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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 63, 23 May 2005
ALAN DUFF ON MĀORI – THE CRISIS AND THE CHALLENGE Māori Television harks back to the early 1990s as acclaimed, no-nonsense Māori author Alan Duff bears his hard-hitting take on the challenges facing Māori in HE RARANGA KŌRERO, screening this Tuesday May 24 at 9.30 PM. HE RARANGA KŌRERO is a unique series that re-visits Māori archival documentaries in the new millennium, presented by Tainui Stephens. On this week’s 1994 documentary Māori : The Crisis and the Challenge, Havelock North-based Māori author Alan Duff shares his no-holds-barred perspective on the perceived crisis facing Māori, spurred by the tragic and senseless death of Dannevirke youngster Craig Manukau at the hands of his father. ”If we don’t start acting now, if we don’t start facing the truth, then Māori are going to become a race of losers. We have to act now to stop the failure before it can’t be stopped.” If there is anyone that can speak about the brutality of growing up ‘troubled’, it’s Duff. A frequent visitor to institutions the likes of the Hamilton Boy’s Home and Waikeria Prison, Duff overcame all oppressive odds to become the force behind hit novels including Once Were Warriors, What Becomes of the Broken Hearted, One Night Out Stealing and more. The documentary includes interviews with key Māori leaders, including Te Puni Kokiri chief executive officer Wira Gardiner, who backs up Duff’s ethos. “I think it’s often too easy for Māori people to blame everyone else for the position that we presently exist in. I don’t think there’s any doubt that there’s a psychological contribution from the deprivation of land and the issue of the Treaty of Waitangi. I don’t think there’s any doubt that when there’s a dominant cultural group in charge of a situation then other ethnic minority groups might not be able to cope with the situation as much. But, I have a very strong view that no-one can take your self-respect from you and only you can give it away.” Duff initiated the Books in Homes scheme as a backlash to alarming statistics that showed students from lower decile schools were substantially less likely to read due to the socio-economic constraints of their parents. Coupled with roving role models – or ambassadors – the scheme was a relatively novel affair in 1994. In 2005, the 10-year-old project is thriving and reaching into more and more homes and individuals’ lives through dozens of schools across the country. At the end of the documentary, presenter Tainui Stephens and pro-Māori advocate Pita Rikys revisit some of the statements made to compare them against today’s socio-economic, education, health and abuse statistics. Has the tide changed for Māori? Find out on HE RARANGA KŌRERO – Māori : The Crisis and the Challenge, this Tuesday May 24 at 9.30 PM.
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This week, we climb the ladder of success with bushman Hano Ormsby; we shoot the rapids with Ngai Tahu Tourism and we interview the chairman of Tourism New Zealand, Wally Stone. (Māori and English languages). 
An award-winning feature-length documentary film about a young couple and their two children living in a squatter settlement in the Philippine capital of Manila. In the bitterest irony, the couple are forced to sell cigarettes illegally to survive. (Tagalog language with English language sub-titles).
