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8:11 Today in New Zealand History

30 August 1861 Appointment of St John Branigan to lead Otago police force.

8:16 Stars In Orion (Tilbury)

Phil Tilbury CD Kiwi SLC 253 4'45"

8:23 Otago University song and its beginnings told by Ruth Wylie

Singer Julien van Mellaerts with Anthony Ritchie (keyboard). (Baxter/Lilburn)

8:32 Victor Penny

The story of the wartime inventor of a "death ray". Produced by Justin Gregory.

9:06 As I Remember

Jack's Mill School by Kathleen Baynes of Waimate.

9:12 Gateway to the Plains (Kirk-Burnand)

Woolston Brass Band LP HMV MCLP 6173

9:20 Homework

9:20 From the Back Country

Jack Harre recalls the afternoon teas of his childhood.

9:31 I Come From the Westland (Britten)

Bryan Brake CD Kiwi CD SLD 82 3'49"

9:36 Book of the Week:

How We Saw The War by Ron Palenski
Hodder Moa ISBN9781869711559

Jim Sullivan talks to Ron Palenski about his one-volume history of New Zealand during the Second World War.