Mobile Unit. Māori church service

Year: 1949
Reference: 5865
Media type: Audio

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Year: 1949
Reference: 5865
Media type: Audio

Recordings made of a church service in te reo Māori at St Faith's Church, Te Papa-i-Ouru Marae, Ōhinemutu, Rotorua.

[This is one of a series of recordings made in Rotorua for the BBC, by the New Zealand Broadcasting Service Mobile Unit. This was in anticipation of a visit to New Zealand by King George VI in 1949, which did not eventuate.]

The congregation sings an unidentified hīmene.
Psalm 68 is announced, followed by a prayer in Māori.
Unidentified hīmene.
Prayer in English and te reo Māori.
Benediction.