Witness

Tuesday 07 August 2012, 10.30 pm on Maori Television

A selection of Al Jazeera Witness films telling stories of the unique lives and challenges of ordinary people around the world.

Tuesday 03 July 2012, 10.30 pm on Maori Television

A selection of Al Jazeera Witness films telling stories of the unique lives and challenges of ordinary people around the world.

Tuesday 26 June 2012, 10.30 pm on Maori Television

A selection of Al Jazeera Witness films telling stories of the unique lives and challenges of ordinary people around the world.

Tuesday 19 June 2012, 10.30 pm on Maori Television

A selection of Al Jazeera Witness films telling stories of the unique lives and challenges of ordinary people around the world.

Tuesday 15 November 2011, 10.00 pm on Maori Television

A current affairs programme with stories sourced from Al Jazeera.

Tuesday 22 November 2011, 10.00 pm on Maori Television

A current affairs programme with stories sourced from Al Jazeera.

Wednesday April 7 at 7am on Triangle and Stratos

On April 6 2009 at 3:32 am, the Italian city of L’Aquila was almost wiped out. Emergency tent camps were set up to host the 60,000 inhabitants who were left without homes. From Zero: Next Moves follows life inside the camp, going beyond the news, into the everyday reality of people facing the emergency and the task of re-building the town and their lives. How are they coping one year on? Witness the creativity, the spirit of survival and the improvised solutions that characterise us as an ingenious species.  This is from Al Jazeera Live so go to MySky for your convenience.

Monday April 5 at 6pm on Stratos

It has been described as ‘the dark shadow of globalization’ – a worldwide trade in human beings which force desperate people into slavery and sexual exploitation. This film brings us the grim stories of three trafficked people who paid smugglers huge amounts of money to seek a better life abroad. Each were ruthlessly exploited at the hands of modern-day slave traders.

Mon Feb 8 at 3am & Tues Feb 9 at 8am on Stratos

Detective Bechara Jahlk is the most famous private eye in Brazil, specialising in ‘corporate crime’. Angels of Rio follows the case brought to Jahlk’s attention by a 68-year-old import-export entrepreneur who suspects a link between his company and drug-trafficking in Rio’s harbour and fears that his son Luiz might be involved. At 26 and loaded with cash, Luiz is a junior executive in his father’s business and lives life in Rio’s fast lane.

Tuesday November 3 at 8am on Stratos

Lonely Boy Richard is an intimate account of one man’s journey to jail. Richard lives with his family in Yirrkala, in northeast Arnhem Land. It’s a proud Aboriginal community now experiencing serious social problems. Like elsewhere, alcohol abuse and violence are threatening to erode family and community life. Nami, the woman Richard knows as mum, lives in fear. She’s lost one son because of grog. Another is teetering on the edge. Then there’s Richard, who calls himself Lonely Boy. He’s been drinking since he was 14. Just like his dad did. Now he’s committed a terrible crime. Lonely Boy Richard presents the human story behind the headlines.