Pages tagged with: radio broadcasts

Radio documentary about the evacuation of Gallipoli

This clip narrates the contentious establishment of a prayer for the House in the first days of 1854.

Piripi Walker (right) and Tama Te Huki in the studio of the Wellington Maori language radio station, Te Upoko o Te Ika, on its first day of broadcast in 1987.

Maud Basham, also known as Aunt Daisy, was famous as the host of a radio show focused on domesticity. Upon the success of the broadcasts, she wrote accompanying cook books, and was awarded an MBE in 1956.

The establishment of a wireless station in Rarotonga in 1918 helped keep Pacific Islanders informed of events in the First World War

Hello My Dearie became one of the first songs ever to hit the New Zealand airwaves when physics professor Robert Jack broadcast New Zealand’s first radio programme on 17 November 1921

BBC report of Battle of the River Plate from 14 December 1939, the day after the battle

Listen to a description of the arrival and landing of the first flight to Antarctica on 20 December 1955.

Hear this 1959 Radio New Zealand documentary made to mark the centenary of the Pencarrow Lighthouse.

Labour’s John A. Lee was among the first politicians to exploit the huge potential of radio broadcasting as an electioneering medium.

Prime Minister Sidney Holland declares a state of emergency during the 1951 waterfront dispute.

Hear an interview with George Harrison and Ringo Starr.

Hear an interview with Paul McCartney and John Lennon.

A media scrum awaited The Beatles shortly after their arrival in Wellington on 21 June 1964.

A Wahine crew member describes the terrible scene and the sounds of lifeboats during the disaster.

A crew member describes his experiences aboard the Wahine after the abandon ship order.

Hear the recollections of a female passenger who was aboard the Wahine when it sank.

Soon to be renamed the New Zealand Opera Company, the Group performed The telephone in Wellington. The performance was also broadcast live on radio.

Mr W.J. Anderson, a survivor, describes his experience of the Tangiwai disaster.