JOURNEY THROUGH TARANAKI
New Mobile Unit Programme E-ENACTMENTS of old battle scenes, with Maori hakas and exploding muskets, the story of the founding of Inglewood when the settlement. was christened with a bottle of champagne broken over a rimu stump, and a description of a visit to the Stratford Demonstration Farm, are some of the highlights of the latest series of programmes produced by the Mobile Unit of the NZBS and presented under the title Here and There in Taranaki. The first of the series, which follows on previous. Mobile Unit programmes dealing with Hawera, Wanganui, and New Plymouth, will be heard from 2YA at 8.0 p.m. on Wednesday, April 14, _ The series-which is in two parts — has been made up in the form of a motor journey through the province in which three narrators describe what they see on the way, interview celebrities of the district, and record local" bands.and choirs in action. The first programme deals with Waitara, Inglewood, and Midhurst, and the second with Stratford, Eltham, and Patea. ; Plenty of imagination, and a wide variety of sound effects-most of them
recorded on the spot-have been used in these programmes, so that they form an entertaining but authentic documentary record of the activities of the province and the many historical associations with which it abounds. Other items of particular interest are a visit to Mr. Porter’s pool of tame eels and trout at Midhurst (together with a running commentary on the feeding of the fish by their owner), the tale of an old Chinese settler, Chew Chong, and a description of the river port of Patea, together with the story of that town’s first school as told by one of its old boys. No resident of Taranaki will fail to be entertained and stimulated by Here and There in Taranaki, and for all other New Zealanders too, who want to know more about how life is really lived in theif own country, this is a session that should not be missed.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 18, Issue 459, 9 April 1948, Page 25
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