The blog of New Zealand’s Audiovisual Archive
Commemorations will be held around New Zealand and at Ypres in France this week to mark the centenary of what has been called “our darkest day”, when 843 New Zealanders were killed in just a few hours on the morning of the 12th of October 1917, near Passchendaele during World War I.
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By Sarah Johnston (Senior Client Access Liaison – Takawaenga ā-Iwi Matua, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision) With the general election
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By Sarah Johnston (Senior Client Access Liaison – Takawaenga ā-Iwi Matua, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision) New Zealand’s infamous
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By Sarah Johnston (Senior Client Access Liaison – Takawaenga ā-Iwi Matua, Nga Taonga Sound & Vision) The Plunket Society turned 110
Read moreTo get in the spirit for Ireland’s national day you can listen to this “Spectrum” radio documentary from 1996, about
Read moreThe New Zealand Symphony Orchestra turns 70 this week, marking the anniversary of its first public performance in the Wellington
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– By Sarah Johnston (Client Services Co-ordinator – Radio, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision) Historic figures from Lyttelton’s past have
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– By Sarah Johnston (Client Services Co-ordinator – Radio, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision) It’s the Year of the Rooster
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– By Alexandra Porter (Audio Conservator, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision) Tēnā koutou katoa Ko Alexandra Porter tōku ingoa Nō
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To mark Waitangi Day we have uploaded some historic radio coverage of our national day to our online collections catalogue.
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