Mahuru/September 2008

Kaimai Heritage Competition
Rāapa 23 Hōngongoi 2008 – Rātapu 14 Mahuru 2008
In partnership with the Te Aroha, Paeroa, Waihi and Katikati Museums, DOC is inviting local students to research a local figure who lived, worked or travelled in the Kaimai Ranges and present their findings in a poster (maximum A3 size and able to hung on a poster board). All entries will be on display to the public during Conservation Week ( September 6th – 13th) at the Paeroa and Districts Museum. A winner will be selected and the student's class will be hosted by DOC on a visit to a historic site. One winner will be chosen from each of the four museums. Entries are open to all year 5 – 8 students in the Matamata Piako District, Hauraki District, and the Western Bay of Plenty.
Stephanie Twaddle
stwaddle@doc.govt.nz
07 578 7677

The Power of Attitude: Meet the Paralympians
Rātapu 31 Here-turi-kōkā 2008 – Rāhina 1 Mahuru 2008
11:30 pm
A documentary special that profiles the athletes selected to represent New Zealand at the Paralympics in Beijing this year. Hosted by presenter and Paralympic Gold Medallist, Curtis Palmer.

Big Ideas For A Small Planet (G)
Rāhina 1 Mahuru 2008 – Rāhina 1 Mahuru 2008
7:30 pm
The furniture industry uses large amounts of natural resources and harmful chemicals and toxins, creating significant waste. Can we imagine furnishing
a green world?

The Big Art Trip (G)
Rāhina 1 Mahuru 2008 – Rāhina 1 Mahuru 2008
8:30 pm
The enthusiastic and entertaining Douglas Lloyd – Jenkins and Nick Ward present this home – grown series reflecting the cultural diversity of artistic talent in New Zealand.

The Power of Attitude: The Journey of the NZ Wheel Blacks
Rāhina 1 Mahuru 2008 – Rātū 2 Mahuru 2008
11:00 pm
A documentary that goes to the heart of the men who form the NZ Wheel Blacks, the NZ wheelchair rugby team that won Paralympic Gold in Athens and now aims to defend that title in Beijing this year.

The End Of The World As We Know It (G)
Rātū 2 Mahuru 2008 – Rātū 2 Mahuru 2008
7:00 pm
Writer and sceptic Marcel Theroux undertakes a global quest to identify the real threat of global warming.

Earth Report: Arctic Blues
Rātū 2 Mahuru 2008 – Rātū 2 Mahuru 2008
7:10 pm
Half the Arctic summer ice may have melted by the end of the century, creating access to an estimated quarter of the world's oil and gas resources. http://www.tve.org/earthreport/archive/doc.cfm?aid=3D1850
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Unreported World: India's Broken People
Rātū 2 Mahuru 2008 – Rātū 2 Mahuru 2008
7:35 pm
In this episode, Unreported World travels to India to expose the horrific plight of the country's 170 million Dalits; literally meaning "the broken people". http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/ontv/unreported_world/india+the+broken+people/830447

Mythbusters (PGR)
Rātū 2 Mahuru 2008 – Rātū 2 Mahuru 2008
8:30 pm
Surf's up for the Mythbusters team! Kari, Tori and Grant take on a gnarly myth and test if dynamite can create ideal surfing conditions. Adam and Jamie take to the skies to see if they can build a lead balloon that will actually fly.
http://dsc.discovery.com/fansites/mythbusters/about/abo
ut.html

International Doco: Broken Border (G)
Rātū 2 Mahuru 2008 – Rātū 2 Mahuru 2008
8:30 pm
U.S. border patrols employ hundreds of agents to stem the flow of illegal immigrants into the country.

World Doco of the Week: Maasai - A Warrior's Rite of Passage
Rāapa 3 Mahuru 2008 – Rāapa 3 Mahuru 2008
7:10 pm
Unprecedented access to the three day ceremony which initiates Maasai Warriors into Elderhood. This ceremony only occurs once every eight years.

