Hand in hand with celebrity worship and the “dumb is cute” motto for women is a sensation identified as “raunch culture”.
Music / Pūoro
PARTYING UP AT PARIHAKA
The first Parihaka Pace Festival was held in March 2006. Rose Lawson and two friends went along to volunteer - and party…
Music and Censorship
By Jenah Shaw. Music is everywhere. On that radio over there, on TV, in that car driving past… so imagine if the only song you could hear from any of these was something everyone agreed was ‘safe’ enough. Something without swear words or any references to violence or sex – like Hi 5. Shudder.
Welcome to a world of music censorship
New places
By VAIOA ULUGA
Colonisation wrecked countries
Couldn’t live da way we wanted to be free
Claimed independence…
E tu! Stand up!
By PAORA DURIE. E tu! Stand up! Know your past, be proud of it; be strong in the present. The four elements of hip hop have bled their way into the throbbing veins of New Zealand, providing a positive way of dealing with the legacy of colonisation.
