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Highlight for Week 33, 2007 - Aug 13th to 19th

WARRANT OF FITNESS - Monday, Aug 13th at 8p.m.
Hine Haig (Ngati Porou, Ngati Kahungunu) started smoking behind the bike sheds 30 years ago. With an uncle suffering with emphysema and whanau members dead from cancer, Hine finally resolves to stub out her habit – but can she kick smoking in the ‘butt’?

ITI POUNAMU (NZ SHORT FILMS) - Monday, Aug 13th at 9:30p.m.
Dead Letters: On the home front in 1943, Ngaire and Gerald sort air graph letterforms destined for NZ soldiers abroad but a tiny act of heroism brings together this unlikely pair. Hosts Ainsley Gardiner and Tearepa Kahi korero with studio guest, writer and director Paolo Rotondo.

TEAM SPIRIT (INTERNATIONAL DOCO) - Tuesday, Aug 14th at 8:30p.m.
This tale of triumph and tragedy chronicles the hockey careers of Jordin and Terence Tootoo and their quest to be the first Inuk to play in Canada’s National Hockey League. What starts out as a simple dream becomes a story of heartbreak and heroism.

TAUTOHETOHE (LANGUAGE) - Wednesday, Aug 15th at 9:30p.m.
The final in this series of the riveting reo Maori debate show – presented by Te Kauhoe Wano – that puts the Maori language skills of two talented iwi teams to the test. Orators battle with wit and words in front of a tough-talking panel of judges.

SOME OF MY BEST FRIENDS - Thursday, Aug 16th at 8p.m.
Premiere of a documentary series that explores and challenges prejudice and stereotype in New Zealand society. Presenter Pio Terei spends time with members of a group and soon learns that preconceptions and generalizations do not hold up! Tonight: Some of My Best Friends are Asian.

NZ RUGBY LEAGUE NATIONAL PREMIERSHIP - Saturday, Aug 18th at 2p.m.
The final round in the national competitions pits the Tamaki Titans against the Canterbury Bulls in Saturday’s live commentary

2007 MANA MAORI BUSINESS AWARDS - Saturday, Aug 18th at 9:30p.m.
Tune in for highlights from the 2007 Mana Maori Business Awards held at Auckland’s Laingholme Hotel. Join Maori Television for exclusive coverage of the awards organised by the Maori Women’s Development Incorporated to honour the nation’s most prestigious indigenous entrepreneurs.

TUA OF DUTY - DAVID TUA V SAUL LA COBRA MONTANA (LIVE) - Sunday, Aug 19th at 1p.m.

Get ready to rumble when David ‘Tuaman’ Tua takes on Mexican Saul ‘La Cobra’ Montana – in this three hour special, live and free-to-air only on Maori Television.

INFERNAL AFFAIRS (SUNDAY FEATURE) - Sunday, Aug 19th at 9p.m.
A gripping cop thriller set in the seedy underbelly of Hong Kong gangland about the parallel lives of a mole in the police department and an undercover cop. A star-studded cast of Tony Leung, Andy Lau, Anthony Wong, Eric Tsang, Kelly Chen and Sammi Cheng.

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