MĀORI TELEVISION LAUNCHES INDIGENOUS BROADCASTING AWARD (26 Dec 2007)
 New Zealand’s national indigenous broadcaster, Māori Television, is launching a Lifetime Achievement Award for Indigenous Television Broadcasting – Te Rerenga Tahi.  The award will be presented at the gala dinner of ...

MĀORI TELEVISION CONFIRMS WAITANGI DAY 2008 COVERAGE (21 Dec 2007)
New Zealand ’s national indigenous broadcaster, Māori Television, will present a 12-hour broadcast dedicated to New Zealand’s national day, Waitangi Day, on Wednesday February 6 2008.KOTAHI TE RĀ: WAITANGI 2008 ...

MAORIOKE CHAMP WINS $10,000 ON MĀORI TELEVISION (14 Dec 2007)
There is an old adage that says 'God loves a trier'. And if you have been watching Maori Television’s popular talent show MAORIOKE for the past 10 weeks, you will know ...

MĀORI TELEVISION LAUNCHES ANZAC SHORT FILM COMPETITION (13 Dec 2007)
Māori Television is launching a short film competition to encourage all New Zealanders to re-tell their own ANZAC stories on film and have them screened as part of the channel’s ...

MĀORI TELEVISION LAUNCHES NEW CURRICULUM-BASED CHILDREN’S SERIES (13 Dec 2007)
MĪHARO is Māori Television’s new weekday educational series for tamariki – premiering Monday February 11 2008 at 5.00 PM. Designed to inspire inquiring minds, MĪHARO is pacy, colourful and jam-packed with ...

A UNIQUE INSIGHT INTO THE PEOPLE OF THE EASTERN BAY OF PLENTY ON MĀORI TELEVISION (12 Dec 2007)
  Māori Television’s new and unique insight into the rural people of the Eastern Bay of Plenty is the six part series TE HAUKAINGA, premiering Sunday January 13 at 5.00 ...

TUNE YOURSELF UP WITH A WARRANT OF FITNESS (10 Dec 2007)
If the New Year’s resolutions have died on your lips and the avoirdupois is still on your hips – it’s time to get with the programme for 2008! Maori Television’s ...

IT’S GRAND FINAL TIME ON MAORIOKE! (9 Dec 2007)
The waiting is almost over! After weeks of tension and nail biting nerves along with five fraught semi-finals, it is grand final time on Maori Television’s popular nationwide talent show ...

BASSLINE SHOWCASES NZ MUSIC – ON MĀORI TELEVISION (8 Dec 2007)
PUBLICITY RELEASE New Zealand’s modern-day musical movement is captured in action on stage in Maori Television’s new series BASSLINE – premiering on Friday January 11 at 8.30 PM.` Presented by ...

MAORIOKE’S LAST SEMI FINAL WILL HIT THE RIGHT NOTE! (3 Dec 2007)
It’s been a long journey for contestants on Maori Television’s popular nationwide talent show, MAORIOKE, but the last semi final airs this Friday December 7 at 8.30 PM.From 500 first ...

ANZAC FROM THE ATTIC – ON MĀORI TELEVISION (29 Nov 2007)
 Maori Television is appealing for people with ANZAC taonga or hidden family treasures and memorabilia from the war days to participate in filming for next year’s marathon broadcast to mark ...

MERI KIRIHIMETE FROM MĀORI TELEVISION! (27 Nov 2007)
Māori Television delivers a Christmas stocking packed with song, slapstick and sentiment as it gears up for a bumper package of programming to celebrate the festive season. PINE OR POHUTUKAWA – ...

ICONIC FEMALE ANCESTORS HONOURED ON MĀORI TELEVISION (27 Nov 2007)
Iconic female ancestors who achieved fame and immortality are celebrated in a new series – TAKU WAHINE PUROTU (My Beautiful Woman) – premiering on Māori Television on Wednesday January 9 ...

MAORIOKE – THE EXCITEMENT IS BUILDING (26 Nov 2007)
The excitement is building as the second to last semi-final of Maori Television’s popular nationwide talent show, MAORIOKE, airs this Friday November 30 at 8.30 PM. This fourth series has ...

WORLD CHAMPION ROWER WINS TOP MAORI SPORTS AWARD (24 Nov 2007)
World champion rower Storm Uru is the supreme winner of the 2007 NATIONAL MAORI SPORTS AWARDS screening on Maori Television tonight (Saturday November 24 at 9.30 PM).Te Tohu Taakaro o ...

