Spectrum 669. The Great Centennial Exhibition

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Year
1989
Reference
6045
Media type
Audio
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Rights Information
Year
1989
Reference
6045
Media type
Audio
Categories
Documentary radio programs
Nonfiction radio programs
Radio programs
Sound recordings
Duration
00:37:26
Broadcast Date
28 Dec 1989
Credits
RNZ Collection
National Radio (N.Z.) 1986-2007

It was the exhibition to end all exhibitions. Even the outbreak of war two months before the opening failed to dampen public enthusiasm, or diminish the crowds who attended.

Fifty years later, people who visited the exhibition, or participated in it, look back on the event, providing a kaleidoscopic impression of a country celebrating its centenary.