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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 59, 26 April 2005
ROUND THREE, REVISION AND RETURNS FOR TOP MĀORI LANGUAGE SERIES KŌRERO MAI – the language series that has captured the imaginations of Māori language beginners New Zealand-wide – has embarked on a third series and continues to play each weeknight at 7.00 PM and 10.30 PM. The language series has consistently rated in the most watched programmes on Māori Television, and the launch of a third series promises to be both an evolution in language learning and an opportunity to recap on knowledge already obtained in the first two series’. Producer Viv Wigby-Ngatai says the most important feature about the first 30 episodes of this new series is that the reo that has been learned over the previous 144 episodes will be revised. “No new language patterns will be introduced until this revision is complete. This will give an opportunity for people who have been with the programme since it first started to go over what they have learned. For erratic viewers of Kōrero Mai, they will have a chance to catch up on language learning that they have missed,” she says. While te reo Māori is revised, so too are the cast and characters in KŌRERO MAI’s serial drama Ākina. Guests re-appearing in the first few episodes of the new series include Peata Melbourne as Ana, who returns with a surprise for the whānau. Vanessa Rare returns as Brenda, award-winning Māori language presenter Matai Smith as Timoti, Whale Rider principal actor Rawiri Paratene as Tamehana and Tamati Te Nohotu as Tai. Well known actress Nancy Brunning also makes an appearance in two roles – as Mere, and as Quinn’s cousin Maia. KŌRERO MAI – the new series – was launched on ANZAC Day and continues to play daily. Join the KŌRERO MAI crew for a new season of Māori language learning – only on Māori Television. |
Māori Television’s live music show COAST is proud to showcase the first live music special of the year this Thursday April 28 at 9.00 PM in a true ragga style. 
For many, freedom is a right taken for granted. For others, its pursuit is the essence of their existence. Witness the 35-years-and-counting desperate struggle for autonomy taking place on New Zealand’s back door step on the Tuesday night international documentary WEST PAPUA, screening on Māori Television on Tuesday April 26 at 8.30 PM. 
They lust after pretty blonde girls, they get into scuffles with each other and they dream of one day having their own apartment to call their own. On many levels, the Croatian teenagers in DREAMS FROM A RAILWAY STATION are typical pubescent boys. However, they share a striking difference from many young boys their age throughout the world – they call the railway station home and their dreams are all they have. 
A stellar cast of New Zealand actors hits Māori Television this Sunday night as I’LL MAKE YOU HAPPY screens in the Sunday Feature slot. Starring Jodie Rimmer, Lucy Lawless, Michael Hurst, Rena Owen, Jennifer Ward-Lealand, Ian Hughes, Carl Bland, Raybon Kan, I’LL MAKE YOU HAPPY is an entertaining comedy heist film in which teenage bad-girl Siggy (Jodie Rimmer) has big dreams for the future. Motivated by love, greed and anger, she hatches a cunning plan to highjack her sleazy pimp Lou’s (Michael Hurst) money-making scheme.
