Māori Television - Native Affairs

Episode 18 - August 25 2008


	River There has been a lot of water under the bridge so what does the Waikato River Settlement deliver to the people.			Panel 1 Member of Tuwharetoa Trust Board Dean Stebbing and Weo Maag member on the Ngati Maniapoto Trust Board discuss LIVE the developments thus far on the Waikato River.

	Te Arawa Waka Te Arawa return to the stage after most groups boycotted Te Matatini 2007 over the presence of Hip Hop, copyright issues and financial structures put in place by the management at that time.			Panel 2 The new CEO of Te Matatini fronts the discussion over the new things he brings to the stage of the biggest Kapa Haka competition in the land.

Episode 17 - August 18 2008


	Deadline September 1 is the cut off date for Treaty claims. How will those who have outstanding legitimate grievances get on after this date?			Panel 1 Labour’s Mita Ririnui and National’s Chris Finlayson look at the pros and cons of the argument of Crown set deadlines.

	Panel 2 Sir Doug Graham, former Minister of Treaty Settlements reflects upon the MP’s views.			Turuki A new political Māori force makes an appearance in national politics

	Waka Ama The under 16 team at the World Sprints in Sacramento.

Episode 16 - August 11 2008


	This Horrid Practice The myth and reality of traditional Māori cannibalism. Author Paul Moon faces off with Dr Hone Kaa.			Wira Wira Gardiner is both army and political soldier and awarded Distinguished Companions of the Order in the Queens Birthday Honours list.

	Tribal Pride Reclaiming your language, your cultural identity for your own child sets out challenges for the whānau, hapu and iwi.

Episode 15 - August 4 2008


	Racist Media The violence against white children is greater in proportion to that against Māori or PI combined so why do the media focus on the lesser of the two?			Panel 1 The media reps from several media outlets invited to comment on whether the media is racist in its coverage of events.

	Cathy Dewes Cathy Dewes has challenged the patriarchal construct of both Māori and Pākehā paradigms in her journey to liberate her people.			Panel 2 Winston Peters fronts up after three weeks of bad press with large gifts of money unreported by the Party – NZ First

Episode 14 - July 28 2008


	Terrorism The threat of terrorism is real on a global scale but how real would it be in Aotearoa.			Highbury From a community of at risk youth to the stage of academic graduates. Positive role modelling pulled young people from the streets to become an influence in the classroom.

	Panel Amster Reedy is travelling to Beijing with the NZ athletes as their kaumātua.			Maranga Ake Ai The band Aotearoa made it big in the mid eighties and helped launched many a career for these musicians not just in music.

Episode 13 - July 21 2008


	Unsettled Ngāi Tahu struggles to find a way through its battle over the issue of governance – who gets to vote and how.			Pākehā Māori with this being Māori Language Week we meet three Pakeha, all fluent Te Reo Māori speakers, who have prominent roles in the Māori bureaucracy.

	Home Schooling A growing number of Māori families are not only homeschooling their children but doing so in Te Reo Māori.			The Panel How much English is acceptable in Kōhanga Reo?

Episode 12 - July 14 2008


	P The drug of the century is destroying the lives of the addict, the family of the addict and those within reach of the addict.			Heritage From father to son is handed down the legacy of preservation and protection of things ancient and important to Māori people.

	Report Card on the Māori Party.			The Panel Status of the Māori Party

	Jiu Jitsu No-one could tame this young lad at school until his father introduced him to a martial art that he could excel in

Episode 11 - July 7 2008


	Foreshore Māori regard the foreshore as sacred and modern day legislation will not prevent the tikanga of Tangaroa and Papatuanuku being part of everyday Māori foreshore practice.			Tarawera The mountain erupted 122 years ago and now the Department of Conservation and some Māori are interested in a tourism venture for a walkway around the base of Tarawera.

	Kapa Māori Māori All Blacks are becoming a rare breed. Getting in to the country’s top 15 just as hard as getting out of it; we investigate this.			The Panel Looks at whether Māori rugby has a place in the present World Cup landscape.

Episode 10 - June 30 2008


	Poll Results/Set up While the polls over recent months have been all bad news for Helen Clark and the Labour Party, what are the intentions of Māori Voters? We have surprising new information.			Helen Clark Interviewed by Harawira about the Polls and what she and her party are able to offer Māori voters in this years election.

	Panel Former Cabinet Minister Sandra Lee and political reporter Tina Wickliffe.			Kōhanga Reo We look at the Kōhanga Reo Trust and how they are trying to address recent widespread performace criticisms.

	Kamehameha The internationally renowned Hawaiian School seeks to make amends to its poor performance with the Hawaiian language. We are present for the schools annual singing contests which for the first time ever in Hawaiian.

Episode 9 - June 23 2008


	SOUTHSIDE Auckland’s southern suburbs are becoming synonymous with violent offending and murder.			CNI - TŪHOE Tamati Kruger lays out the benefits for one iwi on the biggest treaty settlement since Tainui and Ngāi Tahu.

