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70 Years Ago – Wanganella Strikes Rocks in Wellington Harbour

January 19, 2017February 9, 2017 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 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

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NZ History Sound

Celebrating Christmas in the Desert, 1942

December 22, 2016February 6, 2017 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 1940s, 28th Māori Battalion, Africa, Charles Bennett, Christmas, Jesse Mulligan, Māori Battalion, Mobile Unit, New Zealand Broadcasting Service, NZBS, Porirua, Radio New Zealand, Sarah Johnston, Silent Night, Tapu te Po, Wiki Katene, World War II, World War Two, WWII

– By Sarah Johnston (Client Services Coordinator – Radio, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision) Silent Night – Tapu te Po (Christmas

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“A Date that will Live in Infamy” – The 75th Anniversary of Pearl Harbor

December 7, 2016December 15, 2016 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 1940s, Auckland, David Spencer Finlayson, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Hawaii, Kiribati, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Otago Daily Times, Pacific, Pearl Harbor, radio, Sarah Johnston, Thomas Matthews, United States, World War Two, WWII

– By Sarah Johnston (Client Services Coordinator – Radio, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision) A “date that will live in

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NZ History Sound

US Presidents – The Kiwi Connection

November 9, 2016December 19, 2016 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 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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Audio Curios: The Man in The White Coat

June 21, 2016July 4, 2016 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 2YA, Audio Curios, Basil Clarke, BBC, Gareth Watkins, New Zealand Broadcasting Service, NZBC, NZBS, Peter Downes, Queen Mother, radio, Royal tour, royal visit, Shirley Maddock, WWII

You may have asked yourself, “who is that man in the white coat who sometimes appears at the top of

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