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Highlight for Week 42, 2007 - Oct 15th to 21st

WARRANT OF FITNESS (HEALTH) - Monday, Oct 15th at 8p.m.
Stomach Stapling: Being morbidly obese is not a good look for a health worker! Terry Ehau (Ngati Porou) elects to have his stomach stapled and the dramatic weight loss changes his life.

ITI POUNAMU (NZ SHORT FILMS) - Monday, Oct 15th at 9:30p.m.
Blue Willow: An animated fable. Taking you into the heart of the traditional Chinese porcelain plate, this short film brings the blue lines to life and weaves a haunting story of love and family betrayal.  

WAKA REO (LANGUAGE) - Tuesday, Oct 16th at 8p.m.
The top 12 competitors stranded on the marae continue their struggle to learn Maori in a bid to win the $10,000 grand prize – but crossing the gap gets one person eliminated. Who will come up trumps or be dumped?

THE LEGACY OF A REVOLUTION (INTERNATIONAL DOCO) - Tuesday, Oct 16th at 8:30p.m.
It’s been nearly 30 years since Nicaragua’s Sandinista National Liberation Front toppled Central America’s longest dictatorship. Although voted out of power in 1990, its legacy has left a lasting impression on the country.

BROKEN JOURNEY (NZ DOCUMENTARY) - Wednesday, Oct 17th at 8:30p.m.
A visual biography of an acclaimed Maori woman writer, Jacqueline Cecelia Sturm, now aged 80. Married to James K Baxter, Sturm was one of the first Maori women to graduate from university and became a renowned kaituhi (poet) in her own right.

NBL: HARVEY NORMAN NZ BREAKERS - Thursday, Oct 18th at 8p.m.

More free-to-air basketball action as the NZ Breakers take on the Adelaide 36ers – one of the most successful clubs in Australia’s NBL history – on home turf. Join commentators Dale Husband, Te Arahi Maipi, and Chris and Tania Tupu.

TUA OF DUTY - Friday, Oct 19th at 1p.m.
Samoan knockout specialist David Tua continues his comeback campaign with free-to-air coverage of a third major fight live from the USA. See the ‘Tuaman’ take on Tim Williamson in Michigan – only on Maori Television. 

MAORIOKE - Friday, Oct 19th at 8:30p.m.
Aspiring singers from the lower North Island summon their vocal talents and try to woo the judging panel of Brannigan Kaa, Whirimako Black and Betty-Anne Monga in this nationwide talent competition.

MAUMAHARA - Saturday, Oct 20th at 8p.m.
Music: The show that profiles kaumatua and their stories of yesteryear looks at the way they honed their musical talents through bands, church groups and kapa haka when they were young.

2007 CENTENARY INTERNATIONAL: ALL GOLDS V NORTHERN UNION - Sunday, Oct 21st at 12p.m.
Delayed coverage of yesterday’s (Oct 20) Centenary International between NZ All Golds and Northern Union at Halliwell Jones Stadium in Warrington, UK – a special celebration of 100 years of global rugby league.

CHILDREN OF THE MIGRATION (SUNDAY FEATURE) - Sunday, Oct 21st at 9p.m.
The children of the families who migrated to New Zealand from the Pacific in the fifties, sixties, seventies and even the eighties talk about growing up as Pacific Islanders in Aotearoa in Lala Rolls’ lively and moving feature-length documentary.

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