Maori TV Highlights May 30 - June 5

MAORI TELEVISION HIGHLIGHTS
Week 23: Sunday May 30 – Saturday June 5 2010

TANGAROA WITH PIO (FISHING) – Sunday May 30 at 5.00 PM
Presenter Pio Terei casts his net further than ever in this bilingual fishing programme. Tonight: On the beautiful island of Aitutaki, in the Cook Islands, Pio goes on a coconut crab hunt. Then he’s out to the reef for some fad fishing for mahimahi.

KAITANGATA TWITCH (DRAMA) – Sunday May 30 at 7.00 PM
Tonight: Meredith realises that Lee Kaa believes there is a connection between the earthquakes and her visions. Her grandparents visit and Nana drops a bombshell – she knew Shelly Gentry and believes Lee Kaa murdered her.

FRINGE DWELLERS (SUNDAY FEATURE) – Sunday May 30 at 8.30 PM
Aboriginal woman Trilby and her family live on the fringes of 'accepted' Australian society. Her mother urges the family to remove themselves from squalor and move up to a fashionable all-white suburb – but is the grass greener on the other side of the fence?

KAPA HAKA PRIMARY SCHOOL NATIONALS (PERFORMING ARTS) – Weekdays at 6.30 PM
Celebration of traditional Maori performing arts from the 2009 National Primary Schools Kapa Haka Festival held in Gisborne. Features Te Wharekura o Rakaumangamanga (Monday May 31); Te Wharekura o Whakaahu – Western Heights Primary (Tuesday June 1); Te Kura o Paroa (Wednesday June 2); Nga Itirearea – Monrad Intermediate (Thursday June 3); and Te Roopu Atawhai – Whangarei Intermediate (Friday June 4).

MANLY NIGHT FOOTBALL (SPORT) – Monday May 31 at 9.30 PM
New Zealand’s second-favourite NRL team, the Manly Sea Eagles, continues its block-busting form that could see them on track to make the top eight. Tonight: Manly is away from home when they face off against the North Queensland Cowboys at Dairy Farmers Stadium.

MAHA KUMBH – A MYTHIC CONFLUENCE (INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY) – Tuesday June 1 at 8.30 PM
Filmed in Allahabad, this captivating film captures the 2001 Maha Kumbh festival, a 43-day event that drew tens of millions of devotees to the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and mythic Saraswati Rivers.

THE CIRCUIT (DRAMA) – Tuesday June 1 at 9.30 PM
Court officers and lawyers dispense justice to remote communities in north Western Australia. Tonight: Sam is back from looking after his son, and Drew and Bella’s relationship continues in secret. But Magistrate Peter Lockhart’s decisions at The Junction push the community to the edge of anarchy.

KOWHAO RAU (NZ DOCUMENTARY) – Wednesday June 2 at 8.30 PM
Series premiere! Quinton Hita journeys back to his roots to capture the Ngapuhi dialect through tableside yarns with kaumatua. Tonight: Ratana minister Pukemarama Nikora shares memories of his marae, his faith and his bad hearing.

AUTAIA (CAREERS) – Thursday June 3 at 6.00 PM
Tupoutama Paki explores career options for young people. Tonight: Poutama heads to Tairawhiti Polytechnic and Toihoukura to find out what you need to know to get yourself started as a builder and to see where it can take you.

BENEATH THE MAORI MOON (NZ DOCUMENTARY) – Thursday June 3 at 8.00 PM
Tonight: Examines one of the country’s most famous cultural icons, the haka – how it has evolved, its impact on the game of rugby and ultimately its future. Includes interviews with Buck Shelford, Rico Gear, Dallas Seymour and Jim Maniapoto.

HUNTING AOTEAROA (HUNTING) – Thursday June 3 at 9.30 PM
The must-see show for hunting and shooting enthusiasts. Tonight: Good keen huntsman Howie Morrison Junior heads to the Fiordland region where his mate Andrew Clegg takes him on a jet boat ride with a difference.

2010 WAKA AMA SPRINT NATIONALS (SPORT) – Thursday June 3 at 10.30 PM
Series final! One of the fastest growing watersports in the world. Highlights from the 2010 National Waka Ama Club Sprint Championships held by Nga Kaihoe o Aotearoa ((New Zealand Maori Polynesian Canoe Sporting Federation) at Lake Karapiro in January.

PHUNK NATION (YOUTH) – Friday June 4 at 8.00PM
Series premiere! A black bus, a bunch of boys from the hood and a one horse town … follow the adventures of world-class hip hop dance crew Prestige as they leave their South Auckland homes to explore rural New Zealand.

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