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Keeping the songs alive, Allan Thomas

Posted on June 1, 2005 by NZ Books

Nga Moteatea: The Songs, Part One ed A T Ngata and Pei Te Hurinui Jones Auckland University Press (third edition with CDs), $70.00, ISBN 1869403215 Traditional Songs of the Maori ed Mervyn McLean and Margaret Orbell Auckland University Press (third…

Tagged with: A T Ngata, Allan Thomas, Auckland University Press, Issue 68, June 2005, Margaret Orbell, Mervyn McLean, Pei Te Hurinui Jones
Posted in Music, Non-fiction, Review

Kino Hughes’s legacy, Paul Wolffram

Posted on June 1, 2003 by NZ Books

Songs of a Kaumatua: Sung by Kino Hughes Mervyn McLean & Margaret Orbell Auckland University Press, $89.95, ISBN 1869402588 Songs of a Kaumatua was initiated by Kino Hughes, the remarkable personality at the centre of this book. Hughes was born…

Tagged with: Auckland University Press, Issue 62, Margaret Orbell, Mervyn McLean, Paul Wolffram, Winter 2003
Posted in History, Māori, Music, Non-fiction, Review

The Oceanic heritage, Wendy Pond

Posted on June 1, 1991 by NZ Books

Songs and Stories of Tokelau. An introduction to the cultural heritage Allan Thomas, Ineleo Tuia and Judith Huntsman (eds), Victoria University Press, Wellington, 1990, $14.95 (Cassette available from the School of Music. Box 600, Wellington, $8.00) Waiata Maori Songs in history…

Tagged with: A H & A W Reed, Allan Thomas, Ineleo Tuia, Issue 2, Jennifer Shennan, Judith Huntsman, Margaret Orbell, Mervyn McLean, New Zealand Council for Educational Research, Reed Books, Victoria University Press, Winter 1991
Posted in History, Māori, Music, Non-fiction, Pacific, Review