Beautiful young ladies performing Maori love songs. The St. Joseph's Maori Girls College (Hato Hōhepa) is still going to this day, both a day college and boarding school for girls. The college was founded by the Catholic church back in 1867 and is located just outside of Napier.
Listen and be taken to a higher plane!
Also a notable release as this came from the all Kiwi, Viking Records, established in 1957 and located in the Wellington area.
ST. JOSEPH'S MAORI GIRLS COLLEGE - Maori Love Songs
Viking Records
Cat# VE-62
Matrix runout codes (etched)
VE62A
VE62B
NOTE: These matrix codes have been copied exactly, although I cannot find a reference to this exact release
1962
New Zealand release
The cover is in very good condition, no seam splits, no tears and no personal writing although I can see a couple of "Brown spots" near one edge but nothing more.
New inner protective sleeve
Vinyl is in very good condition, visually inspected under a bright White halogen light source and I can not see any scratches or marks on either side. Just looking at the vinyl is not a great way to judge the condition so I played this single, both sides, ENTIRELY and there are no issues with surface noise nor clicks n pops
New outer protective sleeve
TRACKS: Pokorekare, Hine E Hine, Pehia, Haere Ra E Hine, Tena Koutou, Po Ata Rau (Now Is The Hour)
