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Ngā Pao me ngā Pakiwaitara ā te Iwi Māori

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Year
1951
Reference
55740
Media type
Audio

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Rights Information
Year
1951
Reference
55740
Media type
Audio

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Categories
Radio programs
Shortwave radio broadcasts
Sound recordings
Duration
00:11:50
Broadcast Date
31 May 1951
Taonga Māori Collection
Yes
Credits
RNZ Collection
Grennell, Airini, 1910-1988, Narrator
Smith, Walter, 1883?-1960, Composer
New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation (estab. 1962, closed 1975), Broadcaster

Ngā Pao me ngā Pakiwaitara a te Iwi Māori (PA061)
"Song and Story of the Māori" - a series made for short wave radio broadcast.

This episode, presented by Airini Grenell, focuses on the work of Nuhaka musician and composer Walter Smith. Waiata in this episode were recorded in Auckland studios of the National Broadcasting Service by the Nuhaka Maori Choir, Aloha Orchestra, and Nuhaka Trio.

Includes (in English and Maori) "Dear Old Maoriland" by Walter Smith, written for the Maori Agricultural College which was destroyed in the Hawkes Bay earthquake.

New arrangement of 'Hoki hoki tonu mai' by Walter Smith.
"Beneath the Maori Moon" by Walter Smith.
'Kia ngawari" arranged by Walter Smith.