N.Z. race relations

Press, 27 July 1981, Page 14

N.Z. race relations

"The Proper Channels” is a first play by well-known actor Rawiri Paratene which raises questions about the quality of race relations in New Zealand and about the relationship between the police and the public. Concert radio, 9.35 tonight After a dispute with a taxi driver young Peter Te Hira finds himself, his wife, and his family on the receiving end of some decidedly unpleasant strongarm tactics by the police. They seem only too ready to support the pakeha taxi driver against Peter. During the distressing time at the police station they are subjected to humiliation and a degree of manhandling. Tempers are running high. Eventually his wife and kids are taken home. Peter is released. uncharged but humiliated. Convinced of his unfair treatment, he decides to complain formally

through "the proper channels."" Months go by and the play ends on a disillusioned note. The author produced "The Proper Channels" himself for R;N.Z. Peter and his wife Hine are played by Jim Moriarty and Marrtie Morgan (Rikkie and Maggie in TV’s "Close to Home"). Composers The death of Mozart is the central theme of this second programme in Owen Jensen's Concert Programme series about the deaths of famous composers. He entitles this programme "Mozart and the Birds of Appetite." Concert. 8.35 p.m. Henry James The first of 12 readings of “Washingtoa Square.” by Henry James, begins, on National at 1.45 p.m. In these broadcasts from the novel we meet Dr Sloper, a distin-

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guished and wealthy member of the 1 New York medical fraternity. He is disappointed in his only daughter Catherine's lack of personality ... until he discovers ’ her strength of purpose when she fallds in love with a man he disapproves of. The doctor refuses to give the couple any money and when the suitor learns of this reality, he abandons Catherine. She emerges stronger and colder towards both her father and former lover. The author, Henry .James, was born in New York in 1843 but always loved England. He settled "in Europe in 1875 and died in the ancient English town of Rye in 1916. There was a film made of this book entitled “The Heirece ”