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All the Hits and More

May 10, 2022May 10, 2022 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 6 Comments 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 1XH, 1ZB, 2ZC, Gareth Watkins, Listener, music, New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation, NZBC, Peter Sinclair, radio, Radio New Zealand

By Gareth Watkins (Radio Collection Developer, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision) Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision has recently acquired from

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NZ History Sound 

Wounded, then shipwrecked: the powerful story of “A Simple Country Lad”

April 19, 2022April 21, 2022 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments A Simple Country Lad, Bobbie Loughnan, Corporal Robert Loughnan, Mobile Unit, Sarah Johnston, World War 2, World War Voices, WWII

By sound history researcher Sarah Johnston Among the recordings made by the National Broadcasting Service mobile recording unit in North

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Sound 

Farewell ‘Achilles’, welcome to Perth, and a Canadian hero

January 18, 2022January 19, 2022 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments Captain John Wallace Thomas, Doug Laurenson, Empress of Japan, Empress of Scotland, HMS Achilles, Norman Johnston, Sarah Johnston

This blog was written by sound researcher Sarah Johnston and comes from her excellent blog World War Voices. As members

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miners standing outside stone hut
NZ History Sound 

A Most Unusual Christmas

December 14, 2021December 17, 2021 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments

Experiences of Christmas in New Zealand differ hugely throughout the years. Where you were, and sometimes who you were meant you might not always have the classic Kiwi barbecue! Sound archivist Sarah Johnston has picked out a few of the more unusual Christmases recorded in our archives.

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Sound 

A centenary of New Zealand radio

November 16, 2021November 25, 2021 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments Aunt Daisy, Community Access Radio, iwi radio, Professor Robert Jack, radio, Selwyn Toogood

Radio has played an important role in New Zealand life, bringing us news and entertainment at home, in the car,

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NZ History Sound 

A wavy archival journey

September 7, 2021October 13, 2021 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1940s, Libya, Ronald Joseph Moore, U Series, World War Two

An interesting picture and intriguing recording sent David Klein on a journey of his own across the desert, time and

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Sound 

Fall of the Blancmange

May 11, 2021May 10, 2021 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 2 Comments Aunt Daisy, blancmange, cooking, David Klein

One of our communications staff had a listen to an Aunt Daisy radio show and attempted to whip up a

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Sound 

David Bowie

January 5, 2021December 18, 2020 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1980, 2010s, David Bowie, music, Porirua, Radio New Zealand, Radio New Zealand National, Takapūwāhia Marae

This post was first published shortly after the passing of David Bowie. We wanted to highlight this fascinating recording. Like

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Sound 

Audio Curios: Meditation for Dogs

December 29, 2020January 5, 2021 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 2010s, Audio Curios, Gareth Watkins, Pedigree K9FM, pets, radio

This fascinating short piece was originally published in 2015 but we thought it needed to be heard again ? A

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Film Sound 

Power from the River

November 10, 2020November 5, 2020 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments Clutha, Cromwell, dam, electricity, hydroelectric, Pacific Magazine, Roxburgh, Spectrum

Hydroelectric power has a long history in Aotearoa New Zealand, with the first projects commissioned in the early 20th century.

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