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08:05 Today in NZ History (3 November 1945) - Winston McCarthy's phrase "Listen, It's a Goal" first used

08:06 Today in NZ History (3 November 1886) - Last spike driven in Wellington-Manawatu Railway

08:11 Song: The Kingston Flyer (with poem by F W G Miller)

Artist: Phil Garland

Composer: Spittle

Album Southern Odysseys

Label: Kiwi SLC 265 9'08"

08:21 Homework - what was so good and so bad about the good old/ bad old days?

08:33 From the Back Country

Lionel Winstanley recalls mustering at Molesworth in the 1930s. Recorded in 1995.

08:36 Song: Wool Away Jack

Artist: Graham Wilson

Composer: Charles/Garland

Album Billy on the Boil

Label: Country Folk CFR 003 2'43"

08:42 Memories of three Auckland women who voted for the first time in November 1893

Recorded in 1963.

08:47 Song: Whispering Medley

Artist: The Swingalongs

Composer: various

Album Dance Hall Classicsl

Label: n/s 3'42"

08:50 Opening of Timaru Airport at Levels (now Richard Pearse Airport) on 13 April 1957

Speeches by Councillor C Russell Hervey, Sir Leonard Isitt and Sir Arthur Nevill.

08:58 Song: I Hope I Never

Artist: Radio New Zealand Orchestra

Composer: n/s

Album Orchestral Gold

Label: Music World LTV 13 3'42"

Total Duration 55.22

09:04 As I Remember: A Canoe Trip Down the Whanganui River, by Viv Scott

Read by Phil Smith. First broadcast in 2007.

09:11 Song: A West night in Greymouth

Artist: William Clauson

Composer: Willow Macky

Album Packing My Things

Label: HMV MCLP 6200 1'59"

09:13 Homework - what was so good and so bad about the good old/ bad old days?

09:24 'Island in the Clutha' - Farming at Inch Clutha in the old days

NZBS spoken feature about the Inch Clutha farming area near Balclutha. Includes interviews with Mr J Richards who describes land use, AD Bell talks about breeding fat lambs and converting to dairy farming because the "ground was getting sheep sick" as well as the "elasticity" of the soil – being able to support all manner of farming and crops.

09:27 Song: Whakarongo ake ra

Artist: Maori Battalion

Composer: Wenrich

Album Ake Ake Ake

Label: Atoll ACD 206 2'25"

09:33 Bookshelf: Virtue Leads, Fortune Follows - a short history of the Shand Family

Compiled and edited by Ann Green (53 Te Akau Rd, RD4, Rotorua)

Song: Richmond Hill

Artist: North Shore Ladies Choir

Composer: arr Yolland

Album: Something to Sing About

Label: n/s 5'42"

09:42 Beside the Seaside

A Spectrum programme from 20 years ago in whuich Jerome Cvitanovich joins holidaymakers at Tahunanui beach near Nelson.

09:51 Book of the Week: New Zealand Manufactured Cars - A Cottage Industry, by Patrick Harlow

Published by Willson Scott

09:56 Song: Without Your Love

Artist: Radio New Zealand Orchestra

Composer: n/s

Album Orchestral Gold

Label: Music World LTV 13