Primary and Intermediate Schools:
Social Studies Screening Menu

Social Organisation

New Zealand Inventors

Number 8 wire and all that stuff. An in depth look at that innate New Zealand trait – inventiveness – Bill Hamilton's jetboat, John Britten's motorcycle, AJ Hackett's long springy thing. The wild, the wacky, the practical and the brilliant. Highly rated multi-strand production.
(Years 5-8)

New Zealand at War, 1939-45

Using original WWII footage and contemporary treatment of the period, changing roles and responsibilities during times of crisis for men, women and children in New Zealand, 1939-45. Brand new programme with new found footage and recent TV production providing a balance look at extraordinary times.
(Years 5-8)

New Zealand at War, 1939-45 — Life on the Home Front

Using original footage, we look at some of the 100,000 men who served in the Home Guard; the women who were 'man-powered' into essential services; the 'yanks' who took the country by storm during the Pacific War; the Polish orphans of Pahiatua; kids, families and daily life; the way economy and the relief of final peace.
(Year 4-8)

Disasters

The Wahine, Wellington Harbour, 1968.

A cross-strand look at New Zealand disasters, their effect on social organisation, resources, human preparedness, place and environment, etc. Raw footage, documentary edits and news coverage from the Napier Earthquake (1931), Wairarapa earthquake (1942), The Ballantyne's Fire (1947), the Wahine sinking (1968), Wellington CBD Reconstruction (1968-1990), Ruapehu eruptions (1945/1996), the February floods of 2004. New sections covering the Tangiwai disaster (1953), Erebus (1979) and the February floods (2004) update the programme.
(Years 4-8)

Famous New Zealanders

Robert Muldoon, A Bit Mr Churchill’s Way (1974) Pacific Films Collection.

The personalities, their leadership values and impact on New Zealand society: Kate Sheppard, Ernest Rutherford, Apirana Ngata, Jean Batten, George Nepia, Jack Lovelock, Bernard Freyberg, Bill Hamilton, Robert Muldoon, Edmund Hillary, Tim Shadbolt, Helen Clark and more. Multi-chapterd DVD with different choices for different levels.
(Years 5-8)

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Culture and Heritage

Life in the Pacific Islands

The people from Tonga, Niue, the Tokelaus, Samoa and the Cook Islands at work and play; and facing the daily question of how to keep up with the 21st century, without abandoning the traditions that make them who they are.
(Years 3-8)

New Zealand Identity

Images from film, television and advertising that project a distinct New Zealand Identity. All Blacks, butter, the Scenic Wonderland, Footrot Flats, bi–culturalism, multi–culturalism, Hamilton Jets, Billy T. James, Fred Dagg, Barry and Scottie, Buzzy Bees, Anzacs, Edmund Hillary, the beach, the backyard quarter–acre paradise and so on.
(Years 3-8)

Fashion

Dress as a reflection of culture. From 19th century ensembles to beach attire in 1912, beauty contestants in 1929, fabulous 30s fashion, the wonders of double-breasted suits in the 1950s, an all-wool ensemble from the 1960s, Ray Columbus grooving in winkle-pickers, the 70s and 80s look, and the very latest off the racks. Unavoidably entertaining.
(Years 2-8)

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Place and Environment

Living on the Faultine

The changing face of Wellington 1840 to the present. Newly formatted programme that expands earlier compliations on a multi-chaptered DVD. Looks at early settlement, harbourside, expansion into the greater Wellington region, new subdivisions, crazy building feats, and the attitude of Wellingtonians to their place from the grey sixties tot he colourful go-getting absolutely positive present.
(Years 4-8)

Travelling Through Time

Transport in New Zealand, a 20th Century perspective. Across the mountain passes by horse-drawn coach, trams, river boats, ferries, flying boats and steam trains.
(Years 4-8)

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Time, Continuity and Change

The Sixties

Edited highlights of a decade of fundamental change. Royal visits and the Beatles, the all white All Blacks in S.A., Vietnam and nuclear warships, the television revolution, the Wahine and man on the moon, The Chicks & Ray Columbus... Using government film, early television footage and the wonders of early advertising. Exhilarating!
(Years 4-8)

School Days

From late 19th century memories, 1920s physical education, art classes in the 40s, schooling during WWII, the Maori School, mothercraft in intermediate schools, country schooling in the 50s, road safety like you've never seen it. Images ancient to modern.
(Years 2-8)

Mudpies and Callisthenics: Images of New Zealand Kids 1906 – 2001

Highly entertaining anthology of New Zealand kids at the beach, in the backyard, at school and at play: games, clothes, family, gender roles and haircuts. From the scenes at the New Zealand Exhibition in 1906, physical education in 1928, school milk and dental care in the 1940s, housewifery and mothercare classes in the 40s and 50s, to Maori School on horse-back in 1947, flag waving during the Royal Tour of 1953, those earliest Weetbix and Cadbury ads and the wonders of the technological 90s.
(Years 1-8)

Patu! New Zealand Society and the 1981 Tour

Springbok Tour street protests in Patu! (1983), directed by Merata Mita.

Pre-match Springbok fervour in Christchurch 1956, the all white All Blacks in South Africa 1960, and edited high and low-lights from the stunning documentary, Patu!, filmed during the lead up to, and the ensuing turmoil of the '81 Tour.
(Years 7-8)

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Resources and Economic Activity

New Zealand Inventors

The resource perspective on Number 8 wire and New Zealand's economic necessities. An in depth look at that innate New Zealand trait – inventiveness – Bill Hamilton's jetboat, John Britten's motorcycle, AJ Hackett's long springy thing – the wild, the wacky, the practical and the brilliant. Highly rated multi-strand production.
(Years 5-8)

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