Mystery

Behind the scenes Film Mystery 

Did Robert Steele’s Missing Movies Go Up in Flames?

December 1, 2020December 1, 2020 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1940s, A Mild Case of Murder, Antoinette Bertram, Auckland, Ethel Gabriel, film, film noir, Freda Stark, Gracie Fields, Happy Honeymoon – A Near Tragedy, mystery, Robert Steele, sheila mcguire, The Wife Who Knew, WWII

As part of our search for the missing early films of Robert Steele, we received a slew of tips and

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Mystery 

The Case of the Missing Movies

September 18, 2020December 8, 2020 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments A Mild Case of Murder, Antoinette Bertram, Guy Nixon, Happy Honeymoon – A Near Tragedy, Robert Steele, The Wife Who Knew

We need your help solving a mystery of missing movies! Robert Steele was a notable filmmaker of the 1950s –

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Mystery 

A Petone Family Mystery

July 8, 2019August 1, 2019 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 16mm, Eastbourne, film, mystery, Petone

A film from our collection has recently been scanned and uploaded to our online catalogue. It has been given the

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Mystery 

A question for April ’19

April 2, 2019April 8, 2019 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments Alpine Club, James Osler, mystery, The Land We Live In, Wairoa

Tēnā koe, and welcome to a new regular blog feature. Ngā Taonga holds an enormous amount of audiovisual material and

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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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Film Mystery NZ History 

Solving a Mystery: The Ahipara Women’s Fire Brigade

March 21, 2017May 6, 2021 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 2 Comments 1960s, Agnes Rakich, Ahipara, Api Kīngi, Doris Hales, firefighters, Grace Matiu, Harriet Pure, Hinemoa Te Paa, Jackie Saunders, Joyce Hunt, Keith Bracey, Lawrence Wharerau, Linda Curie, Mary Hanlon, Museum at Te Ahu Heritage, mystery, Northland, NZBC, on Women in Fire and Emergency New Zealand, Peggy Adams, Te Rūnanga o Te Rarawa, Town and Around, women

– By Lawrence Wharerau (Kaiwhakataki: Programme Coordinator, Māori, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision) I have an affinity with Northland –

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Mystery Sound 

Audio Mystery Solved

November 2, 2015March 28, 2019 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 2 Comments 1950s, Invercargill, lacquer discs, mystery, Riverton, Sandy Ditchburn, Southland

Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision audio conservator Sandy Ditchburn has found that local knowledge and a great phone technique can

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Mystery NZ History Sound 

We have identified Bob!

August 7, 2015March 28, 2019 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 6 Comments 1910s, Chunuk Bair, Gallipoli, radio, Radio New Zealand, World War One, WW1, WWI

Thanks to the power of social media and our colleagues Kiri and Sean at Toitū Otago Settlers Museum, we have

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Mystery Sound 

Intriguing Audio Mystery

December 18, 2014May 6, 2021 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 14 Comments digital technologies, digitisation, lacquer discs, music, mystery, sound preservation

Our Digital Transfer Operator Sandy Ditchburn came across an enigmatic audio recording this week. Sandy and the rest of the Ngā

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Film Mystery NZ History 

‘Chasing the White Whale’ – The mystery remains

November 19, 2014May 13, 2019 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 2 Comments 1930s, Bay of Islands, documentary, forgotten cinema, Hollywood, mystery, silent film, whaling

In part two of our guest blog from Russell-based local historian Lindsay Alexander, the tale of a 1930s documentary filmmaking venture

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