The teacher should cover the emergence of Maori urban protest movements and the issues over land.
Learning intentions Students are learning to…
Focus: What were the issues in race relations 1960-1980?
- To understand developments in Maori resistance and protest.
- To explore diversity of perspective over social issues in NZ .
- To develop an awareness of how protest and race relations became an important test for NZ society and identity.
Success criteria (How do students know they have achieved success?)
I can…
- I can discuss the impact of protest on race relations.
- I can identify and explain different perspectives about radicals, protest and Maori discontent
- I can discuss in detail the effect the Maori protest and politicisation had on NZ.
Key Content to Cover
- Nga Tamatoa
- Maori language and schools
- Maori feminism
- Maori sovereignty movement
- Public Works Act
- Maori Land March
- Te roopu o te matakite
- Bastion Point
- Ragland golf course
Key Characters:
- Whina Cooper
- Eva Rickard
- Joe Hawke
- Donna Awatere
- Muldoon
- Syd Jackson
Relevant Film Archive footage and Key Questions
DVD 3. RACE RELATIONS 1960s-1970s.
(Self Determination/ Renaissance/The Emergence of modern Maori Leadership)
Nga Reo: Syd Jackson, 2003
This is a good clip about Syd Jackson.
Questions:
- What is Syd Jackson famous for?
- What did Nga Tamatoa hope to achieve?
DVD 3. RACE RELATIONS 1960s-1970s. (Self Determination/ Renaissance/The Emergence of modern Maori Leadership) “Tangata Whenua 1974”
John Rangihau discussing the plight of the Maori in a Pakeha dominant society.
Discuss this statement:
“I can’t and don’t want to be a Pakeha”
Why does Rangihau say this?
DVD 3. RACE RELATIONS 1960s-1970s.
(Self Determination/ Renaissance/The Emergence of modern Maori Leadership)
Eye Witness News: Maori Activists June 1979
He Taua
A very interesting clip from Eyewitness News about Maori radicals.
Questions:
- How are the activists presented?
- Are they challenging “the great NZ dream”? Whose dream is it?
- Why are the activists frustrated with “official channels”?
- What do they think they need to do to get things changed?
- What are the goals of He Taua? Whakahau?
- It is important to be proud of your heritage and identity rather than being a brown pakeha?
- Has activism revealed the underbelly of Pakeha attitudes to Maori?
- How has urbanisation/education helped politicise Maori?
DVD 3. RACE RELATIONS 1960s-1970s. (The Land)
Bastion Point: Day 507, 1980
Great footage of the Bastion Point eviction.
Day 507 – the eviction of protesters
What happens to the media? What does this imply?
DVD 3. RACE RELATIONS 1960s-1970s. (The Land)
“The Land March 1975” and “Bastion Point”
- What was the march for?
- What is Whenua?
- What is the spiritual significance of land to Maori?
- What does Dame Whina say about the young people of the March?
- What does she say to the people of the march?
- What are the key requests of the protesters?
DVD 3. RACE RELATIONS 1960s-1970s.
(Self Determination/Renaissance/The Emergence of modern Maori Leadership)
Maori – The New Dawn 1984
There is a lot of information in this excerpt. There is a good section with Eva Rickard.
Questions:
- What issues did Eva Rickard have with the New Zealand Government?
- Does power equate with sovereignty?
- Why is this statement made: “The best propaganda machine outside of South Africa”
- Why did Maori grief turn to anger?
- Why did educated urban Maori return to rural settings?
- For 20yrs Maori were virtually invisible on TV. What kind of discrimination was experienced in broadcasting?
- What change has happened to Maori political consciousness overall? How has this change developed? What are the causes?
- What is Derek Fox’s perspective on Maori and Pakeha race relations?
DVD 3. RACE RELATIONS 1960s-1970s. (The Gangs)
Te Puhi Kai Ariki, 2004
A Maori Women’s Welfare League discussion of Youth, Alienation and Crime.
Questions:
- How did urbanisation contribute to growth in crime?
- Discuss the idea of a Maori “refugee population”. What does this mean?
- What are the gangs catering for?
- What do the police represent? Why?
DVD 3. RACE RELATIONS 1960s-1970s. (The Gangs)
Back Power: Fast Foward, 1990
“Trying to defend the future by understanding the past”
What brought Black Power together?
The viewing template could be helpful for all these clips.
