Māori Television’s First Week On Air

Māori Television’s first week on air has drawn awesome feedback from the public from all over the motu. Thank you for your kind wishes and whakaaro about Māori Television, and keep it coming!

This week on Māori Television we bring you more of the Māori world from a Māori perspective.

Our language learning programme, Kōrero Mai (each night 8pm) is attracting rave reviews. A unique mix of education and entertainment, Kōrero Mai broadcasts in an innovative schedule to maximise learning. The on-air pattern sees each of two episodes repeated three times in a week, followed by a one-off revision tutorial episode (e.g. episode #1 airs at 8pm on Monday, and is repeated on Tuesday and Wednesday; episode #2 on Thursday, Friday and Saturday and episode #3, the revision tutorial, on Sunday, and so on).

The scheduling ensures Kōrero Mai viewers can choose maximum repetition by watching all the repeats, maximum flexibility by selecting particular nights, or even just the Sunday tutorials.

More programmes to look for this week ….

Te Iwi Kōhatu (Wednesday 7pm)
A group of volunteers is formed into a 'hapū' or tribe who must live together in a pre-European Māori pa. Leaving behind the trappings of western civilisation to reclaim the lifestyle of their ancestors are 72 year old Mereheni Waitoa, her granddaughters, Kararaina and Erica Lawson, nephew Sean Hovell, kōhanga reo teacher Hamiora Huriwai and Hirini Apanui. Not a mainstream “reality survivor” series, rather Te Iwi Kōhatu is about whanau rediscovering and exploring their cultural roots and skills, away from the pressures of modern life.

Ngā Puna - Oma Rāpiti (Tuesday 9pm)

A comedy drama about a group of unemployed Māori who decide to start a tourism venture business at their marae and find themselves caught in a battle with their whanau. Starring Glynnis Paraha and William Davis and produced by Don Selwyn at He Taonga Films.

Cyberworld (Wednesday 5.30pm)

Cyberworld is a half-hour magazine show featuring the latest on technology, internet, computers and gaming from New Zealand and around the world. Presented by Kāwana Pīhama, this week’s features include the company behind the Moko Toa movie graphics plus the latest in golfing technology.

He Rāranga Kōrero: Tuini Ngāwai (Wednesday 9pm)

Renowned Māori song composer, the late Tuini Ngāwai, is profiled on He Rāranga Kōrero this week. Filmed in 1981, the half hour archival footage shows her at the 50 year celebration of her group, Te Hokowhitu a Tū in Tokomaru Bay.

A Nation is Coming (Wednesday 9.30pm)

An innovative dance performance international feature that highlights the parallels between the changes to the land and the people of North America at the end of the last century and today. Directed by Swampy Cree producer, Kent Monkman.

Ūmanga (Friday 7pm)

Awerangi Durie and Titus Rāhiri present our weekly half hour show featuring excellence in business practice and with business issues pertinent to Māori. This week - an innovative new Māori consul game designed for the Xbox market and Kiwi reggae artists, Katchafire.

Radiance (Movie) (Sunday 9.30pm)

With the death of their mother, two sisters (Nona and Cressy) return to their childhood home in Northern Australia where their third sister, Mae, lived looking after their mother. The funeral happens and the three find themselves together in the house for the first time in years. With time to talk, drink and fight, past hurts are revealed and family secrets come out.
Directed by Rachel Perkins and starring Rachel Maza, Deborah Mailman and Trisha Morton-Thomas

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 6, 05 April 2004

Photographer: Vincent Heperi