 2013
 
7.30 pm            Hardcase                                                                      PGR
Join in the laughs, the tears and the mayhem in this new bloopers clip show where the fun never ends and if it does, it ends badly. Presented by comedians Andre King and Tevita Manukia.
 
8.00 pm            Head 2 Head                                                                            PGR
                        Te Arahi Maipi and Mike King head two celebrity teams in tearing sport apart. There are plenty of laughs on the field as Leah Panapa referees, with $1000 prize for charity on the line. It’s TV’s ultimate sport comedy throwdown.
 
9.30 pm            Hunting Aotearoa                                                                     AO
Tonight: Matua heads to the most remote island in New Zealand - Pitt Island, where Flower Pot Lodge Manager Brent Mallinson guides Matua on his first wild merino hunt.
 
10.30 pm          Beneath the Maori Moon                                                          G
A documentary series tracing the evolution of Maori Rugby and Maori social history over the past 120 years.  Tonight: The unique role that whakapapa has to play in the Maori contribution to rugby. (REPEAT)
 
 
FRIDAY 24 MAY 2013
 
7.30 pm            Tribe                                                                                        PGR
A music video series with the hottest clips in Aotearoa and around the world.
 
8.00 pm            Unsung Heroes of Maori Music                                                G
Unsung heroes of Maori music profiles Maori musicians of past and present who have been largely unrecognised by mainstream media. Tonight: Tina Cross.
 
8.30 pm            Homai te Pakipaki                                                        G
Warm up those vocal chords and get ready to be entertained by some of the country’s best homegrown singers, as Aotearoa’s favourite karaoke show returns with hosts Brent Mio and Pikiteora Mura-Hita.
 
9.30 pm            The Topp Twins                                                           G
Tune in for the hilarious antics of The Topp Twins. Tonight: Ken participates in real Games to impress the lady of his dreams; all things Scottish with a new spin on the Braveheart story.

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