Maori TV Highlights - Waitangi Day

MAORI TELEVISION HIGHLIGHTS
Waitangi Day – Tuesday February 6 2007

WAITANGI 2007: KOTAHI TE RA – 12.00 PM to 11.30 PM
Maori Television’s unprecedented all-day coverage of New Zealand’s national day to commemorate the signing of this country’s founding document in 1840. News, views, interviews, discussions, documentaries, entertainment and historical highlights presented by Julian Wilcox live from Waitangi with support from Tainui Stephens and Kerre Woodham in Auckland, and roving reporters Glen Osborne and Mike King.

MADE FROM NEW ZEALAND – 2.00 PM
Wena Harawira begins her live coverage of the creation of a giant silver fern sand sculpture on Santa Monica beach in Los Angeles. The massive icon is being built by Mike Mizrahi and his team from Inside Out Productions to launch Made From New Zealand – a new brand representing New Zealand ideas, creativity and entrepreneurship.

TE WAIPOUNAMU ON WAITANGI – 3.00 PM
A half-hour documentary about the relationship one tribe, Ngai Tahu, has with the Treaty of Waitangi. A mixture of kaumatua interviews and korero as well as archival pieces set against the majestic scenery of the South Island, this is their opportunity to talk about what the treaty that was signed so many miles away and so long ago means to them.

WAKA AT WAITANGI – 4.00 PM
Award-winning director Paula Jones talks to Hekenukumai (Hector) Busby and Wiremu Wiremu about the new ceremonial waka, Hinemoana, to be launched at Waitangi for the 2007 commemorations as well as the relationship these men have with the waka at Waitangi. A renowned waka builder, Hekenukumai is recognised across the Pacific as a leader of the revival of ocean voyaging and navigation using traditional canoes and methods.

WHO ARE YOU PEOPLE? – 6.00 PM
A half-hour documentary looking at Mother England in the 1840s from an indigenous viewpoint. Presented by Maori lawyer Titus Rahiri, interviewees include Dr John Darwin, a historian of European Imperialism, and Glenn Goldsmith (Ngati Porou), a Princeton University undergraduate and Oxford University Rhodes Scholar.

TE KAEA –7.30 PM (repeated with English language subtitles at 11.00 PM)
Reporters from Maori Television’s Maori language news programme present a special half-hour wrap-up of key Waitangi Day events at home and abroad.

TE ARAWA TU TIKA – 8.00 PM
Maori Television presents the premiere of a documentary by veteran filmmaker Don Selwyn that looks at issues surrounding the Waitangi Tribunal claim and settlement by Bay of Plenty iwi, Te Arawa.

TAUTOHETOHE WAITANGI DAY SPECIAL – 9.00 PM
In this riveting reo Maori debate show with a Waitangi Day twist, two teams of quick-witted speakers face off and the winner is decided by a panel of expert judges – Makere Kaa, Wiha Raki-Hawea and Te Kepa Stirling. Presented by Te Kauhoe Wano, it’s fully subtitled so everyone can keep up with the word play.

NGAHAU –WAITANGI DAY CONCERT – 10.00 PM
Highlights from Manukau’s 10th Waitangi Day Family Celebration held earlier today – a major multi-cultural festival expected to attract 30,000 people. Presented by Whakaangi Rongonui and Kimo Houltham and including performances from Ardijah and Tohu as well as cultural and dance groups.

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