POINTS of VIEWING

Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33445, 29 January 1974, Page 4

POINTS of VIEWING

Direct telecast to displace news A direct broadcast of the New Zealand Day celebrations on February 6, screened direct from Waitangi, will for the first time displace the 7 p.m. network news, which will he screened later, when the direct telecast is over.

The Royal party—the Queen, the Duke of Edinburgh, the Prince of Wales, Princess Anne, and Captain Phillips—will arrive at the Treaty House at 6 p.m. when the broadcast begins. They will be met by the Prime Minister (Mr Kirk) and Mrs Kirk and the Minister of Maori Affairs (Mr Rata) and Mrs Rata, From the Treaty House, the official party will approach the dais. As the Queen crosses the marae line in front of the dais, a warrior will leave the group from the Tai Tokerau district—the host tribes, representing the five northernm o s t districts —and present three separate challenges. The Queen will accept each challenge individually by asking Mr Rata to take up the carved dart on her behalf.

[ Three traditional Maori {welcomes, the karangi (call), I powhiri (song), and haka {will be performed by the Tai JTokerau group. i The Queen will take the | Royal salute from the saluting base and then, escorted by the guard commander, will inspect the Royal guard of honour. After the inspection, members of the official party will take their places on the dais for the enactment of the historical pageant.

There will be eight Maori groups performing the history of New Zealand, beginning with Kupe, the arrival of the Maori, and the Maori wars. Then will follow the arrival of the European missionaries and British ethnic groups with a song from “Godspell”—“Prepare Ye! The Way.” The Lord’s Prayer will be sung in Maori and English | to signify the introduction I of Christianity to the Maori.' The performance will con-! tir.ue through the pioneering ! idays to the signing of the’ I Treaty at Waitangi, when ! the groups will sing “I Vow ;To Thee My Country." I The pageant will then follow the arrival of the j Chinese and the Germans, the rapid educational progress, the Maori land wars, | the arrival of the Danes, Indians, and Jugoslavs, and {the setting up of the first ! Parliament encompassing the !pakeha, Maori, and combined Parliament, leading up to the vote for women. In the 1890 s, welfare and medical services, and in 1907 the Plunket Society, were established. From World War I, the pageant will move to the boom period, the depression, and into the Second World War with the involvement of the Maori Battalion. Post war, the accent will be on sport, education, and youth.

SYMBOLISM A later migration is that of the Islanders, Samoans, Cook Islanders, Niueans, and Tokelauans. Viewers will see a reversal in teaching as the pakeha begins to learn the Maori Language. All these periods are symbolised by songs, dances, or hakas. For the finale, the 630 performers will sing “The Age of Aquarius,” “Let the Sunshine In,” and ending with “United We Stand” and "God Defend New Zealand.” After the pageant, there will be an address by Mr Kirk, and by the Queen. The Queen will then hand a New Zealand flag to the Yeoman Of Signals, who will raise it on the flagpole. While the National Anthem is played, naval vessels anchored off Waitangi will be floodlit. The eight groups to take part in the pageant are: Manutaki, resident in. Te Atatu, Auckland; Waihirere from the Waihirere Marae, Gisborne; Te Kahui Rangatahi, which means “a small group of young people”—resident in Wellington; Mangatu, from the Mangatu marae, 30 miles from Gisborne; Te Rangiwewehi, resident in the Ngati W'haku maraes of Te Arawa, n otorua; South Taranaki, from Hawera and Patea; The Auckland Anglican Maori Club, and Mawai Hakona, from Upper Hutt.

NATIONAL LINK [lncluding 3YA Christchurch (690 kilohertz); 2YA Wellington <570 kilohertz}; 4YA Dunedin 750 kilohertz); and 3YZ Greymouth (950 kilhertz >. i 7 p.m.: Melody on the Move. 7.30: Charles Chilton Presents . . . Marching to Glory. 8.30: Weather and New’s. Checkpoint. 9.0: All Gas and Gaiters. 9.30: From the Storehouse of Canadian Folksong. 10.0: Spotlight Bands. 10.30: N.Z.B.C. News, Comment, Weather. 10.45: Continental Star Parade. 11.0: 8.8. C. News and Commentary. 11.15: Continuous.

3YC CHRISTCHURCH (960 kilohertz) 2 p.m.: Commentaries, reports and reviews on — Commonwealth Games at Christchurch. Interspersed with news bulletins, weather forecasts, and music until 10.30 p.m. 10.0: Music from the Ballet. 3ZB CHRISTCHURCH (1100 kilohertz') 7.30 p.m.: John Blumsky. 8.2: Motoring with Robbie. 3ZM CHRISTCHURCH (1400 kilohertz) 7.30 p.m.: International Music survey.

CHTV3 I. p.m.: Scene Set. Commonwealth Games (C). 1.07: Guess What I Did Today? (C). 1.32: Commonwealth Games (C). 1.50: News, weather (C). 1.55: Commonwealth Games (C). 5.00: Professor Balthazar (C). 5.17: The Flintstones. 5.43: News (C). 5.45: Primus. Underwater adventure (C). 6.12: Report on Kawerau. Documentary. 6.30: Commonwealth Games (C). 7.00: Network News. 7.22: Regional weather, news. 7.33: Coronation Street. 8.02: Commonwealth Games (C). 10.00: Newsbrief (C). 10.02: Ghost Story. Drama based on supernatural (C). 10.57: Late news, weather (C). 11. Commonwealth Games (C).