Takatāpui  2008  New Series 6

On Maori Television,Monday Nights at 9.30pm
Repeating again on Stratos at 10.00pm
On demand on GoggleboxTV

This adventurous and ground-breaking magazine show now in its sixth series on Maori Television.

It looks at the lives and issues that face the Maori gay, lesbian and transgender communities in New Zealand. This is the world’s first indigenous gay television series. Takatapui Series 6  is comprised of 20 half hour in depth stories, and airs in 2008. 

Coming Up: EPISODE 20:THE BEST OF

This final episode looks back at highlights from the programmes in the Series.
With excerpts from the World According to series of programmes, the June Haora story, the Pacific People’s Love Life 2 Fono, Transgender in Jail, Lesbian Bands and Bisexuality.

This Week: EPISODE 19: QUEEN OF THE WHOLE UNIVERSE

Who will take the Crown and the title of Queen of the Whole Universe 2007? The show is an annual fundraiser for the New Zealand Aids Foundation and a major event in the queer calendar; a staged Beauty Pageant with a huge cast of volunteers and competitors putting on the high heels, the choreographed moves, high hats and spectacular frocks, for a show at Auckland’s ASB Theatre. Join us as we follow three of the finalists as they prepare and take part in the big night out.