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Highlight for Week 19, 2008 - May 5th to 11th

NATIVE AFFAIRS (CURRENT AFFAIRS) - Monday, May 5th at 8p.m.
Julian Wilcox presents regional and national stories from a Maori perspective as well as international indigenous news. Tonight: An in-depth look at child prostitution in central and south Auckland.

KETE ARONUI (ARTS) - Tuesday, May 6th at 8p.m.
Art series that showcases talented New Zealand artists from a wide range of disciplines. Tonight: Musician Moana Maniapoto reveals how she plans to push musical boundaries in the future.

WORLD OF AMERICAN INDIAN DANCE (INTERNATIONAL DOCO) - Tuesday, May 6th at 8:30p.m.
Beautiful, artistic, athletic and dynamic - Native American dance is a cultural tradition that is also thousands of years old. Song and dance has always held great value for some 550 tribes as a way to record their own history, to express religious ritual or to honour the stages of a person’s life. 

TE PAE NGATORO (NZ DOCO) - Wednesday, May 7th at 8:30p.m.
Lovers of ancient Maori history will enjoy this into the great historical figure, Ngatoroirangi. A famous navigator and tohunga, he also named the important landmarks in the Tongariro Ranges. (Maori language with English language subtitles)

BROMASTERS (IMPROV) - Thursday, May 8th 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: A taste of the Orient with kung fu games, origami and Japanese drumming. Special guest comedians Andre King and Figjam are in the house. 

POIUKA O AOTEAROA (SPORTS) - Sunday, May 11th at 2p.m.
Some of the finest softball in the world is played right here in Aotearoa-New Zealand – our national men’s team is up to its third world title. Today: The first of the games from the ISF Oceania qualifier tournament in Albany, Auckland. Only the top two teams will go through to the world champs in 2009.

NGA WAIATA O TE IWI - Sunday, May 11th at 8:30p.m.
The series that pays tribute to the ‘songs of the people’ by looking at some of the great Maori composers, and the stories behind their songs. Tonight: Tuini Ngawai’s composition Arohaina Mai. Ruia Aperahama is in the studio.

RAUL THE TERRIBLE (SUNDAY FEATURE) - Sunday, May 11th at 9p.m.
Raul Castells was born in the city of Rosario, birthplace of the legendary Che Guevara – his favourite targets: the Government and big business. Many say he has good reason. A portrait of a man driven to change things, and a horrifying insight into the politics of poverty.

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