Sounds Historical for Sunday 29 July 2012
8:10 Today in New Zealand History
Sir George Grey ends parliamentary career - 29 July 1879
4'09"
8:15 Voice of Sir George Grey
The story of Edison cylinder recordings made by George Grey in the 1890s.
4'10"
8:22 Saloon Bar Rag
Johnny Thompson CD
Stebbing Zodiac 001 2'51"
8:39 Favourite Places
Old BNZ building, Lambton Quay, Wellington, by Jill Andrews of Ngaio, and the Exchange, Dunedin, by Garvan Laing of Whanganui. 4'47"
8:36 Half as Much Dawn Barraclough and the Pem Shepperd Trio
CD Stebbing Zodiac 001 3'05"
8:39 50 years ago the four television channels were finally on air when DNTV2 began transmission on 31 July 1962
Alf Dick recalls his work as a film editor and "censor" in the first days of television and Russell Garbutt tells the story of the early years of DNTV2. 19'38"
9:09 As I Remember
James Beck's memories of royal occasion, read by his great-grandson Kyle Macdonald. 4'39"
9:16 Unless Stewart Harvey
CD Stebbing Zodiac 001 2'43"
9:20 A 2001 Kim Hill interview with writer Margaret Mahy who died earlier this week
Includes part of Fantasia on Greensleeves (Vaughan Williams) 14'46"
9:37 Book of the Week
The Making of New Zealanders by Ron Palenski
Auckland University Press
ISBN 978 1 86940 726 1