MARAE DIY WINS QANTAS AWARD FOR MAORI TELEVISION (24 Nov 2007)
Maori Television’s community renovation and landscaping show – MARAE DIY – took top honours at last night’s Qantas Television Awards 2007, winning Best Reality (format).  The show which rewards deserving ...

WORLD INDIGENOUS TV CONFERENCE CONFIRMS KEYNOTE SPEAKER (21 Nov 2007)
An internationally recognised expert in indigenous rights law and one of New Zealand's leading specialists in Māori issues – Chief Judge Joe Williams – will be the keynote speaker at ...

MORE NZ SHORT FILMS – ON MĀORI TELEVISION! (19 Nov 2007)
  Māori Television continues to showcase critically-acclaimed New Zealand short films and filmmakers in the weekly slot, ITI POUNAMU, every Monday at 9.30 PM. Filmmakers Ainsley Gardiner and Tearepa Kahi ...

IT’S THE THIRD SEMI-FINAL ON MAORIOKE! (19 Nov 2007)
The auditions are over and the heat is on the performers as they line up for the third semi-final of Māori Television’s popular nationwide talent show, MAORIOKE, this Friday November ...

BRILLIANT BREAKERS BASKETBALL – ON MĀORI TELEVISION! (13 Nov 2007)
The Harvey Norman NZ Breakers have won their last four home games and will be gunning for another when they come up against the Wollongong Hawks – free-to-air on Māori ...

IT’S THE SECOND SEMI-FINAL ON MAORIOKE! (12 Nov 2007)
  After weeks of arduous auditions, it’s time for the second semi-final of Maori Television’s popular nationwide talent show, MAORIOKE, this Friday November 16 at 8.30 PM. Over 500 hopefuls ...

MĀORI TELEVISION UNVEILS HOT NEW YOUTH SHOW (8 Nov 2007)
  Māori Television’s hot new youth show MATATAHI premieres on Saturday December 1 at 5.30 PM.`Fast-paced, irreverent and funny, MATATAHI is a youth magazine show that looks outside the square ...

MĀORI TELEVISION PROFILES ARTIST DARCY NICHOLAS (7 Nov 2007)
A portrait of Taranaki artist Darcy Nicholas – the only feature-length Māori documentary at the recent New Zealand International Film Festival – is the focus of LAND OF MY ANCESTORS ...

THE GLADIATOR’S BIGGEST GAMBLE – ONLY ON MĀORI TELEVISION (6 Nov 2007)
 When Russell Crowe and Peter Holmes à Court decided to join forces to buy the South Sydney Rugby League Team, no one could have predicted the upheaval that was to ...

IT’S SEMI-FINAL TIME ON MĀORIOKE! (5 Nov 2007)
  After four weeks of arduous auditions, it is time for the first semi-final of Māori Television’s popular nationwide talent show, MĀORIOKE, this Friday November 9 at 8.30 PM.` Over ...

POSSIBLE CHANGE FOR MAORI TELEVISION VIEWERS – AUCKLAND (1 Nov 2007)
Some Auckland viewers may find their reception of Maori Television is affected by a frequency change that will be made to a local television repeater station early in the morning ...

THE LEAGUE BOYS ARE BACK – ON MAORI TELEVISION! (31 Oct 2007)
  NGATI NRL is back on Maori Television following the hopes and dreams of our young Maori and Pacific Island players as they try and make it or break it ...

MEDIA ADVISORY - MĀORI TELEVISION TO HOST IRISH PRESIDENT (31 Oct 2007)
New Zealand’s national indigenous broadcaster, Māori Television, will host Irish President Mary McAleese and husband Dr Martin McAleese on Saturday November 3. The meeting at the channel’s Newmarket, Auckland, studios ...

APPLY NOW FOR MĀORI TELEVISION’S MARAE DIY! (29 Oct 2007)
Applications are being sought for the new series of Maori Television’s popular makeover show MARAE DIY which begins filming in February 2008. Through the use of skilled labour and sponsorship ...

THE STORY OF RUATEPUPUKE – ON MĀORI TELEVISION (29 Oct 2007)
THE STORY OF RUATEPUPUKE – ON MĀORI TELEVISION   The story of one of New Zealand’s most magnificent meeting houses which still remains in foreign ownership is the focus of ...

