Maori Television Highlights, March 8 - 14

MAORI TELEVISION HIGHLIGHTS

Week 11: Sunday March 8 – Saturday March 14 2009

AVANTI (SUNDAY FEATURE) (1972) – Sunday March 8 at 9.00 PM

A son goes to Italy to collect his father’s body following a car accident, only to discover a long-kept secret.  For more than ten years his father has been having an affair with a British woman, who has died with her lover in the accident.  That woman’s daughter is also in the country to claim the body, and a relationship between the off-spring ensues.  Director Billy Wilder reunites with his friend and comic inspiration Jack Lemmon for this languorously-paced Mediterranean romantic comedy.

NATIVE AFFAIRS: SUMMER SERIES (CURRENT AFFAIRS) – Monday March 9 at 8.00 PM

Revisiting the best stories of 2008 from Maori Television’s flagship current affairs show. Tonight: The Australian Government’s historic apology to the ‘Stolen Generation’ in Canberra.

411 – Monday March 9 at 9.30 PM

Series premiere!  Reviews, highlights and samples from the world of technology, in Aotearoa and the world beyond.  This week: Gadget Girl Katy Thomas checks out the latest from Bose, and a visit to RVB to see what’s up in the gaming world.

WARRANT OF FITNESS – Tuesday March 10 at 9.30 PM

Series premiere! A practical health and well-being show that delivers no-nonsense, hands-on health information from a distinctively Maori perspective. Tonight Tonight: Warrant of fitness talks to Otago University’s Dr Beverley Lawton (Ngati Porou), about HPV; the vaccine against cervical cancer now available free for girls aged 12 to 18.

BOIL UP – Tuesday March 10 at 10.00 PM

One of Maori Television’s leading bilingual sports broadcasters Te Arahi Maipi goes head to head each week, discussing and debating the top sports stories with the experts. Fellow sports broadcaster Melodie Robinson is the co-host, while Stacey Jones and Wayne ‘Buck’ Shelford are the guest presenters.  NZ Netball stars Joline Henry and Temepara George report from the field.

FAMILY AT WAR (NZ DOCUMENTARY) – Wednesday March 11 at 8.30 PM

The Kareko whanau has sent more family members into the armed forces than anyone since the renowned Maori Battalion of World Wars I and II. All seven family members from the sleepy Northland township of Kaeo have served in the New Zealand military as United Nations peacekeepers in battle-scarred East Timor.

POITUKOHU ANBL FINAL (SPORTS) – Thursday March 12 at 8.00 PM

Repeats Saturday March 14 at 2.00 PM

The top two teams in the Australian National Basketball League battle it out for supremacy.

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