1930s

NZ History Uncategorized 

Our oldest recorded sports broadcast – the All Blacks vs the British Lions, June 21, 1930

June 22, 2017June 22, 2017 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1930s, All Blacks, Audio Curios, broadcast, cantor, lions, nepia, radio, Radio New Zealand National, rugby, Sarah Johnston, Sound Archives Ngā Taonga Kōrero, Sports, tour

By Sarah Johnston (Senior Client Access Liaison – Takawaenga ā-Iwi Matua, Nga Taonga Sound & Vision) The first test between

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NZ History Television 

“I’ve Never Seen Them So Excited…”

February 20, 2017May 29, 2017 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1930s, 1980s, cheese, George Gillingham, Harihari, Hokitika, Lower Hutt, Mahinapua Hotel, Mainland, West Coast

One great thing about working at an audiovisual archive is helping people connect with the stories and faces of their

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Film NZ History Sound 

Difficult Country – Kaikoura’s Tenuous Road and Rail Links

November 29, 2016December 22, 2016 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 2010s, Albert Creed, Bruce Petrie, Canterbury, car, Christchurch, earthquake, Hanmer, Kaikoura, Kekerengu, mail, Main Trunk Line, Ministry for Public Works, NZBC, Picton, Radio New Zealand, railway, Sarah Johnston, transport, Waiau

– By Sarah Johnston (Client Services Coordinator – Radio, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision)   The hilly territory between Canterbury

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Film NZ History Uncategorized 

Around the World in an Austin 7 (1928-1931)

November 4, 2016December 7, 2016 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 13 Comments 1920s, 1930s, Austin 7, Australia, car, Cook Islands, film, Hector McQuarrie, Jane Paul, lost film, maritime, New Guinea, newsreel, Richard B. Mathews, Rudall Hayward, Torres Strait

– By Jane Paul (Community Programme Coordinator, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision) Richard B. Mathews (from Kaitaia) and Hector McQuarrie

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NZ History Sound 

Happy Birthday NZ Commercial Radio!

October 28, 2016 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1930s, 1ZB, 2ZB, 3ZB, 4ZB, advertising, Airini Grenell, Auckland, Aunt Daisy, Christchurch, Dunedin, Kingi Tahiwi, Michael Joseph Savage, National Commercial Broadcasting Service, NewstalkZB, NZBS, NZSO, radio, Radio Network, Radio New Zealand, Reverend Colin Scrimgeour, Sarah Johnston, Te Ari Pitama, Uramo Paora, Wellington

– By Sarah Johnston (Client Services Coordinator – Radio, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision)   This Saturday is the 80th

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NZ History Sound 

“This is Without Doubt the Very Greatest Moment of My Life” – Jean Batten’s Record-Breaking Flight

October 16, 2016November 9, 2016 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1930s, 1YA, acetate discs, Auckland, Auckland Aero Club, Australia, Britain, Burma, Ellen Melville, Ernest Davis, Frederick Jones, Java, Jean Batten, Kaipara, Mokau, National Council of Women, New Plymouth, NZBS, radio, Sarah Johnston, Siam, South America, Sydney

– By Sarah Johnston (Client Services Coordinator – Radio, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision) Eighty years ago today New Zealander

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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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NZ History Sound 

National Poetry Day

August 26, 2016August 12, 2019 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1930s, book, Dunedin, John A Lee, literature, London, National Poetry Day, poetry, radio, Robin Hyde, World War I, World War One, WW1, WWI

To mark National Poetry Day, here is a historic radio broadcast from 1939 by politician and novelist John A. Lee

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NZ History Sound 

Audio Curios: “Beautifully Built with a Fine Fend and Elusive Side Step”

August 24, 2016August 21, 2019 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1930s, All Blacks, archive, Audio Curios, Australia, Bledisloe Cup, Christchurch, Gareth Watkins, Iain Gallaway, lacquer discs, Neville Mitchell, New Zealand Broadcasting Service, rugby, Sandy Ditchburn, sound preservation, Sports, Trevor Berghan, Vayro Wilson

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

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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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