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Happy Birthday Plunket !

May 19, 2017September 22, 2017 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments Beryl Sutherland, Children, David Kohn, Dr Fredrich Truby King, health, Homer Tunnel, Karitane Hospital, Kate Challis Hooper, Milford Sound, Plunket, Sarah Johnston

By Sarah Johnston (Senior Client Access Liaison – Takawaenga ā-Iwi Matua, Nga Taonga Sound & Vision) The Plunket Society turned 110

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Happy St Patrick’s Day!

March 17, 2017 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1990s, Auckland, Ireland, Jesse Mulligan, RNZ, Sarah Johnston, St Patrick's Day

To get in the spirit for Ireland’s national day you can listen to this “Spectrum” radio documentary from 1996, about

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Happy 70th NZSO

March 7, 2017March 7, 2017 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 2000s, music, Radio New Zealand, RNZ Concert, The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Wellington

The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra turns 70 this week, marking the anniversary of its first public performance in the Wellington

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Bringing Lyttelton’s Past to Life

February 13, 2017 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 4 Comments 1850s, 1900s, 1910s, 2010s, Adam McGrath, art, Carolyn McCombs, Christchurch, Elizabeth McCombs, James McKenzie, Julia Holden, Laura MacKay, Lyttelton, Lyttelton Community Library, Lyttelton Health Centre, Lyttelton Police Station, Lyttelton Redux, Mackenzie Country, Marlon Williams, Ngāti Wheke, Nona Hildyard, Rāpaki, Robert Falcon Scott, Sarah Johnston, Wellington, World War I, World War One, WWI

– By Sarah Johnston (Client Services Co-ordinator – Radio, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision) Historic figures from Lyttelton’s past have

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Firecrackers and Feasts – Chinese New Year in 19th Century Central Otago

February 10, 2017February 28, 2017 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1870s, 1880s, 1890s, 1940s, Arrowtown, Charles Wong Gye, China, Cromwell, gold, goldrush, Guangzhou, Lawrence, Mobile Unit, Naseby, New Year, New Zealand Broadcasting Service, NZBS, Otago, radio, Sarah Johnston, St Bathans, William Wong Gye

– By Sarah Johnston (Client Services Co-ordinator – Radio, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision) It’s the Year of the Rooster

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Māori for Beginners

February 9, 2017May 19, 2017 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 6 Comments 1970s, 2010s, Alex Porter, Christchurch, New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation, NZBC, radio, Radio New Zealand, te reo Māori

– By Alexandra Porter (Audio Conservator, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision)  Tēnā koutou katoa Ko Alexandra Porter tōku ingoa Nō

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Historic Radio Reflections on Waitangi Day Through the Decades

February 6, 2017February 10, 2017 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1960s, 1970s, Apirana Ngata, New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation, Ngā Tamatoa, NZBC, radio, Royal tour, royal visit, Sarah Johnston, sound, Turi Carroll, Waitangi Day

To mark Waitangi Day we have uploaded some historic radio coverage of our national day to our online collections catalogue.

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Celebrating Christmas in the Desert, 1942

December 22, 2016February 6, 2017 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 2 Comments 1940s, 28th Māori Battalion, Africa, Charles Bennett, Christmas, Jesse Mulligan, Māori Battalion, Mobile Unit, New Zealand Broadcasting Service, NZBS, Porirua, Radio New Zealand, Sarah Johnston, Silent Night, Tapu te Po, Wiki Katene, World War II, World War Two, WWII

– By Sarah Johnston (Client Services Coordinator – Radio, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision) Silent Night – Tapu te Po (Christmas

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“How Bizarre” Turns 21

December 15, 2016January 13, 2017 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1990s, music, OMC

“How Bizarre,” the catchy hit by OMC (Otara Millionaires Club), was released 21 years ago today, on 15 December 1995.

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“A Date that will Live in Infamy” – The 75th Anniversary of Pearl Harbor

December 7, 2016December 15, 2016 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1940s, Auckland, David Spencer Finlayson, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Hawaii, Kiribati, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Otago Daily Times, Pacific, Pearl Harbor, radio, Sarah Johnston, Thomas Matthews, United States, World War Two, WWII

– By Sarah Johnston (Client Services Coordinator – Radio, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision) A “date that will live in

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