Looking at the article on the New Zealand schools in Auckland going into lockdown, it shows that to gain people’s interest they feel they have to broadcast the best school. They decided not to really talk about the school that was actually at risk. Cashmere does the same thing in a way. They focus on the sporting teams that are the best and the classes that are the best without showing support to the lower teams and more challenged classes. To gain people’s interest I don’t think you need to focus on the ‘best things’ like Kings college when the actual issue was based in Otahuhu. New Zealand as a whole should be focused on all children,  not just the ones that go to a certain school or play at a certain level for sport. We need to think how great it is that lots of children are playing sport, not just how great it is that somebodies child plays for the top team. 

In the article about the lock down it shows that Kings College is the one that is getting aimed at instead of Ōtāhuhu College who were the school that were really in danger. The reason that Kings College became the image of the lockdown is because it is a more high decile school that provides a better education, to the public eye at least. While Ōtāhuhu College is more of a low decile school with 74% of their students being pasifika. This shows that New Zealanders like to make sure that we look like a “pure” country with no violence and shunned everything that's not under that carpet. 

New Zealand has been known to have one of the biggest social divides. This has not been changed over the years due to the ongoing poverty cycle. In the article “The side eye: kings and commoners” we get a story based around two schools going into a lock down. One is a wealthy school, and the other is a decile 1 state-school. The issue is centered at the state-school, but the media has used the neighbouring wealthier school to capture attention. This article has bought up an impacting point that has challenged my societal view. Personally, I believe that all children (no matter what their upbringing or background is) should have a fair shot at life. When the media portrays one group of people more important than another, it damages the child’s self worth, and the view that they have on their peers. This is no way to break the poverty cycle. If children are brought up around media portraying them as “lesser” than the wealthier side of the divide, a change will never happen.