Educational Titles
What's Really in Our Food?
At last - a product that does what it says on the label! This
ten part series takes a closer look at what's REALLY in our food.
In 22 minute instalments Petra Bagust looks at what's really in our
chicken, bread & butter, coffee, packaging, fruit & vegies,
breakfast, junk food, fish and meat, lifting the lid on some
industry secrets and dispelling a number of myths along the
way.
COST: $150 (+GST)
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Ken Douglas
A New Zealand documentary which examines the life of former
truck driver Ken Douglas, a Trade Unionist who went from President
of the Council of Trade Unions to being a Company Board Director.
His personal history is entwined with the sweeping changes in the
trade union movement and labour conditions which developed under
the Labour Government of the 1980s.
NB: contains some course language - content is more suitable for
secondary students and above.
COST: $40 (+GST)
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Being Billy Apple
This New Zealand documentary examines the life and work of
artist Billy Apple who established himself as a brand, a living
work of art. It is the story of a smart, controversial, flamboyant,
erasable, egocentric New Zealander Billy Apple (born as Billy
Bates), his partner Mary Morrison, and the pop art movement that
changed the world.
NB: contains some course language - content is more suitable for
secondary students and above.
COST: $40 (+GST)
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Our Heritage
Our Heritage illustrates the life and times of early New Zealand settlers by means of a Charming Collection of Seven Vignettes. The first 5 utilise the creative writings of the late John T. Diamond whose ballads paint a rhymed history of the New Zealand pioneers, particularly the settlers who earned their living cutting the mighty kauri trees in Auckland's Waitakere Ranges. His ballads are about real people and the hardships that they endured in those raw times. The final 2 vignettes are 'The History of Trams', which covers the first horse drawn trams on wooden tracks in Nelson in 1862 to steam in Christchurch in 1880, electric in Dunedin in 1900, and battery operated trams in Gisborne in 1913, until their demise in 1964, and 'Ferry to Devonport', which takes us back to a time when the last of the kauri ferry boats were still transporting people from Devonport to Auckland, giving us a unique opportunity to see and enjoy the sights of these much loved ferries again.
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The Maori Queen 1931-2006
This DVD commemorates the life of the Maori Queen, Te Arikinui
Dame Te Atairangikaahu. Tiaho Po includes excerpts from a concert
held in May 2006 at Turangawaewae Marae, Ngaruawahia to celebrate
40 years of Te Atairangikaahu's leadership of the Maori King
Movement (Kingitanga), and historical information relating to Te
Atairangikaahu and the Kingitanga. On 21 August 2006, three months
later, thousands of mourners made their way back to Turangawaewae
Marae to farewell their beloved leader. Te Arikinui Dame Te
Atairangikaahu: 1931-2006 is an edited version of the Maori Queen's
tangi (funeral) that was broadcast live to the nation by Television
New Zealand
Cost: $40 + GST
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Bug House (2001)
Join Ruud Kleinpaste as he takes us on a guided tour around the
average Kiwi home and introduces us to the various bugs and insects
that we share our homes with. From the kitchen to the bedroom to
the downpipe outside you'll be amazed (and possibly disturbed) by
the number of creepy crawlies we share our lives with and just how
close we come to some of them. (Duration: 44 mins approx)
Cost: $40 + GST
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Shaky Beginnings (1999)
Jim Hickey treks the length and breadth of New Zealand in search
of our geographic and geological origins. His travels take in the
steaming crater of White Island, underground caves scattered with
moa bones and the melting face of Tasman Glacier. From the violent
force of earthquakes and volcanoes to the corrosive power of water
we see what natural forces have shaped and shifted New Zealand to
make it the unique country we see today.
(Duration: 45 mins approx)
Cost: $40 + GST
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The 1981 Springbok Tour Documentaries:
Documentary material looking at the causes and effects of the
tumultuous events surrounding the 1981 Springbok Tour of New
Zealand.
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Maori Programme Catalogue:
The National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Maatauranga o Aotearoa and the Maori Department of TVNZ have compiled a selection of 50 titles covering Maori topics from 'Matariki' to 'Maori Food' and 'Maori Legends' for educational use. To view the entire catalogue click here
Why We Buy:
This six part documentary series from 2007 reveals the
strategies, science and psychology used to persuade us to buy.
Looking at everything from the secrets of selling (including
supermarket science, pricing psychology, limited offers, freebies
and super seller Suzanne Paul) to how brand image affects what we
buy and how we perceive our self image.
Cost: $150 + GST
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Decoding Dyslexia:
This New Zealand documentary explores and explains the condition
of dyslexia and shows the complexities dyslexic people face in
their lives.
Cost: $35 + GST
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CAPTAINS LOG:
In this 4 part series Peter Elliott retraces Captain Cook's
voyage of discovery in 1769. The maritime journey begins where
Captain Cook first landed and follows his route around the East
Cape, through Auckland, the Bay of Islands, across the infamous
Kaipara bar, into the Queen Charlotte Sound and ends with a ketch
journey around Stewart Island to the remote and beautiful Dusky
Sound. Travelling in everything from a Waka to an Oil Tanker, Peter
Elliot meets the sailors of today and explores New Zealand's love
affair with the sea.
Cost: $35 + GST
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Just the Job
New Zealand series which gives high school students an opportunity to try out a range of different occupations to help them make the right career choice. Series 1-5 now available -for more information click here.
HOWS THE WEATHER JIM?
Jim Hickey presents a documentary looking at New Zealand's changeable weather and its link with climate, forecasting and technology. Travelling the length and breadth of the country to explain in laymens terms why the weather is the way it is in our country Jim lets the viewer into the secrets of weather forecasting by visiting weather stations at sea, in the air and on the ground. He visits the MetService HQ at Kelburn, Wellington and sees how the forecasts are put together with the data received. Then Jim asks is our climate really changing? and tries his best to find out the answer.
RUNNING TIME: 44 mins
Cost: $50 + GST
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Gallipoli: The New Zealand Story
Lieutenant-General Sir Leonard Thornton presents and narrates an historical account of New Zealand's tragic role in the Gallipoli campaign of 1915 (from a text by Maurice Shadbolt). The story is told through the memories and photographs of the veterans who served there, and the fate of the battalions is traced over the actual battlefields. Originated from the book "Gallipoli : The New Zealand Story" by Christopher Pugsley.
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A Beginners Guide To Visiting A Marae:
Reporter Ian Johnstone visits the Kauwhata marae in the Manawatu, accompanied by Wiremu (Bill) Parker, Lecturer in Maori Studies, Victoria University and "Nancy", Rangi Amohai.
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The Enduring Land
Join Ruud Kleinpaste as he presents a four part docu-drama tracing the history of New Zealand farming and agriculture. He shows the process and development of agricultural settlement in New Zealand, from Maori farmers to Pakeha settlers and pioneers, and explores the efforts of late 19th and early 20th century farmers to convert New Zealand land into lush pasture and grain crops. We see the close relationship in New Zealand between scientists and farmers and explore the politics, both national and international of farming, tracing it's history right up to the decline of the rural economy in the 1980s.
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