Join us for thought-provoking documentaries, programmes that will make you think, ones that will make you laugh, exciting premieres and the return of some favourites.

Our Matariki programming begins with the live broadcast of the Hautapu ceremony from Te Wai Pounamu at 6.00 AM and continues with Matariki-themed programmes for the rest of the day.

Matariki viewing highlights:

10.30 AM: FACTUAL SERIES: BEYOND MATARIKI – Rangi Mātāmua explains the significance of Matariki in all four episodes of this series.

1.30 PM: DOCUMENTARY FILM: WHETŪ MĀRAMA – Toby Mills’ award-winning documentary celebrating the life and immense contribution to mātauranga Māori of Hekenukumai ‘Hek’ Busby.

6.30 PM: NEWS: TE AO MĀRAMA – Catch up with all the news from te ao Māori with Peata Melbourne and the Te Ao News team.

7.00 PM: QUIZ SHOW: HAKA PEDIA – Test your haka knowledge and have a katakata with the premiere of season three of this entertaining game show.

7.30 PM: FACTUAL SERIES: MŌ TE ĀTEA – Combining animation, interviews and archival footage, this series delves into the motivations and creative drivers of seven contemporary kaitito (composers) keeping the ancient artform of mōteatea alive.

8.00 PM: DOCUMENTARY FILM: JAMES & ISEY – A Te Taitokerau celebration of life and aroha (love) like no other. We join Isey and James as they invite us into their lives in the week leading up to Isey's 100th birthday.

9.45 PM: FEATURE FILM: MATARIKI – A random act of violence leaves eight people in crisis, searching for hope and new beginnings, as the constellation Matariki rises in the Southern skies.