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Week of 17 May – 24 May 2008
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Programming on New Zealand Television, which might be of interest to teachers and learners.
Please note: The programming and related sites listed here are provided
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programming they may wish to recommend to their students. The recording of
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Saturday 17 May
8:30 am TV1 Waka Huia (G)
A profile of the rich history of Manurewa and the local marae from its inception to the present day.
Duration: 60 minutes.
TKI Online: http://www.tki.org.nz/e/community/maorieducation/calendar.php
TVNZ Online: http://tvnz.co.nz/view/tvone_minisite_index_skin/tvone_waka_huia_group
9:30 am TV2 Activate (G)
Series final. Kaipara College (Helensville) takes on Logan Park High School(Dunedin) in a competition to cook pizza in this week's Activate grand final.
Duration: 30 minutes.
TKI Online: http://www.tki.org.nz/e/community/health/health_calendar.php
TVNZ Online: http://tvnz.co.nz/view/tv2_minisite_index_skin/tv2_activate_group
9:30 am TV1 What Lies Beneath (G)
Simon Dallow takes viewers on a journey back in time to the earliest stages of Maori and Pakeha occupation of New Zealand.
Duration: 30 minutes.
TKI Online: http://www.tki.org.nz/e/community/socialscience/calendar.php
TVNZ Online: http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/488121/639552
10:00 am TV1 30 Days (G)
Find out what would happen if an individual was inserted into a lifestyle that is completely different from his or her upbringing, beliefs, religion or profession for 30 days.
Duration: 60 minutes.
TKI Online: http://www.tki.org.nz/e/community/socialscience/calendar.php
Other Online: http://www.actualreality.tv/production.html?production=3D30days
11:00 am TV1 Give It A Whirl (G)
A look at New Zealand music videos and how without huge budgets, Kiwi directors have had to learn to work with creativity, ingenuity and goodwill.
Duration: 60 minutes.
TKI Online: http://www.tki.org.nz/e/community/arts/calendar.php
11:30 am Prime Derek Tastes of Earwax (G)
Imagine if every time you saw someone called Derek, you got a strong taste of earwax in your mouth! Discover the mysterious condition known as synaesthesia, which causes senses to intermingle.
Duration: 60 minutes.
TKI Online: http://www.tki.org.nz/e/community/health/health_calendar.php
Other Online: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/tvradio/programmes/horizon/derek_prog_summary.shtml
6:00 pm Prime Buggin' With Ruud: Alaskan Bugs On Ice (G)
Insects have to live life hard and fast in Alaska. Ruud ventures over glaciers, through tundra tunnels and onto the most northern slope of America in search of Alaska's hardiest bugs.
Duration: 60 minutes.
TKI Online: http://www.tki.org.nz/e/community/technology/calendar.php
Other Online: http://animal.discovery.com/fansites/buggin/buggin.html
8:30 pm Magic of Two
A documentary that follows New Zealand's own Kiri Te Kanawa as she teams up with tenor Malcolm Mcneill to make a popular duet album in Auckland in 1990.
Duration: 60 minutes.
TKI Online: http://www.tki.org.nz/e/community/arts/calendar.php
9:00 pm Saturday Feature: Children of the Migration (PGR)
Children of the families who migrated to NZ from the Pacific talk about growing up as Pacific Islanders in Aotearoa in Lala Rolls' lively and moving feature – length documentary.
Duration: 90 minutes.
TKI Online: http://www.tki.org.nz/e/community/socialscience/calendar.php
10:10 pm Fostering Hope
Focuses on several foster children and their caregivers capturing the joys, the triumphs and heartaches of fostering.
Duration: 50 minutes.
TKI Online: http://www.tki.org.nz/e/community/socialscience/calendar.php
Sunday 18 May
8:30 am TV1 Asia Downunder (G)
A look at the different Asian religions.
Duration: 30 minutes.
TKI Online: http://www.tki.org.nz/e/community/socialscience/calendar.php
TVNZ Online: http://tvnz.co.nz/view/tvone_minisite_index_skin/tvone_asia_downunder_group
9:30 am TV1 Attitude
Skydives and kayaks; their wheelchairs take a backseat. Snow Planet adapts for a young adventurer with Spina Bifida; and meet the remarkable mum behind the Paralympic star.
Duration: 30 minutes.
TKI Online: http://www.tki.org.nz/e/community/socialscience/calendar.php
TVNZ Online: http://tvnz.co.nz/view/tvone_story_skin/479267%3fformat=3Dhtml
2:30 pm TV1 The Olympians (G)
Part one of a two – part series featuring the lesser – known champion athletes who have succeeded at Olympic level.
