Radio New Zealand - Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa

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Tug of War

Starter and judge S.B McDonald (standing, centre) has all eyes on the indicator as the teams pull for the preliminary to the NZ Tug of War Championships at the Caledonian Ground, Dunedin. This is another item in the Centennial celebrations, which Russell Oaten (with microphone) is covering, along with other 4ZB announcers.

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Maori Acetate Collections

Collection held in Christchurch

Sound Archives holds approximately 1000 discs on Maori subject matter and in te reo Maori recorded c1937-1960, which don’t fit into other series. Of these nearly half belong to the P series, a series of Maori programmes broadcast 1949-1958 entitled Nga Pao me nga Pakiwaitara a te Maori, Song and Story of the Maori. These programmes featured recordings of Maori events made by the NZBS in the 1940s. These programmes are narrated in English and are presented by Ulric Williams, Clive Drummond and Airini Grennell of Ngai Tahu. The originals of the recordings of major hui 1938-1950 annotated by Mervyn McLean and approximately 70 discs of miscellaneous recordings belonging to the D series - mostly waiata-a-ringa, himene and moteatea, with some spoken te reo Maori - are also held at Sound Archives.
A database of track details, location, duration and recording dates of the Maori Acetate Collection is available for online searching. In addition full content summaries and additional information are searchable on this site for some of these recordings.

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