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KIA ORA MOLWENI SCREENS FROM Sunday November 27

The latest in our successful Kia Ora series screens on Maori Television at 7pm from Sunday November 27 to through to New Years Day.

Molweni is the traditional greeting of the indigenous Xhosa people of South Africa's Eastern Cape province. The six episodes follow the visit to the province of six kura kaupapa students - from warm welcomes in black townships, coloured communities and swish Afrikaans homes, to close encounters with lions and elephants in game parks and visits to the grave of Steve Biko and the playground of Nelson Mandela.

DVDs of the all six episodes will be available at the end of the series.

Pictured above: Horea Kereama; Juneea Silbery Rea Wipaki-Hawkins, Shawn Thwaites.Te Niiwai Mutu Judas Mika.

Kia Ora Molweni was officially launched at the Beehive Theatre in Parliament in July. The Minister of Maori Affairs Dr Pita Sharples says the cultural exchange between senior Maori students and their host families and schools in South Africa epitomizes the values of te reo Maori and manaakitanga.

At the Beehive: Rawiri Wright, Juneea Silbery, Te Ururoa Flavell MP, Te Niiwai Mutu; Horea Kereama; in front Rea Wipaki-Hawkins, George Andrews.