Māori Television shows their PRIDE in New Season Show Launch

15 February 2017

MĀORI TELEVISION SHOWS THEIR PRIDE IN NEW SEASON SHOW LAUNCH

In celebration of te reo and tikanga living and breathing throughout all avenues of life, Māori Television joins the 2017 Auckland Pride Parade and showcases a selection of new and returning shows to the channel this March.

Floating down the Ponsonby Strip as part of the February 25 event will be a selection of Māori Television’s fabulous faces including nesian warriors from Game Of Bros and the flashy K’Rd Queens of Panguru. In a channel first, Māori TV will become the first NZ TV broadcaster in Pride history to enter a float into the parade, and in true Māori Television style, they bring their love of te reo and great local talent to the street, sharing practical matchmaking advice with parade goers via a free te reo guide to love.

Reflecting the diversity of the local programming on offer, these featured shows form part of the new Wednesday and Thursday night line ups on the channel, with the new season of programming to commence on Monday 20 March.

Bringing Aotearoa kai to your living room, the new season week kicks off with a brand new 7.30pm weeknight strip of food shows featuring new programs from celebrated chef Rex Morgan with Kitchen Kura, ex MKR NZ favourites Monique & Henry deliver Tradition On A Plate and Cam’s Kai returns to take his show on the road around NZ and on to Rarotonga this season. Favourite Aotearoa songs of celebration are covered with the Modern Māori Quartet showcasing the best in NZ talent in My Party Song, and Sidewalk Karaoke is back with a new season, unearthing raw vocal talent throughout the country in exchange for cold hard cash. Bringing Pitch Perfect to kapa haka , new sitcom The Ring Inz stars Hori Ahipene and Katie Wolfe and follows a cast of underdogs as they prepare for their slot at the national kapa haka champs.

Changes to the daily news timeslots see Te Kāea and Kawe Kōrero return to the new times of 6.30pm and 7pm respectively, with award-winning current affairs series Native Affairs unearthing the news from a native perspective on Tuesdays at 8pm. Delivering credible content to Tuesday nights, a new season of internationally acclaimed and award-winning documentaries return at 8.30pm.

In celebration of the Auckland Pride Festival and for a limited time only, new reality show Queens of Panguru is available to view from 8.30pm this evening through www.maoritelevision.com, a full month before making its linear debut. Brainchild of Mika Haka, this reality series follows 3 big city glamour queens as they return home to a far different life in Northland’s Panguru. Episodes will be available to view across NZ and throughout the world for 10 days only, before debuting on TV screens on Wednesday 22 March at 9.30pm.

We invite you to experience Maori Television’s biggest, brightest and boldest line up of local content yet.

DETAILS:

New Season commences Monday 20 March, see www.maoritelevision.com for details.

Go to www.aucklandpridefestival.org.nz for more details on the 2017 Auckland Pride Parade.

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