Documentary New Zealand Beating the System:
A documentary about four teengae students through a year at Aranui High's sports academy. Four years ago, Aranui High's principal, Graeme Plummer, rearranged the school's timetable to accommodate sport as a subject. Now, the academy's teams have won national secondary school's championships for rugby, rugby league and touch and academic results have improved markedly.
Primary Title
- Documentary New Zealand
Secondary Title
- Beating the System:
Date Broadcast
- Monday 23 October 2000
Start Time
- 20 : 30
Finish Time
- 21 : 30
Duration
- 60:00
Channel
- TV One
Broadcaster
- Television New Zealand
Programme Description
- A documentary about four teengae students through a year at Aranui High's sports academy. Four years ago, Aranui High's principal, Graeme Plummer, rearranged the school's timetable to accommodate sport as a subject. Now, the academy's teams have won national secondary school's championships for rugby, rugby league and touch and academic results have improved markedly.
Classification
- Unknown
Owning Collection
- Chapman Archive
Broadcast Platform
- Television
Languages
- English
Captions
Live Broadcast
- No
Rights Statement
- Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Genres
- Documentary
Hosts
- Mike Hosking (Presenter)
- Tony Palmer (Narrator)
Contributors
- Robin Shingleton (Director)
- Tony Palmer (Producer)
- Tony Palmer Productions (Production Unit)