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Recordings made at the opening of Takitimu Meeting House in memory of Sir James Carroll (Timi Kara), which took place during a hui held in Wairoa at Waihīrere Marae, from the 15th to the 18th June 1938.
(N.B. Full details of these recordings are contained in the Catalogue of Radio NZ Recordings of Māori Events 1938 - 1950 by Mervyn McLean, page 31-34)
Part 4: Recordings of modern items performed at the Wairoa hui.
[N.B. Several items are repeated.]
1-9 Action songs and waiata by a Taranaki group from Waitotara (Ngā Rauru), including a waiata tangi for Sir James Carroll.
10-12 Waiata and action songs by the Kohupātiki Choir of Hastings (Ngāti Kahungunu)
(Sir Apirana Ngata later recorded commentaries about several of these items. See ID30076)