WORLD INDIGENOUS TV CONFERENCE UNVEILS SESSION LINE-UP (25 Oct 2007)
Internationally renowned speakers who are industry experts in the fields of broadcasting, media and indigenous languages will play a leading role in the inaugural World Indigenous Television Broadcasting Conference to ...

POSSIBLE CHANGE FOR MĀORI TELEVISION VIEWERS – AUCKLAND (25 Oct 2007)
Some Auckland viewers may find their reception of Māori Television is affected by a frequency change that will be made to a local television repeater station early in the morning ...

MĀORI TELEVISION INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARIES - Dec 4, 2007 – Jan 29, 2008 (25 Oct 2007)
Kia ora!  Māori Television’s International Documentary slot, Pakipumeka o te Ao, screens every Tuesday at 8.30 PM. Upcoming documentaries include AHUPUA’A FISH PONDS AND LO’I – Tuesday December 4 at 8.30 ...

MATRIARCH SHARE LIVES AND LOVES WITH MĀORI TELEVISION (19 Oct 2007)
A unique insight into the profound thoughts and contemporary lives of six remarkable kuia – all aged around 90 – is revealed in Māori Television’s groundbreaking new show NGA RIPO ...

FINALISTS ANNOUNCED FOR 2007 NATIONAL MĀORI SPORTS AWARDS (17 Oct 2007)
Māori sporting legends Buck Shelford, Waimarama Taumaunu, Wynton Rufer and Stacey Jones will receive special awards at the 2007 NATIONAL MĀORI SPORTS AWARDS screening on Māori Television on Saturday November ...

THE QUEEN OF MĀORI CUISINE RETURNS TO MĀORI TELEVISION (16 Oct 2007)
 Fresh, unadulterated fare, mixed with fabulous music and eclectic guests are the essential ingredients for Māori Television’s popular cuisine show, KAI ORA, premiering Sunday December 2 at 7.00 PM. Hosted ...

THE MYSTERY OF THE LOST WAKA – ON MĀORI TELEVISION (12 Oct 2007)
 The mysterious connection between Māori and the inhabitants of remote Polynesian islands thousands of kilometres west of Aoteaora is explored in THE LOST WAKA screening for the first time in ...

POSSIBLE CHANGE FOR MĀORI TELEVISION VIEWERS – BAY OF PLENTY (11 Oct 2007)
Some Bay of Plenty viewers may find their reception of Māori Television is affected by a frequency change that will be made to a local television repeater station early in ...

MAORI TELEVISION CONFIRMS INTERNATIONAL RUGBY LEAGUE (5 Oct 2007)
 The home of New Zealand rugby league, Māori Television, will screen delayed coverage of six international matches over the next six weeks.   The line-up includes two historic centenary fixtures commemorating the birth ...

MĀORI TELEVISION BROADCASTS MĀORI SPORTS AWARDS 2007 (5 Oct 2007)
  The home of Māori sport is the official broadcaster of this year’s REGIONAL MĀORI SPORTS AWARDS as well as the NATIONAL MĀORI SPORTS AWARDS. Māori Television will screen five ...

GUARDIANS OF THE ENVIRONMENT – ON MĀORI TELEVISION (3 Oct 2007)
Māori Television’s inside look at environmental issues from a uniquely Māori perspective – KAITIAKI – premieres on Saturday December 15 at 7.00 PM. `  The half-hour weekly programme produced by Auckland-based ...

A BAPTISM OF FROST, RAIN AND MUD ON MĀORI TELEVISION (2 Oct 2007)
The harsh realities of farming provide a baptism of frost, rain and mud for 14 cadets on the new Māori Television series, TE WERO O TIHIOTONGA, premiering on Sunday November ...

TAIWANESE TV CHIEF TO ADDRESS INDIGENOUS BROADCASTERS (2 Oct 2007)
The president and chief executive of the Public Television Service (PTS) of Taiwan, Yuan-hui Hu, will join an esteemed line-up of featured guest speakers at the first ever gathering of ...

MĀORI TELEVISION SECURES WORLD TITLE BOXING FIGHT IN RUSSIA (2 Oct 2007)
Māori Television has secured the live broadcast rights to the biggest boxing event ever to be staged in Russia when Sultan Ibragimov squares off against living legend Evander Holyfield on ...

