Hands Across the Ocean: Filming the 1953 London to Christchurch Air Race
By Virginia Callanan (Information Management Advisor, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision) “Amateurs everywhere will be heartened by the vigour with which
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aviation
78 years ago today… Jean Batten Lands in Auckland
At 5.50pm on the 16th of October 1936, Rotorua-born aviator Jean Batten landed in Auckland – she’d successfully completed the first
Read moreScenes and Views Around New Zealand c. 1913
By James Taylor, NZFA Cataloguer / Researcher The 100th anniversary of the 1913 Great Strike, “one of New Zealand’s most
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