Maori radio station, 1987
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.
Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: EP/1987/2071/8-F
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Maud Basham
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.
Wireless station established in Rarotonga
Report on the availability of wireless radio in Rarotonga from the Poverty Bay Herald, 20 April 1918. The station allowed the transmission of news about the First World War from New Zealand, including the announcement of the Armistice in November 1918.
Robert Jack
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
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