Side 1.
Ulric Williams introduces the programme 'The coming of the Te Arawa canoe'.
The programme opens with a poi song by the Taiporutu Club of Rotorua, telling of the hardships of the voyage from Hawaiiki to New Zealand.
Ulric Williams explains why the Te Arawa canoe left the island, led by Tamatekapua and his brother, and sought new land in the south. He describes the perilous journey, plays a karakia that Tamatekapua is said to have chanted to tame stormy seas and ends with the establishment of settlements in the Bay of Plenty in the North Island.
The closing song is accompanied by poi, 'Uia Mai Koia'. Ulric Williams signs off with theme tune.
Side 2.
Ulric Williams introduces the programme 'The coming of the Tokomaru and Horouta canoes', the last of the seven canoes in this series of the great migration that took place about 1350.
The programme opens with an ancient haka 'Kura Tiwaka Taua' (which includes an ancient chant), performed by elders of the Ngati Porou tribe on the East coast. Williams explains why their ancestry is traced back to the Horouta canoe.
Williams then describes the connection between the Tokomaru canoe, whose people settled South of New Plymouth, associating them with tribes in north and central Taranaki.
He acknowledges the references he drew on, from the works of Peter Buck, Grey, and Best, when compiling this programme.
The traditional canoe paddling song 'Hikaurangi Maunga' closes the programme. Ulric Williams signs off with theme tune.