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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 91, 5 December 2005
BRINGING BACK ORAL TRADITION ON
Māori Television proudly presents the launch of the second series of MŌTEATEA this Sunday December 11 at 6.00 PM. Mōteatea are crafted works of poetry that give us insight into the minds and lives of our tipuna. While times change, the human experiences of success and failure, loss and discovery, conflict, passion and love, remains the same. Mōteatea are a rich resource of Māori language and an essential requirement in keeping the language and culture alive. This series, produced by Hinewehi Mohi for Raukatauri Productions, showcases full performances of mōteatea with lyrics provided on screen. Interviews with iwi representatives also explore the depth of language and provide an explanation of the waiata. In addition to this, mōteatea provide us with references to whakapapa and historical landmarks maintaining the tradition of connecting people to the land. This series presents performances of waiata from a number of regions including Ngāti Whakaue, Tūhourangi, Ngāti Pikiao hapū of Te Arawa, Waikato, Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Te Rarawa, Ngāti Awa and the Mataatua region. Don’t miss the premiere of MŌTEATEA this Sunday December 11 at 6.00 PM.
ON THE ROAD WITH MĀORI TELEVISION’S YOUTH SHOW
Māori Television’s weekly rangatahi (youth) show HAA visits the Nelson School of Music and the town’s Founders Historic Park as part of a special ‘road trip’ series on Wednesday December 7 at 5.00 PM. Presented by siblings Tumehe and Whakaangi Rongonui, HAA – or ‘breath’ – is an edgy info-tainment magazine programme which reflects the interests of young teenagers through a range of specially-designed segments. The duo hit the road in October to film a series of specials at key locations and events throughout the country as well as to meet other young people along the way. Upcoming episodes in the road trip series will also feature West Coast rock group CODA at Wakatipu High School and the Queenstown Skyline Skyrides and a hip-hop dance group and Southland Musuem in Invercargill and Bluff. Catch the road trip specials on HAA every Wednesday at 5.00 PM on Māori Television.
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Contemporary Māori love stories from the AROHA series re-launch on Māori Television this week with the inclusion of English language sub-titles from Monday December 5 at 9.30 PM. 
A group from Te Arawa features in a spectacular showcase of Māori performing arts – Super 12 Kapa Haka. Te Whatu Huarewa, led by Te Ara Vakaafi and Jamus Webster, feature in the Māori language entertainment extravaganza filmed late last year. 
Coast is planning a Māori Music Special to close the show’s second year of bringing fresh Aotearoa sounds to the masses. To end the season, the show features a host of established and upcoming Māori musicians including the famous Pātea Māori Club, reo Māori songbird Maisey Rika, 2004 Coke Rhythm Nation winner Bennett, and East Coast-based youth crew Higher Learning. Join Coast for one last bash for 2005 with a special that pays tribute to some of Māoridom’s finest!
A New Zealand-born doctor who pioneered the identification and treatment of eye disease in Australia’s Aboriginal people is profiled in this fascinating documentary. Born in 1929, Professor Fred Hollows began his work with Aboriginal communities in the 1970s and championed the treatment of trachoma and other eye diseases which were then prevalent among Aborigines.
A video diary by Pacific Islands AIDS Foundation founder Maire Bopp Dupont – who is HIV positive – documenting her meeting with living legend Nelson Mandela in the world’s most HIV-threatened region, Africa. 
