The road to Tūranga
Subtitle: Leo Fowler's Gisborne years
By: Gerald Barnett
Publisher: Tairawhiti Museum
Published: 2019
Place of publication: Gisborne, New Zealand
Language: eng
Number of pages: 139
ISBN-13: 9780473468149
Copyright date: 2019
Subjects: Relations with Maori; Broadcasting; History; Ethnology; Maori (New Zealand people); Social life and customs; Music; History and criticism; Māoritanga; Puoro; Kōrero taumata
Description: "The road to Tūranga is both a 'partial life' of the bicultural pioneer Leo Fowler (1902-1976) and a fascinating account of Gisborne in the twentieth century. Historian, writer, and broadcaster by profession, Fowler established Māori broadcasting of the NZBC in the mid-1960s, giving it the kauapapa that has seen it flourish. That achievement was the culmination of a career full of incident and colour ... "Publisher's description.