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Highlight for Week 6, 2008 - Feb 4th to 10th

NATIVE AFFAIRS: SUMMER SERIES (CURRENT AFFAIRS) - Monday, Feb 4th at 8:30p.m.
Maori Television’s current affairs series presents the highlights of 2007. Tonight: What would it take to settle Treaty of Waitangi claims by 2020; the Crown’s settlement process with Te Arawa; and the Office of Treaty Settlement’s handling of the claim by Ngati Whatua.

WARRANT OF FITNESS (HEALTH) - Tuesday, Feb 5th at 8p.m.
Hands-on health information from a distinctively Maori perspective. Tonight: Ella Henry goes public about a very private, very common and very embarrassing problem – incontinence. 

THE LADY IS A CHAMP (INTERNATIONAL DOCO) - Tuesday, Feb 5th at 8:30p.m.
Coach Orna Ostfeld of the women’s basketball team in Ramat Hasharon, Israel, competes for the National Championship but also fights for equal government support of women’s sports. (Hebrew with English language subtitles)

KOTAHI TE RA: WAITANGI 2008 - Wednesday, Feb 6th at 9a.m.

Maori Television presents a 12-hour broadcast dedicated to New Zealand’s national day including reports from Waitangi Day events at home and abroad as well as news, views, interviews, discussions, documentaries, entertainment and historical highlights.

TAKU WAHINE PUROTU - Wednesday, Feb 6th at 9p.m.
Iconic female ancestors are celebrated in this series about tribal meeting houses. Tonight: Ohinewaiapu is the ancestress who lured the nation of Maui to the mouth of the Waiapu River. Was she a taniwha, a tipua or the tipuna of Waiapu River and its valley? (Maori language with English language subtitles) 

NBL: HARVEY NORMAN NZ BREAKERS - Thursday, Feb 7th at 8p.m.

repeats Saturday February 9 at 1.30 PM

 More brilliant basketball action from Auckland’s North Shore Events Centre when the NZ Breakers take on the Melbourne Tigers in round 21 of Australia’s Hummer Championship NBL.

BASSLINE (NZ MUSIC) - Friday, Feb 8th at 8:30p.m.
New Zealand’s modern-day musical movement is captured in action on stage. Tonight: House of Shem from Wanganui who is tipped to become a household name for roots and reggae fans around the country.

2008 NATIONAL WAKA AMA CLUB SPRINT CHAMPS - Sunday, Feb 10th at 3p.m.
The final of three one-hour specials featuring highlights from the National Waka Ama Club Sprint Championships hosted by Nga Kaihoe o Aotearoa at Lake Karapiro in January.

NGA AHUREI O TE RAUMATI - Sunday, Feb 10th at 8:30p.m.
The performances and personalities of New Zealand’s summer festivals. Tonight: The Womad international festival in Taranaki where top international artists like Femi Kuti and Mariza playing alongside Maori performers like Whirimako Black and Wai.

THE STORY OF THE WEEPING CAMEL (SUNDAY FEATURE) - Sunday, Feb 10th at 9p.m.
An enchanting film that follows the adventures of a family of herders in Mongolia's Gobi region who face a crisis when the mother camel unexpectedly rejects her newborn calf after a particularly difficult birth.

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