28th Māori Battalion – Gauge

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Celebrating Christmas in the Desert, 1942

December 22, 2016February 6, 2017 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 2 Comments 1940s, 28th Māori Battalion, Africa, Charles Bennett, Christmas, Jesse Mulligan, Māori Battalion, Mobile Unit, New Zealand Broadcasting Service, NZBS, Porirua, Radio New Zealand, Sarah Johnston, Silent Night, Tapu te Po, Wiki Katene, World War II, World War Two, WWII

– By Sarah Johnston (Client Services Coordinator – Radio, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision) Silent Night – Tapu te Po (Christmas

NZ History Sound

Peter Downes: Early Radio Recordings and Archiving in Aotearoa New Zealand

March 22, 2016May 12, 2016 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 18 Comments 28th Māori Battalion, 2YA, Arch Curry, Asquith Thompson, Aunt Daisy, Aunt Gwen (Gwen Shepherd), Billy Hart, Bungin’ 'Em In, Chester Wilmot, Cicely Debenham, Edmund Hillary, Hello My Dearie, Jim Hartstonge, Jim Sullivan, L.G. Lukey, Lionel Sceats, Lord Bledisloe, Monte Cassino, National Film Unit, NZBC, On Parade, One Man's Family, Peter Downes, Professor Robert Jack, Queen Elizabeth II, Queen's Tour 1953, radio, Radio New Zealand, Rosemary Collier, Royal tour, Sound Archives Ngā Taonga Kōrero, sound preservation, sound technology, Tangiwai railway disaster, Television New Zealand, Uncle Bruce (Bruce Stennett), Wally Marshall, World War II, World War Two, WWII

Peter Downes has had a long and distinguished association with broadcasting and sound archiving in Aotearoa. In this presentation he