Radio New Zealand - Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa

8:09 Today in New Zealand History

The first temperance society in New Zealand - 5 August 1835 4'04"

8:15 I'll See You in My Dreams

George Campbell and his New Sound

CD Stebbing Zodiac 001 3'08"

8:18 Homework

1: Which team competed at the Olympic Games using a flag which featured the Union Jack, a five-starred Southern Cross and a crown?

2: Which airport was once called Beacons airport?

8:22 Jim Gardner, the doyen of regional and local history, died in Christchurch on 14 July

In a 1999 interview he discusses the importance of regional history. 12'05"

8:34 The story of "Broken Barrier"

A New Zealand film released in 1952. 25'47"

9:07 As I Remember

American Marines on the Kapiti Coast 1942-43 by Maurice Perry, read by Duncan Smith. 5'29"

9:15 You Belong to Me

Dawn Barraclough and Pem Sheppard Trio CD Stebbing Zodiac 001 3'19"

9:20 The Last of the Hansom Cabbies

From The Press, 10 July 1912 4'11"

9:24 Homework

9:28 You Belong to Me

Dawn Barraclough and Pem Sheppard Trio

CD Stebbing Zodiac 001 3'19"

9:32 A 1940s Childhood

Dame Alison Holst reads from her autobiography A Home Grown Cook - the Dame Alison Holst story by Alison Holst and Barbara Larson.

Published by Hyndman. Part 1 - A Wartime Childhood in Opoho. 8'28"

9:41 Doug Eckhoff, who died recently, was involved in setting up television news

In this 1983 interview he talks to Jim Sullivan about the early days. 15'55"