Duration: 30 minutes.
6:00 pm Prime Megastructures: Millau Bridge (G)
The Millau Viaduct in Southern France is the tallest bridge in the world – almost a third taller than any other on the planet. With the roadway sitting above the clouds, the bridge also has to rank as one of the most beautiful.
Duration: 60 minutes.
TKI Online: http://www.tki.org.nz/e/community/technology/calendar.php
Other Online: http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/megastructures/episodes.html
7:30 pm TV1 Sunday
Award – winning current affairs programme Sunday is back this week bringing you in – depth investigations into the stories that matter – continuing to expose scandal, spark debate, and uncover new information on essential issues.
Duration: 60 minutes.
TVNZ Online: http://tvnz.co.nz/view/news_minisite_index_skin/news_sunday_group
8:30 pm New Artland
An exciting new art series in which thirteen epic works of art are created in front of the cameras.
Duration: 30 minutes.
TKI Online: http://www.tki.org.nz/e/community/arts/calendar.php
TVNZ Online: http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/497100/1690882
Monday 19 May
0:40 am TV1 I Have Tourette's But Tourette's Doesn't Have Me (G)
A candid, wide – ranging look at the lives of children growing up with Tourette's Syndrome, looking at how they and their families cope with this baffling neurological condition. http://www.hbofamily.com/programs/i – have – tourettes.html
Duration: 30 minutes.
TKI Online: http://www.tki.org.nz/e/community/health/health_calendar.php
7:00 pm Science Shack
Adam Hart – Davis takes on the world of athletics and challenges an assortment of skilled jumpers to leap over the Science Shack. Can Science beat gymnasts and athletes, or even beat the grasshopper?
Duration: 60 minutes.
TKI Online: http://www.tki.org.nz/e/community/technology/calendar.php
Other Online: http://www.open2.net/scienceshack/
8:30 pm In Search of Shakespeare (G)
A new series following Shakespeare's life in the early years of Elizabeth's reign, from his home and school life through to his shot – gun marriage.
Duration: 60 minutes.
TKI Online: http://www.tki.org.nz/e/community/english/calendar.php
Other Online: http://www.pbs.org/shakespeare/
10:00 pm Inside Islam (PGR)
In – depth series profiling Islam's followers, traditions, ceremonies and origins. Tonight: Islamic cuisine is incredibly diverse reflecting the nomadic culture of the desert, as well as Asia and the Mediterranean.
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Duration: 60 minutes.
TKI Online: http://www.tki.org.nz/e/community/socialscience/calendar.php
Tuesday 20 May
8:30 pm Movies 101 (G)
Movies 101 is a cinematic adventure that offers a vivid background and rich understanding of movies, actors and directors. Hosted by NYU Professor Richard Brown.
Duration: 30 minutes.
TKI Online: http://www.tki.org.nz/e/community/english/calendar.php
TVNZ Online: http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/1566246
8:30 pm Prime Mythbusters (PGR)
You've all heard about avalanches and their destructive power and it's no surprise that they are more shrouded in myth than a mountain is shrouded in cloud. And it's time to put that to the test. Adam and Jamie first work
out how avalanches actually work by doing some small scale tests.
Duration: 60 minutes.
TKI Online: http://www.tki.org.nz/e/community/technology/calendar.php
Other Online: http://dsc.discovery.com/fansites/mythbusters/about/about.html
9:00 pm A Profile Of: Oliver Twist
Alec Guinness and Robert Newton star in David Lean's definitive version of the classic Dickens tale. Features interviews with Sir Ronald Neame and Sir Anthony Havelock – Allen.
Duration: 30 minutes.
TKI Online: http://www.tki.org.nz/e/community/english/calendar.php
TVNZ Online: http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/1563659
9:10 pm Doco of the Week: Transplants
Follows the lives – and deaths – of people involved in organ transplants.
Duration: 50 minutes.
TKI Online: http://www.tki.org.nz/e/community/health/health_calendar.php
9:30 pm TV1 Intrepid Journeys (G)
Former All Black Norm Hewitt follows the old headhunters' trail through Sarawak, Borneo, battling leeches, searching for orang – utans and enjoying the hospitality of traditional long house villages. http://tvnz.co.nz/view/tvone_minisite_index_skin/tvone_intrepid_journeys_group
Duration: 60 minutes.
10:00 pm International Doco: Haida Art (G)
Explores the diversity of Haida culture – an indigenous nation based in the Canadian Pacific north – west – and its survival in a modern world.
Duration: 30 minutes.
