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NZ History Sound

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

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Audio Curios: Notes of Appreciation

August 10, 2016August 17, 2016 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1940s, 1960s, Andersen Tyrer, Antonín Dvořák, Audio Curios, BBC, Britain, Douglas Lilburn, Faust, Friedrich Kreisler, Gareth Watkins, George Butterworth, George Enescu, Heddle Nash, immigration, Isobel Baillie, Johannes Brahms, Moura Lympany, music, National Orchestra, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, NZSO, radio, Richard Strauss, Richard Wagner, Sergei Rachmaninov, Thomas Beecham, Vince Aspey, Vincent Aspey, Wellington, Wolfgang Mozart

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

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Audio Curios: It’s in the Boot!

August 3, 2016August 12, 2016 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1910s, 1930s, 1950s, Catherine Ford, Dannevirke, Down on the Farm, game, gameshow, It’s in the Bag, New Zealand Broadcasting Service, NZBS, One Minute Please, radio, Selwyn Toogood, Sports, Vauxhall Viva 101, Wellington, World War I, World War One, wrestling, WWI

– By Gareth Watkins (Radio Collection Developer, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision) Earlier this week I stumbled across a number

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Covering the Tour

July 28, 2016June 10, 2019 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1980s, apartheid, Gisborne, Graeme Moody, Hamilton, James Weir, Jesse Mulligan, John Howson, Lindy Fleming, Radio New Zealand, rugby, Sarah Johnston, South Africa, Sports, Springbok Tour, televised sports, Wellington

– By Sarah Johnston (Client Services Coordinator – Radio, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision) Thirty-five years ago this week we were

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All the Hits and More – Part 2

June 24, 2016March 27, 2019 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1950s, 1960s, 2YA, 2ZB, Auckland, Don MacRee, Eldred Stebbing, Esme Stephens, Listener, music, New Zealand Broadcasting Service, NZBS, Peter Downes, Phil Stebbing, radio, Rex Walden, Stebbing Recording, Steve McGough, Wellington

Broadcaster and historian Peter Downes wrote to us in response to a recent blog entry about the history of popular music

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“We Must Rely on Dramatic Speech and Sounds Entirely”

May 11, 2016May 18, 2016 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1920s, 1950s, 1970s, 1990s, 2YA, acting, Audio Curios, Broadcasting House, Danger, Davina Whitehouse, drama, Elsie Lloyd, Gareth Watkins, Peter Harcourt, radio, radio drama, Radio New Zealand, Richard Hughes, Wellington

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

Bikes vs Cars Panel Discussion

April 13, 2016April 27, 2016 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 2010s, bicycle, Bikes vs Cars, Cycle Aware Wellington, Dougal List, Frocks on Bikes, James Burgess, Jeremy Rose, Leah Murphy, New Zealand Bicycle Film Festival, NZTA, Radio New Zealand, Wellington

On 8 April we screened the documentary Bikes vs Cars (Sweden, 2015) in Wellington, as part of the New Zealand