Te Reo is a New Zealand TV station broadcasting programmes exclusively in the Māori language

Maori language

Māori or te reo Māori , commonly te reo , is the language of the indigenous population of New Zealand, the Māori. It has the status of an official language in New Zealand...

 (Te Reo Māori) with no advertising or subtitles. It also broadcasts special tribal programming and offers particular focus on new programming for the fluent audience.

The channel is initially broadcasting three hours a day, seven days a week, during the prime time hours of 8.00 PM to 11.00 PM from Friday March 28 on Freeview Satellite channel 24 and also on SKY Digital

SKY Network Television

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 channel 59.

Shows

• WHARE TAPERE – Sunday at 8.00 PM from March 30: Studio-based show – fronted by kapa haka
  Kapa haka
  The term Kapa haka is commonly known in Aotearoa as 'Maori Performing Arts' or the 'cultural dance' of Maori people...
  
   enthusiast Tamati Waaka – that explores the dynamics of kapa haka through discussion with special guests. Learn and appreciate the stories behind the moves, the songs and the people.

• TE WAO TŪTURU – Sunday at 8.30 PM from March 30: Natural history documentaries from throughout the world – re-versioned into the Māori language.

• TE TĒPU – Monday at 9.30 PM from March 31; repeats Thursday at 9.30 PM from April 3: Current affairs show where prominent kaumātua
  Kaumatua
  Kaumātua are respected tribal elders of either gender in a Māori community who have been involved with their whānau for a number of years. They are appointed by their people who believe the chosen elders have the capacity to teach and guide both current and future generations...
  
   as well as the country’s best practitioners of Te Reo Māori share their views on local, national and international issues with presenter Waihoroi Shortland.

• TE PĀTAKA KŌRERO – Wednesday at 9.30 PM from April 2; repeats Thursday at 9.00 PM from April 3: Haare Williams presents this inspirational history series that uses sound and visual archival material to bring the past back to the present. Kaumātua
  Kaumatua
  Kaumātua are respected tribal elders of either gender in a Māori community who have been involved with their whānau for a number of years. They are appointed by their people who believe the chosen elders have the capacity to teach and guide both current and future generations...
  
   and well-known Māori reflect on significant milestones in time.

• TE PAE HIHIRI – Thursday at 9.30 PM from April 3: Māori Television’s leading bilingual sports commentator Te Arahi Maipi presents this studio-based sports show that reviews and previews all the action from the major sporting events.

• KARAWHIUA – Friday at 8.30 PM from April 4: A war of wit and cunning! Tihini Grant presents this game show that combines tikanga Māori
  Tikanga Maori
  The Māori word tikanga has a wide range of meanings — culture, custom, ethic, etiquette, fashion, formality, lore, manner, meaning, mechanism, method, protocol, style....
  
   and traditional techniques with contemporary practices.

• RUAHINE – Friday at 9.30 PM from April 4: Studio interviews with well-known Māori women who speak about their tikanga from their own tribal perspective.

External links

• Te Reo
• Maori Television

See also

• WITBN
• Māori Television
  Maori Television
  Māori Television is a New Zealand TV station broadcasting programmes that make a significant contribution to the revitalisation of the Māori language and culture . Funded by the New Zealand Government, the station started broadcasting on 28 March 2004 from a base in Newmarket.Te Reo is the...