New Zealand Broadcasting Service. Mobile Recording Unit

Date: 1943-1973

From: Fowler, Leo, 1902-1976: Papers and photographs

Reference: 77-014-2/04

Description: Mobile Recording Unit, Taranaki (1946); note inside folder states that it contains only pages 4-35 of the catalogue. Also includes manuscripts of radio talks re Te Kooti, the Wairau Affray (1843); and Maori historical articles by Fowler. Also includes some broadcast notes relating to what seems to be a broadcast covering Samoa's independence from New Zealand in 1962. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1947

From: Fowler, Leo, 1902-1976: Papers and photographs

Reference: 77-014-1/05

Description: Record list of the Thames Valley and Waikato tour of the Mobile Recording Unit of NZBC and other loose papers. Topics covered in the interviews include early settler and Maori history of Thames and Waikato, including Morrinsville, Te Aroha, Hauraki Gulf, Coromandel, Paeroa, Pirongia, Te Awamutu and Huntly. Includes some details about the interviews with Sir Stephan Allen and Missy Mary Ann Turnbull of Morrinsville, Toki Watene and R W Hammond of Thames, Kapa Potae of Kennedy Bay (Coromandel), C H Hovell [Charlie], Hoane Te Huia of Paeroa, Mr H A Swarbrick relating to the missionary period, and Raureti Te Huia and Te One Haereiti of Te Awamutu. Some of the interviews were conducted in Maori mostly relating to early Maori and Pakeha settler history of the Waikato and Thames area, also recordings of waiata, whakatauki, whakapapa etc. Also includes a biography of Mr George Shaw of Wilson & Shaw, Huntly, and a story about Te Rauparaha's lament, [relating to leaving Kawhia] and English translation. Language - Some notes about interviews recorded in Maori. Quantity: 1 folder(s). One photograph of a family. One young girl, one young boy and a teenage girl, possibly Fowler's family?

Date: 1948

From: Fowler, Leo, 1902-1976: Papers and photographs

Reference: 77-014-1/03

Description: "Record list. Otago tour" written on folder. Contents includes a comprehensive list of the interviews that Leo Fowler conducted during his tour of Otago in 1948. Topics include early settler history, including Maori, Pakeha and Chinese history. Some of the interviews were conducted in Maori, so will be a good resource for Kai Tahu language research [full transcripts are not present here but does include a summary of topics spoken about in the recordings]. Includes information about mahinga kai or food gathering practices, rock art, early farming history, sheep rustling and bushrangers. Language - References to Maori language recordings Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1945-1948

By: New Zealand Broadcasting Service. Mobile Recording Unit; Radio New Zealand

Reference: OHColl-0525

Description: From 1945-1948 the Mobile Unit, which had recorded overseas during World War 2, travelled the country recording a range of material showing life in the country at the time. Quantity: 166 C60 cassette(s). Finding Aids: See RNZ Sound Archives - NZ Broadcasting Service Mobile Unit catalogue - (hard copy) shelved with reseacher resources. NB: There are some inconsistencies between the catalogue numbers and the cassettes. Check by listening to a bit of the tape. See MSY-3618. Provenance: Radio NZ made up cassette tapes from the original reel tapes made in 1948

Date: [ca 1966]

From: Fowler, Leo, 1902-1976: Papers and photographs

Reference: 77-014-2/02

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1940 - 1950

By: Radio New Zealand. Sound Archives

Reference: MSY-3618

Description: Catalogue of recordings made by the Broadcasting Service Mobile Unit in the late 1940's. Part of the Archive of New Zealand Music Source of title - cover title The cassettes listed in this catalogue are held at OHColl-0525 Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (photocopy)

Date: 1945-1950, [ca 1995-2005]

From: Thomas, Allan, 1942-2010 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-9892-38

Description: Papers relating to the activities of the Mobile Recording Unit, including lists of recordings and programmes, and letters. Includes a photocopy of a letter - described by Allan Thomas as "exceptionally interesting" - from Miss Jean Ngeru about the recording of the song `Blue Smoke' which she made with the Mobile Recording Unit in 1946 Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Manuscripts, typescripts

Date: [ca 24 October 1951]

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: 114/372/05-G

Description: A man with the new National Broadcasting Service mobile unit photographed circa 24 October 1951 by an Evening Post photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches