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Ngā Pao me ngā Pakiwaitara ā te Iwi Māori, PA137
"Song and Story of the Māori." Short Wave Radio Broadcast.
Māori singers in uniform, programme 2: Māori Battalion and Linton Camp Māori Choir.
Narrated by Ulric Williams.
Songs recorded during the war years:
"Ngā rongo" sung by the 2nd Māori Battalion at camp in North Auckland.
Six Māori W.A.A.F.s recorded at an R.N.Z.A.F. camp during the war, sing "Toroa", composed by Leading Aircraftsman Bunny Otene.
The 2nd Māori Battalion sing the action song "Rukuhia".
"Pamai" sung by the Māori W.A.A.F. sextet.
"Kōwai tēnei", sung by the Wellington and Petone combined choirs at a welcome in one of the Wellington wharf sheds for the returning Māori Battalion.
"He puru taitama" sung by a choir made up from the 14th intake of the Compulsory Military Training Corps at Linton Army Camp.