Maori TV Highlights: July 30 – August 5 2007

Maori Television Highlights

Week 31: Monday July 30 - Sunday August 5 2007

WARRANT OF FITNESS - Monday July 30 at 8.00 PM
Suicidal and fearful for his safety, Mena Walker (Ngati Porou) elected to study by correspondence after constant bullying made school a living hell. Watch his transformation from victim to victor after he decides to return to his old school.

ITI POUNAMU (NZ SHORT FILMS) - Monday July 30 at 9.30 PM
The Speaker: A political tagger's midnight marauding gets his younger brother caught by the police. But saying 'I'm sorry' with meaning are words best said with action. Written and directed by co-host Tearepa Kahi (Waikato, Ngati Paoa).

KETE ARONUI - Tuesday July 31 at 8.00 PM
Popular art series profiles Wellington-born artist Diane Prince (Ngapuhi, Ngati Whatua) - a painter, weaver, installation art practitioner and an award-winning set designer who has exhibited nationally and internationally over the past 15 years.

EXTREME ENGINEERING: CITY IN A PYRAMID (INTERNATIONAL DOCO) - Tuesday July 31 at 8.30 PM
Tokyo city's construction industry trains its sights on the only vacant lot around - the waters of Tokyo Bay. This is the near-impossible dream of city planners: to build a massive pyramid over the water.

BODY AND SOUL - Tuesday July 31 at 10.30 PM
Enriching and uplifting series that delivers vital stories on health and wellbeing in a simple and compelling format, covering a wide range of health topics from a holistic approach.

TAONGA: TREASURES OF OUR PAST - Wednesday August 1 at 8.00 PM
Bone Collector: The pillaging of sacred Maori burial grounds for treasure was a dangerous undertaking that almost cost Austrian collector Andreas Rieshek his life. He would gain the trust of Maori and then with ruthless disregard, he would betray a nation.

EATING PORK'N'PUHA WITH CHOPSTICKS (NZ DOCO) - Wednesday August 1 at 8.30 PM
The story of New Zealand's Maori Chinese through the experiences of one whanau - the Lee family from Auckland - examines questions of identity and racism, and illustrates the shared values and differences between the two races.

NZ RUGBY LEAGUE NATIONAL PREMIERSHIP - Saturday August 4 and Sunday August 5 at 2.00 PM
Only three rounds to go before the semi-finals! Tamaki Titans are up against the Auckland Lions in Saturday's live English-language coverage while the Waitakere Rangers versus the Central Falcons in Sunday's delayed reo Maori clash.

WHATUKURA - Sunday August 5 at 6.00 PM
Much-loved all-male panel show returns to the small screen as five forthright and feisty fullas take on the worrying world of men's problems - anger issues, health and wealth problems, women woes and just about anything else!

THE WIND, IN THE EVENING (SUNDAY FEATURE) - Sunday August 5 at 9.00 PM
A hypnotic and invigorating human tale - from Italy - about gay discrimination, the rise in domestic terror and what happens to the victims of loved ones when they are left alone.

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