1950s

Archiving Practice Sound 

Music Month and the Guitar Parade

May 6, 2019May 7, 2019 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1950s, 1958, Christchurch, Frances Liebert, Guitar Parade, lacquer discs, Liebert, Maurice Liebert, music, Shellac

The lights go down and the crowd grows quiet. On stage are dozens of children and young people with guitars,

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Film NZ History 

61 Years Ago: Building Scott Base, Antarctica

February 28, 2017March 6, 2017 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1950s, Antarctica, Architecture, construction, Edmund Hillary, Ellen Pullar, Scott Base

61 years ago, in February 1956, the design of Scott Base, Antarctica commenced. The project was led by Edmund Hillary.

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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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NZ History Sound 

“Cheers!” – How Radio has Covered the Growth of Our Export Wine Industry

October 6, 2016October 14, 2016 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 2 Comments 1950s, 1970s, 1980s, Blenheimer, Cold Duck, Corbans, Ernie Hunter, Hawke's Bay, Heugh Chappell, Jesse Mulligan, John Buck, Maggie Barry, Marlborough, Marque Vue, Nobilos, radio, Sarah Johnston, Te Mata Estate, wine

Blenheimer, Marque Vue, Cold Duck. If you are over a certain age those names of early New Zealand wines may

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Film 

Remembering Terence Bayler

September 6, 2016October 5, 2016 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1950s, 1980s, 1990s, Broken Barrier, Centenary of New Zealand Cinema, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, John O'Shea, Jonathan Dennis, NZ Post, Pacific Films, Terence Bayler, The Life of Brian, The Life of Brian (1979)

We remember Terence Bayler, who passed away in early August. Terence starred in Broken Barrier (1952), in which he plays Tom,

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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 

Audio Curios: Children Will Listen

August 17, 2016September 1, 2016 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1990s, 2000s, 2ZD, ABC, Adriann Smith, Audio Curios, BBC, CBC, Children, drugs, fashion, Gareth Watkins, Gavin McGinley, graffiti, Insight, Lower Hutt, Lucy Smith, Masterton, Pictorial Parade, Radio New Zealand, Radio New Zealand National, Rongotai College, SABC, Spectrum, street art, Wellington, youth

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

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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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C’mon Jack!

July 27, 2016August 24, 2016 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1930s, 1950s, Berlin, C.F. Greenslade, F. Boustridge, Finland, Gareth Watkins, Germany, Harold Abrahams, Helsinki, Jack Lovelock, Melbourne, Norman Read, Olympics, Sports, Yvette Williams

– By Gareth Watkins (Radio Collection Developer, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision) Leading up to the Summer Olympics in Rio

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Sound Uncategorized 

All the Hits and More – Part 2

June 24, 2016March 27, 2019 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1950s, 1960s, 2YA, 2ZB, Auckland, Don MacRee, Eldred Stebbing, Esme Stephens, Listener, music, New Zealand Broadcasting Service, NZBS, Peter Downes, Phil Stebbing, radio, Rex Walden, Stebbing Recording, Steve McGough, Wellington

Broadcaster and historian Peter Downes wrote to us in response to a recent blog entry about the history of popular music

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