Section outline

  • Kia ora class, this week finishes our look at Chinese Aotearoa and begins our focus on the Dawn Raids & Polynesian Panthers. 

    We will have one lesson where we look at the Gock family, a highly respected family of Chinese New Zealanders who navigated the Kumara crisis of the 1950s, becoming a success story of Chinese presence in NZ despite the obstacles of government-approved racism.

    The topic of the Dawn Raids may contain some uncomfortable language and discussions of violence, but they are appropriate for your year level and will be discussed & shown tastefully. This topic is one of the most powerful moments of modern Aotearoa and the thought of the Dawn Raids still lingers with many Pasifika families today. In the interest of time, rather than talking about both topics for over a week at a time, I have decided to put them both together so we can be ready for the assessment in time. We are going to look at this pivotal part of Aotearoa New Zealand's history and the people and organisations behind it, all within a rough one and a half week span.

    Success Criteria: I can/have...

    • I can describe the issues facing Chinese migrants in the decades following the Poll Tax.
    • I can recognise the changes towards Chinese people in NZ society, using the Gock family as a case study.
    • I can summarise the economic and social changes in Aotearoa NZ during the 1950s to 1960s that directly influenced NZ's immigration policies.
    • I can empathise with some of the challenges and rapidly evolving conditions facing Pacific Islanders during that time.
    • I can make connections with how the Dawn Raids may have similarities to how Chinese New Zealanders were treated back then & in previous decades.

    Activities:

    1. Stories of Success (Speed Read)
    2. Dawn Raids - Origins (Slideshow)

    EXPLORE / TŪHURA

    EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:

    • We are EXPLORING... human rights by investigating its conception and history across the decades.
    • We are EXPLORING... Aotearoa New Zealand's approach to race by interpreting select case studies.
    • We are EXPLORING... Chinese New Zealand history by empathising with the many stories and narratives that have been woven into this country's history.