Otago – Gauge

NZ History Sound

Firecrackers and Feasts – Chinese New Year in 19th Century Central Otago

February 10, 2017February 28, 2017 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1870s, 1880s, 1890s, 1940s, Arrowtown, Charles Wong Gye, China, Cromwell, gold, goldrush, Guangzhou, Lawrence, Mobile Unit, Naseby, New Year, New Zealand Broadcasting Service, NZBS, Otago, radio, Sarah Johnston, St Bathans, William Wong Gye

– By Sarah Johnston (Client Services Co-ordinator – Radio, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision) It’s the Year of the Rooster

NZ History Sound

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

Audio Curios: Dot’s Building a Castle

December 2, 2015 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 2010s, Architecture, Audio Curios, Dot Smith, Gareth Watkins, Kathryn Ryan, Nine to Noon, Oamaru, Otago, Radio New Zealand, Radio New Zealand National

Dot Smith talks to Kathryn Ryan about the castle she is building with her husband, Neil, just north of Oamaru

Audio Curios: Daytrippin’ with Nina

October 28, 2015November 12, 2015 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 2010s, Audio Curios, Dunedin, Gareth Watkins, Otago, radio, Radio One, University of Otago

Nina introduces her Radio One show “Daytrippin’” on the day that there was anonymous shooting threat on the University of

Audio Curios: Trying and Finding New Things

October 21, 2015 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 2010s, access, Audio Curios, Dunedin, Gareth Watkins, Otago, Otago Access Radio, radio

Hana and Sophie talk about trying new activities and how they find out about things in today’s world (Otago Access Radio,

Audio Curios: A Valuable Lesson

September 30, 2015November 12, 2015 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 2010s, Audio Curios, Dunedin, Gareth Watkins, Otago, Otago Access Radio, radio

Cameron Toogood recalls a valuable lesson he learnt in school (“Young Leaders in a Changing World,” Otago Access Radio, 16