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Hamilton: Memories of Radio 1ZH

3 years ago
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 A Belated Tribute to 1ZH’s Ronald Brenton (Bren) Low   The writing was on the wall. In late 1971 my bosses at New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation (NZBC) were saying that I must transfer to...

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Mururoa Mission

3 years ago
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It’s 50 years since I was part of the Mururoa Mission, the New Zealand Government’s protest against France testing nuclear devices in the South Pacific. The milestone anniversary has...

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My Days at Fiji TV

4 years ago
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“Go and Take Over the News…” Early Days of TV in Fiji I had been to Fiji several times in the late 1980s as a trainer, teaching radio and TV news reporters from various South Pacific Islands...

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Music-Makers of Yester-Year

5 years ago
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The centenary of the first radio transmission in New Zealand (Professor Robert Jack in 1921) and the first broadcast by a licensed radio station (1YA Auckland in 1923) prompted a look at those...

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