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Jazz at Shepheard’s Hotel, 1941

October 17, 2022October 19, 2022 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1940s, Egypt, Mobile Unit, music, New Zealand Broadcasting Service, NZ history, Sarah Johnston, Sound Archives Ngā Taonga Kōrero, World War Two, WWII

By sound history researcher Sarah Johnston In both World Wars of the twentieth century, New Zealand forces found themselves fighting

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Life on board a 2NZEF troop ship: cramped, concerts and “Crossing the Line”

July 6, 2022July 19, 2022 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1940s, Mobile Unit, New Zealand Broadcasting Service, NZ history, Sarah Johnston, sound, WWII

Some of the first recordings sent back to New Zealand for radio broadcasts in late 1940 give some insight into life on board the troop ship on which the Broadcasting Unit was travelling, as part of the Third Echelon of the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force.

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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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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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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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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.