South Pacific | More Than A War

From The Home Front

May 31, 2016 · by saradonaghey

Created by Rhiannon Duff, Poppy Smith, Katie Hay and Pari Sastri Slackhasone.

A transmedia project integrating second year student projects told by fictional journalist Thomas Holloway; he was sent to New Zealand to document the Home Front stories.

Students created a blog to gain a sense of life during this period. Pick up your copy of the printed magazine (or click on the image) From The Home Front to read more interpretative stories.

“The two rules for our class [for creating a] world narrative were to have a South Pacific link and to integrate another group’s idea to your own story. We aimed to have these rules met by creating a character, Thomas Holloway… a journalist… at the time of the War. [This gave us] the opportunity for the stories within our stories to be your stories. This project was not only challenging but also equally rewarding, teaching us strengths and skills that we will be able to apply later on in future industry jobs. We learnt to work collectively as a group under pressure and how to work around others …”

Help Me Tell My Story

May 31, 2016 · by Sue

Created by Julianna Joe, Louise Saunders, Charlotte Long and Antonia Jacob in collaboration with Kevin Hsu and Aiden Lee

As an interactive exhibition piece, the work engages the audience to participate and share their First World War stories. In the exhibit space the above image of an unknown soldier is displayed on a monitor. Inspired by the young mans picture, audience members are encouraged to enter their reflections, connections or heart comments into a tablet. Once entered the comments appear in real time on the monitor. The impression left is that these comments come from the soldier. ‘We feel that the soldiers unknown-ness lends the audience his eyes, giving permission to engage in his story and add to the collective knowledge of the first World War and our personal connection, however indirect, with the affects of war’.

Either click the image or this link to go to the project: http://helpmetellmystory.co.nz/about/

Women On The Home Front

December 13, 2014 · by saradonaghey

Created by Charlie Mills, J’leanne Carpenter, Melania Tasi Wulf and Reo Hollick.

This blog shares the stories written from womens’ perspectives on the home front in the South Pacific during the First World War; how these women adapted to the impact of war and male absence.

The characters, featuring Maori, Samoan, Australian, and New Zealand European women, are brought to life through first person narratives drawn from research on real or imagined characters in the images.

“We believed that by bringing this information and research to the public eye.. [the blog] will allow the audience to imagine further into the story”

Click on the link to take you to the blog: http://unitecworldwarproject.blogspot.co.nz

My name is Te Puea Herangi. I was born at Whatiwhatihoe in the Waikato, I am the granddaughter of the second Màori king Tawhiao, which comes with huge responsibility. I am educated in Maori beliefs, values, and strongly believe in all my cultural principles. Price, W. A. (1990). Portrait of Te Kirihaehae Te Puea Herangi. Retrived from natlib.govt.nz/records

A Woman from Otago I am a member of the Otago Women’s Patriotic Association. I am a European-NZ woman and my husband is a solider in the war in Europe; he recently was balloted to provide his services. Our family slowly has to adjust to the changes during his absence. I look after the family and my eldest daughter is helping me with the young children. We are a family of five with three children. We are doing our best to run our daily lives smoothly just as we did before my husband left.

New Zealand War Art

December 13, 2014 · by saradonaghey

Created by Shani Helsby, Larissa Jenkins, Ben Gurney and Luke Gu.

This team created a mock exhibition catalogue for New Zealand First World War artists – George Edmund Butler, Nugent Hermann Welch and Horace Moore-Jones.

“Our group felt by bringing three different art styles and various positions and times over the war [period] together, it would give the audience a greater, deeper and more detailed experience of World War One.”

To see the exhibition catalogue click here or on the image.

Through the eyes of women

December 12, 2014 · by saradonaghey

Created by Maria Latu, Tiare Miranda and Alpha Latu.

Students interview a member of the Women’s International League of Peace and Freedom to learn about the background of this organisation and its role in promoting peace and justice.

“What drew my interest into this project was being able to interview an author and oral historian, Megan Hutching, and learning about different women on the ideal of peace and freedom”

Count Felix Von Luckner

December 12, 2014 · by saradonaghey

Created by Moli Pulu, Alice Carter, Stephanie Look and Justin Laico.

This video weaves together research and personal narrative to tell the story of Count Felix Von Luckner, a German sea captain and his escape from Motuihe Island.

“The life of Felix Von Luckner is an intriguing tale. There are many more stories to be told. What started out as a challenging subject was an opportunity to discover New Zealand history that we previously have not heard about”.

Fredpedia

December 12, 2014 · by saradonaghey

Created by Skye Collinson.

This blog documents one student’s research process and discovery as she explored the active service of her great grandfather Frederick George Collinson. The timeline illustrates significant aspects of his war experiences and tells his story between enlisting in 1916 and discharge in 1919.

“A timeline was chosen because it is an effective tool for [the story to be]…illuminated throughout a time period. The particular images used in this timeline are a great supplement to the information in the text as they aide in visualising the history.”
To view the wordpress site built by Skye for the project click here http://wp.me/4wuf2