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Whakaata Māori
Whakaata Māori is a New Zealand television channel that broadcasts programmes that make a significant contribution to the revitalisation of the Māori language and culture. Funded by the New Zealand Government, it commenced broadcasting as Māori Television on 28 March 2004 from its studios in Newmarket, Auckland. It has since moved to East Tamaki, Auckland. History Māori Television was launched on 28 March 2004 and attracted 300,000 viewers in its second month of operation. The main channel attracts 1.5 million viewers each month, including half of all Māori aged five or more, and one-third of all New Zealanders. Te Reo, a second channel from Māori Television, was launched on 28 March 2008. In contrast with the main channel, it is ad-free and completely in the Māori language (without subtitles). Te Reo features special tribal programming with a particular focus on new programming for the fluent members of its audience. On 23 May 2022, the channel announced that it was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Zealand
New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island country by area, covering . New Zealand is about east of Australia across the Tasman Sea and south of the islands of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga. The country's varied topography and sharp mountain peaks, including the Southern Alps, owe much to tectonic uplift and volcanic eruptions. New Zealand's capital city is Wellington, and its most populous city is Auckland. The islands of New Zealand were the last large habitable land to be settled by humans. Between about 1280 and 1350, Polynesians began to settle in the islands and then developed a distinctive Māori culture. In 1642, the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman became the first European to sight and record New Zealand. In 1840, representatives of the United Kingdom and Māori chiefs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamilton, New Zealand
Hamilton ( mi, Kirikiriroa) is an inland city in the North Island of New Zealand. Located on the banks of the Waikato River, it is the seat and most populous city of the Waikato region. With a territorial population of , it is the country's fourth most-populous city. Encompassing a land area of about , Hamilton is part of the wider Hamilton Urban Area, which also encompasses the nearby towns of Ngāruawāhia, Te Awamutu and Cambridge. In 2020, Hamilton was awarded the title of most beautiful large city in New Zealand. The area now covered by the city was originally the site of several Māori villages, including Kirikiriroa, from which the city takes its Māori name. By the time English settlers arrived, most of these villages, which sat beside the Waikato River, were abandoned as a result of the Invasion of Waikato and land confiscation (''Raupatu'') by the Crown. Initially an agricultural service centre, Hamilton now has a diverse economy and is the third fastest growing urba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haka Life
Haka (; plural ''haka'', in both Māori and English) are a variety of ceremonial performance art in Māori culture. It is often performed by a group, with vigorous movements and stamping of the feet with rhythmically shouted or chanted accompaniment. Haka are performed to welcome distinguished guests, or to acknowledge great achievements, occasions, or funerals. Haka have been traditionally performed by both men and women and for a variety of social functions within Māori culture. Kapa haka groups are common in schools. The main Māori performing arts competition, Te Matatini, takes place every two years. New Zealand sports teams' practice of performing a haka before their international matches has made haka more widely known around the world. This tradition began with the 1888–89 New Zealand Native football team tour and has been carried on by the New Zealand rugby union team (known as the All Blacks) since 1905. Although popularly associated with the traditional batt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The GC
''The GC'' is a New Zealand reality television series that premiered on TV3 on 2 May 2012 in New Zealand. The series follows the lives of a group of Māori living in Gold Coast, Queensland. The series has been compared to the American reality show '' The Hills''. Production The show was originally pitched as an observational documentary series called ''Golden Mozzies'', described as "looking at seven Māori families living on Australia's Gold Coast". In August 2011, the producers of ''Golden Mozzies'' received $419,408 from broadcast funding agency NZ On Air for the production of eight 30 minute episodes. However, the format and title of the series was changed with NZ On Air's knowledge. In 2013, a second season of ''The GC'' was funded by Maori broadcast funding agency Te Māngai Pāho with stricter requirements for Maori language and cultural content. $419,384 was granted for eight 30 minute episodes. In 2015, it was announced via the shows Facebook page that the show wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Te Ao Mārama (television Series)
Te Ao Mārama is a concept of the world in Māori culture. Te Ao Mārama, also known as Te Ao Tūroa ("The Long-Standing World"), refers to the physical plane of existence that is inhabited by people, and is associated with knowledge and understanding. The phrase is variously translated as "The World of Light", "the World of Understanding" and "the Natural World". Concept Te Ao Mārama is a part of the cosmological whakapapa that features in the creation story of Rangi and Papa in Maori mythology. It is the third and current phase of the creation of the world, after Te Kore and Te Pō. Te Kore was the primordial era at the beginning of time (variously a void or a world of chaos depending on tradition and interpretation), while Te Pō, the world of darkness and potential, was the world in which atua (gods and spirits) were born into. Te Ao Mārama is said to have been created when the Gods separated Ranginui (the God of the Sky) and Papatūānuku (the Goddess of the Earth). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Te Kāea
