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Bringing Lyttelton’s Past to Life

February 13, 2017 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 4 Comments 1850s, 1900s, 1910s, 2010s, Adam McGrath, art, Carolyn McCombs, Christchurch, Elizabeth McCombs, James McKenzie, Julia Holden, Laura MacKay, Lyttelton, Lyttelton Community Library, Lyttelton Health Centre, Lyttelton Police Station, Lyttelton Redux, Mackenzie Country, Marlon Williams, Ngāti Wheke, Nona Hildyard, Rāpaki, Robert Falcon Scott, Sarah Johnston, Wellington, World War I, World War One, WWI

– By Sarah Johnston (Client Services Co-ordinator – Radio, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision) Historic figures from Lyttelton’s past have

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70 Years Ago – Wanganella Strikes Rocks in Wellington Harbour

January 19, 2017January 18, 2019 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 4 Comments 1940s, Australia, Ellen Pullar, maritime, ship, shipping, Wanganella, Wellington, World War 2, World War II, WWII

70 years ago, on 19 January 1947, the trans-Tasman passenger liner TSMV Wanganella hit Barrett Reef in Wellington Harbour. Coming

Summer with Gregg’s Coffee

January 13, 2017January 19, 2017 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 2 Comments 1970s, advertising, beach, Oriental Bay, summer, television, Wellington

It is lovely to see some long-awaited sunshine in Wellington this morning! In the spirit of summer, we thought we’d

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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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US Presidents – The Kiwi Connection

November 9, 2016December 19, 2016 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1960s, 1990s, 2010s, Bill Clinton, Christchurch, election, Hillary Clinton, John F. Kennedy, Keith Holyoake, Lyndon Baines Johnson, Morning Report, NZBC, politics, president, Queenstown, radio, United States, Vietnam War, Wellington, World War II, WWII

With the results from the United States presidential election due to start coming in later today, we thought it a

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Happy Birthday NZ Commercial Radio!

October 28, 2016 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1930s, 1ZB, 2ZB, 3ZB, 4ZB, advertising, Airini Grenell, Auckland, Aunt Daisy, Christchurch, Dunedin, Kingi Tahiwi, Michael Joseph Savage, National Commercial Broadcasting Service, NewstalkZB, NZBS, NZSO, radio, Radio Network, Radio New Zealand, Reverend Colin Scrimgeour, Sarah Johnston, Te Ari Pitama, Uramo Paora, Wellington

– By Sarah Johnston (Client Services Coordinator – Radio, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision) This Saturday is the 80th

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Happy Birthday Katherine Mansfield

October 14, 2016October 16, 2016 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 4 Comments 1920s, book, Days Bay, Katherine Mansfield, literature, NZBC, Wellington

Today marks the birthday of Katherine Mansfield, who was born on 14 October 1888. In celebration of the influential and

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Moving Pictures Arrive in New Zealand

October 12, 2016October 7, 2019 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1890s, 1960s, Alwyn Owen, Anabelle Moore Whitford, Auckland, Charles Godfrey, dance, Eugen Sandow, Marion Rowe, music, nitrate film, projection, silent film, Southland, Thomas Edison, Timaru, Vaudeville, Violet Capstick Donaldson, Wellington, Ziegfield Follies

120 years ago, on 13 October 1896, New Zealanders first got their chance to see moving pictures, when the first

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Audio Curios: Children Will Listen

August 17, 2016September 1, 2016 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1990s, 2000s, 2ZD, ABC, Adriann Smith, Audio Curios, BBC, CBC, Children, drugs, fashion, Gareth Watkins, Gavin McGinley, graffiti, Insight, Lower Hutt, Lucy Smith, Masterton, Pictorial Parade, Radio New Zealand, Radio New Zealand National, Rongotai College, SABC, Spectrum, street art, Wellington, youth

– By Gareth Watkins (Radio Collection Developer, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision) Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision has recently acquired a

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Carmen Rupe

August 11, 2016August 11, 2016 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1970s, 2ZM, Carmen, Celia Wade-Brown, David Mahoney, radio, Wellington

Earlier this week Mayor of Wellington Celia Wade-Brown launched the Carmen Rupe traffic lights on Cuba Street. Carmen (1936-2011) was