2/1/2018
Day 2: Peace Out! (The 1960s)
Activity 1: The Dawn of Television
In the 1960s there was a great deal of change in New Zealand. Technology was evolving and the television was introduced for the first time into New Zealand homes in the 1960s. Popular programmes included Town and Around and C’mon. Television remains popular to this day.
What is your favourite television show at the moment? On your blog tell us about your favourite television show. What is it about? Who are the main characters? What channel is it on?
Neighbours
Characters
Toadfish Rebecchi
Sonya Rebecchi
Susan Kennedy
Karl Kennedy
Paul Robinson
Paige Smith
Stephanie Scully
Mark Brenan
Terese Willis
Tyler Brennan
Aaron Brennan
Piper Willis
Aaron Brennan
Yashvi Rebecchi
Kirsha Rebecchi
Dipi Rebecchi
Mishti Sharma
Leo Tanaka
David Tanaka
Xanthe Canning
Jack Callahan
Sheila Canning
Channel
2
About
Neighbors is a Australian soap opera about different families that live on the same street, who have lots of problems that they sort out together like a family.
Activity 2: Rock ‘n’ Roll
Famous bands also started travelling across the world and in 1964, New Zealand hosted, arguably the most popular band of the time, The Beatles.
People were very excited to see The Beatles, and the hype around the band was known as Beatlemania (similar to the modern-day Bieber-Fever)!
Read about their tour of New Zealand below, and then post three interesting facts about The Beatles Tour on your blog.
The Beatles' first stop in New Zealand was Wellington. Seven thousand screaming fans – nearly all young women – waited as the band touched down on 21 June 1964. One girl badly hurt her leg trying to climb a wire fence, and two others were forced through the fence because of pushing from behind.
A team of 30 police officers, some in plain clothes, was on hand. Bill Brien, in charge of the operation, later said that:
“We underestimated the whole thing badly. The crowd was so big we had to … keep all the people behind a wire fence. At one stage it looked like the fence would collapse, which would have been a disaster.”
As the band stepped off the plane, the shrieks of fans drowned out the noise of the engines. Te Pataka concert party performed a haka, before doing a hongi (pressing noses) and presenting the band members with tiki.
From the back of a Holden utility, The Beatles waved to fans who lined the roads from the airport to town. The crowds outside their hotel, the St George, were so large that The Beatles had to be taken in secretly through the bottle shop entrance of the hotel. Management rushed the band up to the third floor balcony so fans could see them and not crash the hotel.
It was mayhem. 'Girls were screaming uncontrollably, quite out of their tree,' people remembered. Police used dogs to clear crowds from verandahs and other vantage points. Teenagers pushed over and damaged two police motorbikes; there was so much pushing that one of The Beatles’ cars was shunted backwards, even with the handbrake on.
Fans trekked back to The Beatles' hotel after the concert. The band was stuck inside as crowds gathered outside. Some kept up a late-night vigil on the hill behind the hotel. Others tried to get round the strict security; four girls strolled onto the sixth floor into the arms of Ringo Starr. His response was, ‘Now girls, no nonsense or else I’ll leave.’
Away from all the fuss, two of the band members took the chance to catch up with family. Police whisked John Lennon away to Levin to meet his second cousins, while Ringo Starr (formerly Starkey) met a group of Starkeys from the Wellington suburb of Karori.
Retrieved from https://nzhistory.govt.nz/culture/beatles
- The police force under estimated how strong and crazy the crowd would be.
2. The crowd was so excited about beatles that they hiked down and waited outside their hotel for them.
3. The crowd was pushing on the fence so much that one of the beatle members cars was pushed backwards.
4. One girl hurt her leg because she was trying to climb a fence to get to the Beatles.
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Bonus Activity: The Three Rs - Rugby, Racing and Running
In the 1960s, sport in New Zealand was dominated by the three R’s – rugby, racing and running. The national rugby team, the All Blacks, had a great decade, winning 36 of the 40 games that they played. Many kiwis also spent their week-ends at the local racetrack and, in 1960, Peter Snell won a gold medal in the 800m race at the Olympic Games in Rome, Italy. He followed this up with two more gold medals in the 800m and 1500m races at the 1964 Olympic Games.
Watch this documentary about Peter Snell and then create a one-page poster on Canva* about this famous kiwi runner. Be sure to include a picture of Peter along with information about his interests and other sporting accomplishments.
*You will need to register on the Canva website in order to use it. \
BONUS POINTS: 14
Kia Ora Katelyn,
ReplyDeleteMy name is Hazel and I am a member of the Summer Learning Journey team. I am the cluster manager for Uru Manuka, looking after the Christchurch-based bloggers. I hope that you have been enjoying the Summer Learning Journey so far; I can see that you've been busy!
I have not watched Neighbours in a long time, but some of those character names sound very familiar; I can't believe that Toadfish is still on the show. Did you know that the actor who plays him has been on the show for 23 years?
Had you heard of The Beatles before? They are one of my favourite bands. Have you heard any of their songs before? My favourite one is Here Comes the Sun. You can listen to it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvzNqIGuAKc
You have made a great poster! Peter Snell is one of our most famous athletes. I didn't know that he played so many other sports too!
I look forward to reading more of your posts soon!
Hazel :)