Miss Raina Kahukura

Radio Record, Volume V, Issue 7, 29 August 1930, Page 4

Miss Raina Kahukura

HE "Wanganui Herald" has’ the following relating to one of the Maori singers who ‘ook part in "Hawaiki Calling" :- "One of the most popular items broadcast from 2YA as pari of the Maori pageant programme, has beeu

‘Danny Boy.’ The soloist, Miss Raina Kahukura, has delighted the great unseen audience with her rendering of this favourite old-time Irish melody, and it is said that hundreds of records of the song have been sold, following upon each broadcast. It is doubtful if Miss Kahukura will appear before the microphone any more, as since the party returned to Wanganui there has been a ‘tin-canning’ at Kaiwhaike pa, up the Wanganui River, for which she is in no small way responsible: Miss Kahukura was first introduced to Wa-

nganui audiences by a local lady who was impressed by the quality of her voice. She has appeared in local competition work, but much larger scope offered, however, in the Maori broadcasts from 2YA. Many listeners-in will join, figuratively speaking, in the ‘tin can’ and wish ‘Danny Boy’ all happiness in her new life."