GIS Institute
Rāpare 4 Mahuru 2008 – Rāhoroi 6 Mahuru 2008
An exciting programme is being planned (workshops, field work, and speakers). Workshop leaders will include Anita and Roger Palmer – leading GIS educators from USA ( Anita is an author of Mapping our World). Accomodation is available.
Otumoetai College, Tauranga

From the BBC: Dead Mums Don't Cry
Rāpare 4 Mahuru 2008 – Rāpare 4 Mahuru 2008
7:35 pm
Panorama has filmed one woman's fight to keep mothers in her country from dying. Meet Grace Kodindo, an obstetrician in the destitute and impoverished country of Chad.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/panorama/4114674.
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Four Corners: In The Firing Line
Rāmere 5 Mahuru 2008 – Rāmere 5 Mahuru 2008
7:10 pm
In this exploration of armed hold-ups, convicted armed robbers speak candidly about how they conduct their crimes and about the terror that they deliberately create.
http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/content/2004/s1135117.ht
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Waka Huia (G)
Rāhoroi 6 Mahuru 2008 – Rāhoroi 6 Mahuru 2008
8:30 am
A summary of how Maori broadcasting first hit the airwaves.

Donal McIntyre: Edge of Existence (PGR)
Rāhoroi 6 Mahuru 2008 – Rāhoroi 6 Mahuru 2008
11:00 am
Donal travels to the Altiplano region of Bolivia, a mountainous area 17,000 feet above sea level and home to the Quechuan Indians, an indigenous people who pre-date the Incas.
http://macintyre.com/content/view/607/105/

Your Home Your Castle
Rāhoroi 6 Mahuru 2008 – Rāhoroi 6 Mahuru 2008
10:10 pm
Ewen Gilmour fronts this documentary about what you can do with your bit of dirt. What rights do you have? And what rights do you have over what your neighbour does?

Asia Downunder (G)
Rātapu 7 Mahuru 2008 – Rātapu 7 Mahuru 2008
8:30 am
Meet a woman who championed community radio some 25 years ago; and the team travels to Hong Kong to find some hidden treasures.

The Perfect Age? (PGR)
Rātapu 7 Mahuru 2008 – Rātapu 7 Mahuru 2008
2:00 pm
Hosted by Petra Bagust, The Perfect Age is a groundbreaking series which identifies the impact age and generation have upon our lives, often without us even realising it. The series will challenge stereotypes, and bust many of the myths that surround ageing. Each episode uses a range of social experiments to answer the questions we often ask ourselves. The results will enable our experts to analyse and conclude why we act, think, and feel the way we do, as we go to extraordinary lengths to answer one question.. what is the Perfect Age? Today: 'Attitude'. A range of social experiments are conducted to answer several questions about attitude. Are we doomed to get more conservative as we age? How does age affect the way we see ourselves? How does age affect our view of family, relationships, even money? =20

In beTWEEN
Rātapu 7 Mahuru 2008 – Rātapu 7 Mahuru 2008
5:30 pm
Friends: Jeremy and Julia give tips on how to buddy up, and teen star from Shortland Street Kimberley Crossman and her bestie Stephanie tell us how they've made their friendship last.

The Shadow of Vietnam (PGR)
Rātapu 7 Mahuru 2008 – Rātapu 7 Mahuru 2008
10:10 pm
Using original film footage shot by the soldiers themselves during their tour of duty, this film powerfully captures the emotion of the war and mood of the times.

The Unauthorised History of New Zealand (AO)
Rātapu 7 Mahuru 2008 – Rātapu 7 Mahuru 2008
10:30 pm
A look at the many facets of delinquency.

The Call of Africa: Voice of a Continent (AO)
Rāhina 8 Mahuru 2008 – Rāhina 8 Mahuru 2008
8:30 pm
A fascinating look at Africa today, a contrast of worlds - traditional and modern, rural and urban. The series also looks at the role of women, and the impact of Westerners on the vast continent. http://shopware.films.com/id/15653/The_Call_of_Africa_Voice_of_a_Continent.h tm

International Doco: Ferry Tales (AO)
Rātū 9 Mahuru 2008 – Rātū 9 Mahuru 2008
8:30 pm
A secret world that exists in the powder room of the Staten Island Ferry. From suburban mums to socialites, white-collar and blue-collar workers, these women come together for 30 minutes of every day, to get around the mirrors, put on their makeup =AD and talk. =20

Prize Bitch (G)
Rātū 9 Mahuru 2008 – Rātū 9 Mahuru 2008
10:10 pm
A unique insight into dogdom. Follow two women and their prize winning pedigree poodles as they prepare for the biggest competition of their lives.

