[Mr. Parks recalls being Santa Claus in 1905].

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148010
Media type
Audio
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Rights Information
Reference
148010
Media type
Audio
Categories
Interviews (Sound recordings)
Nonfiction radio programs
Radio actualities
Radio interviews
Radio programs
Sound recordings
Duration
00:33:37
Credits
RNZ Collection
New Zealand Broadcasting Service (estab. 1946, closed 1962)
Marsh, Ngaio, 1895-1982
CLARE, Maurice
Marshall, John Ross, 1912-1988
Lympany, Moura, 1916-2005
Baxter, Kenneth
Scott, William John

A compilation of ten audio cuts.
1. Mr. Parks, now 85 years old, talks about being Father Christmas in 1905 in a Wellington department store [D.I.C.] Recorded in 1967.
2. British pianist Moura Lympany gives some advice to young pianists, recorded in September 1966.
3. An interview with the Amadeus Quartet about chamber music programmes and audiences. Recorded 05/09/1966.
4. Maurice Clare recalls the beginnings of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, then known as the National Orchestra. Recorded 1966.
5. Prime Minister John Marshall pays tribute to Michael Moohan on the event of his death, 07/02/1967.
6. Kenneth Baxter, the secretary of the Federation of Labour, pays tribute to James Roberts on the event of his death, in 1967.
7. The Dunedin town hall clock stirkes twelve.
8. The Minister of Marine, William J. Scott, opens the extension to the Gisborne wharves on 02/12/1967.
9. Ngaio Marsh talks about Douglas Lilburn's compositions for her Shakespeare plays.
10. Sawmillers tales and stories about the huge Australian tree.