A new look at the old Luna Park
Imagine it’s the late 1920s near the Auckland waterfront and the joyful screams of thousands of amusement seekers ring out
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Ngā Taonga Goes to Hollywood
After an entire day of travelling, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision’s Documentation Archivist Tracy White had arrived in Los Angeles.
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‘Merata’ around the world
Filmmaker and Ngā Taonga archivist Heperi Mita took his documentary MERATA: How Mum Decolonised the Screen about pioneer filmmaker Merata Mita
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The earliest ‘Blue Smoke’ recording
Research in the Sound Archives at Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision during New Zealand Music Month has confirmed a recording
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He maimai aroha mā Hekenukumai – Sir Hector Busby
Tā Hekenukumai Ngāiwi Pūhipi KNZM, MBE – Te Rarawa, Ngāti Kahu. 1 August 1932 – 11 May 2019. Bridge builder,
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Vale Wharehuia Milroy
Auē auē taukuri e… Kua hinga tētahi o ngā mātanga reo rongonui o Aotearoa, o te ao Māori anō hoki.
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Music Month and the Guitar Parade
The lights go down and the crowd grows quiet. On stage are dozens of children and young people with guitars,
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Capturing the telly
Television has captured the life and culture of New Zealand in a way few other media have. Since its introduction
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Working through the boxes
Boxes and boxes and boxes. Archives collect a huge amount of material – it’s all part of caring for the
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Tied up in black tape
By David Klein. Adam Sondej is a big fan of videotape. Most of his career has involved working with the
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