THE LIFE AND ART OF JC STURM – ON MĀORI TELEVISION (27 Sep 2007)
A visual biography of an acclaimed Māori woman writer – BROKEN JOURNEY: THE LIFE AND ART OF JC STURM – will screen for the first time in Māori Television’s New ...

UNLOCK THE MYSTERIES OF THE LAND WITH MĀORI TELEVISION (24 Sep 2007)
‘He rukuruku na Whakaotirangi – the portion saved by Whakaotirangi’ On the voyage of the Arawa, Whakaotirangi saved a small portion of food in the bottom of a bag. One ...

MĀORI TELEVISION SEEKS ANZAC STORIES FOR 2008 BROADCAST (19 Sep 2007)
Māori Television is appealing for ANZAC story ideas as production begins on next year’s marathon broadcast to mark New Zealand’s national day of commemoration on Friday April 25.  For the third ...

BRING ON THE BASKETBALL – WITH MĀORI TELEVISION! (19 Sep 2007)
 Māori Television is launching a spectacular season of high-energy, high-excitement on-court basketball action when the Harvey Norman NZ Breakers take on the Cairns Taipans at Auckland’s North Shore Events Centre ...

WHO HAS THE VOICE OF AN ANGEL? FIND OUT ON MĀORI TELEVISION’S MĀORIOKE (17 Sep 2007)
MAORIOKE, the nationwide talent search is back!  Premiering on Maori Television Friday October 12 at 8.30 PM, MAORIOKE delivers the best new vocalists from around the country right to your ...

WINNER ANNOUNCED ON MĀORI TELEVISION’S HOMAI TE PAKIPAKI (15 Sep 2007)
A teenager from Gisborne last night became the first ever winner of HOMAI TE PAKIPAKI, Māori Television’s live singing superstar competition.Thousands of text votes were cast to determine the $10,000 ...

MĀORI TELEVISION INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARIES: Oct 9-Nov 27 2007 (11 Sep 2007)
Māori Television’s International Documentary slot, Pakipumeka o te Ao, screens every Tuesday at 8.30 PM. Upcoming documentaries include:THAMANYA: A HOPE FOR BURMA – Tuesday October 9 at 8.30 PM: Thamanya ...

‘TUAMAN’ SET FOR SECOND RUMBLE ON MĀORI TELEVISION (6 Sep 2007)
Samoan knockout specialist David ‘Tuaman’ Tua continues his mighty comeback campaign with free-to-air coverage of his second major fight live from the USA on Māori Television this Saturday September 8 ...

MĀORI TELEVISION ROCKS THE RATINGS – AGAIN! (5 Sep 2007)
Māori Television has recorded its highest ratings ever thanks to the thousands of viewers who tuned into New Zealand’s national indigenous broadcaster during August. The past month is now the ...

MAORI TELEVISION RESPONSE TO TVNZ MAORI STRATEGY (31 Aug 2007)
Maori Television has questioned the intent of TVNZ’s plan, announced yesterday, to significantly increase its Maori programming content. Maori Television Chief Executive Jim Mather has described the state broadcaster’s newly ...

MĀORI TELEVISION UNVEILS KARAOKE FINALISTS ONLINE (31 Aug 2007)
 Meet the fantastic finalists in New Zealand’s hottest karaoke competition – with the supreme champion crooning their way to the $10,000 grand prize!Māori Television’s live Friday night talent show HOMAI ...

NZ NATIONAL SQUASH CHAMPIONSHIPS TO SCREEN ON MĀORI TELEVISION (29 Aug 2007)
New Zealand sports fans will get a rare chance to watch the country's top squash players in action from the comfort of their living rooms next month (September). In a ...

SOUTH PACIFIC GAMES FREE-TO-AIR ON MĀORI TELEVISION (27 Aug 2007)
Māori Television is screening daily coverage of a major indigenous sporting event involving 22 countries, 33 sports and several thousand athletes from throughout the South Pacific. Hour-long highlights from the XIII ...

THE BROWN IN THE BLUE – ONLY ON MĀORI TELEVISION (22 Aug 2007)
  Māori Television’s inside look at policing from a uniquely Māori perspective – KAITIAKI O TE MAUNGARONGO (GUARDIANS OF THE PEACE) – returns with fresh faces and even more refreshing ...

TALK YOUR WAY TO $10,000 – ONLY ON MĀORI TELEVISION! (21 Aug 2007)
Māori Television’s most intriguing reality television series – WAKA REO – is back on air for a third series on Tuesday October 2 at 8.00 PM. WAKA REO is reality television ...

