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1992
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Year
1992
Reference
41988
Media type
Audio
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Duration
00:00:00
Broadcast Date
04 Jun 1992
Taonga Māori Collection
Yes
Credits
RNZ Collection
Folster, Fraser
Hunter, Bettina
Rivers, Mavis
Sevesi, Bill
Levin Benny
Ali, Ahmed

This week, a post mortem of the Fiji general elections and a tribute to a world--renowned Samoan jazz singer, the late Mavis Rivers.
Samoan musician Bill Sevesi and music entrepeneur Benny Levin share their memories of Mavis and her early career in Auckland in the late 1940s and early 1950s.
Bill Sevesi recalls working with her on the soundtrack to the New Zealand film "Broken Barrier"
Excerpt from 1968 interview with Mavis Rivers.
Interview with her sister, Bettina Hunter

[music excerpts: "Three Coins in a Fountain", "My Heart Goes Crazy", "Red Sails in the Sunset"]