The Case of the Missing Movies
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
A film from our collection has recently been scanned and uploaded to our online catalogue. It has been given the
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A question for April ’19
Tēnā koe, and welcome to a new regular blog feature. Ngā Taonga holds an enormous amount of audiovisual material and
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An archival mystery to solve
A version of this article was originally published in Ōtaki Today. (Spoiler alert! The club has now been identified –
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Solving a Mystery: The Ahipara Women’s Fire Brigade
– By Lawrence Wharerau (Kaiwhakataki: Programme Coordinator, Māori, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision) I have an affinity with Northland –
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Audio Mystery Solved
Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision audio conservator Sandy Ditchburn has found that local knowledge and a great phone technique can
Read moreWe have identified Bob!
Thanks to the power of social media and our colleagues Kiri and Sean at Toitū Otago Settlers Museum, we have
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Our Digital Transfer Operator Sandy Ditchburn came across an enigmatic audio recording this week. Sandy and the rest of the Ngā
Read more‘Chasing the White Whale’ – The mystery remains
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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Could a Captain of the Rivers of Rum be one of our ‘Mystery Voices of Gallipoli’?
A distinctive accent may be the key to matching a second of the mystery voices of Gallipoli to an identity: Hawke’s
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