"HAWAIKI CALLING"

Radio Record, Volume III, Issue 51, 4 July 1930, Page 4

"HAWAIKI CALLING"

Cena eee aaeel Maori. Entertainment from 2VA HE Wanganui Maori party who have, during the last twe years, been welcome entertainers at 2YA, when they have featured the historical Radio Pageant of the Maori race, are at present rehearsing for another appearance at 2YA. On this occasion the entertainment will be entitled "Hawaiki Calling,’ or "A Dream of Maoriland." Jt is based on the famous legend of Hawaiki, the original home of the Maori. . The description and presentation of the long canoe voyage across the Pacific, one of the most wonderful feats of navigation ever attempted and accomplished by the aid of only the sun and stars will be particularly graphic. Without a magnetic compass, these old navigators steered by means of a calabash of water which reflected the stars of the heavens and enabled the crew to keep on their course, . Other sections of the entertainment will be descriptive of the landing in New Zealand and of the life and customs of the native pas. A Maori concert, which will introduce a number of songs not previously broadcast, will be a feature of the evening. The programme will be rebroadcast by 3YA and 4YA, and the Australian stations have also been invited to carry out rebroadcasts. There will be two presentations by 2YA, one on Tuesday, July 15, at 8 o'clock, and the second on Wednesday, July 16, at 11 o'clock for the express benefit of overseas listeners.