World Doco of the Week: Hard Way Home
Rāapa 10 Mahuru 2008 – Rāapa 10 Mahuru 2008
7:10 pm
A grimly hopeful profile of a group of determined and desperate Iraqis as they rebuild their shattered lives.
http://www.journeyman.tv/58459/documentaries/hard-way-h
ome.html

NZ Doco: Te Pae Ngatoro (G)
Rāapa 10 Mahuru 2008 – Rāapa 10 Mahuru 2008
8:30 pm
The story of the tohunga, Ngatoroirangi, from Te Arawa waka, and the legend of the Tongariro mountain range in the stomach of the fish.

Real Life: Britain's Biggest Spenders (PGR)
Rāapa 10 Mahuru 2008 – Rāapa 10 Mahuru 2008
9:30 pm
A documentary featuring the jaw-dropping, lavish spending habits and lifestyles of four big spenders.

Bald Offering (G)
Rāapa 10 Mahuru 2008 – Rāapa 10 Mahuru 2008
10:10 pm
Bald follows the follicly challenged in a hair obsessed community, and investigates the psychological and sociological impact of losing your locks.

From the BBC: Dogfighting Undercover
Rāpare 11 Mahuru 2008 – Rāpare 11 Mahuru 2008
7:35 pm
This documentary goes undercover to infiltrate one of the top dog-fighting gangs in the UK, revealing its links with a network of dog-fighters right across Europe and the USA.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/panorama/6976011.
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NZ Doco: The Man Behind the Moko (AO)
Rāpare 11 Mahuru 2008 – Rāpare 11 Mahuru 2008
9:30 pm
Tame Iti has an established media profile portraying a radical Maori activist =AD but there are other sides to Iti, ranging from artist and musician to social worker, family man and entrepreneur.

Irene (G)
Rāpare 11 Mahuru 2008 – Rāpare 11 Mahuru 2008
10:00 pm
Story of Irene Malachai, a Vanuatu native and nurse, who also suffers from HIV/AIDS. Her lonely struggle against stigma and discrimination, and an insight into one of the most critical issues confronting the Pacific today =AD the spread of HIV/AIDS.

Stepping Out (PGR)
Rāpare 11 Mahuru 2008 – Rāpare 11 Mahuru 2008
10:10 pm
An epic journey following six young urban Maori on a 13 day, 300 km trek - from Spirits Bay to Dargaville - retracing the ancient route of their ancestor Tohe.

The Devil’s Architect
Rāmere 19 Mahuru 2008 – Rātapu 21 Mahuru 2008
Written by Dolly Reisman. Directed by Ken Keys. A powerful study of the nature of evil and the seductiveness, as Albert Speer, Hitler's architect and "right – hand man", seeks personal redemption. The Devil’s Architect is an intimate psychological insight into the mind of Albert Speer, Hitlers’ Architect and Armaments Minister. Set during Speers’ 20 years in Spandau Prison after the fall of the Third Reich, Speer is visited by a Calvinist Priest, a Woman and his Conscience. In order to find peace Speer must come clean about his part in the Fuhrers’ grand plans and the forced labour camps, which placed the doomed lives of 800,000 workers in his hands. Based largely on the amazing biographical study by Gitta Sereney, Speer; His Battle with Truth, The Devil’s Architect is an intimate and intense look ‘inside’ Speers’ head and conveys his strength, torment and catharsis. Cost: $20/10 (Groups 5+ $15/8)


Soundings Theatre, Te Papa, Wellington.
0800 TICKETEK
http://www.ticketek.co.nz

Philosophy in our Secondary Schools Conference
Rāpare 25 Mahuru 2008 – Rāmere 26 Mahuru 2008
To review the status of philosophy in New Zealand secondary schools, continue the development of a consistent approach to philosophy teaching, and examine a philosophy matrix for Y12 – 13.
Thistle Hall, 293 Cuba Street, Central Wellington
http://www.unlimited.school.nz/philosophy-association/

Music Therapy Conference
Rātapu 28 Mahuru 2008 – Rāhina 29 Mahuru 2008
Conference Theme: Cultural Diversity – Making Sound Progress
For further information about the annual NZ Society for Music Therapy conference visit the website:
Rotorua
http://www.musictherapy.org.nz