Radio New Zealand

Sound 

David Bowie

January 5, 2021December 18, 2020 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1980, 2010s, David Bowie, music, Porirua, Radio New Zealand, Radio New Zealand National, Takapūwāhia Marae

This post was first published shortly after the passing of David Bowie. We wanted to highlight this fascinating recording. Like

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Sound 

Sarah Johnston’s Best of Jesse Mulligan

October 27, 2020October 27, 2020 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments Jesse Mulligan, Radio New Zealand, RNZ, Sarah Johnston

Ngā Taonga has a regular spot on RNZ’s Afternoons with Jesse Mulligan where we share sound archive recordings. Always fascinating,

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NZ History Sound 

Te Karanga a te Huia | The Call of the Huia

September 29, 2020October 1, 2020 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 13 Comments 1910s, 1950s, 2010s, bird, Hēnare Hāmana, huia, Jesse Mulligan, mystery, nature, New Zealand Geographic, radio, Radio New Zealand, Radio New Zealand National, Robert Batley, Sarah Johnston

By Sarah Johnston (Client Services Co-ordinator, Radio – Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision) One of the most often requested items

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‘Hostilities will cease…’ – Memories of the end of World War 1

November 7, 2018January 30, 2019 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1918, Armistice, epidemic, Great War, influenza, Le Quesnoy, Radio New Zealand, RNZ, sound, World War One, WW1, WW100, WWI

Sarah Johnston has selected some recordings from the sound archive in which New Zealanders recall the end of World War One in November 1918.

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The last days of the ‘6 o’clock swill’

August 17, 2017August 18, 2017 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1960s, alcohol, culture, politics, Radio New Zealand, Referendum, Sarah Johnston

By Sarah Johnston (Senior Client Access Liaison – Takawaenga ā-Iwi Matua, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision)   New Zealand’s infamous

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Happy 70th NZSO

March 7, 2017March 7, 2017 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 2000s, music, Radio New Zealand, RNZ Concert, The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Wellington

The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra turns 70 this week, marking the anniversary of its first public performance in the Wellington

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Māori for Beginners

February 9, 2017August 21, 2019 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 6 Comments 1970s, 2010s, Alex Porter, Christchurch, New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation, NZBC, radio, Radio New Zealand, te reo Māori

– By Alexandra Porter (Audio Conservator, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision)  Tēnā koutou katoa Ko Alexandra Porter tōku ingoa Nō

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Celebrating Christmas in the Desert, 1942

December 22, 2016February 6, 2017 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 2 Comments 1940s, 28th Māori Battalion, Africa, Charles Bennett, Christmas, Jesse Mulligan, Māori Battalion, Mobile Unit, New Zealand Broadcasting Service, NZBS, Porirua, Radio New Zealand, Sarah Johnston, Silent Night, Tapu te Po, Wiki Katene, World War II, World War Two, WWII

– By Sarah Johnston (Client Services Coordinator – Radio, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision) Silent Night – Tapu te Po (Christmas

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Film NZ History 

Hilda Brodie Smith

December 19, 2016May 7, 2019 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1960s, amateur film, Cine Society, film, Hilda Brodie Smith, Porirua, Radio New Zealand, Richard Falkner, Wellington

Hilda Brodie Smith, of Porirua, wrote, directed and starred in a number of rather incredible documentaries during the 1960s. Her work

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Difficult Country – Kaikoura’s Tenuous Road and Rail Links

November 29, 2016December 22, 2016 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 2010s, Albert Creed, Bruce Petrie, Canterbury, car, Christchurch, earthquake, Hanmer, Kaikoura, Kekerengu, mail, Main Trunk Line, Ministry for Public Works, NZBC, Picton, Radio New Zealand, railway, Sarah Johnston, transport, Waiau

– By Sarah Johnston (Client Services Coordinator – Radio, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision)   The hilly territory between Canterbury

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