Maori Television Highlights

Week 4: Saturday January 15 – Friday January 21 2011

BRING YOUR BOOTS, OZ – SUNDAY JANUARY 16 AT 6.30 PM

Former All Black and MTS funny man Glen Osborne takes viewers on a heartfelt and hilarious tour of our country’s Maori rugby clubs. Full of tough rugby, tall tales, a few famous faces and plenty of kai, this is appointment viewing for all lovers of rugby. Tonight: Oz brings his boots to the Hauraki Plains to join Ngatea rugby, a whanau club famous for going AWOL on game day if the pig hunting’s good! Will Oz be able to resist the call of the bush ahead of his team’s clash with Paeroa Old Boys?

KAI TIME ON THE ROAD – SUNDAY JANUARY 16 AT 7.30 PM

Nothing can beat a freshly caught trout, steamed and served up along the shores of the Ohau channel. Pete shows how easy it is to fillet a trout, remove the skin, and take out the fiddly bones.

SMASH PALACE (SUNDAY FEATURE) – SUNDAY JANUARY 16 AT 8.30 PM

The 1981 classic that launched Kiwi director Roger Donaldson onto the world stage. Al Shaw's life revolves around motor racing and his back country junkyard, the "Smash Palace". His French wife, Jacqui, doesn't appreciate the lack of attention due to Al's obsession with cars. When Al finds her in the arms of another man, he takes his daughter, Georgie and heads for the bush. Starring Bruno Lawrence and Greer Robson.

KAPA HAKA KIDS – MONDAY JANUARY 17 AT 8.00 PM

Series premiere! Follow a group of novice students from Auckland’s North Shore who have just four weeks to prepare for the kapa haka performance of their lives, in front of an audience of thousands. Tonight: A surprise road trip turns into a journey of discovery for the group.

GREENLAND - THE LAST HUNTERS (INTERNATIONAL DOCO) – TUESDAY JANUARY 18 AT 8.30 PM

Though modern life continues at a pace, Inuit people of Greenland continue to teach their sons to hunt the ice using traditional methods. REPEAT

CAMERON V TUA TINI A WHIRO (DOCO) – THURSDAY JANUARY 20 AT 8.30PM

A documentary on the biggest fight in NZ boxing history; Shane Cameron v David Tua.

LAUGHING SAMOANS – FRIDAY JANUARY 21 AT 10.00 PM

Following on from their sold out stage shows, Eteuati Ete and Tofiga Fepulea’i bring their fun and hilarity to the small screen.

Final:

WAIRUA – WEDNESDAY JANUARY 19 AT 9.30 PM

Wrapping up with Maori perspectives of wairua, from ancient times through to the present.

ENDS

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