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MĀORI TELEVISION TO LAUNCH INAUGURAL ELECTION COVERAGE
 Māori Television will launch the first of its special programmes for the 2005 General Election with the premiere of WHAKAWHITIWHITI tonight, Monday August 8 at 8.00 PM.
WHAKAWHITIWHITI is a six-part interview-based series hosted by veteran journalist Wena Harawira that will examine the issues pertinent to Māoridom through interviews with major party leaders in the lead-up to the General Election, set for Saturday September 17 2005.
The WHAKAWHITIWHITI series is a key part of Māori Television’s election programming and will broadcast daily on Maori Television at 8.00 PM from Monday August 8 to Friday August 12, with the final episode screening on Sunday August 14.
WHAKAWHITIWHITI is broadcast in both English and Māori languages and party leader interviews are conducted by presenter Wena Harawira, while party profiles have been compiled by leading Māori journalists Gideon Porter and Rereata Makiha.
 Episode one of WHAKAWHITIWHITI (Monday August 8 at 8.00 PM) opens with a profile report of the National Party history and then moves to a two-part interview with National Party leader Don Brash. The second half of the episode concentrates on a profile of Destiny New Zealand and ends with an interview with Destiny New Zealand leader Richard Lewis.
Episode two (Tuesday August 9 at 8.00 PM) begins with a history of Māori and politics and links to a profile report of the Māori Party before cutting to an interview with Māori Party co-leader Tariana Turia. The episode wraps with an interview with former Māori MP Whetu Tirikatene-Sullivan.
Wednesday August 10 at 8.00 PM sees the ACT Party profiled and an interview with ACT Party leader Rodney Hide. The second half of this episode is dedicated to the history of United Future and the episode wraps with an interview with United Future leader Peter Dunn.
Episode four (Thursday August 11 at 8.00 PM) concentrates on the history of Māori voters and the historic relationship with the Labour Party. This episode features an interview with current Prime Minister and Labour Party leader Helen Clark.
Friday August 12 at 8.00 PM will see the broadcast of a profile of the NZ Progressive Party, before throwing to an interview with NZ Progressive Party leader Jim Anderton. The second half of the episode is dedicated to the Green Party profile, ending with an interview with Green Party co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimmons.
The final episode of WHAKAWHITIWHITI on Sunday August 14 at 8.00 PM opens with a profile report of the NZ First Party, before leading into an interview with NZ First leader Winston Peters. The final episode and the series concludes with a panel discussion headed by Māori Television presenter Julian Wilcox. The panel – including former Secretary of Māori Affairs and Te Runanga ō Taranaki Whānau te Upoko o te Ika a Maui chief executive officer Kara Puketapu, Te Tau Ihu o Te Waka a Maui executive deputy chairman Paul Morgan and University of Auckland political science researcher Kaapua Smith – will discuss the issues that have been raised throughout the series and analyse those that will be most pertinent to registered Māori voters in the upcoming election.
WHAKAWHITIWHITI launches on Māori Television this Monday August 8 at 8.00 PM.
PROGRAMMES
COMING UP
PIO REVISITED - Monday August 8 at 6.30 PM
 The hilarious out-takes of the best of the award-winning Pio series. Join Māori entertainer Pio Terei and his alter-egos on Pio Revisited – a side- splitting half hour of quintessential Māori entertainment.
MY MOTHER INDIA – Tuesday August 9 at 8.30 PM
 This poignant documentary is film maker Safina Uberoi’s tribute to her mother’s journey from Australia to India to wed her husband in the 1960s. The documentary soon unfolds into a complex commentary on the social, political and religious events of 1984 that callously tore the family apart.
(English and Punjabi languages with English language sub-titles)
FRONTIER : FINAL – Tuesday August 9 at 9.30 PM
The three-part historical drama that examines Australia’s 150-year land war comes to a thrilling conclusion this week. In the final episode – The Government Should Shut It’s Eyes – the uncomfortable political realities of the modern age are addressed.
(English language)
TAUPATUPATU – Wednesday August 10 at 9.30 PM
The art of inter-iwi and inter-roopu oratory comes to the screen as Ngai Tahu and Ngā Reo Irirangi Māori engage in riverting debate.
(Māori Language with English language sub-titles)
CODE – Thursday August 11 at 8.30 PM
Tune in for the third part of an interview with US Open champion Michael Campbell as he speaks to Tawera Nikau about his inspirations in life and reveals the position he'd play if he was given a spot in the All Blacks. The sporting celebrities keep on coming as former Kiwi international Richie Barnett and New Zealand squash number one Shelley Kitchen drop-in to Code HQ for a kōrero with the crew.
(Māori and English languages)
ROAD – Saturday August 13 at 9.00 PM
This half-hour short Australian drama traces an extraordinary night in the lives of four young Aboriginal people from the inner-city suburb of Redfern, Sydney. As one duo are on the road to disaster, another couple are on the road to love and belonging, equating to a story of parallel contrasts.
(English language)
SOMEWHERE BETTER – Sunday August 14 at 9.00 PM
Māori Television’s Sunday Feature takes an unsentimental look at life and death amongst Gypsy asylum seekers living in Britain marked by funeral rituals and Turkish football clubs. This documentary film takes issues of identity and asylum into the realm of human context.
(Czech and English languages with English language sub-titles)
Getting to Air
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