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The blog of New Zealand’s Audiovisual Archive

NZ History Sound

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

November 7, 2018November 7, 2018 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 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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Remembering New Zealand’s “darkest day”

October 9, 2017October 25, 2017 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision Gallipoli, sound preservation, World War One, WW1, WWI

Commemorations will be held around New Zealand and at Ypres in France this week to mark the centenary of what has been called “our darkest day”, when 843 New Zealanders were killed in just a few hours on the morning of the 12th of October 1917, near Passchendaele during World War I.

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Bringing Lyttelton’s Past to Life

February 13, 2017 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 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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The New Zealanders – and Tanks – Make Their Debut on The Somme

September 12, 2016September 19, 2016 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 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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National Poetry Day

August 26, 2016September 12, 2016 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 1930s, book, Dunedin, John A Lee, literature, London, National Poetry Day, poetry, radio, Robin Hyde, World War I, World War One, WW1, WWI

To mark National Poetry Day today, here is a historic radio broadcast from 1939 by politician and novelist John A.

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