Mahi Raranga
Ramarihi MacDougall, a Kaiatawhai Taonga – Collections Archivist at Ngā Taonga, describes her journey of mahi raranga (Māori weaving) and
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Behind the scenes
Ka kite from David
One of our long-time staff is leaving Nga Taonga. Here David Klein takes a quick look at some favourite stories
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Supplying Clients – Kapa Haka, Gunge and a Poodle
The Customer Supply Advisors at Ngā Taonga are a skilled team who provide a special service to researchers and producers.
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40 years of the New Zealand Film 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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Old frames: the nitrate wind through
Each year the nitrate film collection of Ngā Taonga is ‘wound through’ as an essential part of its safe keeping.
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Dunedin Then and Now
Archives and museums are great at showing changes in a city and allowing audiences to compare the past with their
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Did Robert Steele’s Missing Movies Go Up in Flames?
As part of our search for the missing early films of Robert Steele, we received a slew of tips and
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End of an era at Taranaki Street
Moving out of their long-term premises proved to both a logistical and emotional challenge for Ngā Taonga staff – and
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Cook Islands archivists stay cool in crisis
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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Tracking Chris Knox: A Research Journey
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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