These four New Zealand texts have social issues seen through the eyes of young maori boys around social issues, Boy, Wild Pork And Watercress, Dark Horse. In the film Boy the main character “boy” was affected by social issues and wanted to be like his dad since he met him, Boy idolised his father and […]

Brain storm -He won a olympic medal from freestyle skiing in the 2018 winter olympic games. -He is home schooled in wanaka but is coming to MAC in term 3. -He is the youngest NZ athlete to win a olympic medal. Nico porteous is a New Zealand bronze medalists for freestyle skiing

In the scene I have chosen where Mana has just had his birthday and has to have his hair shaved and face tattooed to then do a burglary on a house as part of initiation to a gang his father is in. In the scene there is various techniques used like dialogue , different camera […]

Describe at least one important character in the written text. Explain how this character is revealed to you throughout the text and/or how this character helps you understand an important theme/idea in the novel? Ricky Baker is the main character that is being revealed at the start and is recognized as a fat maori that […]

Written in 1986 , wild pork and watercress , by Barry Crump , is the story of Ricky Baker. Ricky is 12 years and 3 weeks old , a quarter Maori boy. Told in first person narrative , ricky tells his story with humour. Ricky is a victim of racism and the New Zealand Social […]

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