Track 1: Koro and the Story of Taketakerau  (20 minutes)
Koro tells the story of the tree in the style of a modern Maori Legend.
From germination through to the present time, the life of Taketakerau gently follows the history of New Zealand over the last 2000 years.
                                                                                                                           ISRC: NZRI11900403   ©  2019  Marnie Anstis
Koro: narrated by Rob Herewini

Background music attribution:

Violin chords:  Jen Anstis – personal recording for the audiobook Taketakerau: The Millennium Tree

Page 35, 37, 39, 51, 53:     After Dark by Craigriley www.freesfx.co.uk
Page 61: Jack: http://www.freesfx.co.uk
Page 65 onwards: Desolation: http://www.freesfx.co.uk
Page 47: Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven: by “Christian Praise Worship Songs 2013"
Page 47: Give the fiddler a dram: by Clayton McMichen.  Joe Davis Records 78RPM
Page 55 & 57:  Waiata E Noho Ana Au    A traditional waiata of Upokorehe, performed by Te Kura o Kutarere (the children of Kutarere School) for this audiobook.

Birdcalls:

Shining cuckoo, long-tailed cuckoo, kingfisher, stitchbird (hihi), huia, bellbird
Sourced from, and permission granted: Les McPherson, Ashburton, Canterbury

Blue duck  kaka  kereru  kiwi  kokako  parakeet  saddleback  stilt  stitchbird  tui  dawn chorus  NZ Falcon
Sourced from, and copyright granted: Dept of Conservation; Crown Copyright

Other sounds sourced through the following sites:-
Freesound:  https://freesound.org
Soundjay.com  
Soundrangers:  Sourced and purchased from Soundrangers
Freesfx:   http://www.freesfx.co.uk 
Soundbible

Taketakerau: The Millennium Tree

Track 1: Koro And The Story Of Taketakerau

Track 2: Grandma’s Snippets of World History  (40 minutes)

It was because of my dislike of history at school that these snippets were chosen for Taketakerau: The Millennium Tree to be read aloud by Grandma “from her large history book”.

The following criteria was used: -                                                   
1) Quirky topics to appeal to kids (e.g. Coca Cola, Halloween, the All Blacks, Titanic, pop music...)
2) Exploration around the globe, along with the ability to map, spread knowledge of distant lands and the existence of their peoples and customs (Limited space, so only a few explorers were chosen.)
3) Events that still effect the way we live today  (e.g. making paper, development of weaponry, the calendar, invasions and wars, the way we count, basic rights for people [Magna Carta & Napoleon's influence], printing of books, mechanisation, reticulated water… )
4) An explanation of common historical terms that are still often used (e.g. the Dark Ages, Black Death/plague, flat earth, Renaissance, the New World, Industrial Revolution, the Great Depression, the Holocaust, the Cold War, United Nations... ) 
5) 
I learned a lot in my research. Collectively, the snippets loosely summarise the development of (western) civilisation, and place New Zealand within a global context. I hope these encourage a curiosity of the past, and with luck, perhaps some young readers may delve beyond Taketakerau: The Millennium Tree onward into books and programs that have been compiled by proper, real historians! 
                                                                                 ISRC: NZRI11900404   © 2019   Marnie Anstis

Grandma: Read by Dene Hopcroft  

Complete Background Music Attribution available on:
http://www.themillenniumtree.com  AUDIO

Track 2: Grandma's Snippets Of World History

Track 3: Page by Page   (One hour)

Slotted together by the pages they share and the time-frame in which they are set, these combined narrations offer a helicopter-view of New Zealand over the last 2000 years, placed within a global perspective. It emphasises the isolation of these islands by the vast distance from the centre of the then Known World, and the centuries that passed while the rest of the world trundled on its merry way...
While some societies inherited thousands of years of development, others have gone from the stone-age to the 21st century in only ten generations.
And now, as New Zealand's population continually diversifies after only 800 years of habitation, I like to think that it is the Kiwi Way (i.e. our tradition) to keep order while maintaining kindness and tolerance; to accept those who are different, and to realise that nothing ever stays the same.                                       
                                          ISRC: NZRI11900405   © 2019  Marnie Anstis

Narrators: Maya Anstis (the child reader)
                    Dene Hopcroft (Grandma)  
                    Rob Herewini (Koro)

Music Attribution:
The second verse of God of Nations was arranged by Marnie Anstis, and sung by the Edgecumbe Choir, Ross Moody & Martin O'Neill, and Arapeta Mio (narrated verse).

Track 3:  Page by Page

Track 4: God of Nations Anthem (for The Millennium Tree)
Arrangement: Marnie Anstis 
Sound engineer: Kim van der Aa
Music Attribution:
Recorded with people of the Eastern Bay of Plenty (New Zealand), the anthem project included musicians and singers Leah Moore, the Edgecumbe Choir, Ross Moody & Martin O'Neill, Aileen Lawrie (Eb soprano cornet), Kim van der Aa (drums), Marnie Anstis (digital keyboard), and Arapeta Mio (narrated verse). 
ISRC: NZRI11900406   ©  Marnie Anstis