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?
My favourite television show is Andi Mack.
The Chanel it always comes on is 100.
What I like about the television show is that in every episode she finds out something.
I also like Andi Mack because she is just like my cousin does not have any sisters and brothers, acts like a egg and has a lot of secrets that she doesn't like to tell.
The main characters in Andi Mack are Andi Mack/ Peyton Elizabeth Lee,Bex mack/ Lilan Bowden,Celia Mack/ Lauren Tom,Jonah beck/ Asher Angel,Cyrus Goodman/ Joshua Rush,Buffy Driscoll/ Sofia Wylie.
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 Beatle-Mania (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.
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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.
Three Interesting facts
Three Facts about The Beatles Tour:
1.A Te Pataka Concert introduced The Beatles with a
performance of Kapa Haka before a hongi with them.
2. Fans were so over excited about the coming of the
Beatles that a few of them had injuries and were
pushing each other to the fact that the wired fence
could collapse.
3. Outside their hotel it was full of huge crowds that they
had to be secretly taken into the hotel before being
overtaken by their fans.
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. To register, first you will need to choose your poster template from the homepage. This will bring up the sign-in page. Click on the ‘Register with Email’ button and enter your details.
BONUS POINTS: 14
Hey Lily, thank you for sharing your favourite television show with us. I have never heard of Andi Mack. What happens on it? A lot of kids from your school have said on their blogs that their favourite television show is KC Undercover. Have you heard of that show?
ReplyDeleteAlso, thank you for sharing three interesting facts about The Beatles. It sounds like such a hectic, chaotic tour of New Zealand. The Beatles eventually stopped playing live shows because they couldn't hear their instruments over the high pitched screaming. I do really like The Beatles though, last year in my class, we used to listen and sing along to heaps of their songs.
Have you ever listened to any of their songs? They're quite catchy and easy to learn.
Thank you,
Billy
Kia ora Billy,
ReplyDeletethank you very much for your comment it was so wonderful of you to look at my blog. Yes I have heard of Kc under cover but not a fan of that show anymore used to be but im over it. And for your second question yes I have listened to one of there songs.
Kia Ora Lily,
ReplyDeleteI'm commenting on your Bonus Activity: The Three R's - Rugby, Racing and Running.
Wow! What an incredible poster, I love the font and colours that you've picked. The length of the picture of Peter Snell is also perfectly placed, well done.
He sure sounds like an impressive sportsman!
Can you tell me how long his career lasted for?
Cheers,
Jordan.