OUTLOOK FOR SOMEDAY - ON MĀORI TELEVISION (16 May 2008)
Youth will inherit the earth one day – but what sort of inheritance do they have to look forward to?  The winners of a sustainability film challenge meet and discuss ...

AIR CREWS HONOURED IN ANZAC DAY DOCUMENTARY – ON MĀORI TELEVISION (15 Apr 2008)
An extraordinary documentary about the Kiwi survivors of the RAF’s Bomber Command in World War II and the impact that experience continues to have on their lives today – not ...

MAORI TELEVISION COMMEMORATES THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE WAHINE DISASTER (12 Mar 2008)
The 1968 sinking of the inter island ferry Wahine was considered to be one of the worst maritime disasters in New Zealand’s history. Radio and television captured the drama as ...

MĀORI TELEVISION INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARIES: Mar 18- May 13 2008 (22 Feb 2008)
Maori Television’s International Documentary slot, Pakipumeka o te Ao, screens every Tuesday at 8.30 PM. It features critically-acclaimed and award-winning works from celebrated filmmakers from throughout the world, highlighting unique ...

RESURRECTING THE TREATY OF WAITANGI – ON MĀORI TELEVISION (1 Feb 2008)
One man’s contribution and commitment to the rights of Māori in New Zealand is the focus of a special documentary, JUSTICE DURIE, screening as part of Māori Television’s Waitangi Day ...

CANDID REVELATIONS ON MĀORI TELEVISION (25 Jan 2008)
Māori leaders who led, challenged, outraged and inspired share very personal stories never before made public on Māori Television’s surprising new series, E TU KAHIKATEA, premiering Wednesday February 20 at ...

MĀORI TELEVISION COMMISSIONS CARVING FOR WAITANGI DAY 2008 (22 Jan 2008)
New Zealand’s national indigenous broadcaster, Māori Television, has commissioned a major carving project on the billboard site of its Auckland headquarters in the lead-up to the channel’s special Waitangi Day ...

MĀORI TELEVISION’S INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY SLOT - Tuesday February 5 – Tuesday March 11 2008 (8 Jan 2008)
Māori Television’s International Documentary slot, Pakipumeka o te Ao, screens every Tuesday at 8.30 PM. Upcoming documentaries include:   THE LADY IS A CHAMP – Tuesday February 5 at 8.30 PM: ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.   ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...