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NZ History Sound

The Birth of Talkback Radio in New Zealand

April 7, 2016April 7, 2016 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, domesticity, Doreen Kelso, femininity, Jessica Weddell, NZBC, Person to Person, radio, Sarah Johnston, talkback, Telephone Time, women, women's hour

– By Sarah Johnston (Client Services Co-ordinator, Radio – Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision) Talkback radio has long been cornerstone

Film NZ History

Who’s For Hollywood? – Miss New Zealand 1927

December 12, 2013February 1, 2017 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1920s, Auckland, beauty pageants, celebrity, Dale Austen, Ellen Pullar, femininity, Hollywood, Miss New Zealand, national identity

By Ellen Pullar, NZFA Publicist This blog post looks back to 1927, at a little fizzer of a short film

Vilma Banky: A Long Way from Home

November 7, 2013March 29, 2016 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1920s, celebrity, documentation collection, Ellen Pullar, femininity, film stars, Hollywood, Keri de Carlo collection, promotional photographs, Vilma Banky

By Ellen Pullar, NZFA Publicist I am easily star-struck. I love movie stars. The glamour, the scandals, the larger-than-life “personalities,”