13 Sep 2017

Sound Archives - Our earliest recorded Maori radio broadcast

From Afternoons, 1:35 pm on 13 September 2017

To mark Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision has launched an online exhibition of the oldest recordings of a Māori radio broadcast, which was a hui held at Turangawaewae Marae in 1938 to mark the opening of a carved home for the Māori King Korokī and his family.

Sarah Johnston from Ngā Taonga plays some excerpts of this audio taonga.

Crowds outside Tūrongo House 1938 Turnbull Library

Sir Apirana Ngata left and Te Puea Hērangi at the opening of Tūrongo House 1938. Turnbull Library

Princess Te Puea Hērangi wearing her CBE decoration 1938 Turnbull Library

Photos of the carved dining room and veranda of Tūrongo House - New Zealand Herald 17 Mar 1938.gif

King Korokī's carved house Tūrongo 1938 Turnbull Library