TKI Online: http://www.tki.org.nz/e/community/socialscience/calendar.php
Wednesday 21 May
0:20 am TV1 The Truth About Food (G)
A look at the everyday foods and drinks we consume and how they can help fight the ageing process, from the inside and out.
Duration: 55 minutes.
TKI Online: http://www.tki.org.nz/e/community/health/health_calendar.php
TVNZ Online: http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/413551/1050074
7:30 pm TV1 Fair Go
The Fair Go team continue to knock on doors and hunt down those who don't want to be found... all to help out the little guy.
Duration: 30 minutes.
TVNZ Online: http://tvnz.co.nz/view/tvone_minisite_index_skin/tvone_fair_go_group
7:30 pm TV3 Make Your Child Brilliant (PGR)
An aspirational, ground – breaking series following expert brain trainer Bernadette Tynan as she embarks upon a search to spot children who are slipping through the net of the education system,and unlock their hidden gifts.
http://www.tv3.co.nz/TVShows/Reality/MakeMyChildBrilliant/tabid/744/Default.
aspx?showid=3D16739
Duration: 60 minutes.
TKI Online: http://www.tki.org.nz/e/community/socialscience/calendar.php
8:30 pm NZ Doco: Turangaarere – Born to Fly (G)
The unforgettable story of New Zealand war hero John Pohe – one of the first Maori pilots of the RNZAF and a leader of air crews in the skies over Europe.
Duration: 60 minutes.
TKI Online: http://www.tki.org.nz/e/community/socialscience/calendar.php
Other Online: http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0804/S00187.htm
9:30 pm TV1 Real Life: Under Investigation (G)
Two Auckland brothers both get diagnosed with an identical but very rare cancer – nasopharyngeal cancer – within one day of each other. Reporter Rob Harley goes on a quest to find out why the brothers may have both become ill at the same time.
Duration: 60 minutes.
TKI Online: http://www.tki.org.nz/e/community/health/health_calendar.php
TVNZ Online: http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/1424189
9:30 pm Te Pataka Korero
Haare Williams presents this inspirational history series that uses sound and visual archival material to bring the past back to the present. Kaumatua and well – known Maori reflect on significant milestones in time.
Duration: 30 minutes.
TKI Online: http://www.tki.org.nz/e/community/socialscience/calendar.php
Thursday 22 May
9:10 am Tough Choices (PGR)
Looks at the ethical and social issues raised by genetic testing and pre – natal diagnosis. We follow a number of families who have faced some difficult situations.
Duration: 50 minutes.
TKI Online: http://www.tki.org.nz/e/community/health/health_calendar.php
7:00 pm What's Good For You (G)
Host Sigrid Thornton and a team of reporters put medical myths and old wives' tales to the test in this new health and lifestyle series. Today: Will eating lollies make kids hyperactive?
Duration: 55 minutes.
TKI Online: http://www.tki.org.nz/e/community/health/health_calendar.php
TVNZ Online: http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/1581110
7:10 pm From The BBC: Addicted to Cheap Shopping
The laws of inflation dictate prices should go up. Instead the cost of things is actually going down. Why are things so cheap? What are the hidden costs?
Duration: 50 minutes.
TKI Online: http://www.tki.org.nz/e/community/socialscience/calendar.php
Other Online: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007t023
8:30 pm The Big Picture
The seminal history of New Zealand art, hosted by renowned art critic Hamish Keith.
Duration: 60 minutes.
TKI Online: http://www.tki.org.nz/e/community/arts/calendar.php
TVNZ Online: http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/1571805
Friday 23 May
7:10 pm Four Corners: The Behaviour Business
An angry child, lashing out at the world, struggling at school, labelled a 'problem'. The desperate parents, looking for help, hoping that one day their child will have a normal life. Matthew Carney investigates a controversial drug – free treatment for ADHD and other learning difficulties.
Duration: 50 minutes.
TKI Online: http://www.tki.org.nz/e/community/health/health_calendar.php
Other Online: http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/content/2007/s1994872.htm
8:30 pm The Private Life of a Masterpiece
The Night Watch, Rembrandt's painting, is perhaps one of the world's greatest group portraits. However, there are bits missing. This episode discloses its mutilation and the attacks upon it.
Duration: 60 minutes.
TKI Online: http://www.tki.org.nz/e/community/arts/calendar.php
TVNZ Online: http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/1420940
10:10 pm Private Lives of Giants (G)
Takes us into the world of extraordinary tall New Zealanders and the extraordinary lives they live because of their height.
Duration: 50 minutes.
TKI Online: http://www.tki.org.nz/e/community/socialscience/calendar.php
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