Opening of Tūrongo House - Part Three

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Part three of the recordings from the opening of Tūrongo House, Tūrangawaewae Marae, Ngāruawāhia.

Mihimihi and whaikōrero at Tūrangawaewae Marae, 17 March 1938:
- Unidentified speaker [a tohunga] with links to Te Arawa and Mataatua
- Unidentified Ngāti Kahungunu speaker
- Waiata by Ngāti Kahungunu rōpu
- Unidentified Te Arawa/Tūwharetoa speaker
- Pātere from an unidentified rōpu
- Whaikōrero by Sir Apirana Ngata (Ngāti Porou)
- Haka: Kura tīwaka taua [Ngāti Porou rōpu]

Mihimihi and whaikōrero at the welcome to the Governor-General at Tūrangawaewae Marae, 18 March 1938:
- Mihi to the Governor-General by Te Kiri Kātipa (Waikato)
- Mihi by Hēmana Pōkiha (Te Arawa)
- Mihi by Reverend Hēmi Huata (Ngāti Kahungunu)
- Welcome speech by Sir Apirana Ngata (Ngāti Porou) in English.

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Year 1938

Reference number 319776

Media type AUDIO

Collection Sound Collection

Genre Special events radio coverage
Nonfiction radio programs
Radio programs
Sound recordings

Credits Ngata, Apirana Turupa (b.1874, d.1950), Speaker/Kaikōrero
Bennett, Charles Moihi Te Arawaka (b.1913, d.1998), Commentator
Jones, Pei Te Hurinui (b.1898, d.1976), Speaker/Kaikōrero
Katipa, Te Kiri, Speaker/Kaikōrero
Pokiha, Hemana, Speaker/Kaikōrero
2YA (Radio station : Wellington, N.Z.), Broadcaster
1YA (Radio station : Auckland, N.Z.), Broadcaster

Date 17 Mar 1938