From the monthly archives: October 2011

In Part 1 of our show we are joined on our panel by Alistair Kwan and also Dave Walden, CEO of TBWA. We discuss if Asians are exoticised in the advertising media.

TARS Season 4 Episode 18, Part 1 (29/10/2011) [...]

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In the first part of our show we have our panel. This week Jacinda Ardern, Labour MP and Nikki Kaye, National MP who both represent Auckland Central are in the studio to discuss the future of Auckland.

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In Part 1 of our show, our panel of John Minto and Dr Murray Hing, a rare Asian face from the Springbok’s Tour protest of 1981, discusses activism, apartheid, racism and why it is important to stand up, even if it is for ‘others’.

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The 1.5 generation as defined on the very reliable Wikipedia is ‘people who immigrate to a new country before or during their early teens.’ New Zealand, like other Western countries, has an increasing number of 1.5 generation people particularly from Asian countries. Not only do they have the knowledge of and connections with their native [...]

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A three year endeavour and a documentary film made on a zero budget, pretty much. Following our kaupapa, our passion to tell stories never told. Now we are ready to make other films. Documentaries, shorts, features.

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In Part 1: At this point in the lead up to the New Zealand election no party has yet released an election manifesto. Concepts about migration and multiculturalism based on the Treaty of Waitangi never seem to get talked about. Damian Christie and Verpal Singh join us to start the discussion.

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Heidi Roberts studies the art of eating sushi and then an interview with Philip Rolfe, the curator of Parramasala, the first Australasian festival of South Asian arts and culture in Parramata, Sydney.

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Sahar Lone speaks to a doctor in a remote area of Northern Pakistan and Sapna Samant is in India talking to Nicola Fenton a Kiwi girl working in Bombay.

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Thomas Watts explores how one particular Bollywood comedy became a sentimental landmark for him and Sapna Samant look at the state of the Commonwealth Games in Delhi with New Zealand’s high commissioner to India.

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Nuredin Hassan talks to head of Islamic Studies Research Unit at the University of Auckland; Dr Zain Ali about Islam and Sapna Samant is in India talking to the President of the International Cricket Council Sharad Pawar.

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