New Zealand migrants, polymedia and the ambivalences of staying in touch

2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 479-495 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joost de Bruin
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Entire Range ◽  
Interview Study ◽  
Media Representations ◽  
Media Consumption ◽  
Special Interests ◽  
Left Behind ◽  
Areas Of Interest

This article uses the concepts of polymedia and accentuated ambivalence to analyse the results of an interview study with New Zealand migrants in Australia. The participants in the study exploited the polymedia environment they have access to in relation to three areas of interest: consuming media representations of New Zealand, staying connected with people they have left behind and engaging with special interests such as music and sports from New Zealand. The article argues that in order to comprehend contemporary migrant audiences, scholars need to take into account the entire range of media that migrants have at their disposal. An expansion of the concepts of polymedia and accentuated ambivalence can facilitate this perspective. Polymedia theory is a vital tool for the analysis of how migrants manage their affective relationships with places and people through media consumption.

Changing patterns of conspicuous consumption: Media representations of luxury in second homes

2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 295-315 ◽  
Author(s):  
Trudie Walters ◽  
Neil Carr
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Conspicuous Consumption ◽  
Media Representations ◽  
Second Homes ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Second Home ◽  
Qualitative Thematic Analysis ◽  
Changing Patterns ◽  
Visual Text ◽  
Lifestyle Magazine

This article examines the potential of utilising representations of luxury in second homes to chart the changing patterns of conspicuous consumption. It is situated within a New Zealand context and based on the analysis of representations of luxury in second homes in an architecture/lifestyle magazine from 1936 to 2015. A qualitative thematic analysis was carried out on the written and visual text of 305 second home articles. The findings are divided into time periods which relate to distinct socio-cultural, political and economic events and ideologies that have influenced New Zealand society. The analysis reveals a change from ‘quiet luxury’ during the war years to the luxury of imported products, reflecting a fascination with first American and then European style in the mid-century. It also shows a change from a reputed cultural reticence to display one’s wealth to the flagrant conspicuous consumption of luxury goods and services in the 1980s which aligns with the rise of new wealth after the introduction of neoliberalism in the country. Finally, the variance between representations of luxury during recessionary times in the 1970s and 2000s demonstrates a change in attitude towards conspicuous consumption.

scholarly journals Interiors in the Land of the Great Outdoors

IDEA JOURNAL ◽  
1969 ◽  
pp. 107-116
Author(s):  
Sam Kebbel
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Urban Development ◽  
Theoretical Models ◽  
Creative Industries ◽  
Left Behind ◽  
Urban Model ◽  
The City

In the context of an expanding economy around the so-called creative industries, many cities are searching for theoretical models to guide urban development. Theoretical models from early post-modernists are being regularly re-examined, in part, because of their relevance to models for the contemporary city. This paper investigates situationist theory as a lens through which to explore alternative pockets of culture. Using situationist theory as a lens to observe the culture of the New Zealand bach, or the myth that it left behind, this paper exposes the paradox of bach culture as an urban model: the paradox of institutionalising a creative culture of resistance and of escaping the city only to find oneself at its centre.

scholarly journals Constructing the Other: News media representations of a predominantly ‘brown’ community in New Zealand

2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 225 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean M Allen ◽  
Toni Bruce
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
News Media ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
Media Representations ◽  
The Other ◽  
Racial Groups ◽  
Economic Community ◽  
Minority Communities ◽  
Pacific Community

Research worldwide finds that indigenous, non-white, immigrant and other marginalised communities are subjected to media coverage that negatively and narrowly stereotypes them in comparison to dominant racial groups. In this article, we explore media representations of a predominantly Pacific and lower socio-economic community in New Zealand. The results contribute to the literature regarding media coverage of minority communities through an analysis of 388 news articles, drawing on Freire’s (1996/1970) theory of antidialogical action to consider how power is used to marginalise the predominantly Pacific community of South Auckland. The results demonstrate that South Aucklanders are subjected to stereotypes and negative labelling that reinforce their marginalisation and exclusion from mainstream New Zealand culture. 

