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NZ History Sound

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

November 7, 2018January 30, 2019 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 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, 2017January 30, 2019 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 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 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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The New Zealanders – and Tanks – Make Their Debut on The Somme

September 12, 2016September 19, 2016 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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National Poetry Day

August 26, 2016September 12, 2016 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 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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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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Audio Curios: The Horses Stayed Behind

July 20, 2016July 27, 2016 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1910s, 2010s, Audio Curios, Cat Auburn, Dunedin, Gareth Watkins, Henry C. Gore, horses, Percy Lowndes, pets, Radio New Zealand, RNZ Concert, Sarah McClintock, Upbeat, Whanganui, World War I, World War One, WWI

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

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Audio Curios: George Bissett’s Bugle

April 20, 2016April 20, 2016 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1910s, Audio Curios, Gallipoli, Gareth Watkins, George Bissett, Radio New Zealand, RNZ Concert, WW1, WWI

Producer Shelley Wilkinson visits the National Army Museum Te Mata Toa to learn about the shrapnel-torn bugle of twenty-year-old bugler

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Audio Curios: The Last Post

March 16, 2016March 21, 2016 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 2010s, Audio Curios, Gareth Watkins, music, Radio New Zealand, Radio New Zealand National, RNZ Concert, World War II, World War Two, WW1, WWI, WWII

Bugler Trevor Bremner and producer Shelley Wilkinson discuss the various bugle calls that make up the “Last Post” (“Bugle Stories,” RNZ

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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, 2016March 22, 2016 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

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