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The New Zealanders – and Tanks – Make Their Debut on The Somme

September 12, 2016August 19, 2019 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1910s, Battle of the Somme, Britain, Egypt, Flers, France, Gallipoli, Hēnare Mokena Kōhere, Lindsay Merritt Inglis, Ngāti Porou, Paraire Tomoana, Peter Dawson, Phyllis Williams, Sarah Johnston, Sir Āpirana Ngata, tanks, Te Ope Tuatahi, Tikitiki, Timaru, waiata, Winston Churchill, World War I, World War One, WWI

By Sarah Johnston (Client Services Coordinator – Radio, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision) September 15 marks the centenary of the

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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

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“Radio – as necessary for the mind, as water is for the body”: 2YA’s Tītahi Bay Transmitter Opens in 1937

February 18, 2016December 6, 2019 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1930s, 2010s, 2YA, Amalgamated Wireless, Ana Hato, concert, E Pari Rā, Māori Contingent, Michael Joseph Savage, New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation, NZBC, Paraire Tomoana, Pōkarekare ana, radio, Radio New Zealand, Radio New Zealand National, Rotorua Māori Choir, Sarah Johnston, Sir Āpirana Ngata, Tītahi Bay, waiata, Wellington, World War One, WWI

By Sarah Johnston (Client Services Coordinator – Radio, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision) If you have driven into Wellington from

World Day for Audiovisual Heritage: E Pari Rā – The Tide Surges

October 30, 2015November 13, 2015 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1910s, 2010s, E Pari Rā, Lawrence Wharerau, Paraire Hēnare, Taanga Tomoana, UNESCO, waiata, World Day for Audiovisual Heritage, World War One, WW1, WWI

World War One commemorations have provided the impetus for a number of projects at Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision. UNESCO’s World