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Highlight for Week 4, 2008 - Jan 21st to 27th

NATIVE AFFAIRS: SUMMER SERIES (CURRENT AFFAIRS) - Monday, Jan 21st at 8:30p.m.

Maori Television’s current affairs series presents the highlights of 2007. Tonight: Tuwharetoa paramount chief Tumu Te Heuheu; Tainui kaumatua reflect on their lives with the Kingitanga; Polynesian ariki meet in Tahiti; and the contentious Te Arawa treaty negotiations is the panel discussion

ITI POUNAMU (NZ SHORT FILMS) - Monday, Jan 21st at 9:30p.m.
Brown Sugar: The final in this season of New Zealand short films – hosted by Ainsley Gardiner and Tearepa Kahi – is the story of three Polynesian girls confident in their identities who are about to perform their first ‘upmarket’ gig.

FORGOTTEN BRAZIL (INTERNATIONAL DOCO) - Tuesday, Jan 22nd at 8:30p.m.
Far from the beaches of Rio de Janeiro and the futuristic buildings of Brasilia, the Nordeste (north-east) region of Brazil has a unique and fascinating history. Meet Jose Almeia dos Santos, a Sertanejo – one of those horsemen forgotten by time who still roam the Sertao plains.

TAKU WAHINE PUROTU - Wednesday, Jan 23rd at 8p.m.
Rongomaiwahine: The serial philanderer Kahungunu became obsessed with Rongomaiwahine after hearing of her great beauty and finally seduced her to produce the great tribes of Kahungunu and Rongomaiwahine. The meeting house is at Mahia Peninsula in the Hawkes Bay. 

TRUTH ABOUT MAORI (NZ DOCO) - Wednesday, Jan 23rd at 8:30p.m.
All Maori can sing and play guitar, can’t they? This tongue-in-cheek documentary looks at modern day Maori myths and puts a few choice ones to rest once and for all.

NBL: HARVEY NORMAN NZ BREAKERS - Thursday, Jan 24th at 8p.m.

NBL: HARVEY NORMAN NZ BREAKERS –  repeats Saturday January 26 at 1.30 PM

The NZ Breakers are back on home turf this week when they take on the West Sydney Razorbacks at Auckland’s North Shore Events Centre in round 19 of Australia’s Hummer Championship NBL.

BASSLINE (NZ MUSIC) - Friday, Jan 25th at 8:30p.m.
Shapeshifter: Exclusive live performance plus back stage with the boys during the Auckland leg of a national tour. Four music students from Christchurch formed this band in 1999 which has gone on to produce four albums and win countless awards.  

WORLD HIP HOP CHAMPS 2007 - Saturday, Jan 26th at 7p.m.
The funkiest, phattest street dancers in the world – including Kiwi crew Dziah – feature in this five-part series which captures all the action from the World Hip Hop Dance Championships.

2008 NATIONAL WAKA AMA CLUB SPRINT CHAMPS - Sunday, Jan 27th at 3p.m.

One of the world’s fastest growing water sports returns to the small screen in the first of three one-hour specials featuring highlights from the National Waka Ama Club Sprint Championships to be hosted by Nga Kaihoe o Aotearoa at Lake Karapiro in January

NGA AHUREI O TE RAUMATI - Sunday, Jan 27th at 8:30p.m.
The summer festival series focuses on the Parihaka Peace Festival in Taranaki and features behind-the-scenes footage and interviews with organisers and performers such as Kora, Katchafire and Batucada Sound Machine as well as up-and-coming acts Homefire Burning and Big Belly Woman.

BLOWING UP PARADISE (SUNDAY FEATURE) - Sunday, Jan 27th at 9p.m.
A story of liberty, equality and radio-activity – in 1966, the French began 30 years of nuclear testing on the atoll of Moruroa in French Polynesia and former test site workers and French military personnel now suffer from a range of cancers associated with radiation.

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