AUCKLAND, Friday: Kea Kids News – a partnership of Stuff.co.nz and NZ On Air – has been commissioned for a 48-week series, and is calling on teachers, parents and whānau to nominate potential on-screen interviewers by email (scroll down for the link).
Kea Kids News is a current affairs series of seven-minute bulletins made by kids, for kids, featuring big news stories, told through the eyes of children.
It’s named after a native bird – the curious kea.
Funded by NZ on Air for Heihei children’s television, the videos are aimed at 7 to 11-year-olds (primary school Year 2 to Year 6) and are posted twice a week on stuff.co.nz/Kea and Heihei.
Deputy editor Janine Fenwick said: “We are already finding that our young news cubs have no filter and ask questions adults wouldn’t dare to. They may be young, but they are addressing some difficult topics in an engaging way.”
“They may be young, but they are addressing some difficult topics in an engaging way.”
Kea Kids News is the brainchild of experienced children’s television producer Luke Nola.
Fenwick and Stuff’s head of video and audio Carol Hirschfeld, work closely with the Kea team to develop the news agenda each week, while Stuff’s many local newsrooms around New Zealand will provide support and mentoring on projects throughout the year.
Episodes already posted include what happens to guns in the Government’s buy-back scheme, insects as an alternative food source, inside a measles ward, bullying in skate parks, tackling children’s tooth decay and the primary school students who teach younger tamariki te reo Māori and sign language.
They have also featured lighter stories including behind the scenes at the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults and the School of Rock stage show, to the geese poo causing havoc for Auckland Council and the primary school pupils rearing native eels.
- Nominations here: janine.fenwick@stuff.co.nz
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