Learning Intentions students are learning to...
- Understand the portrayal of Maori in the media during the 1950s
- Compare this portrayal to the place of Maori in the media today.
Success Criteria how do students know they have achieved the learning intentions?
- Students will be able to comment on the attitudes seen in the footage on Maori and Maori/Pakeha relationships.
- Students will be able to make clear their own views on the portrayal of Maori in the media during the fifties.
Relevant Footage
Disk Two
Maori: Dances of the South Pacific
Ngaruawahia
Lesson Outline
- Begin by brainstorming ideas about Maori and the media today:
Possible ideas to consider might be
- Maori participation within the media eg. Maori Television,
- Maori politicians and political views
- Use and pronunciation of Maori words and place names
- Maori content quota
- Music
- Now show Maori
1. How accurate is the portrayal of Maori in this film?
2. Why would it be unacceptable as a national broadcast today?
3. Why do you think broadcasts like this one were produced?
- and Ngaruawahia: Canoeing the Waikato.
1. What is Ngaruawahia better known for today?
2. Is this just innocent fun, a slightly patronising view of the Maori or racist coverage?
