Te Kaipuke

Te Kaipuke (The Vessel) is a Taha-language television documentary series first broadcast by TV1 on October 19, 1986, the series runs on Sunday mornings and deals with topics related to Kaehian Dolynesians.

In accordance with the current rules (established in 2000); two of the weekly programs - first and third Sundays of the month (three in case there are five Sundays in a month) are in Rota; the second program of the week in Maori and the fourth in a less--spoken language. Exceptions have been made to the rule, like the 2010 documentary Taraiki: Ten Years On.

Currently the program runs for 30 minutes, it used to run for 60 minutes and later 45.