My 222258 research: July 2016

Sunday, 31 July 2016

Research about equality in NZ

ABOUT EMPLOYMENT

from: http://employment.govt.nz/er/bestpractice/equity/ employment NZ

"Many female workers in New Zealand work in occupations that are more than 80% female and these female-dominated occupations tend to be lower paid. Women are under-represented in higher-level jobs."

ABOUT WEALTH

from: http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/307458/10-percent-richest-kiwis-own-60-percent-of-nz's-wealth10%

Richest Kiwis own 60% of NZ's wealth

The richest 10 percent of households held half of New Zealand's wealth, while the poorest 40 percent held just 3 percent of total wealth.

ABOUT HOUSING

From:

http://www.stats.govt.nz/browse_for_stats/people_and_communities/Households/HouseholdNetWorthStatistics_HOTPYeJun15.aspx

For the year ended June 2015:

The median total net worth of New Zealand households was $289,000.
Household wealth in New Zealand was concentrated in the top 20 percent of New Zealand households, which held about 70 percent of total household net worth.
Owner-occupied dwellings, and investments in shares and other equity, each accounted for about 30 percent of a household’s total assets.
The individual net worth of New Zealanders increased with age. Young people (15–24 years) had the lowest median individual net worth ($1,000) and older people (65+) had the highest ($288,000).
The European population had a higher net worth than other ethnic groups ($114,000). This compared with $23,000 for people of Māori ethnicity, $12,000 for Pacific people, and $33,000 for the Asian ethnic group.

ABOUT INEQUALITY OF INCOME

From: http://thewireless.co.nz/themes/value/egali-what-getting-a-fair-go-in-new-zealand

ABOUT EQUALITY ITSELF(DEFINITATION)

From: http://www.inequality.org.nz/understand/

Comparing to the teacup composition, this one is more clear for illustrating the concept. It demonstrates the income inequality. The idea come up from the New of "10% richest Kiwis own 60% of NZ's wealth". People stand on the lower three bar represent people with low income while the one on the top right represents the rich. The transparent bars in the middle suggests that there is a huge gap between the poor and the rich. As Lydia, one of my group member, suggests that the character on the left hand side could be more detailed and there could be more people right there to emphases the unequal situation.

From the questionnaire, The information of this post is quiet clear. However, There are still a few points need to be improve on this composition.
The tutor advises me to create it (the picture) from a different angle as we are looking for a more dramatic impacts.

"Inequality storm in NZ"

The idea of it is from the idiom, a storm in a teacup, which suggest that inequality is not as serious as people normally consider.
According to the mentions in our group, this one does not demonstrate the idea well. The issue is that audience can't even recognise that it is a teacup so to come up with the reference about storm in a teacup.
Some appreciates the idea to use the idiom and comments that it is interesting to talk about the equality while most of the others are mentioning the inequality.
Besides, one of the group member suggests that i should draw the cup in a different angle and i think it might work.

Fern with British flag

This one is a parody from one of the options of NZ flag referendum. As far as i am concerned, the original image simply suggests the bicultural society in NZ. The black leaves represent Maori and islanders while the white ones represent Pakeha.