Spectrum 578 and Spectrum 579. Return to Te Reinga

Rights Information
Year
1987
Reference
1517
Media type
Audio
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Rights Information
Year
1987
Reference
1517
Media type
Audio
Categories
Documentary radio programs
Nonfiction radio programs
Radio programs
Sound recordings
Duration
01:09:32
Credits
RNZ Collection
Margaret WRIGHT, Interviewee
Radio New Zealand. National Programme, 1964-1986, Broadcaster
Alwyn Owen, 1926-, Producer

A two part documentary and second prize winner in a Spectrum competition in which listeners were invited to suggest ideas for programmes.

In the early 1950s, Margaret Wright and her husband took up teaching positions at the Te Reinga Māori school in Hawkes Bay. She tells the story of teaching in the Māori community in two programmes.