Together We’re One? The “Place” of the Nation in Media Representations of the 1998 Kuala Lumpur Commonwealth Games

2001 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 277-301 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Silk
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Media Representations ◽  
Kuala Lumpur ◽  
Production Practices ◽  
Political Economic ◽  
Commonwealth Games

Through an ethnographically oriented case study at the 1998 Commonwealth Games, the analysis accounts for the complexities and nuances that realignments in political, economic, and social life create for televised sport professionals. The analysis addresses the mediations of, and the interactions between, the host broadcaster (Radio Television Malaysia) and one “client” broadcaster (Television New Zealand). Specifically, the paper focuses on the conditions of production, the production practices, and the meanings embodied within the product that flowed to New Zealand.

Indigenous (Māori) perspectives on abortion in New Zealand

2017 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 144-162 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jade Sophia Le Grice ◽  
Virginia Braun
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
International Research ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Extended Family ◽  
Interview Study ◽  
Exploratory Research ◽  
Individual Choice ◽  
Family Investment ◽  
Cultural Contexts

Abortion is an under-researched, sensitive and politicised topic, but in the New Zealand context, there is a conspicuous dearth of exploratory research on Indigenous (Māori) perspectives on abortion, despite some indication that Māori seek abortion services. International research that attends to the socio-cultural context of abortion evidences a fascinating variability of perspectives and attitudes about abortion, with some commonalities and patterns of resistance. Within accounts of Māori historical practice of abortion, there is some evidence of variability, and we sought to better understand the contemporary socio-cultural context surrounding Māori perspectives on abortion. As part of an Indigenous feminist (Mana Wāhine) interview study with 43 participants (26 women, 17 men), thematic analysis of participants’ talk about abortion identified notions regarding “protection of a new life”, “woman’s individual choice”, and “extended family investment and support” as foregrounded themes. We describe a rich and nuanced account of Māori perspectives on abortion, describing how these are structurally embedded within particular socio-historical and socio-cultural contexts, including Māori ideologies and theories, colonisation and Christianity, and women’s rights activism.

scholarly journals Unintended Consequences: the Montessori Story of the Early Childhood Education Qualification  Requirement - 2000-2007

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Sola Freeman
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
Unintended Consequences ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
Left Behind ◽  
Need For Support ◽  
Key Policy ◽  
The Impact

<p>In 2002, the Ministry of Education in New Zealand released Pathways to the Future: Nga Huarahi Arataki. This 10year strategic plan for early childhood education was the culmination of years of advocacy, research and consultation within the early childhood sector. A key component of the plan is a staged requirement for teachers in early childhood centres to have a Diploma of Teaching ECE or equivalent qualification. The study analyses the impact on the Montessori early childhood sector of the requirement that teachers in a centre be qualified with a Diploma or equivalent. This thesis draws on the results of a qualitative study involving interviews with key policy informants and focus groups of teachers and the story that emerges describes the complexities, frustrations and positive outcomes for centres and their teachers. The story points to a need for support, intervention and creative strategies to ensure no part of the early childhood sector is left behind, and diversity within early childhood education in New Zealand is maintained. The final outcome of the study raises the dilemma faced by the Montessori community; how can the approach accommodate the current ideas of early childhood education brought to centres through the policy requirement and remain identifiably Montessori?</p>

scholarly journals Unintended Consequences: the Montessori Story of the Early Childhood Education Qualification  Requirement - 2000-2007

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Sola Freeman
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
Unintended Consequences ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
Left Behind ◽  
Need For Support ◽  
Key Policy ◽  
The Impact

<p>In 2002, the Ministry of Education in New Zealand released Pathways to the Future: Nga Huarahi Arataki. This 10year strategic plan for early childhood education was the culmination of years of advocacy, research and consultation within the early childhood sector. A key component of the plan is a staged requirement for teachers in early childhood centres to have a Diploma of Teaching ECE or equivalent qualification. The study analyses the impact on the Montessori early childhood sector of the requirement that teachers in a centre be qualified with a Diploma or equivalent. This thesis draws on the results of a qualitative study involving interviews with key policy informants and focus groups of teachers and the story that emerges describes the complexities, frustrations and positive outcomes for centres and their teachers. The story points to a need for support, intervention and creative strategies to ensure no part of the early childhood sector is left behind, and diversity within early childhood education in New Zealand is maintained. The final outcome of the study raises the dilemma faced by the Montessori community; how can the approach accommodate the current ideas of early childhood education brought to centres through the policy requirement and remain identifiably Montessori?</p>

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