	LEADERSHIP Taranaki Māori have had their fair share of leaders, including Tohu Kakahi and Te Whiti o Rongomai. A new generation of leaders coming through includes family man Jamie Tuuta.			RUIA A twin, a composer and a Ratana man, Ruia Aperahama has now found out his single ‘Piki kake ake ra’ been nominated for the 2008 International Songwriting Competition.

Episode 8 - June 16 2008


	TOP COPS Māori cops are in senior positions even though they only account for 10 per cent of the police force.			PANEL #1 – POLITICS Sandra Lee and Dr Maria Bargh comment on the political landscape for the upcoming elections.

	TRUANCY Ilminster Intermediate has found a way to turn around a high truancy and suspension rate among its students.			DIABETES Māori have the worst statistics in the country for this disease.

Episode 7 - June 9 2008


	PATCHES A bill is before Parliament which if passed would allow gang patches and colours to be outlawed in Whanganui.			ORINGI With the closure of the meat works in Dannevirke, workers with up to 27 years of loyal service face an uncertain future.

	PANEL – Metiria Turei and Māori Party Representative The Greens are putting up three candidates in the Māori electorates and Tariana Turia is not happy.			RAIN OF THE CHILDREN The Tūhoe people feature in the world premiere of Vincent Ward’s latest feature, which opened at the Sydney Film Festival on June 7.

Episode 6 - June 2 2008


	SPENCER On Waiheke Island - Owhiti Bay is of both archaeological and cultural importance and it may soon be home to toilet paper tycoon John Spencer’s new beach mansion.			TRIBUTE 08 The NZ Government has apologised to the Vietnam Veterans for their failure to address Vietnam Vets concerns about exposure to agent orange amongst other things.

	TE HAKI Known as the tinorangatiratanga flag it has been flying for 18 years around the country and especially at Waitangi. It resembles the resistance of Māori to colonisation but there is plenty of resistance to it being recognised.

Episode 5 - May 26 2008


	CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT Underage prostitution is a troubling trend in places like South Auckland.			TIM BARNETT An interview with the Labour MP who sponsored the bill to legalise prostitution five years ago.

	MORUROA It’s 35 years since the Kirk Government sent frigates to protest against French nuclear testing.			POWER Brownie Waikari, 82, has invented his own power source, harnessing the local river, Wairenga, outside Te Araroa.

	THE NAVIGATOR Hekenukumai Busby, from Northland, is a leading authority on traditional Polynesian navigation, and was recently anointed as 'master navigator' of a group of Melanesians.

Episode 4 - May 19 2008


	BROAD Seven months have passed since the invasion by police into Ruatoki. Howard Broad speaks frankly about his decision and his regrets.			TAKAPARAWHAU It has been 30 years since the eviction of the Ngāti Whaatua and their supporters from Bastion Point- a lot of memories to reflect but still wariness that history could repeat itself.

	PANEL - MUSEUM David Hill, Chairman Auckland Museum Trust Board gets in the hot seat with Julian over our Taonga Māori.			TARZAN Sixty years of marriage to the same women is no small feat in this day and age.

Episode 3 – May 12 2008


	KAWITI The son of the great chief Kawiti was beheaded and limbs removed after he was buried.			BREAST CANCER Not just a disease that afflicts mature women, but younger women as well.

	JOHN KEY The leader of the opposition is polling high this month. Can he offer anything different to Helen Clark?			NATIVE VOICE Hawaii has its own indigenous language and KGMB9 television has begun to broadcast it.

Episode 2 – May 6 2008


	TE AUTE Te Aute College, which sits on prime Kahungunu land, is at risk of closure but Dr Michael Cullen may have a solution.			WILLY APIATA Ngāpuhi have their opportunity to celebrate the bravery of their VC recipient, Willy Apiata.

	KINGTANGA 150TH Tainui have held the kingitanga close for 150 years and don’t look like they will relinquish their hold for another 150 years.			TENT EMBASSY Canberra is the capital of Australia, and the site of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy for the last 36 years.

	WITBC Māori Television hosted the inaugural World Indigenous Television Broadcasting Conference earlier this year, with startling turnout from indigenous broadcasters.

Episode 1 – April 28 2008


	MAWHERA The Mawhera Corporation is under fire from the district council in Greymouth for removing pillars from their own land.			LANDLESS Māori in Nelson are landless in their own hometown but have been gifted land in Stewart Island.

	APOLOGY Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd gave an apology to the ‘Stolen Generation’ earlier this year.			PANEL Deputy Prime Minister Dr Michael Cullen offers his view on where the treaty settlements will be in 2020.

	PETER ARNETT Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Peter Arnett is Southland-born and of Ngāi Tahu descent. He has interviewed Osama Bin Laden, Saddam Hussein and has been a war correspondent for US media for over 50 years.			TUNNELS The tunnels of Arras, in the north of France, were mined by NZ soldiers during WWII to assist the French Resistance. Three brothers from one whānau have their names scratched into the walls.