Radio digest. No. 143, part 3, part 5

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1952
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182675
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Year
1952
Reference
182675
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Audio
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Series
D series, ca. 1935-1950s.
Duration
00:21:20
Broadcast Date
03 Feb 1952
Credits
RNZ Collection
New Zealand Broadcasting Service (estab. 1946, closed 1962), Broadcaster
Handy, Willowdean C., Speaker/Kaikōrero

Side 1. Part 3: Mrs Handy's tribute to Sir Peter Buck
Mrs Willow Deansey-Handy talks about the late Sir Peter Buck. For 15 years, Mrs Handy was associate in Polynesian Folkways at the Bishop Museum in Honolulu.
For four years she was the only woman member of the Board of Regents of the University of Hawaii. At present, Mrs Handy is Librarian at the Hawaiian Historical Society. She recalls Sir Peter Buck's last public appearance.

Side 2. Part 5: State of Fiji
Captain R. J. Cohen, CBE, AFC; RNZAF, talks about his time in Fiji after the 1952 hurricane that caused widespread damage and flooding resulting in the death of approximately 30 people.