Bellwood, Peter S.

Scope and Contents Collection of oral history recordings made by Peter Bellwood on the islands of Aitutaki and Mangaia in 1970. Tapes 1 to 4 include stories and genealogies about key historical events and figures, with tape 3 copied from recordings by Simona Naku at Aitutaki. The original Aitutaki recordings were later transcribed and translated into English by Ngereteina Puna of Aitutaki in the Department of Anthropology, University of Auckland from 1970-1971. These translations were recorded in-house and are...