Charles Moihi Bennett: NZ High Commissioner to Malaya

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Year
1950
Reference
44519
Media type
Audio
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Rights Information
Year
1950
Reference
44519
Media type
Audio
Item unavailable online
Duration
00:30:50
Taonga Māori Collection
Yes
Credits
RNZ Collection
Buck, Peter Henry (b.1877, d.1951)
Ngata, Apirana Turupa (b.1874, d.1950)
Bennett, F. A. (Frederick Augustus), 1871-1950
Bennett, Charles Moihi Te Arawaka (b.1913, d.1998)

"Ka pu te ruha, ka hao te rangatahi" - "The old net is cast aside, the new net goes a fishing".

Introduction by CM Bennett, and speeches are given by Sir Peter Buck, Sir Apirana Ngata, Bishop Augustus Bennet, and Princess Te Puea Herangi.

[N.B. Refer to MPT 8102]

Introduction by CM Bennett NZ (High Commissioner to Malaya)

Sir Apirana T. Ngata speaking at Sir Peter Buck's farewell function at Auckland in 1949.

- Waiata - "Kahore hoki e i te po nei e".

- Haka: "Ka mate ka mate".

- Reply by Sir Peter Buck (Te Rangihiroa).

- Bishop FA Bennett, opening "Tama-te-Kapua" meetinghouse, March 1943.

- Princess Te Puea Herangi: Eulogy to Sir Apirana Ngata.

- Waiata: "A tatou kōrero hoki ra e" by Mrs Kura Tauranga & [unspecified] group (Nga Moteatea 130).

- Waiata: "E hika ma e" by Mrs. Kura Tauranga of Ngāti Porou. (Nga Moteatea.40).

- "E hika ma huia mai". Introduction by Rev. Canon Rewiti Kohere and waiata sung by Rev. Poihipi Kohere and his [unspecified] group.

[N.B. The last three items on this track were recorded at Te Araroa on the East Coast on 18th March 1954.]