The Pacific Prepares for War
The footage is inconspicuous enough. Two ships are docked in Wellington Harbour, Mount Victoria can just be seen edging into
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Film archeology
I’m sitting at a film winding bench with Jo Dixon-Didier, a Ngā Taonga Collection Developer who specialises in film. We’re
Read moreDowntown City Mission (DCM) visits
Since late last year, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision has worked with Downtown City Mission (DCM) Wellington to provide monthly
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A hard life in the Gorge
Life doesn’t get much harder than it was in the Ōtaki Gorge at the start of last century. The land
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It’s ski season! Take a look at this short compilation of how people hit the slopes in the 1920s and
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Archiving precious World War Two recordings
Imagine it’s the early 1940s and an Army truck crosses the sands of Northern Africa, comes to a halt and
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International Year of Indigenous Languages
Ko 2019 Te Tau o Ngā Reo Taketake o Te Ao. He kohinga nui ā Ngā Taonga kei roto i
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A Petone Family Mystery
A film from our collection has recently been scanned and uploaded to our online catalogue. It has been given the
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Preserving our audiovisual taonga
Ka nui te ngākaunui o Ramarihi MacDougall ki tana tūranga mahi e kapo haere nei ia i ngā hua a
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A new look at the old Luna Park
Imagine it’s the late 1920s near the Auckland waterfront and the joyful screams of thousands of amusement seekers ring out
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