Tōku Reo is a Māori language course for absolute beginners, based on the first few chapters of the Te Kākano textbook. The 30-minute episodes include vocabulary and beginner sentence structures with plenty of repetition. It was produced for a general audience, so no prior knowledge of the Te Whanake resources is required. It first aired on Māori Television in the early 2010s and there are 300 episodes available.

Te Kākano is a television programme to develop the listening comprehension skills of advanced beginners and intermediate learners. There are thirteen 30-minute episodes in the serial about the Whaanga family. It has an urban setting and uses everyday language based on themes of the Te Kākano textbook. It's best suited to those learners who have finished working through the textbook. It was originally produced for university Māori language distance courses and first aired in the 1990s.