75th Jubilee: Whakarewarewa primary school.

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1978
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44843
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Year
1978
Reference
44843
Media type
Audio

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Categories
Māori radio programs
Radio programs
Sound recordings
Duration
00:24:00
Broadcast Date
05 Mar 1978
Taonga Māori Collection
Yes
Credits
RNZ Collection
Maxwell, Trevor, Presenter
te Ua, Henare, 1933-2007, Presenter
Wikiriwhi, Te Autiti, Speaker/Kaikōrero
Maika, Ngahore, Speaker/Kaikōrero
Northcroft, Henare, Speaker/Kaikōrero
Fargo, Ian, Speaker/Kaikōrero
MACFARLANE, John, Speaker/Kaikōrero

Whakarewarewa Primary school celebrates it's 75 th Jubilee.

Trevor Maxwell and Hēnare te Ua speak with two past pupils, Te Autiti Wikiriwhi and Ngahore Maika on the eve of the Jubilee. Both state that they started in 1912 and were looking forward to meeting many past pupils.

Mrs Melvin, affectionately known as Miss Ella, a past teacher now living in America also made the trip back to New Zealand for the occasion.

Hēnare Northcroft, former pupil, speaks affectionately about Miss Ella, about 1921.

Kaikōrero : Mr. Ian Fargo Deputy Principal speaks about setting up the organising committee.

In the evening the Jubilee social was held reported by Jean Abley.

Old songs : Uia mai koia/Gliding through the meadows.

Kaikōrero : Jubilee chairman John MacFarlane

Himene : Ma te Marie.

Waiata : E waka e. Present pupils.

Three Ex principals, Mr. Dave Alexander, Mr. Albert Anaru, and Mr. Stanley Robertson.
Mr. Alexander speaks about the installation of the thermal heater into the school.

Kaikōrero : present principal Mr. Chris Rush and Mary Thompson (nee Betrum).

Hēnare te Ua describes the scene at the start of the formal gathering.

MC for the ceremony was the Deputy Principal Ian Fargo who introduced the official party and past pupils in their decades.