Outstanding and Memorable Maori Pageant from 2YA

Radio Record, Volume I, Issue 27, 20 January 1928, Page 5

Outstanding and Memorable Maori Pageant from 2YA

FULL ARRANGEMENTS BEING MADE FOR FEBRUARY 6 AND 7 | The Maori Pageant to be broadcast from 2YA (and rebroadcast by other stations) on the evening of February 6 will unquestionably take rank as one. of the finest spectacular events ever put on the air in Australasia. ’ The occasion is the anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, and the pageant is desired to cover in one broad sweep all phases of Maori life right from their coming to New Zealand nine hundred years ago down to the present. This history will be given in half a dozen phases, each inimitably: handled by the poetic and musical genius of the race. The whole entertainment will be well balanced and memorable, and listeners everywhere would be well advised to arrange parties in order to let as many friends as possible have the unique experience of enjoying such an historical and musical treat. The pageant will be broadcast twice, first on Monday, February 6, at the regular programme hour of 8 o’clock onwards, and on Tuesday, February 7, from 11 o’clock to 1 o’clock in the morning for the special benefit of distant dependencies and oversea listeners. A large party of Maoris has been organised from the Wanganui district. There has been not a little competition for places in the contingent to perform at 2YA, for Maoris have rightly recognised that it is an honour to be selected for the historic occa- . sion. The necessary speakers, for there is considerable histrionic work to be done, have been secured. The Maori party will remain in Wellington throughout the week in question, and will add variety to the programmes throughout that period.