SPFA - South Pacific Festival of Arts

SPFA:

- A repeat and overview of the 1976 South Pacific Festival of Arts held in Rotorua March 1976. This was the second such Festival to be held. We listen to excerpts from the pohiri.

- Kaikōrero / Phillip Liner and Wiremu Kerekere.
- Kaikōrero: Prime Minister Robert Muldoon.
- Kaikōrero: reply by the Chairman of the South Pacific Commission, President
Hammond Robert of Nauru (Pleasant Island) is an island nation in the Micronesian South Pacific. The nearest neighbour is Banaba Island in the Republic of Kiribati).
- Kaikōrero: Sir Dennis Blundell, Governor General of New Zealand
- Kaikōrero: Phillip Liner.

Many countries took part namely, Tuvalu, Nauru, Western Samoa, Cook Islands, Papua New Guinea, Gilbert Islands, Solomon Islands, Guam, New Caledonia, Hawaii, from Australia, the Aborigines, Torres Straight, Tahiti, from Fiji came the Rotumans, Banaramas, Indian and Chinese Fijians, Easter Islanders, Tokelau, Niue, Tonga, and the New Hebrides .

Excerpts from some of the performing groups taken during the pohiri.

- Tuvalu perform
- Nauru perform
- Western Samoa
- Cook Islands (Manihiki Drum dance).
- Gilbert Islands introduced by Alf Sanft.
- Te Roopu Manutaki (waiata-a-ringa)
- Solomon Islands
- New Caledonia
- Hawaii
- Guam
- Auckland Anglican Māori Club (waiata-a-ringa) Te Arawa e.
- Aborigine group Didgeridoo
- Torres Strait Islanders
- Tahiti
- Combined Fijian groups
- Niue

This recording contains audio from two ORT's, namely SPFA 141 & SPFA 142

ORT = Open Reel Tapes
SPFA = South Pacific Collections