FROM STREET TO SKY - THE MAKING OF A LOCAL LEGEND (17 Aug 2007)
  Māori Television reveals a striking and pivotal account of the life of one of Aotearoa’s musical crusaders, Tigilau Ness, with the screening of FROM STREET TO SKY on Wednesday ...

MĀORI TELEVISION MARKS CORONATION CELEBRATIONS FOR MĀORI KING (15 Aug 2007)
Māori Television will broadcast live from the Waikato coronation commemorations as Tainui marks the first year of reign of Kīngi Tuheitia – the eldest son of the late Māori Queen, ...

CANADIAN BROADCASTER TO ADDRESS INDIGENOUS TELEVISION CONFERENCE (9 Aug 2007)
A member of the original advisory board that developed the concept for Canada’s first Aboriginal television network will be a featured guest speaker at the inaugural World Indigenous Television Broadcasting ...

DAVID ‘TUAMAN’ TUA STAGES BOXING COMEBACK ON MĀORI TELEVISION (2 Aug 2007)
Maori Television has scored the live and free-to-air broadcast rights to three upcoming fightsin the United States by one of boxing’s most feared punchers of all-time, David ‘Tuaman’ Tua, in ...

INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARIES Aug 14 - Oct 2 (1 Aug 2007)
Maori Television’s International Documentary slot, Pakipumeka o te Ao, screens every Tuesday at 8.30 PM. Upcoming documentaries include: TEAM SPIRIT – Tuesday August 14 at 8.30 PM: Chronicles the hockey careers ...

KAUMĀTUA STORIES OF YESTERYEAR CELEBRATED ON MĀORI TELEVISION (31 Jul 2007)
Kaumātua (elders) and their golden stories of yesteryear are celebrated on Māori Television’s new show, MAUMAHARA – premiering on Saturday September 1 at 8.00 PM.  Presented by Ben Tawhiti (Ngaiterangi), MAUMAHARA ...

SECOND CHANNEL FOR MĀORI TELEVISION (26 Jul 2007)
Māori Television has announced that it is to launch a second channel in 2008. Māori Television Chief Executive Jim Mather announced today that the new channel would broadcast in 100 ...

MINISTER WELCOMES MĀORI TELEVISION’S SECOND CHANNEL (26 Jul 2007)
Māori Affairs Minister Parekura Horomia is welcoming the launch of Māori Television’s second channel, which will ensure a continuing Māori language presence in the digital environment and faciliate more prime ...

HE PĀNUI KI TE HUNGA PĀPĀHO - HE WĀHANGA (TEIHANA) TUARUA MŌ WHAKAATA MĀORI (26 Jul 2007)
Kua puta te kōrero a te tumuaki o Te Pūtahi Pāho kei te tautoko rātou i ngā whakaaro o ngā kaihautū o Whakaata Māori e mea nei ka tahuri taua ...

MĀORI TELEVISION - NEW CHANNEL ANNOUNCEMENT MEDIA Q AND A (26 Jul 2007)
Why is Māori Television launching a second channel?   A second channel provides greater opportunity for Māori Television to more effectively fulfil its statutory objectives, particularly with regard to increasing the ...

MĀORI TELEVISION LAUNCHES REO MĀORI CHILDREN’S CD (22 Jul 2007)
Lovable Nanny Mihi and sidekick Robynleigh Emery – from Māori Television children’s show TAU KĒ – are launching a special collection of original songs in Māori to coincide with Māori ...

TRANS-TASMAN BASKETBALL SHOWDOWN – ON MĀORI TELEVISION! (21 Jul 2007)
A crucial three-game test series between basketball rivals New Zealand and Australia – with the victor guaranteed a place in the 2008 Beijing Olympics – will screen live and free-to-air ...

MĀORI TELEVISION ANNOUNCEMENT (20 Jul 2007)
Māori Television Board Chairman Wayne Walden ONZM has advised that he will relinquish his chairmanship to spend more time on personal business interests. Mr Walden – a Crown appointee who ...

NEW NZ MUSIC SHOW ON MĀORI TELEVISION (18 Jul 2007)
A new Māori Television show showcasing the cream of New Zealand music will stage a series of gigs between August and November this year. BASSLINE – to be produced by ...

