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Spectrum 664. Te Araroa

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Year
1989
Reference
6040
Media type
Audio
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Rights Information
Year
1989
Reference
6040
Media type
Audio
Categories
Documentary radio programs
Nonfiction radio programs
Radio programs
Sound recordings
Duration
00:38:12
Credits
RNZ Collection
Owen, Alwyn (b.1926), Interviewer
National Radio (N.Z.) (estab. 1986, closed 2007), Broadcaster

Te Araroa is a township where the tohunga and the local GP share a mutual respect - which seems eminently sensible in a Māori community. A township which has faced its share of hardships: Cyclone Bola, the rural downturn, unemployment - with no hint of despondency.

Alwyn Owen talks with some of the residents of Te Araroa, on the North Island's East Coast. Identified speakers in this recording include:
Anaru 'Skip' Paenga - the local school headmaster
Bob McConnell- a former headmaster
Jimmy Kururangi and Herewini Reid, pig hunters
Sam Coster, the local GP
Rebecca Moana, mother of children at boarding school in Wellington