Ngā Kawerongo – Newsletters
We send an email newsletter highlighting collection items, upcoming events and other news from the Archive every three weeks.
2024 Newsletters
Legendary wrestler George Hackenschmidt, historic anniversaries in November, Hana Te Hemara, and our 2024 Annual Report.
The 80th anniversary of the arrival of Polish refugees, the 'Mr Asia' case, and more.
Mystery Month, Two Live Ghosts, Newtown on Film and a UNESCO inscription for Tangata Whenua.
Newly preserved footage of Wellington, Tangata Whenua, Te Māori, and more.
Remembering Kiingi Tuheitia, the Invincibles, Eleanor Roosevelt and Mahuru Māori.
Our 10th birthday, Janet Frame’s centenary, and the legacy of Sir Apirana Ngata
Ōngarue railway, marine salvage, and our new Strategic Plan
The Beatles tour, Tarawera eruption, Matariki and more.
"Blue Smoke" turns 75, Carmen Rupe, Tangata Whenua.
NZ Music Month, Māori entrepreneurship on screen, and an iconic film anniversary.
Memories of a ghost town, Māori Pioneer Battalion, and Red Mole.
Crime stories in the Archive, Whakaata Māori anniversary, and more.
Your chance to consult on our Strategic Plan, plus Dawn Raids, Two Live Ghosts, and more.
Cobb & Co's 1985 menu with Alison Holst, autumn, and more.
Our annual Waitangi Day programme and love in the Archive.
An exciting exhibition, our 2022/23 Annual Report, and an opportunity to win!
2023 Newsletters
New Zealand’s earliest sound films, our year in review, and a very 1950s Christmas.
Footrot Flats, 125 years of filmmaking in New Zealand, Whare Māori.
Rokirokitia, Halloween, He Whakaputanga, Utaina, World Day for Audiovisual Heritage.
Wellington Heritage Festival, family pets, Waka Huia, UNESCO Memory of the World, Jenny McLeod.
Māori Womens Welfare League, Kōrero Mai, the Gilmour Collection, and With the Boys Overseas.
Preserving Tangata Whenua, Waimā Taonga Kaitiaki workshop, and Koroneihana 2023
New documentary in the online collection, our new Board member, and more.
Tangata Whenua, Matariki, Cook Islands Movie Night
Donald Mount Cook Burnett, anti-nuclear campaigns, Bieringa Collection screenings
Mount Everest, Tangi, Edmonds Baking Powder
New website, Mother's Day, King's Coronation
Long Range Desert Group, ANZAC Day, Forest & Bird
Māoriland Film Festival, two anniversaries, a chocolate treat, and more.
Te Matatini, Split Enz, and a tourism relic of the space age.
Waitangi Day, Valentine's Day, our new way of working, and more.
Celebrating 100 years of the Chatham Cup, Tauranga on film, and more.
2022 Newsletters
Recent events and our contribution to Aotearoa New Zealand Histories.
The Dame Gaylene Preston Legacy Project and more.
Jazz from Cairo, live cinema event, 9 ½ and the EPA at 50.
Utu Redux, The Te Kooti Trail, and some big anniversaries.
Candid glimpses of the Queen, Te Wiki o te Reo Māori, and the New Zealand Wars on film.
Winter sports, Free Radicals in Hong Kong, MAKURU and more.
Classic cartoons in the Archive.
Life aboard a troop ship, new Histories curriculum, and early colour footage.
Introducing the Norm Hatch Collection.
New Zealand Music Month at the Archive.
Weaving and war stories.
Homemade biscuits and homemade tanks.
A Rail Roundup and Produce Exports.
A special compilation and a new building.
The Making of 'PATU!' and a gathering of waka.
2021 Newsletters
Best wishes for the holidays 🌞
100 years of radio plus the stories of New Zealand.
The invisible work of film preservation, plus kids review Len Lye.
Cabbages, public health and a special delivery.
Archival te reo words and a wavy journey.
Online exhibitions for lockdown viewing.
TOHE now open – the 1981 Springbok Tour and ‘PATU!’
The voices of the past, Len Lye’s films, and a new exhibition on the Springbok Tour.
Two new exhibitions – Len Lye and the '81 Springbok Tour.
Our Oldest Film and Special Nitrate Videos.
Archival cooking, DocEdge, and the Ahipara Women’s Fire Brigade.
Handling nitrate film, 60 years of ads plus classic music videos.
Caring for nitrate, our favourite jingles, and happy 40th to our film collection.
Madam Carmen and A Colourful Collaboration.
🎥 Dunedin 'Then and Now' Plus Mātauranga Māori.
Reflecting on Waitangi, the Hawkes Bay Earthquake and more.
'Stay Home Cinema', 1950s Road Safety, and DVDs to be Won.
