Show Notes
Explore the stories of Avondale Racecourse through a self-guided audio walk around the racetrack. Or, listen in your own space and experience the sounds and voices of this important community space in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland.
If you want to listen to the audio while walking at the Avondale Racecourse, you need to start standing on the track, facing West, next to the Wingate Reserve Entrance, 43 Wingate Street, Avondale. When you are there you can press play on your audio device. We suggest you listen through headphones.
This sound work was originally created for The Public Stand 2: An Ode to Avondale Racecourse, presented as part of the 2025 Whau Arts Festival.
For more about the Avondale Racecourse and the live performance for which the original sound was created, go to:
https://www.avondaleracecoursealliance.co.nz/ https://artswhau.org.nz/project/the-public-stand-2/
Credits for the audio: Co-creators: Becca Wood & Molly Mullen Sound design: Peter Hobbs Voices (in order): Pita Turei Jan Skinner Lisa Truttman Marlene Milverton Trina Smith Mandy Siitia Jo Smith Lance Blair Franca Wood
Mrs Valda Braithwaite, Mrs Foster, Vera Fowler, Mr McKellow, Mr Mays, Merv Raymond, and Mrs Thomas, from the Avondale Oral History Project, 1990, Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/oralhistory/id/2360/rec/1
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