Radio New Zealand - Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa

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Arthur Collyns

Arthur Collyns conducted the 1ZB Children’s Session.

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Mobile Unit - Wartime Recordings

Collection held in Christchurch

There are three collections of recordings made during the course of the Second World War, known as the U Series, P Series and J Series. These consist of direct-cut lacquer recordings made in the field by New Zealand Broadcasting Service personnel. They feature interviews with and greetings from New Zealand service men and women, documentary features about aspects of wartime service and actuality of events such as visits by dignitaries or concert performances. Approximately 4000 discs have been fully catalogued and preserved. The U Series is the largest of the three, recording New Zealand’s involvement in the North African and Italian campaigns. The P Series is a set of recordings made in the Pacific and the J Series documents the work of the Occupation Forces in Japan following the end of the war. Further details are available in the following catalogues.

Catalogues

J Series.pdf (301k)

P Series.pdf (277k)

U Series.pdf (1518k)

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