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Highlight for Week 31, 2007 - Jul 30th to Aug 5th

WARRANT OF FITNESS - Monday, Jul 30th at 8p.m.
Suicidal and fearful for his safety, Mena Walker (Ngati Porou) elected to study by correspondence after constant bullying made school a living hell. Watch his transformation from victim to victor after he decides to return to his old school.

ITI POUNAMU (NZ SHORT FILMS) - Monday, Jul 30th at 9:30p.m.
The Speaker: A political tagger's midnight marauding gets his younger brother caught by the police. But saying ‘I'm sorry’ with meaning are words best said with action. Written and directed by co-host Tearepa Kahi. 

KETE ARONUI – TUESDAY JULY 31 AT 8.00 PM - Tuesday, Jul 31st at 8p.m.
Popular art series profiles Wellington-born artist Diane Prince (Ngapuhi, Ngati Whatua) – a painter, weaver, installation art practitioner and an award-winning set designer who has exhibited nationally and internationally over the past 15 years.  

EXTREME ENGINEERING: CITY IN A PYRAMID (INTERNATIONAL DOCO) – TUESDAY JULY 31 AT 8.30 PM - Tuesday, Jul 31st at 8:30p.m.
Tokyo city's construction industry trains its sights on the only vacant lot around – the waters of Tokyo Bay. This is the near-impossible dream of city planners: to build a massive pyramid over the water. 

BODY AND SOUL – TUESDAY JULY 31 AT 10.30 PM - Tuesday, Jul 31st at 10:30p.m.
Enriching and uplifting series that delivers vital stories on health and wellbeing in a simple and compelling format, covering a wide range of health topics from a holistic approach.

TAONGA: TREASURES OF OUR PAST – WEDNESDAY AUGUST 1 AT 8.00 PM - Wednesday, Aug 1st at 8p.m.
Bone Collector: The pillaging of sacred Maori burial grounds for treasure was a dangerous undertaking that almost cost Austrian collector Andreas Rieshek his life. He would gain the trust of Maori and then with ruthless disregard, he would betray a nation.

EATING PORK’N’PUHA WITH CHOPSTICKS (NZ DOCO) - Wednesday, Aug 1st at 8:30p.m.
The story of New Zealand’s Maori Chinese through the experiences of one whanau – the Lee family from Auckland – examines questions of identity and racism, and illustrates the shared values and differences between the two races.

NZ RUGBY LEAGUE NATIONAL PREMIERSHIP - Sunday, Aug 5th at 2p.m.
Only three rounds to go before the semi-finals! Tamaki Leopards are up against the Auckland Lions in Saturday’s live English-language coverage while the Waitakere Rangers versus the Central Falcons in Sunday’s delayed reo Maori clash.

WHATUKURA - Sunday, Aug 5th at 6p.m.
Much-loved all-male panel show returns to the small screen as five forthright and feisty fullas take on the worrying world of men’s problems – anger issues, health and wealth problems, women woes and just about anything else! 

THE WIND, IN THE EVENING (SUNDAY FEATURE) – SUNDAY AUGUST 5 AT 9.00 PM - Sunday, Aug 5th at 9p.m.
A hypnotic and invigorating human tale – from Italy – about gay discrimination, the rise in domestic terror and what happens to the victims of loved ones when they are left alone.

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