The blog of New Zealand’s Audiovisual Archive
Forty years ago, the New Zealand Film Archive was born. It had only one full time employee, a cinephile named Jonathan Dennis, who had just returned from touring film archives in Europe to learn as much as he could about the work ahead.
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Each year the nitrate film collection of Ngā Taonga is ‘wound through’ as an essential part of its safe keeping.
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Archives and museums are great at showing changes in a city and allowing audiences to compare the past with their
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As part of our search for the missing early films of Robert Steele, we received a slew of tips and
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Moving out of their long-term premises proved to both a logistical and emotional challenge for Ngā Taonga staff – and
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What do you do when you’re working on a special archiving project in another country and a pandemic hits? If
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By Joanna Szczepanski, Ngā Taonga Radio/Music Team Leader and Dr Aleisha Ward, Research Librarian, Music at the Alexander Turnbull Library
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Conferences allow those that work in a sector to connect with colleagues, swap notes and learn about novel approaches. They
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Sometimes you really need to take a second look. Modern film scanning technology can produce some incredible results with great
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Due to the Level 4 lockdown, all Ngā Taonga staff are working from home. We caught up with a few
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