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8:09 Today in New Zealand History

First European to marry in New Zealand 23 June 1823.

8:16 Artist: Norman Wisdom

Song: Don't Laugh At Me

Comp: Wisdon/Tremayne

Album: Not stated

Label: Not stated

Dur: 3'31"

8:20 Homework

Which group was formed by the Campions in 1953?

8:23 Henry Goffin

A legendary figure in Salvation Army music plays his own tunes and reminisces about his work in a private recording made when he was 83 in 1968. 12'57"

8:38 Russell Wright and Bob Burns

Southlanders who left New Zealand on 16 June 1956 to attempt to break the World Motor Cycle Speed Record at Utah Salt Flats. 11'43"

8:51 Artist: Sergeant Edward VC

Song: Talk about British Troops in Action in World War One

Comp: Not Stated

Album: 486309

Label: CD41

Dur: 3'14"

8:55 Artist: Not stated

Song: The Boys of the Old Brigade

Comp: Orlando

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Dur: 4'23"

9:05 Trans-Tasman Flight in 1951 by Don Skinner of Paraparaumu

9:07 As I Remember

Joyce Whiteside recalls her wartime experiences. Read by Rebecca Blundell. Part Two. 7'14"

9:18 Artist: Vic Damone

Song: The Street Where You Live

Comp: Lerner/Loewe

Album: Not stated

Label: Not stated

Dur: 2'37"

9:21 Homework

9:24 Lyttelton

After severely damage in the Canterbury earthquakes much rebuilding is in progress. To capture something of the way the town was, here's an extract from a Spectrum documentary recorded by Jerome Cvitanovich well before the quakes. 14'39"

9:41 Taranaki Brass Bands

A selection of items performed by the Taranaki Regimental Band and the New Plymouth Municipal Band. Recorded by the NZBS Mobile Unit in the mid-1940s.

Municipal Band

Unde et Memores Hymn

The Flying Squad March

Taranaki Regimental and New Plymouth Municipal Brass Band

Ragtime Bass Player 10'30"

9:53 Taranaki welcomes the Ranfurly Shield in September 1957