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Māori Television has launched a stylish new range of apparel, available for purchase on the channel’s website! With a secure credit card facility now available, the range includes windbreakers, anoraks, ladies’ zip hoodies, T-shirts (fitted, polo and loose), beanies, caps, key chains (lanyards) and umbrellas. Perfect for gifts for the whānau or as a treat to yourself! Visit www.maoritelevision.com for more details.

KETE ARONUI : RETURNING FINE ARTS TO MĀORI TELEVISION

The beautiful and unique world of Māori art is set to return to grace New Zealand television screens as art series KETE ARONUI premieres its second series on Māori Television, starting on Wednesday February 16 at 9.30 PM.

KETE ARONUI is a 13-part series that highlights three Māori artists each episode from a diverse range of fields – from whakairo (carving) and raranga (weaving) right through to the more contemporary art forms such as graffiti art, glass work, photography, performance, DJ work and multi-media.

Kicking off the series is Tolaga Bay-born artist John Walsh, whose surreal use of images of animals and birds to depict human images in his art works is unparalleled. His unconventional approach to acknowledging ancient Māori myth and legend is a deliberate retreat from his audience’s expectations.

Also featuring in the first episode is the emerging jazz whakapapa coming out of Northcote College on Auckland’s North Shore. For the past five years, the college’s jazz musicians have earned the school both national and international awards and the school has established a rapport with the international jazz community by bringing in musicians to work alongside the school’s budding musos.
And, the premiere episode also features Lawrence Pook, whose work looks at the influences of the Treaty of Waitangi. His expressions examine some of the icons that were brought with the English and he has since taken those images and incorporated them to reflect how Māori have now become a significant influence of them.

In upcoming episodes, KETE ARONUI will also visit with prolific carver George Nuku, traditional weaver Kelly King, the Auckland City Council-initiated Mana Moko art studio, choral genius Charles Panapa and many more.

KETE ARONUI launches its second series on Māori Television on Wednesday February 16 at 9.30 PM.

PROGRAMMES COMING UP

KŌRERO MAI – Monday February 14 at 7.00 PM

They’re back! The Ākina crew are in for a special Valentine’s Day return with a new series of KŌRERO MAI. Language learning continues on Māori Television each day at 7.00 PM and repeated at 10.30 PM.

BUFFALO LEGENDS – Tuesday February 15 at 8.30 PM

See Australian race relations history in the making in this historic documentary about 'The Legends' – a group of men that formed the Buffaloes Football Club in the Northern Territory and championed fair play, both on and off the field.

WAKA HUIA : Te Awatea Hou – Wednesday February 16 at 8.30 PM

A spotlight on the people of the mighty Waikato this week, featuring the voyage of the Te Awatea Hou waka around New Zealand, retracing the original journey of the Tainui waka.

MIGHTY MOA – Thursday February 17 at 8.30 PM

The incredible moa arises from extinction in this Greenstone Pictures documentary that employs the best of computer technology to recreate the life of the giant bird.

BUSH MECHANICS – FINAL – Friday February 18 at 9.30 PM

Don’t miss the last in the hilarious BUSH MECHANICS series. With the country in the grip of severe drought, the boys are summoned by the rainmaker Jungala to go to Broome in search of rainmaking pearl shells. In the old days, Jungala would have traded bush tobacco for the valuable shells, but this time he trades today's commodity - a motorcar he has painted with the Rain Dreaming.

OCEANIA – Saturday February 19 at 8.30 PM

At the age of 81, the high priestess of Bali has tried to rid herself of the sins that are the animal side of nature. Witness the noisy and colourful procession that takes place during the New Year to frighten away the monstrous Ogah Ogah figures.

SAND AND WATER – Sunday February 20 at 9.00 PM

Māori Television’s Sunday international feature film this week examines the lives of the Chaura people, who live in the middle of the Jamuna River, northern Bangladesh. Battling the whims of nature, these indigenous people have been forced to adapt to an environment that fluctuates between seasonal flooding and extreme winter drought.

Getting to Air

Our daily schedule is:

Tuning in to Māori Television

Viewers can tune in to Māori Television in five ways:

To 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.

SKY 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.

SKY UHF subscribers will find Māori Television on button 6 of their SKY remotes.

Via Saturn TV
If you receive Saturn TV, you can tune into Māori Television through channel button 33. Saturn Customers please: leave your decoders switched on to be able to receive this channel.

For More Information

Check our website www.maoritelevision.com or for guidance on how to tune-in call 0800 MA TATOU ( 0800 62 82868 )

Issue 49, 14 - 20 February, 2005