In place of RNZI TALK in this week's listing, replace with:

SHORT WAVES AND LONG MEMORIES - At one minute past seven on the evening
of 27 September 1948, a recording of God Defend New Zealand beamed out
on a new station.
New Zealand's first short wave service was launched- Radio New Zealand.
Ulric Williams, its Manager, along with technical and other staff from
those years, recently attended a reunion to recapture those heady days.
Post war expansion saw the birth of the National Orchestra, a flood of
new domestic stations as well as short wave penetration of Australasia
and the Pacific. RNZ seized the opportunity in 1950 to put us on the
map by broadcasting to the world from the Auckland Empire Games.
Technical innovation marked the development of the fledgling service:
RNZ designed battery receivers protected by army surplus saucepans were
distributed throughout the Pacific and the voice of New Zealand began
to play an important role in village life. Produced for Spectrum by
Jack Perkins.

On RNZI
Monday 22 March: 0830, 1130, 1330, 1530 UTC
Tuesday 23 March: 0330 UTC

(via John Figliozzi, via ODXA Yahoo List)