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Opening of Tūrongo House - Part Five

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1938
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319778
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Year
1938
Reference
319778
Media type
Audio

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Categories
Nonfiction radio programs
Radio programs
Sound recordings
Special events radio coverage
Broadcast Date
18 Mar 1938
Credits
RNZ Collection
Viscount George Vere Monckton-Arundell Galway, 1882-1943, Speaker/Kaikōrero
Lieutenant Charles Moihi Te Arawaka Bennett, 1913-1998, Commentator
Pei Te Hurinui Jones, 1898-1976, Speaker/Kaikōrero
Frank Langstone, Speaker/Kaikōrero
2YA (Radio station : Wellington, N.Z.), Broadcaster
1YA (Radio station : Auckland, N.Z.), Broadcaster

Part five of the recordings from the opening of Tūrongo House, Tūrangawaewae Marae, Ngāruawāhia.

Charles Bennett commentates as the official party moves across to open Tūrongo House.

The Governor-General, Sir George Galway, speaks. Pei Te Hurinui Jones simultaneously translates into Māori.

The Acting Minister for Native Affairs, Hon. Frank Langstone, speaks - his speech is also translated.

Both speeches talk about improving Māori housing, improving Maōri living standards, and lecture on the evils of alcohol and gambling.

The official party then enters Tūrongo House, as a karanga is heard. Charles Bennett explains the tradition of removing the tapu on a new house before it can be entered. He also gives a description of the exterior of the carved house.