Royal tour – Gauge

Historic Radio Reflections on Waitangi Day Through the Decades

February 6, 2017February 10, 2017 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1960s, 1970s, Apirana Ngata, New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation, Ngā Tamatoa, NZBC, radio, Royal tour, royal visit, Sarah Johnston, sound, Turi Carroll, Waitangi Day

To mark Waitangi Day we have uploaded some historic radio coverage of our national day to our online collections catalogue.

Audio Curios: The Man in The White Coat

June 21, 2016July 4, 2016 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 2YA, Audio Curios, Basil Clarke, BBC, Gareth Watkins, New Zealand Broadcasting Service, NZBC, NZBS, Peter Downes, Queen Mother, radio, Royal tour, royal visit, Shirley Maddock, WWII

You may have asked yourself, “who is that man in the white coat who sometimes appears at the top of

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Peter Downes: Early Radio Recordings and Archiving in Aotearoa New Zealand

March 22, 2016May 12, 2016 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 18 Comments 28th Māori Battalion, 2YA, Arch Curry, Asquith Thompson, Aunt Daisy, Aunt Gwen (Gwen Shepherd), Billy Hart, Bungin’ 'Em In, Chester Wilmot, Cicely Debenham, Edmund Hillary, Hello My Dearie, Jim Hartstonge, Jim Sullivan, L.G. Lukey, Lionel Sceats, Lord Bledisloe, Monte Cassino, National Film Unit, NZBC, On Parade, One Man's Family, Peter Downes, Professor Robert Jack, Queen Elizabeth II, Queen's Tour 1953, radio, Radio New Zealand, Rosemary Collier, Royal tour, Sound Archives Ngā Taonga Kōrero, sound preservation, sound technology, Tangiwai railway disaster, Television New Zealand, Uncle Bruce (Bruce Stennett), Wally Marshall, World War II, World War Two, WWII

Peter Downes has had a long and distinguished association with broadcasting and sound archiving in Aotearoa. In this presentation he