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Episode 3 – May 12 2008

 

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 KAWITI
The son of the great chief Kawiti was beheaded and limbs removed after he was buried. 		 

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 BREAST CANCER

Not just a disease that afflicts mature women, but younger women as well.

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JOHN KEY
The leader of the opposition is polling high this month. Can he offer anything different to Helen Clark?

 

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NATIVE VOICE
Hawaii has its own indigenous language and KGMB9 television has begun to broadcast it.

 

Episode 2 – May 6 2008

 

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TE AUTE
Te Aute College, which sits on prime Kahungunu land, is at risk of closure but Dr Michael Cullen may have a solution.

 

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 WILLY APIATA
Ngāpuhi have their opportunity to celebrate the bravery of their VC recipient, Willy Apiata.

 

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KINGTANGA 150TH
Tainui have held the kingitanga close for 150 years and don’t look like they will relinquish their hold for another 150 years.

 

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TENT EMBASSY
Canberra is the capital of Australia, and the site of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy for the last 36 years.

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WITBC
Māori Television hosted the inaugural World Indigenous Television Broadcasting Conference earlier this year, with startling turnout from indigenous broadcasters.

 

 

 

  

 

Episode 1 – April 28 2008

 

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MAWHERA
The Mawhera Corporation is under fire from the district council in Greymouth for removing pillars from their own land.

 

  

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LANDLESS
Māori in Nelson are landless in their own hometown but have been gifted land in Stewart Island.

 

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APOLOGY
Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd gave an apology to the ‘Stolen Generation’ earlier this year.

 

  

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PANEL
Deputy Prime Minister Dr Michael Cullen offers his view on where the treaty settlements will be in 2020.

 

 

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PETER ARNETT
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Peter Arnett is Southland-born and of Ngāi Tahu descent. He has interviewed Osama Bin Laden, Saddam Hussein and has been a war correspondent for US media for over 50 years.

 

 

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TUNNELS
The tunnels of Arras, in the north of France, were mined by NZ soldiers during WWII to assist the French Resistance. Three brothers from one whānau have their names scratched into the walls.