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Biography: Grennell, Airini Ngā Roimata

'Song and story of the Maori' featuring Airini Grennell

Hear Airini Grennell narrating a programme in the radio series 'Song and story of the Māori', from the early 1950s. She introduces a sound portrait of the meeting house Tamatekapua, at Ōhinemutu. (2 min 30 sec)

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Reference: D7211

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Airini Payne. 'Grennell, Airini Ngā Roimata', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 2000, updated May 2002. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/speech/17/song-and-story-of-the-maori-featuring-airini-grennell (accessed 4 June 2026).