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Song and story of the Māori. Part 2. P/113

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182418
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Audio
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Series
D series, ca. 1935-1950s.
Categories
Māori radio programs
Radio programs
Sound recordings
Duration
00:05:46
Credits
RNZ Collection
New Zealand Broadcasting Service (estab. 1946, closed 1962), Broadcaster
Te Aute College (Pukehou, N.Z.), Performer

Side 1. Comparison of Māori music with songs from Fiji, Samoa and the Cook Islands, Part 2
Te Aute Boys College sing their adaptation of an Hawaiian song, 'I Think Sweet Hawaiian Chimes' in Maori.
The narrator confirms the marked difference that exists between Maori and Fijian and Maori and Samoan music.
The Cook Islands are first cousins to the Maori and their songs and chants possess similar kinds of harmony, sound melodious to European ears and both are quite addicted to the use of three-four time.
A song of farewell from Rarotonga is compared with the signature tune of the Ngati Poneke Club of Wellington which it is noted has a similar tempo, harmony and tune.

Side 2. None