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Selwyn Muru presents a radio tribute to Sir Apirana Ngata, using archival recordings held in the sound archives collection.
00.00 - 01.14: Waiata o Takitīmu. (unidentified performers.)
01.14 - 02.09: Sir Apirana Ngata - Waiata - "Kaore hoki nei e..." Recorded March 1, 1949 on the departure of Sir Peter Buck Te Rangi Hīroa, for Hawai'i.
02.09 - 05.25: Biographical details of Sir Apirana Ngata. Born July 5, 1874. Son of Paratene Ngata. Reared in household of Ropāta Wahawaha. His mother was Katerina Ngaki. Schooled at Te Aute College. Founding member of the Young Māori Party.
05.25 - 07.52: Sir Apirana Ngata - commentary recorded in the mid-1940s about the haka/ngeri: "Ka mate, ka mate..."
07.52 - 09.12: Further biographical details about Ngata during World War II. He remained in Parliament until 1943. Composed the patriotic waiata "E te iwi, kia toa..."
09.12 - 10.24: Waiata - "E te iwi, kia toa..." (unidentified performers)
10.24 - 12.04: Further biographical details about Ngata and his career in Parliament. His knighthood was bestowed in 1927.
12.04 - 13.25: Waiata - "E rere e te kirimi..." (unidentified performers)
13.25 - 14.42: Ngata's work to preserve and revitalise Māori culture. Foundation of the Māori Arts and Crafts Institute at Whakarewarewa. Involvement with the Journal of the Polynesian Society.
14.42 - 17.03: Sir Apirana Ngata - Farewell speech in te reo and English, to Sir Peter Buck Te Rangi Hīroa, 1 Mar 1949. He was leaving to return to Hawaii and his work at the Bishop Museum, Honolulu.
17.03 - 18.07: Ngata's work with schools to preserve Māori culture. Recording of the Hiruhārama School children at 2YA studio Wellington and their rendition of the oriori "Pōpō" (This was recorded in the late 1930s - not 1950s, as stated in the programme)
18.07 - 21.19: Waiata oriori "Pōpō" and voiceover translation by Selwyn Muru.
21.19 - 22.33: Restoration of Rangiātea Church at Ōtaki. The establishment of the Bishopric of Aotearoa. Ngata's revision of the Māori Bible and the Māori Dictionary.
22.33 - 24.08: Waiata tangi composed to mark Ngata's passing - "Kāti ra e koro, ka takoto..." - performed by a Ngāti Porou rōpu.
24.08 - 24.15: Announcer.
24.15 - 26.02: Ngāti Poneke waiata - "Ko wai enei..."
26.02 - 27.13: [unspecified] Waiata o Takiīimu.
27.13: Selwyn Muru ends with Sir Apirana Ngata's whakatauki - "E tipu e rea mo ngā ra o tou ao..." Ends "...the new net goes fishing."