A Concert Programme series "A New Song From the Islands" in which Ross Clark of the Auckland University Anthropology Department and Allan Thomas who lectures in non-Western music at Victoria University introduce music from New Hebrides (Vanuatu), Solomon Islands, Cook Islands, New Caledonia, Hawaii, Papua New Guinea, Māori music, Tahiti, Tonga, and other Pacific Islands. Bill Kerekere talks about composing Māori music and one programme covers Pidgin. Recorded 1981. Scripts held in documents.
Song details are as follows (copied verbatim from documentation contained in TX1856 box):
TX1856 - Programme 1: An Introduction
30'20"
1. New Hebrides Music Today - Viking VP 284 Serenella 1'00"
2. World of the South Pacific (disc) 2'30"
3. Manus and Bougainville - Cassette Institute of Papua New Guinea Studies 1'30"
4. Chimbu Music - Institute of Papua New Guinea Studies (disc) 1'30"
5. 'Ave 'Ave (disc) 1'41"
6. North Solomons Bamboo Band (SPAF - private cassette) 2'30"
7. Heave Away My Johnnies - tape of Māori and Pacific music, Auckland University 3'00"
8. Pilou-Pilou - Songs and Dances of New Caledonia Viking VP278 (disc) 2'00"
9. Passion Flower - Pepe and the Raratongans "Pae Ta'atai" Viking VP89 (disc) 3'15"
TX1857 - Programme 2: Hawaiian Music
30'11"
1. Hawaiian Chant (disc) 'He Wahine Holo Lio' 1'45"
2. Early Hawaiian Classics - Kalama's Quartette Folklyric 9022 3'00"
3. Early Hawaiian Classics - "On The Beach at Waikiki..." 3'00"
4. Early Hawaiian Classics - "Inikiniki Malie" 2'50"
5. California Blues - Jimmy Rodgers 1'00"
6. Guava Jam Hula HS-543 "Kaulana 'O Waimanalo" 2'54"
7. Introductory Conch Shell Calls/Noho Ana Laka and Naue Ka Honua 1'15"/1'15"
TX1858 - Programme 3: Singing Groups and Singing Styles
27'17"
1. Trad. New Britain Chant (disc) - Tolai Institute 0'42"
2. Tree-felling Song - Chimbu people 0'45"
3. New Britain Love-Song 1'30"
4. Death Lament - Chimbu people 0'50"
5. Haka 0'20"
6. Māori Chant - Authentic Māori Chant No. 3 Kiwi EC10 2'35"
7. Tahitian Singing - Nonesuch H 72017 1'57"
8. Banaban Dancing Group - "You Are My Sunshine" 0'50"
9. Māori Action Song - "You Are My Sunshine" 1'00"
10. 'Now Is The Hour' - Te Arawa Māori Concert Party Kiwi LC 38 3'00"
11. Solomon Islands - Women singing with closed mouths 0'50"
12. Festival Music from Cook Islands 1'55"
TX1859 - Programme 4: Stringed Instruments and Stringed Bands
32'22"
1. Ukelele "Manohano Hanale" Hibiscus TC HLS-46 2'15"
2. "Kona Kai Opua" - World Record Club L2 8005 1'00"
3. "Feruri Noa Iho Nei Au" HT16 (cassette) 2'25"
4. "Va Rekae" Hibiscus HLS-29 (disc) 1'06"
5. Telapili - Studio Horizon SH 1250 - "Taku Gaoi" 1'40"
6. "Dola Nomo" - Viking VE 268 (disc) 2'45"
7. "Middle Tongoa, Emae" Viking VP 422 (disc) 3'30"
8. "Bethela" Melanesie Folk, Volume 2 Ehm (Noumea) M1006 3'25"
9. "Tikana Bung Na Marum" NBC (Papaua New Guinea) B24 (cassette) 3'00"
10. Siale, Siale, Koolex cassette NBC (PNG) B39 4'30"
TX1860 - Programme 5: Composers, Competitions, and Festivals
40'00"
1. Tuini Ngawai - Māori Action Song Tape 7/16997 2'00"
2. Israel Masai - Song from New Ireland 2'00"
3. Banabar Dancing Group - The Surprise Wellington Ethnomusicology Archive 80-026 5'00"
4. 'Blassius To Una' Institute of Papua New Guinea Studies 2'00"
5. 'Tokelau I Never Forget You in My Heart' 3'30"
TX1861 - Programme 6: Conclusion
37'19"
1. University of Auckland Archive of Māori and Pacific Music (tape) 72/157 2'10"
2. University of Auckland Archive of Māori and Pacific Music (tape) 72/157
"Where are the Children of this Land" 0'50"
3. "Tanobadai Tanohomu" NBV (PNG) B8 (cassette) 2'20"
4. Field Cassette (SPAF) - Kundu 1'30"
5. Field Cassette Archive No. 80/027 - Banaban Island Jaw Harp 0'30"
6. Hawaiian Nose Flute Folkways FW 8750 1'05"
7. Solomon Island Panpipes and Trumpets (cassette) 1'10"
8. Tongan Festival Contingent - 'Lakalaka' Hibiscus HLS-39 17'50"