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The Rotorua Maori Choir

In 1930 Columbia Records recorded the Rotorua Maori Choir singing in the Tūnohopū meeting house at Ōhinemutu, on the shore of Lake Rotorua. The original 78RPM discs were remastered and released on three LP discs in the early 1960s.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: Eph-A-PHONO-1930-01-4

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Nancy Swarbrick, Choral music and choirs – The first century, 1840s to 1940s, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/zoomify/42225/the-rotorua-maori-choir (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Nancy Swarbrick, published 26 July 2013.

Comments

duane gibson
19 July 2015
I have one 78 from that. It is one of many treasure of my ethnc music collection. Also have 10" Record of it. So Beautiful.