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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 61, 11 May 2005
DECIDING THE BEST LOSER ON MĀORI TELEVISION On June 30 2002, more than a billion soccer fans worldwide tuned in to see Brazil outmuscle Germany and claim its fifth World Cup final title with a 2:0 win. Meanwhile, the two bottom-ranked FIFA teams in the world, Bhutan and Montserrat, played their own match to decide who really is the best losing team in the entire world. Their moving game and its preparations are the focus of the documentary film THE OTHER FINAL, screening in the Sunday feature spot on Māori Television, Sunday May 15 at 9.00 PM. This film is about an inspirational meeting of two totally different cultures and how sport can act as a common language to bring them together. THE OTHER FINAL follows the preparations of the two teams for this international friendly match, which takes place against all the odds, with no sponsors and a lack of training grounds. Bhutan – a small kingdom situated in the Himalayas – and Montserrat – a small volcanic-prone island in the Caribbean – are found at the very bottom of a list of 200-odd FIFA-associated countries. Spurred on by an idea to have the match, sent by two Dutch soccer fans to each country’s soccer headquarters via fax, the meeting was seen as a way of generating good press following the negativity following the volcanic eruptions on Montserrat at the time. The game was played in the Changlimithang Stadium in Bhutan and was attended by 25,000 spectators. Throughout the film, viewers are introduced to a variety of people, including the players who of course are by no means professional, yet seize the opportunity to take art in the game as a dream come true. As the real World Cup Soccer Final was held as huge commercially-driven gala, THE OTHER FINAL presents a match that was free for spectators and undertaken in a spirit of good sportsmanship. “Football is used as a theme to bring the two countries together. It is a film about humanity, hope and fate. It is also an antidote to the commercial nature of the World Cup, and its high-stakes, high sponsorship environment. It strips the game of football down to its basic elements,” says film maker Johan Kramer. THE OTHER FINAL screens on Māori Television this Sunday May 15 at 9.00 PM.
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Celebrated chef and one of Māori Television’s favourite characters, Pete Peeti, is once again hitting every nook and cranny of New Zealand’s bush, lakes, rivers and oceans for more delectable kai with a new series premiere of KAI TIME ON THE ROAD.
Join us at our place or yours for another instalment of Māori Television’s urban music show with your hosts Brent Mio, Kara Rickard and Taaz. Come down to 9-15 Davis Crescent, Newmarket to catch the smooth and sultry Rhythm Nation 2004 winner Bennett, mellifluous new wave group Payola and hardcore new funk act Die! Die! Die! 
This week on the historic Māori short drama series, Raniera and Pare go off to bed each Friday evening to have a dream that will provide them with a winning bet at the races the next day. One night, Raniera has a particularly vivid dream which he, Pare, and their friends, interpret as a definite money-winner. 
The team heads to Kakahi Marae near Taumarunui and meet the people of Ngāti Manunui – a hapu of Tuwharetoa. The task: to help them remodel their kauta, landscape their tired old grounds and fix up a few of their other buildings. All in just four days! 
