New Zealand history
Our stories, told through the audiovisual records we hold in the collection.
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24 September 2024
Ngā Taonga kaimahi reflect on their personal involvement in the groundbreaking Te Māori exhibition.
14 June 2024
To celebrate Matariki 2024, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision is proud to present Hauhake tū, ka tō Matariki, a special compilation of audiovisual taonga from our collection.
29 April 2024
Inspired by the exhibition Cast In Light, we searched the Archive for audiovisual records of Waiuta, a now-abandoned gold mining town.
13 March 2024
On the 50th anniversary of the Dawn Raids, we look at how the events are represented in our archive.
21 August 2023
Mātauranga Māori specialist Paora Sweeney looks back on an inspiring workshop about conserving cultural taonga.
13 July 2023
Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision is proud to present Matariki Kanohi Iti, our original programme for Matariki 2023.
29 May 2023
A look at collection items relating to Hillary, Tenzing and Mt Everest on the 70th anniversary of their famous climb.
14 December 2022
14 December 2022 marks 100 years since the crew of the HMS Chatham presented the Chatham Cup to the New Zealand Football Association.
2 August 2022
A spotlight on some of the animated items in the collection, and where they fit in the history of animation in Aotearoa.
14 June 2022
The late Norman J. Hatch was a World War II combat cameraman who witnessed and filmed some of the most bitter fighting in the Pacific War.
7 April 2022
One of our long-time staff is leaving Ngā Taonga. Here David Klein takes a quick look at some favourite stories and items from the Archive.
8 March 2022
We are home to high-quality agriculture and horticulture industries. Much of what we produce is exported overseas and a big part of that game is advertising.
14 February 2022
For a long time, rail was the best (or only!) way to get around New Zealand, and the machinery and infrastructure attracted a large following.
30 November 2021
As an island nation, Aotearoa New Zealand has had a large number of maritime disasters.
7 September 2021
An interesting picture and intriguing recording sent David Klein on a journey of his own across the desert, time and different heritage sites.
24 August 2021
Through our archival recordings, one of our Te Arawa staff learned about the history of the eruption of Mt Tarawera.
22 June 2021
You’ve seen Ngā Taonga material much more than you realise. Our Customer Supply Team works with dozens of productions a year.
23 February 2021
More than a century of changes in Dunedin can be seen on screen when we compare old and new footage.
21 April 2020
Māori and their stories have a long history in New Zealand moving image.
16 March 2020
If you know two things about Lady Pokai, it’s that she loves te reo Māori and she loves Ngāti Porou.
12 September 2019
Men are milling about on the decks shifting supplies around, but take a closer look and the reality sinks in.
3 April 2019
Did you know that Horowhenua was home to an international award-winning animation studio? Morrow Productions was formed in Levin by Bob Morrow and Mike Walker in 1950.
13 March 2019
Sir Hector Busby - Bridge builder, kaumātua, celestial navigator, waka builder.
12 November 2018
Origins of the Maoriland film company, based in Ōtaki, Te Whanga-nui-a-Tara Wellington region.
23 January 2018
The sound recordings made at pōwhiri in January 1946 to welcome home the men of the (28) Māori Battalion, are the focus of a new online exhibition launched this week.
9 October 2017
12th of October 1917, 843 New Zealanders were killed in just a few hours near Passchendaele during World War I.
22 September 2017
Temperance campaigners who were keen to see prohibition of alcohol, knew many women would likely support them if they were able to vote.
17 August 2017
Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision has recently acquired a set of Insight documentaries, spanning 1997-2000, deposited by Adriann Smith, a former Radio New Zealand producer.
7 July 2017
The story of the New Zealand dollar switching over to decimal currency on the 10th of July 1967.
22 June 2017
The home side featured legendary New Zealand rugby names like George Nepia and Cliff Porter.
20 February 2017
One great thing about working at an audiovisual archive is helping people connect with the stories and faces of their past
13 February 2017
Historic figures have been brought to life in a new exhibition of 23 compelling portraits, accompanied by archival sound recordings from the RNZ collection at Ngā Taonga.
10 February 2017
Through sound recordings, Sarah Johnston looks at the lives of New Zealand's early Chinese community.
7 December 2016
This is how United States President, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, described the 7th of December 1941.
