Jack Perkins – Gauge

A hard life in the Gorge

August 5, 2019August 7, 2019 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments Darcy Collier, Jack Perkins, Les Marriott, Otaki, Ōtaki Gorge, Spectrum

Life doesn’t get much harder than it was in the Ōtaki Gorge at the start of last century. The land

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NZ History Sound

Audio Curios: A Song for All Seasons

September 9, 2015November 12, 2015 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1980s, 2015, animals, Audio Curios, Gareth Watkins, Jack Perkins, Phar Lap, radio, Radio New Zealand, Radio New Zealand National, Spectrum

Elsa Davis chronicles events in songs. In 1982 she was recorded by Alwyn Owen for Spectrum singing her famous “Phar

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