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Highlight for Week 10, 2008 - Mar 3rd to 9th

NATIVE AFFAIRS (CURRENT AFFAIRS) - Monday, Mar 3rd at 8:30p.m.
Tonight: New Zealand’s first Victoria Cross recipient in more than 60 years; the so-called anti-terrorist raids; Waikato University’s youngest ever science graduate; and youth at risk help revive the building and sailing of traditional Marshall Islands’ canoes. 

INSIDE ISLAM (INTERNATIONAL DOCO) - Monday, Mar 3rd at 10p.m.
New! This in-depth documentary series profiling the religion of more than 20 per cent of the world's population looks at Islam's followers, traditions, ceremonies and origins. Tonight: The life of a Muslim is reviewed through the various customs and ceremonies – from birth to death.

BEFORE THE FLOOD (INTERNATIONAL DOCO) - Tuesday, Mar 4th at 8:30p.m.
Once the world’s third poorest country, Tuvalu sold its internet domain name – .tv – for $50 million. But all the cash in the world will not stop the relentless march of the sea as the small Pacific island nation slowly sinks underwater. (Tuvaluan – subtitled in English) 

MARAE (CURRENT AFFAIRS) - Tuesday, Mar 4th at 10:30p.m.
New Zealand television’s longest running Maori current affairs programme – having first broadcast live to air in 1992 – returns for 2008. Hosted by parliamentary press gallery journalist Shane Taurima.

E TU KAHIKATEA - Wednesday, Mar 5th at 8p.m.
Personal stories of Maori leaders who have challenged and inspired. Tonight: The Hon. Koro Wetere reveals how he fled from an arranged marriage, that he never wanted to be a politician and what really happened behind the closed doors of the Beehive. 

THE LOST WAKA (NZ DOCO) - Wednesday, Mar 5th at 8:30p.m.
The mysterious connection between Maori and the inhabitants of remote Polynesian islands thousands of kilometres west of Aoteaora is explored by Professor Patu Hohepa and wife Erena as they travel to Rennell (Mu Ngiki) and Bellona (Mu Nggava) in search of the ‘lost waka’.

HYUNDAI HEKE NGARU (SPORTS) - Thursday, Mar 6th at 8p.m.
New! This eight-part, half-hour surf sports show – presented by surfing sensation Daniel Kereopa – documents the competitors, underdogs, veterans and stars of the recent Hyundai Longboard Tour as well as this year’s national surfing champs in Gisborne.

TOA: TOA O AOTEAROA - Thursday, Mar 6th at 9:30p.m.
Unique reality series where modern-day warriors skilled in the use of the ancient taiaha weapon are pushed physically and mentally in their on-going bid to claim the Toa title and $10,000 cash prize. Tonight: A new challenge determines which two fighters battle each other in a full-contact taiaha duel. 

BASSLINE (NZ MUSIC) - Friday, Mar 7th at 8:30p.m.
New Zealand’s modern-day musical movement is captured in action on stage. Tonight: The Midnights are a regular on the summer festival circuit and have performed alongside acts such as Katchafire, Fat Freddy’s Drop, Salmonella Dub and The Black Seeds.

THE HONEYMOONERS (SUNDAY FEATURE) - Sunday, Mar 9th at 9p.m.
Raw, funny and poignant. A jilted groom and a waitress make an unlikely alliance after being thrown together in unlikely circumstances in the depths of rural Ireland. Together they begin a hilarious and chaotic adventure that will change both their lives. 

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