![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Nga Ingoa o Aoteaora: an oral dictionary of Maori placenames - Hugh Young Nga Ingoa o Aotearoa (or Ngā Ingoa o Aotearoa) is an oral dictionary of New Zealand Maori (Māori) placename pronunciations, recorded in 1984-94. The speakers are 132 elders and experts of each area. The names are in 177 tracks corresponding to "zones" (regions) of New Zealand, in alphabetical order on each track. The zones are in sequences going up the centre of the North Island to Lake Taupo, up the Wanganui river and around Mt Taranaki, up the North Island's east coast to the Hauraki Gulf, t... Keywords: Maori; New Zealand; placename; place name; ingoa; aotearoa; reo; pronunciation Downloads: 17 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | New Zealand Place Name Radio Special - The Beach 99.4fm A radio show broadcast in June 2006 by The Beach 99.4fm, a community radio station on Waiheke Island, New Zealand. The deal is that all songs on the show have a New Zealand place name as their title. As you may imagine the result is an eclectic array of musical styles, from folk, to electronica, to punk and more. The show traverses the country from North to South. Highlights include Taumata ..., reputedly the longest place name in the world, NZ folk classic, Taumaranui, a remix of Gaylene's Dune... Keywords: Waiheke; New Zealand; New Zealand music; radio; Place Name; Auckland; Taumaranui; Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahononukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu; Cape Turnagain; Otaki; Wellington; Christchurch; Timaru; Purakanui; Dunedin Downloads: 946 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | I've Been Everywhere And Back - The Beach 99.4fm A NZ Music special featuring songs named after New Zealand towns and locations. First broadcast on The Beach 99.4fm, a community radio station on Waiheke Island, New Zealand, on Sunday July 22, 2007. At the time of posting you can check us out at http://waihekeradio.blogspot.com Keywords: Waiheke; New Zealand; New Zealand music; Place Name; Southland; Dunedin; South Island; Geraldine; Christchurch; Lyttelton; The Desert Road; Parihaka; Te Kuiti; Huntly; Dominion Rd; Auckland; John Grenell; The Tweeks; The Broken Heartbreakers; The Exponents; The Bilders; The Undercurrents; The Windy City Strugglers; Tim Finn; Ken Avery; Hugh and the New Zealanders; The Mutton birds; Moth Downloads: 569 |
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