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Hands Across the Ocean: Filming the 1953 London to Christchurch Air Race

February 29, 2016April 19, 2016 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 5 Comments 1950s, Airforce Museum, amateur film, aviation, Christchurch, Christchurch City Council Archives, Cine Society, Colin McCahon, Flight Aeronautical Weekly, Virginia Callanan

By Virginia Callanan (Information Management Advisor, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision) “Amateurs everywhere will be heartened by the vigour with which

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NZ History Sound 

Audio Curios: Earthquake Ripples

February 17, 2016 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 2010s, Audio Curios, Christchurch, Christchurch earthquake, Gareth Watkins, Michelle Mac-William, Plains FM, Raelene Rees, women, Women in the Rebuild

Raelene Rees and Michelle Mac-William from Women in the Rebuild reflect on some of the social issues affecting Cantabrians in

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Sound 

Audio Curios: Samadhi – Voice of Sri Lanka.

November 4, 2015November 12, 2015 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 2010s, Audio Curios, Christchurch, Gareth Watkins, Plains FM, radio, Sri Lanka

The first broadcast on Plains FM from the Sri Lankan Language and Culture School in Christchurch (21 October 2015). The

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Sound 

The Sinking of The Marquette

October 22, 2015 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1910s, Christchurch, maritime, Marquette, radio, Sarah Johnston, World War One, WW1, WWI

– By Sarah Johnston (Client Services Co-ordinator – Radio, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision) Recollections from New Zealand nurses who

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Sound 

Heritage Sounds of Christchurch at the BECA Heritage Week Family Fun Day

October 20, 2015October 20, 2015 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1950s, 2010s, Camilla Wheeler, Christchurch, Christchurch Cathedral, dance, Doug Kelly, Jazz, music, radio, Sandy Ditchburn, Sarah Johnston, Shaun Hickland

– By Camilla Wheeler (Cataloguer / Researcher, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision) and Sarah Johnston (Client Services Co-ordinator Radio, Ngā

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Sound 

Sounds of Lost Christchurch

September 24, 2015April 12, 2016 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1940s, 1950s, 1970s, 1980s, Christchurch, Christchurch earthquake, radio, royal visit, World War Two, WWII

Like many Christchurch inhabitants, our sound branch of Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision (then known as Sound Archives Ngā Taonga

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Film 

“Scruff,” a Short Film In-The-Making

June 29, 2015June 29, 2015 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 2010s, Alex Porter, behind the scenes, Christchurch, Ed Lust, film, filmmaking, fundraising, Scruff

Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision Audio Conservator Alex Porter has hidden talents. Outside of her day job as an archivist, she

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Sound 

Audio Curios: 35 Hours into a 72 Hour Broadcast!

June 3, 2015November 12, 2015 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 2010s, Audio Curios, Christchurch, Christchurch earthquake, Field Theory, Gareth Watkins, Lancaster Park, memory

Field Theory – a collective of artists based in Australia – undertook to broadcast continuously for 72 hours from Lancaster

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NZ History Sound 

Audio Curios: Visiting Royals

March 2, 2015November 12, 2015 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1950s, 2010s, Audio Curios, Christchurch, Dunedin, Gareth Watkins, New Zealand Broadcasting Service, Otago Access Radio, royal visit

Bernard Kearns commentates on the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh arriving at their hotel in Christchurch and Don Donaldson interviews Mrs Derbyshire

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NZ History Sound 

Audio Curios: Anniversary of the 22 February Earthquake

February 22, 2015November 12, 2015 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 2010s, Audio Curios, Christchurch, Christchurch earthquake, Gareth Watkins, radio, RadioLIVE

This week in Audio Curios: Canterbury earthquake audio montage; aired during RadioLIVE’s 15-hour outside broadcast from central Christchurch in 2014. The broadcast

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