Part 4 – Primary Education For Children In The Towns Dorothy – 22/11/00 You can read the previous part in the Growing up in New Zealand 1925 – 1950 series here, or read the articles from the original Growing Up in New Zealand series. Preschool education Most children did not have pre-school education. A few…
Film Review – Conrad – 17/11/00 New York, New York! – where models work as barmaids, dreams are derailed, and good looks and talent are not enough on their own for you to ‘make it’. Violet Sanford (Piper Perabo) dreams of taking her song writing talent to New York and ‘making it’, only to find…
Dorothy – 17/11/00 Latin is a language As dead as dead could be. First it killed the Romans And now it’s killing me. Yes, it’s doggerel! I found it scribbled in an old Latin primer when I was teaching in a boys’ school where Latin was compulsory for boys in the top stream, and I…
Dorothy – 10/11/00 If you are a Kiwi reading this article you are likely to be well aware of the controversial use of holocaust by two Maori Ministers of Government in recent weeks. If you are not a Kiwi you will need some background to the topic. In August the Associate Maori Affairs Minister, speaking…
Dorothy – 10/11/00 I walked up Queenstown Hill many years ago and enjoyed the views that opened up when we went beyond the exotic forest into an open tussocky area. This year the walk holds further interest as panels on the uphill side of the loop walk portray what has happened to the Queenstown area…
Part 3 – Health In The Home Dorothy – 3/11/00 You can read the previous part in the Growing up in New Zealand 1925 – 1950 series here, or read the articles from the original Growing Up in New Zealand series. Ideas on how to keep well and how to treat sickness have changed in…
By Jim Anderton – Published by Random House, 1999 Reviewed by Bob Bargh – 27/10/00 From the beginning Pakeha New Zealanders have struggled to establish and define a national identity for themselves. Throughout our history this quest for a defining construct has challenged the creativity of New Zealanders working in arts and crafts. Some of…
Part 2 – Roles And Routines At Home Dorothy – 25/10/00 You may wish to read the first part in the Growing up in New Zealand 1925 – 1950 here. Or read the articles in the original Growing Up in New Zealand series. Gender roles clearly differentiated There were clearly defined roles for men and…
Kate Dewes – 20/10/00 As the millennium approached, New Zealand’s newly elected Prime Minister Helen Clark vowed to ‘vigorously pursue’ the cause of nuclear disarmament by ‘stepping up the lobbying of other countries to eliminate nuclear weapons’. She then proceeded to scrap a deal with the United States to lease 28 F16 fighter planes, cancelled…
Film Review – Conrad – 13/10/00 Starring the Colosseum, and ably supported by Russell Crowe’s battered body, this movie does a surface scan of the bloody carnage created by gladiatorial combat provided as entertainment for the Roman masses, and the clandestine violence perpetrated by the young Caesar Commodus in his desperation for power. He’s a…
