Telling Stories: Maori news on English- and Maori-language

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Raymond Nairn PhDNZ Psychological Society Annual

Conference Queenstown, 2011

The Data

3 constructed weeks Evening news bulletins 123 bulletins - 2100 items English-language 28 Maori

items 17 Maori stories

17 ‘Maori stories’

7 – abuse of Maori children 2 – allude to Maori male violence 3 – deaths of Maori men 5 – miscellany Parekura Horomia: kids miss

breakfast Pounamu theft protest Kopu mill closure Auction Tame Iti artwork Treaty settlement apologies

Analysing Agendas

1st Level – ‘what to think about’ Were these the only stories?

2nd Level – ‘how to think about

it’

1st Level Agenda setting

Abuse/violence: Hui of hope (1); Kahui rejected (4*); Nia Glassie (1*), Jhia Te Tua (2); Guilty pleas (5); Starship (1); Kahui trial (2*)

Maori men and violence: White Ribbon march (1); Te Tomo (1)

Maori deaths: Hone Tuwhare (1**); Barry Barclay (1**); Tamati Paraone (1**)

Misc: Kopu mill (2*), Horomia (1*), Tame Iti artwork auction (1), Treaty settlements apologies (1), Pro-pounamu thieves protest (2)

What other stories?

Honorary doctorate for Tumu Te Heuheu Ruatoki – steps to ease children’s police raid

trauma Carved pou erected at Miropiko (Hamilton) Maori most prolific volunteers in community Ngai Tahu and Crown monitor fish stocks 1st meeting of Waikato River Guardians

Establishment Committee Malborough Sounds – local iwi in coastal

environment working group

2nd Level Agenda setting

How to think about this…. Frame, language, shots, sources…

White Ribbon Day March

Te Tomo

Maori violence - Theme

In the nature of Maori, especially men Maori (men) seek out, enjoy Evidence of primitive, savage nature FUNCTION – distract attention from

violent effects of colonisation, Pakeha law & society on Maori

White Ribbon Day March

FRAME: “Dads, brothers and sons took to the streets of Dunedin…to raise awareness of domestic violence against women”

SHOTS: LS – the march, CU – balloons, MS – banner: Te Whare Tangata Te Ao Marama, CU - putatara

2nd Level Agenda:How to think about Maori

Character: abusive, savage, uncaring Adult male vs baby/toddler Violence – non-Maori child killer – ‘why trust?’

Paucity:symbolic annihilation Content: symbolic demonisation

References

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McCreanor, T. (1989). Talking about race. In H. Yensen, K. Hague, T. McCreanor (Eds.), Honouring the Treaty: An introduction for Pakeha to the Treaty of Waitangi, (90-112). Auckland: Penguin.

Poindexter, P., Smith, L. & Haider, D. (2003). Race and ethnicity in local television: Framing, story assignments and source selections. Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media, 47, 524-536.