Kia ora! Maori Television’s International Documentary slot, Pakipumeka o te Ao, screens every Tuesday at 8.30 PM.  

Upcoming documentaries include: 

KAPU KA’U – Tuesday May 29 at 8.30 PM: Unique portrait of one of Hawaii’s most remote and rugged districts. Despite its special beauty and significance, it has been impacted by many outside influences.  

CIRQUE FOR LIFE – Tuesday June 5 at 8.30 PM: Inspiring story of four young adults who get together in Quebec to train and ultimately stage a live circus performance. Their challenge is that they come from different countries, speak several languages and have only three weeks to pull it off! 

DHAKIYARR VS THE KING – Tuesday June 12 at 8.30 PM: Seventy years after his controversial murder trial and subsequent disappearance, the descendants of an Australian Aboriginal seek to restore what was denied to him: his honour. 

BEHIND THE LABELS – Tuesday June 19 at 8.30 PM: Susan Sarandon narrates this documentary which exposes the harsh conditions under which thousands of women work in garment factories in Saipan – the only US territory exempt from labour and immigration laws. MOTHERLAND: MOVING ON – Tuesday June 26 at 8.30 PM: Shot in the UK, USA, Africa and Jamaica, this film picks up the story of three people of African descent who traced their roots through DNA testing and continues their soul-searching journeys. 

MYSTERY OF THE DISORDERLY WARRIORS – Tuesday July 3 at 8.30 PM: The story of the discovery of the Lion Hill Tomb in China and the little disorderly warriors who guard it. The terracotta army is pint-sized, many are broken and the pits are unfinished. Why? Maori Television’s International Documentary slot, Pakipumeka o te Ao, screens every Tuesday at 8.30 PM.