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The blog of New Zealand’s Audiovisual Archive

NZ History Sound

Bringing Lyttelton’s Past to Life

February 13, 2017 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 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 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, 2016September 19, 2016 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 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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The Battle of the Somme

September 1, 2016 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 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 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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