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Tuning in to Māori TelevisionViewers can tune in to Māori Television in five ways: Via the UHF frequencyTo receive Māori Television via the UHF frequency, viewers need to have a UHF aerial and be within the coverage area. Via Satellite If viewers are not within our UHF coverage area, they can access Māori Television via satellite by purchasing a satellite dish and receiver from their local television aerial installation service. As a SKY Digital subscriberSKY Digital subscribers will find Māori Television on Channel 33 of their SKY remotes. They can tune in to Channel 33 now to catch highlights of programmes on Māori Television. As a SKY UHF subscriberSKY UHF subscribers will find Māori Television on button 6 of their SKY remotes. Via Saturn TV For More InformationCheck our website www.maoritelevision.com or for guidance on how to tune-in call 0800 MA TATOU ( 0800 62 82868 )
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Issue 20, 12
- 18 July 2004 AROHA: HE PORARURARU – Monday
12 July at 9.30 pm Kahukura (Tahei Simpson) and Johnny (Scott Morrison) seem like the perfect couple, destined for a lifetime of love and happiness. But on their wedding day, Nanny Reko warns of a past unknown to them that will threaten their future happiness. The eccentric kuia’s disturbing prediction sets the scene for the pair’s marriage problems afterwards on AROHA: HE PORARURARU (Monday 12 July at 9.30 pm), a six part series of Māori love stories in the Māori language. Kura starts having visions of Johnny as a warrior with a tattooed face. During a visit to Johnny’s family, it is apparent that all is not well with Kura and tensions rise as Johnny feels unable to please her. When Johnny demands answers from Nanny Reko, the story of an unavenged battlefield tragedy eight generations ago surfaces. Tahei Simpson is well known for her roles in Shortland Street, What Becomes of the Broken Hearted, Moko Toa, Lawless and The Matrix. Of Ngāti Awa and Ngāti Porou descent, she says while she listened to the Māori language as a child and studied it at Victoria University, she didn’t have the confidence to speak Māori conversationally. That’s why taking up the role of Kahukura in AROHA improved her confidence in speaking Māori. “The name Kahukura comes from the red admiral butterfly, which hatches in the thorny nettle bush and is protected by thorns. She comes from a chiefly line and she’s beautiful, as the red admiral butterfly is, but there are things that have happened in her past that are potentially very dangerous in her life.” Meanwhile, Morrison, of Ngāti Whakaue descent, grew up in Rotorua and is a second cousin of well-known New Zealand actor Temuera Morrison. His late father, John Morrison, was Sir Howard Morrison’s cousin and an original member of the renowned Howard Morrison Quartet. A successful academic, he has just completed his masters degree (MA) in Māori, and is now studying for his doctorate (PhD). He is also a talented sportsman, having represented New Zealand in the Māori Sevens rugby team and the NZ Schools volleyball team. Of his character in AROHA, Morrison says Johnny is an emotional role to play: “He’s been brought up in a very European environment and so he doesn’t really understand what’s going on with his wife when she starts being affected by Māori spirituality. Problems arise between them and Johnny doesn’t understand this and so he gets frustrated and angry and eventually blows his top.” In the love between Kura and Johnny, the time is right for resolution of an ancient shame. Tune in to an indigenous tale of love and superstition with
AROHA (Māori Television Mondays at 9.30 pm). |
The self-professed class clown is trading in the radio booth
for the television studio as Māori Television’s new quiz
show, MIND YOUR MOHIO (6.30 pm Sundays), prepares to launch.
KAI TIME ON THE ROAD
Kahukura (Tahei Simpson) and Johnny (Scott Morrison) seem like
the perfect couple, destined for a lifetime of love and happiness.
But on their wedding day, Nanny Reko warns of a past unknown
to them that will threaten their future happiness.
HAWAIKI – Thursday
15 July at 9.30 pm
