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Archiving Practice

Working through the boxes

May 1, 2019May 6, 2019 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments behind the scenes, vaults

Boxes and boxes and boxes. Archives collect a huge amount of material – it’s all part of caring for the

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Te Matatini 2019

Ngā Taonga Kōrero

Te Matatini ki te Ao 2019

March 7, 2019March 28, 2019 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments Aku Mahi Whatu Māori, kapa haka, Ngā Tūmanako, Te Matatini, Te Piki Kōtuku o Ngāti Rongomai, Te Whānau ā Apanui, Te Whanganui-a-Tara, Wellington, Westpac Stadium

The biennial Te Matatini Kapa Haka competition is a huge event. Upwards of 50,000 people flowed through Westpac Stadium in

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Title card

Film NZ History

Wellington: Then and Now

February 27, 2019March 11, 2019 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments Botanic Gardens, Courtenay Place, Oriental Bay, parliament, recreation, Wellington

To mark Wellington Anniversary Day on January 21 2019, our Digital Content Editor Troy Coutts went out for a spot

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Do you recognise this bowling and tennis club pavilion? Screen grab from The Land We Live In (1919)

Archiving Practice Mystery

An archival mystery to solve

February 15, 2019March 28, 2019 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments bowling club, mystery, tennis, The Land We Live In, Wellington

A version of this article was originally published in Ōtaki Today. (Spoiler alert! The club has now been identified –

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Farewell, Ngā Taonga cinema

February 4, 2019March 12, 2019 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 1 Comment Cinema, Wellington

So long cinema, and thanks for all the screenings. For more than 14 years, the cinema at the Wellington office

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