Sundays fortnightly, at 6:00pm
DIVERSE CITY is a 15-episode series produced by our sister Access station in Christchurch, PlainsFM. The 30min programmes explore how ethnic/migrant issues are portrayed in the mainstream and ethnic media.
The series has a slight Canterbury emphasis, but as the broad issues are similar all around the country it was felt that the programmes will be of equal interest to listeners in other regions.
The presenter is VICTORIA WYNN-THOMAS, as well-known Christchurch journalist.
BROADCAST DATES FOR THE REMAINDER OF 2008:
Nov 2nd & 30th (Final).
30th November (final) -
SUMMARIES OF RECENT PROGRAMMES:
2nd November -
Victoria spoke with Otago Daily Times reporter Catherine Wellington, who won top prize in the inaugural NZ Excellence-In-Reporting-Diversity Award with a hard-hitting look at racism in Dunedin (entitled "Shame On You, Dunedin").
19th October -
Victoria spoke with Dr David Robie, Director of the Pacific Media Centre at the Auckland University of Technology. They discussed how the mainstream media portray ethnic minorities, and how recruitment of ethnically-diverse journalism students could better serve their communities and the public.
5th October -
Victoria talked with Samoan-born journalist Tapu Mesa, who writes a column for the NZ Herald and is also a Board member of the Broadcasting Standards Authority, about issues of race within the media.
21st September -
With 2008 being the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Victoria met with Joris de Bres, Race Relations Commissioner, to discuss the Commission's role in NZ's growing multicultural society.
7th September -
Victoria talked with Egyptian-born Omar al-Hadad about the recent Islam Awareness Week at the University of Canterbury. She also touched base with Nauko Kudo, whose show "Japanese Down Under" looks at the lighter side of cultural differences between NZ and Japan.
24th August -
Victoria interviewed Amrit Singh, host of Christchurch's "Radio India" which has been running for 6 years. She also talked with Danielle Wright (author of the book "My Village" and runs a website called "itsasmallworld") about how she sources and translates nursery rhymes from around the globe, making them accessible to all New Zealanders.
10th August -
Victoria talked with Jim Tulley, Associate Professor at the School of Political Science and Communication at the University of Canterbury, about the role of the media in representing cultural diversity.
27th July -
Victoria talked with Anne-Marie Reynolds (Southern Regional manager for Refugee Services) about the issues which face refugees in NZ. She also caught up with Rebecca Todd (Ethnic Affairs reporter at the Christchurch Press) for the thoughts of Zimbabwean immigrants about the plight of their home country, and had a look at the burgeoning Asian population.
13th July -
Victoria talked with the Branch Manager of SkyKiwi (one of NZ's most popular websites for the Chinese community), and also to staff from the Ethnic Resource Centre, which is a Christchurch-based organisation providing ethnic communities with resources in more than 50 languages.
29th June -
Victoria talked with ANGIE ENOKA (Senior Communications Advisor from the Ministry of Pacific Affairs) re enrolment for the coming General Election, and also to REBECCA TODD (Ethnic Affairs reporter from the Christchurch Press) about recent issues.
15th June -
Victoria talked with the co-ordinators of both the Fijian and the Cook Islands radio programmes in Christchurch.
1st June -
Victoria talked with "Shortland Street" producer JASON DANIEL about the representation of ethnic groups on the show. She also chatted with "Asia-Down-Under" producer/presenter MELISSA LEE, who recently attended the Ethnic Affairs Media Matters forum.
18th May -
Victoria talked with Rebecca Todd (ethics affairs reporter with the Christchurch Press) and Candy Wu (journalist from the NZ Messenger). Victoria also went out and about at the Culture Galore event.
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