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A Most Unusual Christmas

December 14, 2021December 17, 2021 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments

Experiences of Christmas in New Zealand differ hugely throughout the years. Where you were, and sometimes who you were meant you might not always have the classic Kiwi barbecue! Sound archivist Sarah Johnston has picked out a few of the more unusual Christmases recorded in our archives.

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NZ History 

Shipwrecks of Aotearoa

November 30, 2021December 23, 2021 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments Akbar, disaster, Orpheus, Penguin, shipwrecks, Turakina, Wahine, Wairarapa, Wairarapa Archive

Paora Sweeney looks through the archives and finds that as an island nation, Aotearoa New Zealand has had a large

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Sound 

A centenary of New Zealand radio

November 16, 2021November 25, 2021 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments Aunt Daisy, Community Access Radio, iwi radio, Professor Robert Jack, radio, Selwyn Toogood

Radio has played an important role in New Zealand life, bringing us news and entertainment at home, in the car,

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Film 

Invisible work – Conservation, Preservation and Restoration in an archive

November 2, 2021February 6, 2022 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments David Klein, film, film preservation, Patu!

Can you turn back time? Should you? We talk with film preservationists about the choices and the challenges involved in

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Film 

Kids review Len Lye films

October 19, 2021October 8, 2021 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments Free Radical, Len Lye, Len Lye Foundation

The films of New Zealand-born artist Len Lye have long been a presence in galleries and museums around the world,

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Film 

Film, activism and cabbages – a chat with Barry Thomas

October 5, 2021February 6, 2022 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments Barry Thomas, cabbage patch, David Klein, Patu!, rADz, Springbok Tour, Yeti Productions

Barry Thomas is a bit of an iconoclast. For more than 40 years he’s been involved in art, filmmaking, activism

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NZ History 

Public Health in the Archive

September 22, 2021October 7, 2021 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments health, pandemic, public health

Film, television and radio have always been helpful tools for promoting public health. Between 1pm COVID lockdown briefings, we searched

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NZ History Sound 

A wavy archival journey

September 7, 2021October 13, 2021 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1940s, Libya, Ronald Joseph Moore, U Series, World War Two

An interesting picture and intriguing recording sent David Klein on a journey of his own across the desert, time and

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NZ History 

An archival lesson about Tūhoto Ariki one of the last ancient Tohunga

August 24, 2021August 27, 2021 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments Mt Tarawera

Through one of our archival recordings, one of our Te Arawa staff learned about the history of his iwi and

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The Screaming Blam-matic Roadshow poster. Courtesy Simon Grigg.
Film 

Rock and Rollers with HART

August 9, 2021August 10, 2021 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1981 Springbok Tour, Blam Blam Blam, HART, Screaming Meemees, The Newmatics

Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision’s new exhibition TOHE | PROTEST looks at the 1981 tour by the South African Springboks

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