An archival mystery to solve
A version of this article was originally published in Ōtaki Today. (Spoiler alert! The club has now been identified –
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Archiving Practice
The history of history: New Zealand Wars Cinema and the Archives
Was Rewi’s Last Stand marketed in relation to WWII? What did American audiences make of Utu? Who played all the extra soldiers in Utu? What was in the lost 49 minutes of Rewi’s Last Stand? Research student Caitlin Lynch writes about her use of Ngā Taonga’s documentation archives for her Honours dissertation.
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TAUTUA (Samoan word for ‘service’ )
– By Mishelle Muagututi’a (Documentation Team Leader, Kaiārahi Tira Pūranga ā-Tuhi, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision) This blog has been
Read more53 Years of Fixtures, 1 Collection, 18 Months’ Work – In a Jar
– By Mishelle Muāgututi’a and Tracy White (Documentation Archivists, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision) Pictured are some (not all) of the metal
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Audio Archiving in Australia
In November, Gareth Watkins, the Radio Collection Developer at Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision, visited a number of Australian archives
Read moreAn Audio (Re)migration Project
– By Jim Hunia (Kaiwhakauka: Audio Conservator, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision) Jim Hunia, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision’s
Read moreDigitally Future-proofing Aotearoa’s Stories
“I really believe the digital era increases the possibilities for us to connect our material to current and future generations.”
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Could a Captain of the Rivers of Rum be one of our ‘Mystery Voices of Gallipoli’?
A distinctive accent may be the key to matching a second of the mystery voices of Gallipoli to an identity: Hawke’s
Read more‘A’? Runaw_y letter searches for identity
One of the great thrills (and benefits) of processing and describing documentation collections, is the discovery and ‘making visible’ of
Read moreThe Last Stand
Virginia Callanan (Film Archive Director of Systems Development) tells us about recent preservation work on Rudall Hayward’s The Last Stand.
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