EATING PORK’N’PUHA WITH CHOPSTICKS – ON MĀORI TELEVISION (17 Jul 2007)
The story of New Zealand’s unique Māori-Chinese community through the experiences of one Auckland family is the subject of a new documentary, EATING PORK‘N’PUHA WITH CHOPSTICKS, screening on Māori Television ...

MORE MARAE MAKEOVERS – ONLY ON MĀORI TELEVISION (12 Jul 2007)
The community renovation and landscaping show that makes a real difference – MARAE DIY – rewards more deserving iwi with a much-needed makeover when it premieres on Māori Television on ...

CALL FOR KIWI YARNS ON TREATY OF WAITANGI (10 Jul 2007)
A new Māori Television show presented by comedian Mike King is looking for descendants of signatories and people who have “neat yarns” about the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi.   ...

AUSTRALIAN TV CHIEF TO ADDRESS INDIGENOUS BROADCASTERS (10 Jul 2007)
The head of Australia’s first national Indigenous television service will be among the featured guest speakers at next year’s inaugural World Indigenous Television Broadcasting Conference to be hosted by Māori ...

TRILINGUAL GARDENING SHOW RETURNS TO MĀORI TELEVISION (9 Jul 2007)
Māori Television’s innovative and ground-breaking trilingual gardening show KIWI MAARA is back – premiering on Sunday August 12 at 5.30 PM. KIWI MAARA is the only trilingual show on New ...

ALL- MALE ADVICE SHOW PREMIERES ON MĀORI TELEVISION (3 Jul 2007)
 The stereotypical strong silent male is a thing of the past – at least it is on Maori Television! WHATUKURA – the much-loved all-male panel show – returns to the ...

MĀORI TELEVISION SCREENS 1080 POISON DOCUMENTARY (3 Jul 2007)
A thought-provoking documentary about the controversial pesticide 1080 and its impact on New Zealand’s environment – A SHADOW OF DOUBT – will screen in Māori Television’s Saturday Feature slot on ...

MĀORI TELEVISION INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARIES: July 10-Aug 7 2007 (28 Jun 2007)
Māori Television’s International Documentary slot, Pakipumeka o te Ao, screens every Tuesday at 8.30 PM. `Upcoming documentaries include: OF FATWAHS AND BEAUTY QUEENS – Tuesday July 10 at 8.30 PM: Tells ...

WINTER HITS A HIGH NOTE FOR MĀORI TELEVISION’S MĀORIOKE SHOW (27 Jun 2007)
It’s that time of the year again as the search for New Zealand’s next singing superstar is launched by Māori Television’s popular talent show MĀORIOKE. East Coast production company Māuri Ora ...

MĀORI TELEVISION SCREENS WHANGANUI RIVER DOCUMENTARY (26 Jun 2007)
Dramatized reconstructions, archival footage and modern imagery are woven into a rich and colourful story about the Whanganui River in a new documentary, TE WHIRINGA TAURA O WHANGANUI, screening on ...

MĀORI TELEVISION NETS NZ BREAKERS’ HOME GAMES (21 Jun 2007)
Māori Television has secured the live free-to-air broadcast rights to all 15 home games of the Harvey Norman NZ Breakers as they take on the might of the Australian National ...

A CALL FOR ALL YOUNG NEW ZEALANDERS TO SHOWCASE THEIR TALENT AND HELP THE PLANET (21 Jun 2007)
A sustainability film challenge – THE OUTLOOK FOR SOMEDAY – launches today for New Zealanders up to 20 years of age. The project involves both TVNZ and Māori Television and is ...

YOUTH SHOW BACK IN YOUR FACE ON MĀORI TELEVISION (5 Jun 2007)
If you’re tired of your teenagers constantly online, give broadband the boot, disconnect the dial up and tune them in to TŪ WERA – Māori Television’s cool-as youth show premiering ...

WELSH TELEVISION LEADER TO ADDRESS INDIGENOUS BROADCASTERS (3 Jun 2007)
The leader of Welsh-language channel S4C will be a featured guest speaker at the inaugural World Indigenous Television Broadcasting Conference to be hosted by Māori Television in Auckland early next ...

SEASON OF NZ SHORT FILMS ON MĀORI TELEVISION (31 May 2007)
Critically-acclaimed New Zealand short films are the focus of a new series, ITI POUNAMU, premiering on Māori Television on Monday June 25 at 9.30 PM. Renowned filmmakers Ainsley Gardiner and Tearepa ...

