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All the Hits and More

May 10, 2022May 10, 2022 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 6 Comments 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 1XH, 1ZB, 2ZC, Gareth Watkins, Listener, music, New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation, NZBC, Peter Sinclair, radio, Radio New Zealand

By Gareth Watkins (Radio Collection Developer, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision) Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision has recently acquired from

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NZ History Sound 

Wounded, then shipwrecked: the powerful story of “A Simple Country Lad”

April 19, 2022April 21, 2022 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments A Simple Country Lad, Bobbie Loughnan, Corporal Robert Loughnan, Mobile Unit, Sarah Johnston, World War 2, World War Voices, WWII

By sound history researcher Sarah Johnston Among the recordings made by the National Broadcasting Service mobile recording unit in North

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Behind the scenes Documentary Ngā Taonga Kōrero NZ History 

Mahi Raranga

April 14, 2022April 20, 2022 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1970s, Aku Mahi Whatu Māori, dame rangimarie hetet, documentary, my art of maori weaving, NZ on Screen, Ramarihi MacDougall, raranga, taonga maori, weaving

Ramarihi MacDougall, a Kaiatawhai Taonga – Collections Archivist at Ngā Taonga, describes her journey of mahi raranga (Māori weaving) and

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David Klein (2014 / 2021)
Behind the scenes 

Ka kite from David

April 7, 2022April 14, 2022 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 1 Comment David Klein, Favourite Collection Items

One of our long-time staff is leaving Nga Taonga. Here David Klein takes a quick look at some favourite stories

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Film 

Choice Cuts – Advertising New Zealand meat

March 22, 2022March 21, 2022 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments bacon, chicken, Cobb & Co, David Jason, Jimmy Nail, lamb, meat, pies, pork, sausages

A recent blog looked at fresh fruit and dairy from the fields of New Zealand. A real cornucopia, the country

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Part of the season's apple crop, July 1907
NZ History 

Fresh up – with fruit and dairy

March 8, 2022March 23, 2022 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments apples, dairy, fruit, milk, pears

New Zealand is home to prolific and high-quality agriculture and horticulture industries. Much of what we produce is exported to

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NZ History 

On the tracks of archival New Zealand railways

February 14, 2022March 24, 2022 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments engine, Fell locomotive, locomotive, railway, tramway

The archive is filled with trains and railways. They share a common track through history – film and audio recording

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Film 

Huinga Waka – A Gathering of Canoes

February 1, 2022March 22, 2022 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments Te Puea Hērangi, Waitangi Day, waka, whakataukī

Each Waitangi Day, Ngā Taonga creates an audiovisual programme that we share with libraries and museums around the country. Maimoa

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Sound 

Farewell ‘Achilles’, welcome to Perth, and a Canadian hero

January 18, 2022January 19, 2022 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments Captain John Wallace Thomas, Doug Laurenson, Empress of Japan, Empress of Scotland, HMS Achilles, Norman Johnston, Sarah Johnston

This blog was written by sound researcher Sarah Johnston and comes from her excellent blog World War Voices. As members

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Art Film 

DON’T LET IT GET YOU – The story behind the sign

December 28, 2021January 5, 2022 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1960s, celebrity, Diane Pivac, Film Archive cafe, Howard Morrison, interview, John O'Shea, Kiri te Kanawa, Musicals, Pacific Films, Rotorua, Wellington Art

The classic Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision ‘Don’t Let It Get You’ (Mary-Louise Browne, 2010) artwork has delighted viewers for

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