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TAKE FIVE: QUICK QUIZ

Legendary pirate station Radio Hauraki made its first broadcast from outside territorial waters on this day in 1966, successfully defying the state broadcasting monopoly. What do you know about the history of radio?

1 The celebrated New Zealand broadcaster Maud Ruby Basham was better known by what nickname?

2 Mike Hosking, Kim Hill, Sean Plunket and Maggie Barry all hosted what long-running programme?

3 What did the government do to prevent a broadcast by left-wing activist Colin Scrimgeour immediately before the 1935 elections?

4 What popular female broadcaster became chief executive of Radio New Zealand?

5 What Christian broadcasting organisation took its name from a Greek term meaning “the word of God”?

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