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Maiki Parkinson talks about muttonbirds

From an interview between Maiki Parkinson (Jules Vern Parkinson, 67603) and Megan Hutching. 

Maiki Parkinson, Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki talks about getting barrels of muttonbirds and how others thought the Māori must have been starving to want to eat them.

See image of Muttonbird barrels here.

Reference: 

Jerome (Maiki or Jules) Parkinson (1924-2006), interviewed by Megan Hutching, 23 March 2004, for the Second World War oral history project - North Africa

From the collections of the Alexander Turnbull Library Oral History Centre, OHInt-0798-12.   All rights reserved. Permission of the Ministry for Culture and Heritage must be obtained before any re-use of this sound file.

Image: Maiki Parkinson.

Submitted by mbadmin on Thu, 02/07/2009 - 13:51

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