MĀORI COMEDY RETURNS FOR A SECOND SERIES TO MĀORI TELEVISION (29 May 2007)
The taonga (treasures) of New Zealand acting are back with the premiere of successful Māori comedy KAI KŌRERO on Māori Television on Tuesday July 17 at 9.30 PM.  George Henare, Annie ...

MĀORI TELEVISION BROADCASTS ICONIC BILLY T AWARDS (29 May 2007)
New Zealand’s national indigenous broadcaster, Māori Television, will screen the annual search for New Zealand’s most promising new talent in comedy – the prestigious BILLY T AWARDS – on Saturday ...

KAPA HAKA SERIES SHOWCASES TŪHOE AHUREI 2007 (23 May 2007)
Kapa haka groups who competed at the recent Tūhoe festival in the eastern Bay of Plenty can view their performance in its entirety in Māori Television’s performing arts slot TOI ...

TAONGA: TREASURES OF OUR PAST ON MĀORI TELEVISION (23 May 2007)
A collection of historical Māori stories of romance, intrigue, murder, survival and heroism feature in TAONGA: TREASURES OF OUR PAST premiering on Māori Television on Wednesday May 30 at 8.00 ...

INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARIES MAY 29 - JULY 3 (23 May 2007)
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 ...

STRAP ON YOUR CHAPS – RODEO KAUPOAI RETURNS TO MĀORI TELEVISION! (22 May 2007)
With more bucks than the Reserve Bank, the second series of RODEO KAUPOAI premieres on Māori Television on Thursday July 5 at 9.30 PM. The popular series continues to follow the ...

COLOURFUL, CLEVER AND CREATIVE – ON MĀORI TELEVISION! (21 May 2007)
Lovable lady Nanny Mihi – and her alter-ego Robynleigh Emery – is cleaning out the whare of weekday children’s slot TAU KĒ and unveiling a new season of shows to ...

EXTRA FUNDING FOR MĀORI TELEVISION AND MĀORI RADIO WELCOMED BY ELECTORAL COLLEGE (18 May 2007)
Extra funding announced in the budget for Māori Television and Māori radio has been welcomed by the Māori stakeholder in the channel – Te Pūtahi Pāho.  The Government announced $20.1m of ...

BROADCAST OF FUNERAL FOR SAMOA’S HEAD OF STATE (17 May 2007)
New Zealand’s national indigenous broadcaster, Māori Television, will screen live coverage of the state funeral of Samoa's Head of State, His Highness Malietoa Tanumafili II, on Saturday May 19 from ...

TAONGA: TREASURES OF OUR PAST ON MĀORI TELEVISION (16 May 2007)
TAONGA: TREASURES OF OUR PAST ON MAORI TELEVISION  A collection of historical Maori stories of romance, intrigue, murder, survival and heroism feature in TAONGA: TREASURES OF OUR PAST premiering on ...

IT’S YOUR HEALTH, YOUR CHOICE ON MĀORI TELEVISION (15 May 2007)
Māori Television’s top-rating health show WARRANT OF FITNESS is back for its second season – premiering on Monday July 23 at 8.00 PM. The 13-part, half-hour series is produced by Auckland-based ...

MĀORI TELEVISION BROADCASTS FUNERAL OF SAMOA’S HEAD OF STATE (15 May 2007)
Māori Television will broadcast live coverage of the tangihanga of Samoa’s Head of State, his Majesty Malietoa Tanumafili II, from Samoa this Saturday May 19. Malietoa, who passed away on May ...

MUSICAL STORYTELLING PUPPETS RETURN TO MĀORI TELEVISION (10 May 2007)
More timeless traditional tales with a twist return to Māori Television when a new series of TORO PIKOPIKO E! premieres on Monday May 28 at 4.30 PM. The children’s puppetry programme ...

THAT’S YOU, THAT’S US – MĀ TĀTOU! (9 May 2007)
Māori Television’s iwi-tainment series MĀ TĀTOU is back on air showcasing hui, events, festivals and celebrations every Sunday at 6.30 PM.The half-hour weekly show – presented by Te Hamua Nikora ...

SINGERS WANTED FOR LIVE KARAOKE SHOW ON MĀORI TELEVISION (9 May 2007)
Roll up, roll up!  Māori Television’s new karaoke series HOMAI TE PAKIPAKI invites wannabe singing stars to audition for the live Friday night show in Auckland for the chance to ...

