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Highlight for Week 17, 2008 - Apr 21st to 27th

TATAI HONO - Monday, Apr 21st at 8p.m.
The finale of the extraordinary series that combines the hopes, fears and loves of ordinary folk with the intrigue of uncovering secret tales and forgotten links. The families who featured in this third season reflect on their voyages of self-discovery to reconnect with long-lost whanau.

INSIDE ISLAM (INTERNATIONAL DOCO) - Monday, Apr 21st at 10p.m.
Tonight: Polygamy, honorary murder – a custom where male siblings kill their female siblings who commit adultery – and women’s concealing garments such as the hijab and chador are some of the restrictions on women’s rights … but what do Muslim women really think?

KETE ARONUI (ARTS) - Tuesday, Apr 22nd at 8p.m.
The art series that showcases talented New Zealand artists from a wide range of disciplines profiles young painter Sofia Minson and the way she explores themes of identity, culture and mythical pasts in her work.

BLACK SOLDIER BLUES (INTERNATIONAL DOCO) - Tuesday, Apr 22nd at 8:30p.m.
Black American soldiers stationed in Australia during World War II recount their experiences of racial prejudice, danger and unexpected friendships in a land where the government policy was to keep Australia ‘white’. 

VICTORIA CROSSED (NZ DOCO) - Wednesday, Apr 23rd at 8:30p.m.
Revisit the 20-year campaign seeking the posthumous award of a Victoria Cross to a Maori Battalion war hero, Lance Sergeant Haane Manahi. The late soldier’s battlefield feats were recognised at a special ceremony in Rotorua last year when English royalty presented Te Arawa with gifts.

HYUNDAI HEKE NGARU (SPORTS) - Thursday, Apr 24th at 8p.m.
Presenters Daniel Kereopa and Whakaangi Rongonui wrap up the recent Hyundai Longboard Tour and national champs with a full recap on the country’s best surfers as well as a profile of Port Waikato and how the conditions favours different surfers.

BROMASTERS - Thursday, Apr 24th at 10p.m.
Bromasters Brent Mio and Te Hamua Nikora tag team their talents in this entertainment series presented by gamemaster Lanita Ririnui-Ryan. Tonight: Soul brothers Patara Berryman and Ben Baker join the Bromasters for their afro-wielding ‘Soul Special’. 

A TATOU TAONGA: ANZAC DAY 2008 - Friday, Apr 25th at 5:55a.m.

from 5.55 AM to 11.30 PM

 Maori Television devotes its entire schedule to New Zealand’s national day of commemoration with coverage of key ceremonies at home and abroad as well as veteran interviews, studio debates, short films and documentaries – plus an ANZAC address by award-winning journalist Peter Arnett.

POIUKA O AOTEAROA 2008 (SPORTS) - Sunday, Apr 27th at 2p.m.
More coverage from the 2008 softball season features tips from three times world champion and former Black Sox short-stop Dion Nukunuku plus highlights from the national women's and men's league finals played recently at Wellington’s Hataitai Park.

NGA WAIATA O TE IWI - Sunday, Apr 27th at 8:30p.m.
There’s not a New Zealander who doesn’t know Po Karekare Ana but few know the superb composer Paraire Tomoana. Toni Huata is the featured contemporary singer/composer and she talks about the influence this song has had on her.

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