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Reading the News
Television (Excerpts) – 1966 - 1987
29 Aug 2022 - 07.24pm
A pleasure to hear the news and weather in plain English.
1 Sep 2017 - 07.28pm
back when NZ English sounded 100 per cent class
14 May 2015 - 02.26pm
Just a note on the Philip Sherry clip - it wouldn't have been 1975. Philip reports on the Kent State murders, which happened on May 4th 1970.
22 Dec 2013 - 11.23am
Marama Martin was a News Reader too. I cannot find any mention of her. She had a lovely voice and warm smile.
6 Jul 2013 - 12.39pm
Dougal Stevenson pronounced Wairarapa properly!!! Back then too!
2 Jul 2010 - 02.42pm
Wow! Didn't we sound proper (prop'uh) back then. News sounds so more authoritative .
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