Auckland – Gauge

Behind the scenes Film Mystery

Did Robert Steele’s Missing Movies Go Up in Flames?

December 1, 2020December 1, 2020 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1940s, A Mild Case of Murder, Antoinette Bertram, Auckland, Ethel Gabriel, film, film noir, Freda Stark, Gracie Fields, Happy Honeymoon – A Near Tragedy, mystery, Robert Steele, sheila mcguire, The Wife Who Knew, WWII

As part of our search for the missing early films of Robert Steele, we received a slew of tips and

Auckland Heritage Festival

October 6, 2020October 7, 2020 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments Auckland, Auckland Heritage Festival, heritage

Heritage Weeks and Festivals provide a great opportunity for audiences to engage with archival material held by Ngā Taonga. Take

Auckland: Then and Now

November 4, 2019January 29, 2021 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments Auckland, Then and Now

Following the success of our Wellington: Then and Now video in February, we sent our Digital Content Editor Troy Coutts

A new look at the old Luna Park

June 10, 2019June 10, 2019 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1920s, ARRISCAN, Auckland, Coubray Brothers, film scanning, Luna Park, Sydney, Ted Coubray

Imagine it’s the late 1920s near the Auckland waterfront and the joyful screams of thousands of amusement seekers ring out

NZ History Sound

Happy St Patrick’s Day!

March 17, 2017 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1990s, Auckland, Ireland, Jesse Mulligan, RNZ, Sarah Johnston, St Patrick's Day

To get in the spirit for Ireland’s national day you can listen to this “Spectrum” radio documentary from 1996, about

“A Date that will Live in Infamy” – The 75th Anniversary of Pearl Harbor

December 7, 2016December 15, 2016 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1940s, Auckland, David Spencer Finlayson, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Hawaii, Kiribati, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Otago Daily Times, Pacific, Pearl Harbor, radio, Sarah Johnston, Thomas Matthews, United States, World War Two, WWII

– By Sarah Johnston (Client Services Coordinator – Radio, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision) A “date that will live in

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

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

Film NZ History Sound

Moving Pictures Arrive in New Zealand

October 12, 2016October 7, 2019 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1890s, 1960s, Alwyn Owen, Anabelle Moore Whitford, Auckland, Charles Godfrey, dance, Eugen Sandow, Marion Rowe, music, nitrate film, projection, silent film, Southland, Thomas Edison, Timaru, Vaudeville, Violet Capstick Donaldson, Wellington, Ziegfield Follies

120 years ago, on 13 October 1896, New Zealanders first got their chance to see moving pictures, when the first

Te Wiki o te Reo Māori

July 4, 2016August 22, 2019 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, Auckland, education, Haare Williams, It’s in the Bag, iwi radio, John Rangihau, kōhanga reo, kura kaupapa Māori, Māori Television, Morning Report, Naida Povey, Northland, radio, Radio New Zealand, Rinso, school, Selwyn Toogood, te reo Māori, Te Reo Maori Society, Te Wiki o te Reo Māori, Windy Ridge Primary School

Māori Language Week began officially in 1975 and radio was involved right from the start in promoting the week and

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