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Spectrum 631. The royal radio roadshow

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Year
1988
Reference
4185
Media type
Audio
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Rights Information
Year
1988
Reference
4185
Media type
Audio
Categories
Documentary radio programs
Nonfiction radio programs
Radio programs
Sound recordings
Duration
00:42:22
Broadcast Date
22 Dec 1988
Credits
RNZ Collection
Queen Elizabeth II Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926-, 1926-
Jack Perkins, 1940-
National Radio (N.Z.) 1986-2007, Broadcaster

On December 23, 1953 the first reigning monarch to set foot on New Zealand soil came ashore at Auckland. Queen Elizabeth II, crowned only months earlier, and her husband the Duke of Edinburgh began a five week tour of the country which created unprecedented demonstrations of patriotism.

Never before or since has an extended celebration so engulfed the country, marred only by the tragedy of the Tangiwai rail disaster on Christmas Eve.

Drawing on RNZ Sound Archives and the recollections of broadcasters and others involved, Spectrum looks back to the Royal Roadshow of more than thirty years ago.