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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 82, 3 October 2005
ONE OF MĀORIDOM’S GREATEST ENTERTAINERS – REMEMBERED Māori entertainer and entrepreneur, Maui Dalvanius Prime, is commemorated on Māori Television on the anniversary of his passing, tonight (Monday October 3) at 8.30 PM. DALVANIUS tributes the larger than life personality whose life peaked with his 1984 hit Māori disco song Poi E and declined when he succumbed to lung cancer in 2002. Diagnosed with mesotheolma - a type of cancer of the lung – Dalvanius invited a documentary team along in 2002 to share in his final journey to various parts of the country that had been of significant inspiration during his musical career. Producer Erina Tamepo said that there had been times when Dalvanius would not seem ready to contribute to the programme. But then she would turn around, and "there he would be sitting up in his wheelchair bossing everybody around. He always put on an amazing performance because he was a true professional," she said. Loyal to his hometown Pātea, Prime founded the youth group The Pātea Māori Club, a political and cultural group that toured internationally raising awareness about the effect of unemployment on their small Taranaki community. Their song Poi-E topped the charts in 1984 and kick-started a thriving and early hip-hop scene in the South Pacific. This also set Dalvanius on a lifelong quest to expose the world to Māori language through song. Prime would later compose soundtracks, help set up Aotearoa Radio and establish Maui Records. Distinctive to his sound was the marriage of Māori vocal harmonies and soul, as in his hit with Prince Tui Teka, E I Po. Lovingly recorded for posterity on film, DALVANIUS will screen on Māori Television this Monday October 3 at 8.30 PM.
Congratulations to Benji Marshall and the Wests Tigers for their 30-16 win over the North Queensland Cowboys to claim the NRL Premiership! The ex-Whakatane five-eighth and his magic contributed to the team claiming top spot before 82,000 fans at the NRL Grand Final held at the Telstra Stadium in a game that will be played out in rugby league moments in history forevermore. Benji and other Māori and Pacific Island hopefuls waging their fortunes in the competitive world of the NRL can be seen on Māori Television reality series, NGĀTI NRL. This week, Balmain Tigers player Sam Moa must prove he has the right stuff, after he is given the chance to step up from Jersey Flegg to play for the Premier League side. And Billy Ngawini puts on a brave face despite facing the doctor's needle. And Gary 'The Wizz' Freeman is determined to take the North Sydney Bears through to the top 8. NGĀTI NRL – league, love and just a touch of liniment, every Thursday at 8.00 PM.
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There’ll be revenge in the air when the NZ Māori rugby league team clash with their Cook Island counterparts on Māori Television’s coverage of the three-game series between NZ MĀORI VS COOK ISLANDS. 
This week on Māori Television’s business series: An ordinary mother of one has found her niche creating a range of clothes for larger sized women. She's deliberately chosen to work from home so as to be around her three-year-old daughter, but she's fallen into the trap of blurring the lines between family and business. Now she needs to take time out to do some serious planning! 
An Australian documentary about the history of the Sisters of St John of God from the Kimberley region and their close links to the Aboriginal community. 
This week, it’s our Hip-Hop Summit Special where we showcase some of the best performers, graff artists and breakers that will be performing at the Aotearoa Hip Hop Summit in Auckland on October 7 and 8. Playing tonight are PNC, CHONG NEE, 4 CORNERS, SMASHPROOF, RUSSIAN FISHERMEN and ODDBALLZ. Plus, Askew, Lil Elz and NYC graff artist Wane will be doing a live graffiti demonstration. And, we’ll have new videos from 4 Corners and Anika Moa, news on who’s going to playing at Big Day Out 2006 and the winners of the Vodafone NZ Music Awards! 
Kuku, just outside of Levin is the destination for this weeks' DIY. The team are in for a serious overhaul if they're to refurbish the entire marae kitchen and pull off one of their most dramatic landscaping makeovers yet, reflecting the story of the people of Ngāti Tukorehe. 
