Social Actions

Social action means taking steps to change the things that are wrong in our society and introducing new ideas and processes for doing things better in the future.

There are many different actions that people have taken to show their points of views, values and perspectives, the majority have been by people who are against the state houses being removed. Below is a list of actions and links that people have taken. For your assessment, you need to talk about the people who you have points of view, then what they did to show their points of view. Then you need to say why they choose to show their point of view through the actions that they did. Eg, why did Betty Kanuta take part in a protest? What were the reasons and why did she choose this particular action and not another?

Against the State Housing removals

• Protest March on Parliament (Betty Kanuta)

• Being a nuisance (Hone Harawira)

  • Facebook page

  • Wrote an article for the Herald (John Minto)

• Protest Rally

  • A Press Release (Hone Harawira)

Use this template to answer this section.

(Name) .... has a negative point of view about the state housing being removed. (Name)... shows his/her point of view by (action- eg protesting)....

(Name)...believes this is a good way to show his/her point of view because...