";s:4:"text";s:3704:" On Queen's Birthday weekend, 1970, Radio Hauraki made its last broadcast from sea. The Websites of 95 bFM, Auckland (written by Richard Huntington) and Radio Active 89FM, Wellington, and my own acquired knowledge. 3 Mile Limit is the story of the pirate days of Radio Hauraki 1966-1970. Radio Hauraki's Great New Zealanders Top 10 Series Radio Hauraki's Yearbook Radio Hauraki's Signature Series 30' 40" Actuality: Hauraki on rocks – (unique in annals of our radio history.) Events In History .
Pirate radio hit Kiwi airwaves on 4 December 1966 when Radio Hauraki broadcast from the Colville Channel aboard the vessel Tiri. One of the great adventures of the 1960s is now a cinema movie.
The young broadcasters were rebels with a cause. Eventually, in 1970, the New Zealand government allowed Hauraki to come ashore, and the station began legally broadcasting in September of that year. Radio Hauraki rules the waves.
Radio Hauraki remains a major force in New Zealand broadcasting 35 years after losing its pirate status. There was a lot to rebel against in the 1960s, as the state-owned radio monopoly confined pop music to weekly Top 20 shows and write-in request sessions. Join Laura McGoldrick, Jeremy Wells and Matt Heath to discuss the rich history of Radio Hauraki on it's 50th birthday. Tiri is beyond repair. Radio Hauraki - History. Here is a CD recording of their original opening broadcast from December 1966. Radio Hauraki is a New Zealand rock music station that started in 1966. 4 December 1966. Made by Sally Aitken, this film reunited the original pirates for the first time in 30 years to recall their battle to bring rock’n’roll to the youth of NZ. Radio Hauraki - History The New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation (NZBC) and its predecessor had held a monopoly right to broadcast since the early 1930s and operated both radio and television stations throughout the country. Radio Hauraki - History (5) This time the departure plan went like clockwork, with the Tiri sailing into the open sea before anyone in authority realised that she had gone.
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Published 1975 & 1989. Remembering the outbreak of the First World War. 28' 20" Actuality: Radio Hauraki describing Tiri's plight on rocks and abandon ship. The history of Radio Hauraki is taken from “The Shoestring Pirates” by Adrian Blackburn. There was a lot to rebel against in the 1960s, as the state-owned radio monopoly confined pop music to weekly Top 20 shows and write-in request sessions.
31' 30" Back to square one.
After more than three years it had made its point and won its warrant. Pirate station Radio Hauraki broadcast its first scheduled transmission from outside New Zealand’s 3-mile territorial limit.
The New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation (NZBC) and its predecessor had held a monopoly right to broadcast since the early 1930s and operated both radio and television stations throughout the country.
On the voyage home to Auckland one of the station's most popular announcers, Lloyd John Jones - known to Radio Hauraki fans as Rick Grant - went aft to fetch a pack of cards. 3 Mile Limit is the story of the pirate days of Radio Hauraki 1966-1970.. The MV Tiri was anchored in the Colville Channel between Great Barrier Island and Coromandel Peninsula.
Paul Lineham.
The young broadcasters were rebels with a cause. Radio Hauraki supporters, 1966 (NZHerald/newspix.co.nz) Pirate station Radio Hauraki broadcast its first scheduled transmission from outside New Zealand’s 3-mile territorial limit.