Sharon Crosby back in chair

Press, 12 January 1981, Page 12

Sharon Crosby back in chair

At 9.5 aan.' today Sharon Crosby returns to “As It Happens” after three months abroad on >- a’ Winston Churchill Fellowship. Sharon has been looking, at public service broadcasting around the world from Canada to Sweden, and her research promises a stimulating year’s listening for the “As It Happens” audience. Today there is the first of two stories by a cadet broadcaster, Aroaro Hond, who was interviewed by Sharon Crosby early last year after her first few ’ weeks with Radio New Zealand. Aroaro Hond accepted a cadetship with Radio New Zealand after winning the prestigious Korimako speech contest for senior Maori secondary school pupils in 1979. Her entry into the Maori and Pacific Islands Unit, Te Reo 0 Aotearoa, at Papatoetoe, was marked by a traditional ceremony. She was escorted by a party of her Taranaki elders to Papatoetoe and given into the care of Radio New Zealand in the manner befitting a puhi, or maiden, of Taranaki. Today’s story by Aroaro Hond is called “The Last Of . . .” It is her account of her grandmother, Nanny Ruakere. Tomorrow’s story, called simply “Koro,” tells a great deal about Maori attitudes to life and death. National programme. Joni Mitchell William Dart presents the second of his series of programmes being repeated from the Concert programme on present-day trends in rock music. A cross-section of the work of the Canadian singer/songwriter, Joni Mitchell, is the focus in this week’s programme. It is entitled “Joni Mitchell — Poet or Musician?” Concert programme, 7 p.m. Local jazz In “Jazz Tonight,” an allNew Zealand jazz show on the National programme at 8 p.m., another concert recorded in the Auckland Radio Theatre can be heard: It features the Paul Gibens . Quintet with vocalist Ann Ford. After Waterloo Concert programme listeners again this week meet Captain Jules Mamot, the Errol Brathwaite character who is coming home after the defeat of Waterloo to

the little French town of Guiscard. On his return he finds an older brother who is not exactly overjoyed at seeing him again and he is reduced to a peasant existence. However, with the aid of a giant turnip, the former captain in the Emperor’s army changes his fortunes. Captain Jules is played by David Weatherley in the Radio New Zealand production by Roy Leywood of this new radio play by the New Zealand author, Errol Brathwaite. Concert programme, 8.45 p.m. Beethoven

Notable recordings from the 1940 s will be played again at 10.08 p.m. on the Concert programme. Beethoven’s Archduke Trio is presented in a 1943 recording by the pianist Solomon; the violinist, Henry Holst; and the cellist, Anthony Pini. Solomon features again with his 1946 recording of the Haydn Piano Sonata No. 37 in D. Cricket

Full commentary on the one-day match between New Zealand and Australia at Sydney will be carried by Radio New Zealand today, first on the YC Network from 10.30 a.m. through to 7.30 p.m., and then from the National programme until the end of play. 8.8. C. play. “A Few Weeks Then Summer Will Be Over” is the title of today’s 8.8. C. comedy drama by Colin Shaw. Jane and David live together in a small flat. David is older than Jane and already married. The tension between them explodes into rows, but when Jane is asked to go to Canada with another male friend she cannot bring herself to do so. She needs David, especially in moments of distress. National programme, 3.07 p.m. Indian memory

The Indian author, Farrukhi Dhondy, was bom in Poona and has now lived and taught in England for, many years. His new book, “Poona Company,” is a collection of