''Te Kāea'' (or ''Te Kaea News'' as written on television guides) is a nightly New Zealand television news show that airs on Whakaata Māori at 6:30pm. It is repeated at 10:30pm, and has English subtitles. Te Kāea is also shown in Australia, helped by Whakaata Maori's "strong collaborative relationship" with Australia's NITV as members of the World Indigenous Television Broadcasters Network The World Indigenous Television Broadcasters Network (WITBN) is a confederation of indigenous broadcasting organisations from countries serving indigenous and minority language populations. Members are radio and television companies, most of which ... (WITBN). Te Kāea is anchored by Piripi Taylor. References External links * New Zealand television news shows Māori Television original programming 2004 New Zealand television series debuts 2000s New Zealand television series 2010s New Zealand television series 2020s New Zealand television series {{Maori-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pou Temara
Sir William Te Rangiua "Pou" Temara (born 1948) is a New Zealand academic. He is professor of Māori language and tikanga Māori (practices) at Waikato University and a cultural authority on (oratory), ''whakapapa'' (genealogy) and ''karakia'' (prayers and incantations). Prior to working at Waikato, he taught at Victoria University of Wellington, where he also studied, and at Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi. Early life Temara was born in 1948. He was raised by his grandparents in a Māori language environment in the Ureweras until he was eight years old, when he was sent to an English-language boarding school in Auckland. He is the nephew of Māori language activist Jean Puketapu. His uncle Makarini Temara was on the first Waitangi Tribunal in 1975. Professional life Temara has been a member of the Waitangi Tribunal since 2008 and is currently chair of the Repatriation Advisory Panel at Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. He is a member of the Tūhoe Waikaremoana Māo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Television New Zealand
, type = Crown entity , industry = Broadcast television , num_locations = New Zealand , location = Auckland, New Zealand , area_served = Nationally (New Zealand) and some Pacific Island nations such as the Cook Islands, Fiji, and the Solomon Islands , founded = , owner = Minister of Finance (50%) Minister of Broadcasting (50%) , key_people = Simon Power (CEO) , homepage = , divisions = , products = Television , subsid = Former TV stations , revenue = (2019) , net_income = (2019) , assets = 43.2% (2019) , predecessor = Television New Zealand ( mi, Te Reo Tātaki o Aotearoa), more commonly referred to as TVNZ, is a television network that is broadcast throughout New Zealand and parts of the Pacific region. All of its currently-operating channels are free-to-air and commercially funded. TVNZ was established in February 1980 following the merger of the two government-owned television networks, Television One (now TVNZ 1) and South Pacific Television (now TVNZ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radio Kuka
''Radio Kuka'' is a mockumentary style, reality TV spin-off from the show ''Deane Waretini: Now is the hour'' created by NZ based production company, Scotty Productions. On 7 November 2014, Radio Kuka aired its pilot for audiences of Māori Television with pleasing critical review. ''Radio Kuka'' is produced by Orlando Stewart, who also stars in the pilot as a self-titled, clumsy Pākeha insensitive to the Māori language objective of the Avondale-based AM radio station. He is well known for similar antics featured in a similar styled show about Deane Waretini (aired in 2012) who rose to fame in 1981 with the Māori language hit "The Bridge". Stewart's comedic acting ability is also seen in the 2006 series about Manurewa based singer, Wayne Anderson titled "Wayne Anderson Singer of Songs". ''Radio Kuka'' features veteran NZ actor, comedian and presenter Pio Terei Pio Keith Terei (born 1958) is a Māori actor, singer and comedian on New Zealand television. Early career Ear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Ring Inz
''The Ring Inz'' is a New Zealand comedy television show which ran from 2017 to 2019 on Māori Television. The show is about an underachieving '' kapa haka'' group which makes it to the national competition on a fluke, and tries to prepare for a performance of a lifetime. The show was publicised as "''Pitch Perfect ''Pitch Perfect'' is a 2012 American musical comedy film directed by Jason Moore and written by Kay Cannon. It features an ensemble cast, including Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson, Skylar Astin, Anna Camp, Brittany Snow, Hana Mae Lee, Alexis Knap ...'' meets '' Modern Family'' set on a '' marae''". Production The promo to the show was released in February 2017. The show premiered on 23 March 2017.The season finale aired on 4 May 2017. The second season premiered on 6 September 2018. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Ring Inz 2017 New Zealand television series debuts 2019 New Zealand television series endings Māori Television original programming New Zealand comed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
