[Re-creation of huia calls]

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Year
1949
Reference
26325
Media type
Audio

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Rights Information
Year
1949
Reference
26325
Media type
Audio

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Categories
Interviews (Sound recordings)
Sound recordings
Duration
00:03:50
Broadcast Date
1949
Credits
RNZ Collection
Henare Hāmana, Performer
Mr Robert Anthony Leighton Batley, 1923-2004, Speaker/Kaikōrero

A recording made in 1949 by Henare Hāmana [also known as Harry Salmon] who mimics the different calls of the extinct huia bird. He was a member of an expedition in 1909 that tried unsuccessfully to find any remaining huia in the North Island bush.

His bird calls are preceded by an introduction by R.A. L. Batley of Moawhango, who arranged for Mr Hāmana to go to Wellington to make the recording.

Mr Batley explains the recording is being made to preserve what the call of the huia sounded like, and gives some details about the 1909 expedition that Mr Hāmana was involved in.