Western Bay Museum’s latest exhibition, Music Music Music explores the history of New Zealand’s musical themes from our first international soprano who debuted with Nellie Melba at Covent Garden in 1914 to the soprano from Rotorua who recorded the first waiata in 1927. The stories of four iconic songs: Waiata Poi, Pokarekare Ana, Po Atarau […]

Western Bay Museum’s latest exhibition, Music Music Music explores the history of New Zealand’s musical themes from our first international soprano who debuted with Nellie Melba at Covent Garden in 1914 to the soprano from Rotorua who recorded the first waiata in 1927. The stories of four iconic songs: Waiata Poi, Pokarekare Ana, Po Atarau […]

Western Bay Museum’s latest exhibition, Music Music Music explores the history of New Zealand’s musical themes from our first international soprano who debuted with Nellie Melba at Covent Garden in 1914 to the soprano from Rotorua who recorded the first waiata in 1927. The stories of four iconic songs: Waiata Poi, Pokarekare Ana, Po Atarau […]

Western Bay Museum’s latest exhibition, Music Music Music explores the history of New Zealand’s musical themes from our first international soprano who debuted with Nellie Melba at Covent Garden in 1914 to the soprano from Rotorua who recorded the first waiata in 1927. The stories of four iconic songs: Waiata Poi, Pokarekare Ana, Po Atarau […]