SHE KNOWS HER SUBJECT

New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 75, 29 November 1940, Page 14

SHE KNOWS HER SUBJECT

gtares: oss who compére programmes dealing with far-away parts of the world sometimes manage without actually visiting the places they describe, but June Bennett, who is conducting a "Hawaii Calling" session from Station 2ZB, was in Hawaii not long ago. She spent several months there, and not only saw all there was to see, but had an excellent chance of studying the fascinating island music and dancing.

Sad June, who is crippled and walks with two sticks, nevertheless leads an active life, and paints, sketches, sings and plays the piano. Bishop Bennett is an uncle, and her mother, Mrs. H. D. Bennett, has done a great deal of work for the Crippled Children’s Society. June was heard from 2ZB two years ago in a session of Polynesian mythology, under the radio name of "Terangi," and it is as "Terangi" that she is again broadcasting from 2ZB, Her session describes many of the quaint customs of the people of Hawaii, and from personal knowledge she is able to add sidelights concerning people she met there. In one session, for instance, she traced the career of the famous swimmer, Duke Kahanamoku, who became champion of Hawaii in 1921, and a few years later swept all before him at the Olympic Games. From then on he became a celebrated personality, and it was considered an honour to receive a lesson from him in his art of surfe riding. To-day he is head of a big sch of swimming, and bears the title o: Sheriff of the City of Honolulu, As a background for this radio ne reel June uses the music which Haw has made famous,