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Film NZ History

70 Years Ago – Wanganella Strikes Rocks in Wellington Harbour

January 19, 2017January 18, 2019 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 4 Comments 1940s, Australia, Ellen Pullar, maritime, ship, shipping, Wanganella, Wellington, World War 2, World War II, WWII

70 years ago, on 19 January 1947, the trans-Tasman passenger liner TSMV Wanganella hit Barrett Reef in Wellington Harbour. Coming

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Around the World in an Austin 7 (1928-1931)

November 4, 2016December 7, 2016 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 13 Comments 1920s, 1930s, Austin 7, Australia, car, Cook Islands, film, Hector McQuarrie, Jane Paul, lost film, maritime, New Guinea, newsreel, Richard B. Mathews, Rudall Hayward, Torres Strait

– By Jane Paul (Community Programme Coordinator, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision) Richard B. Mathews (from Kaitaia) and Hector McQuarrie

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Octavius Francis Harwood – A Journey of Family Discovery

May 31, 2016August 3, 2016 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 41 Comments 1830s, 1840s, 1940s, 200s, Alex Porter, digitisation, family, genealogy, maritime, Mobile Unit, New Zealand Broadcasting Service, NZBS, Otago, radio, Waikouaiti

By Alexandra Porter (Audio Conservator, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision) Last year I was digitising a 1948 Mobile Recording Unit

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Tūrangawaewae Regatta

March 24, 2016April 5, 2016 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 14 Comments Charles Bennett, Charles Moihi Bennett, E noho e Rata, George Shaw, Jesse Mulligan, maritime, Mobile Unit, New Zealand Broadcasting Service, Ngāruawāhia Regatta, NZBS, radio, Radio New Zealand, Sarah Johnston, Te Pou o Mangatāwhiri, Te Puea Hērangi, Tūrangawaewae, Waikato River

The Waikato River at Tūrangawaewae was a hive of activity last weekend, with thousands of people turning out to watch

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Coromandel Yodellers and the Royal Navy – New Digitisations from the Mobile Unit Project

February 26, 2016March 3, 2016 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1940s, Alex Porter, Brown Sisters, Camilla Wheeler, Coromandel, dance, England, HMS Indefatigable, Kilbirnie Nurse’s Home, maritime, Mobile Unit, Mobile Unit truck, NZBS, Sarah Johnston, Tangiura Brown, Te Waimarie Brown, Tex Morton, UNESCO, waiata, Wellington, World War II

By Sarah Johnston, Camilla Wheeler and Alex Porter (Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision) One of Ngā Taonga Sound and Vision’s

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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Awatea Ship to Shore

February 24, 2015July 8, 2015 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 4 Comments 1930s, Alex Porter, Awatea, maritime, radio, ship, shipping

– By Alex Porter (Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision Audio Conservator) This ship to shore recording is possibly the first