1910s

NZ History Sound 

Te Karanga a te Huia | The Call of the Huia

September 29, 2020October 1, 2020 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 16 Comments 1910s, 1950s, 2010s, bird, Hēnare Hāmana, huia, Jesse Mulligan, mystery, nature, New Zealand Geographic, radio, Radio New Zealand, Radio New Zealand National, Robert Batley, Sarah Johnston

By Sarah Johnston (Client Services Co-ordinator, Radio – Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision) One of the most often requested items

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NZ History Sound 

Bringing Lyttelton’s Past to Life

February 13, 2017 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 4 Comments 1850s, 1900s, 1910s, 2010s, Adam McGrath, art, Carolyn McCombs, Christchurch, Elizabeth McCombs, James McKenzie, Julia Holden, Laura MacKay, Lyttelton, Lyttelton Community Library, Lyttelton Health Centre, Lyttelton Police Station, Lyttelton Redux, Mackenzie Country, Marlon Williams, Ngāti Wheke, Nona Hildyard, Rāpaki, Robert Falcon Scott, Sarah Johnston, Wellington, World War I, World War One, WWI

– By Sarah Johnston (Client Services Co-ordinator – Radio, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision) Historic figures from Lyttelton’s past have

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Film NZ History 

105 Years Ago: New Plymouth’s East End Annual Picnic

January 25, 2017January 25, 2017 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1910s, Brandon Haughton, Garnett H. Saunders, New Plymouth, summer, Taranaki

105 years ago today, New Plymouth’s East End Annual Picnic took place. The seaside games and festivities – including swimming,

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NZ History Sound 

The New Zealanders – and Tanks – Make Their Debut on The Somme

September 12, 2016August 19, 2019 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1910s, Battle of the Somme, Britain, Egypt, Flers, France, Gallipoli, Hēnare Mokena Kōhere, Lindsay Merritt Inglis, Ngāti Porou, Paraire Tomoana, Peter Dawson, Phyllis Williams, Sarah Johnston, Sir Āpirana Ngata, tanks, Te Ope Tuatahi, Tikitiki, Timaru, waiata, Winston Churchill, World War I, World War One, WWI

By Sarah Johnston (Client Services Coordinator – Radio, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision) September 15 marks the centenary of the

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Film 

The Battle of the Somme

September 1, 2016 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 8 Comments 1910s, Battle of the Somme, British High Commission, film preservation, Imperial War Museums, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, World War I, World War One

This year marks the centenary of the Battle of the Somme. Imperial War Museums (IWM) and members of the First

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NZ History Sound 

Physics and Passchendaele

September 1, 2016September 6, 2016 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1870s, 1910s, 1930s, 1950s, 2010s, book, chemistry, Christchurch, Christchurch Arts Centre, Christchurch earthquake, Ernest Rutherford, Gӧttingen University, John Keith Moloney, Nelson, Passchendaele, Rutherford’s Den, Sarah Johnston, science, William Moloney, World War I, World War One

By Sarah Johnston (Client Services Coordinator – Radio, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision) This Tuesday was the 145th birthday of

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Film NZ History Sound 

Audio Curios: It’s in the Boot!

August 3, 2016August 12, 2016 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1910s, 1930s, 1950s, Catherine Ford, Dannevirke, Down on the Farm, game, gameshow, It’s in the Bag, New Zealand Broadcasting Service, NZBS, One Minute Please, radio, Selwyn Toogood, Sports, Vauxhall Viva 101, Wellington, World War I, World War One, wrestling, WWI

– By Gareth Watkins (Radio Collection Developer, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision) Earlier this week I stumbled across a number

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Sound 

Audio Curios: The Horses Stayed Behind

July 20, 2016July 27, 2016 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1910s, 2010s, Audio Curios, Cat Auburn, Dunedin, Gareth Watkins, Henry C. Gore, horses, Percy Lowndes, pets, Radio New Zealand, RNZ Concert, Sarah McClintock, Upbeat, Whanganui, World War I, World War One, WWI

– By Gareth Watkins (Radio Collection Developer, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision)   Recently Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision has

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Film 

Hawke’s Bay on Film 1913 – 1985

July 12, 2016 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1910s, 1920s, 1970s, 1980s, 2010s, advertising, Alec Douglas Lambourne, amateur film, earthquake, film, Hastings, Jane Paul, Napier, Sir James Wattie, television, Travelling Film Show

– By Jane Paul (Community Programme Coordinator, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision) Recently Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision and Historic

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NZ History Sound 

Audio Curios: George Bissett’s Bugle

April 20, 2016April 20, 2016 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1910s, Audio Curios, Gallipoli, Gareth Watkins, George Bissett, Radio New Zealand, RNZ Concert, WW1, WWI

Producer Shelley Wilkinson visits the National Army Museum Te Mata Toa to learn about the shrapnel-torn bugle of twenty-year-old bugler

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