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Song and story of the Māori. Modern Polynesian music. P/303

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182544
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Series
D series, ca. 1935-1950s.
Categories
Māori radio programs
Radio programs
Sound recordings
Duration
00:13:31
Credits
RNZ Collection
New Zealand Broadcasting Service (estab. 1946, closed 1962), Broadcaster
Williams, Ulric, 1910-2008, Narrator

Side 1.
Ulric Williams introduces the programme 'Modern Polynesian music' with contributions from the Cook Islands, Tonga, Samoa and New Zealand. Inevitably Polynesian music has been influenced by European melodies firstly through contact with whalers, missionaries and then radio broadcasts.
The programme opens with 'Whakarongo Mai e ngā Iwi ' a Māori action song with European melody, 'Selosi' an old love song with a modern treatment from Tonga.
Samoan children sing about their school (English lyrics with a combination of Polynesian and European music), 'Tipi Tipi' a love song from the Cook Islands (sung by a group of Rarotongans now living in New Zealand) and finally 'Me He Manu Rere' a Māori action song (recorded at a public concert in New Zealand). Ulric Williams signs off with theme tune.

Side 2.
None