Pacific Films – Gauge

A convoy of road safety recordings

December 15, 2020December 16, 2020 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments LTSA, motoring, Pacific Films, Pacific Magazine, road safety

If you’re travelling around the country this summer, we hope you do so safely! To quote They Drive with Their

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DON’T LET IT GET YOU – The story behind the sign

May 30, 2020June 5, 2020 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1960s, celebrity, Diane Pivac, Film Archive cafe, Howard Morrison, interview, John O'Shea, Kiri te Kanawa, Musicals, Pacific Films, Rotorua, Wellington Art

The classic Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision ‘Don’t Let It Get You’ (Mary-Louise Browne, 2010) artwork has delighted viewers for

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Remembering Terence Bayler

September 6, 2016October 5, 2016 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1950s, 1980s, 1990s, Broken Barrier, Centenary of New Zealand Cinema, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, John O'Shea, Jonathan Dennis, NZ Post, Pacific Films, Terence Bayler, The Life of Brian, The Life of Brian (1979)

We remember Terence Bayler, who passed away in early August. Terence starred in Broken Barrier (1952), in which he plays Tom,

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Archiving Practice Television

Interview with Mishelle Muagututi’a, Contract Archivist (Pacific Films Collection)

November 21, 2013March 29, 2016 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments animation, Bro-Town, documentation, drawing for animation, Jonathan Dennis Library, Pacific Films, storyboards, TV merchandising

Gareth Watkins (SANKT Accessions Archivist) interviews Mishelle Muagututi’a (Contract Archivist – Pacific Films Collection), about her job at the Film Archive.

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