NATIVE AFFAIRS

NATIVE AFFAIRS CELEBRATES MAORI LANGUAGE WEEK WITH 100 PER CENT REO SHOW
 
Maori Television’s current affairs show NATIVE AFFAIRS will celebrate Māori Language Week this year by presenting a show entirely in te reo, with subtitles, and on a reo theme.
 
Reporter Annabelle Lee-Harris profiles Jeremy McLeod, a young Kahungunu, Te Arawa and Rangitane man who’s bucking the trend of Māori moving to Australia in search of a better quality of life. As a 17-year-old this Mozzie headed home to the Hawke’s Bay, despite being born and bred in Brisbane, to quench his thirst for te ao Māori. Five years on, Annabelle checks out where he’s at on his journey to fluency.

Tina Wickliffe heads to the tiny East Coast settlement of Rangitukia to see how locals are preserving, and passing on, a distinct regional dialect.

Two veterans of the Māori political scene, Henare Kingi and Koro Wetere join us in the studio to discuss recent developments as the coalition government hits mid-term.
 
The special show is rounded out with performances from te reo Māori musicians, Ruia Aperahama and Ngatapa Black.  
 
Join Julian Wilcox and the team from NATIVE AFFAIRS this Monday at 8.30PM.

NATIVE AFFAIRS - Mondays at 8.30 PM

If you want to become an on air fan of NATIVE AFFAIRS, email us a picture of you watching the programme. We will feature these shots during our end credits and also here, on the website. Send your picture to nativeaffairs@maoritelevision.com