Maori Television Highlights

Week 27: Sunday June 28 – Saturday July 4 2009

It’s In The Bag – Sunday June 28 At 7.00 Pm

Pio Terei and Stacey Morrison team up to bring back this classic family entertainment show. This week: from Shannon. Local contestants qualify with their general knowledge for a chance at the big question; the money or the bag?

Matariki Ahunga Nui – (Matariki Special) Sunday June 28 At 8.00 Pm

Some of this country’s leading musicians have joined forces with our most famous chef to celebrate Matariki with a spectacular concert and hangi feast, at Turangawaewae Marae. The first of a two-part series capturing that glittering event. Artists include Dave Dobbyn, Hinewehi Mohi, Whirimako Black, Boh Runga, Maisey Rika, and with food from international chef Peter Gordon.

Hideous Kinky (Sunday Feature) (1998) – Sunday June 28 At 9.00 Pm

Julia decides she has had enough of London and takes off to Morocco with her two little girls. Set in the late-1960s, this story combine adventure and discovery, and is moving account of what it was like to be a child of the hippie generation. Starring Kate Winslett.

The Good The Bad And The Loud (International Doco) – Tuesday June 30 At 8.30 Pm

The unique history of a collective of indigenous singers and songwriters in central Australia, which has developed a distinctive social and political voice.

Kete Aronui (Arts) - Tuesday June 30 At 9.30 Pm

Art series that showcases talented New Zealand artists from a wide range of creative disciplines. Tonight: Darcy Nicholas is both a painter and sculptor, at the forefront of contemporary Maori art, and the promotion of Maori art globally.

He Wawata Whaea (Nz Doco) – Wednesday July 1 At 8.30 Pm

The life and times of Merimeri Penfold, an eloquent storyteller and a pioneer in the Maori Women’s Welfare League.

Maria Full Of Grace (Saturday Feature) – Saturday July 4 At 9.00 Pm

A young Colombian woman is transported into the risky and ruthless world of international drug trafficking after accepting a lucrative job offer, involving travel. Stars Catalina Sandino Moreno. Repeat.

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