Posts by Sacha
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the Celtic pre-Polynesian settlement of NZ
Wasn't that the topic of the rest of the site where I found the photo drivers license stuff recently?
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You could try interviewing her for Media7...
Please do - if it is handled well, disability can be a natural part of many other shows, as the Marae example shows rather well. It doesn't have to be the main focus of the story, just as disabled people's lives are about far more than disability.
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Hilary, I agree it's a good start. Disability organisations have been talking about such an event for years, so good on RSVP for making it happen. I hope the producers are open to working together to strengthen the awards in the interests of all disabled people and in the service of the broad change that's needed.
You make some good suggestions for improvement. I personally enjoyed seeing Sam win for his wheelchair export enterprise, and Suze for her choreography and study, not just her dance. I wasn't so comfortable with how some of the other award categories were positioned, although I understand the tension between promoting change and getting easy buy-in from sponsors and attendees who may be more "charitably" motivated.
In general, I'd like to see the awards take a more consistent focus on disabled people as contributors to society rather than individual performers or grateful beneficiaries of support. Those stereotypes have enough legs already and the only disabled people we see on telly are exceptional plucky battlers or dribbling objects of pity. Let's make the most of this rare opportunity to change the way the public look at disabled people.
I reassure you that the "it's all about my attitude" approach is not an Auckland thing - it's elite sports thinking as I noted upthread (and reflected in 4 of the 8 awards going to people involved in sport).
Although even then it's like naively assuming that only the athlete's motivation and character counts, rather than access to good coaching and management, modern equipment and venues and regular local and international competition to keep standards up. And of course the supported income, transport, education, nutrition, family and social buy-in and myriad other factors that enable individual performance.
Those have absolutely nothing to do with the recipient's "attitude" and a lot more to do with the hard shared political work that secured them in the first place. Recognising that is surely a simple matter of respect.
And finally, Sunday's Marae show direct ASX, first 12 mins of 29 min file had a brilliant story on Dargaville's Circus Kumarani and their work with hunga haua (disabled Maori) and local iwi. Great to see a down to earth and respectful take on disability smoothly woven through a story that captivates on many levels.
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Verbal tic? You mean like "well" for our Mr Ranapia?
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Hey but it's not like she said like.. :)
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Thanks, Bob. That's the kind of coverage I meant.
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Covering real politics rather than the sideshow takes more skills and more time to produce relevant and researched stories. I suspect that is the real issue rather than any lack of popular interest.
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Danyl, it's all well and fine to be critical after the shit has publicly hit the fan, but where was the coverage before now?
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Some of the content is echoed in this 2002 Gaynor story, but yes his 1999 one is not archived on the Herald site.
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They're no better off with the bailout plan
Again, which they? And I'd rather see our white collar crims in jail, thanks. It's not as if the business media are likely to start telling investors what scumbags these guys are any time soon.
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