Assignment
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1Get Smart Intelligence quotient - is it in our genes? Nature versus nurture argument. Parents seem to be trying to "hot-house" their children to create child prot�g�es. However the path to genius is rocky and strewn with pitfalls.
Speakers
- Stephen Witte (Daniel's Father)
- Robert Plomin (Geneticist)
- Jim Flynn (Otago University)
- Timothy Kelly (Gifted Child)
- Roger Moltzen (Waikato University)
- Marissa Kelly (Timothy's Mother)
- Joy Hawthorne (Thomas Kennedy Academy)
- Chrystal Witte (Daniels' Mother)
- Daniel Witte (Gifted Teen)
- Alex Fretter (Gifted Child)
- Max Fretter (Alex's Father)
- Julie Aigner-Clark ("Baby Einstein")
- Shauna Long (Mother)
- Craig Gurtey (Father)
- Carol Gurtey (Mother)
- Cushla Gatland (Gifted Child)
- Yvonne Gatland (Cushla's Mother)
- Tony Fraser-Smith (Stanford University)
Live Broadcast
- No
Commercials
- No
Primary Title
- Assignment
Date Broadcast
- Thursday 7 December 2000
Start Time
- 20 : 30
Finish Time
- 21 : 30
Duration
- 60:00
Channel
- TV One
Broadcaster
- Television New Zealand
Classification
- Unknown
Owning Collection
- Chapman Archive
Broadcast Platform
- Television
Languages
- Maori
Captions
Live Broadcast
- No
Rights Statement
- Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Speakers
- Alex Fretter (Gifted Child)
- Carol Gurtey (Mother)
- Chrystal Witte (Daniels' Mother)
- Craig Gurtey (Father)
- Cushla Gatland (Gifted Child)
- Daniel Witte (Gifted Teen)
- Jim Flynn (Otago University)
- Joy Hawthorne (Thomas Kennedy Academy)
- Julie Aigner-Clark ("Baby Einstein")
- Marissa Kelly (Timothy's Mother)
- Max Fretter (Alex's Father)
- Robert Plomin (Geneticist)
- Roger Moltzen (Waikato University)
- Shauna Long (Mother)
- Stephen Witte (Daniel's Father)
- Timothy Kelly (Gifted Child)
- Tony Fraser-Smith (Stanford University)
- Yvonne Gatland (Cushla's Mother)