SCHOOL OF HARD KNOCKS RETURNS TO MĀORI TELEVISION (8 May 2007)
They’ve got the talent but have three young rugby players got the mental toughness, stamina and that special X factor to make it through New Zealand’s toughest sporting academy? Find ...

WHO WILL BE THE ULTIMATE MĀORI WARRIOR? (4 May 2007)
The top five challengers vying for the title of ultimate Māori warrior are through to the final rounds of Toa O Aotearoa – the new and exciting reality sports show ...

MĀORI TELEVISION APPEALS TO HORSE LOVERS (3 May 2007)
An award-winning international documentary series, THE HORSEMEN, will take viewers on a fascinating voyage around the world to discover how different horsemen have preserved their traditional way of life and ...

NZ RUGBY LEAGUE NATIONAL PREMIERSHIP – 2007 TELEVISION DRAW (2 May 2007)
ROUND 4:Saturday May 5 at 2.00 PM: Auckland Lions v Wellington Orcas (live) Sunday May 6 at 2.00 PM Counties Manukau Jetz v Canterbury Bulls (delayed)                                                ROUND 5:Saturday May 12 at 2.00 PM: ...

HOUR-LONG, PRIME-TIME CURRENT AFFAIRS ON MĀORI TELEVISION (2 May 2007)
At a time when “TV is tabloid and channels are ghettoising current affairs”, Māori Television will be covering and challenging New Zealand stories with Māori perspectives in a new, prime-time current ...

MĀORI TELEVISION BOARD ADVISORY (1 May 2007)
Māori Television has advised the resignation of Board Director Dr Leonie Pihama. Board Chairman Wayne Walden said Dr Pihama had resigned to pursue interests in television production. Dr Pihama was appointed to ...

TOP INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARIES FREE TO AIR ON MĀORI TELEVISION - MAY 1 - JUNE 5 (30 Apr 2007)
Critically acclaimed and award-winning works from celebrated filmmakers from throughout the world feature in Māori Television’s International Documentary slot, Pakipūmeka o te Ao, every Tuesday at 8.30 PM. Screening free-to-air in ...

CLASSIC KIWI CINEMA ON MĀORI TELEVISION (27 Apr 2007)
New Zealand’s national indigenous channel, Māori Television, is launching a nine-week season of homegrown movies, CLASSIC KIWI CINEMA, on Sunday April 29 at 9.00 PM. The vintage films screening in the ...

WONDERFUL WORLD OF WAIATA RETURNS TO MĀORI TELEVISION (26 Apr 2007)
The origins and meanings of traditional waiata are explored with the return of Māori Television’s MŌTEATEA – premiering on Sunday May 6 at 6.00 PM. A fourth series of 13, half-hour ...

MĀORI TENNIS – ACING IT AT 80! (24 Apr 2007)
The 80-year history of the oldest Māori sports organisation in New Zealand is celebrated in MĀORI TENNIS – ACING IT AT 80, screening in Māori Television’s New Zealand Documentary slot, ...

BUB & NEN’S LOVE STORY – ONLY ON MĀORI TELEVISION (23 Apr 2007)
Revered icons in the world of Māori performing arts as leaders of Auckland kapa haka group Te Waka Huia, Ngapo (Bub) and Pimia (Nen) Wehi remain humble people despite their ...

RE-CONNECTING WHĀNAU WITH TATAI HONO (23 Apr 2007)
Follow the extraordinary journeys of seven different people as they attempt to reconnect with their Māori origins in a new emotion-packed series of Māori Television’s TATAI HONO – premiering on ...

NZ HOSTS WORLD INDIGENOUS TELEVISION CONFERENCE (20 Apr 2007)
New Zealand’s national indigenous broadcaster, Māori Television, will host an inaugural World Indigenous Television Broadcasting Conference in Auckland in March 2008. The conference – WITBC ‘08 – will be the ...

NEW SPONSOR FOR MĀORI TELEVISION’S ANZAC DAY BROADCAST (18 Apr 2007)
Māori Television’s ANZAC Day coverage will be go to air this year with no commercial breaks – thanks to broadcast sponsor ANZ as part of a wider relationship with the ...

MĀORI TELEVISION UNVEILS ANZAC 2007 SCHEDULE (29 Mar 2007)
The first ever broadcast of New Zealand’s moving memorial service at Chunuk Bair in Gallipoli will be a major highlight of Māori Television’s ANZAC Day line-up on Wednesday April 25. ...