Television – Gauge

The animated history of Aotearoa New Zealand

August 2, 2022 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1970s, 1980s, advertising, animation, cartoons

Cartoons and animation have an important place in New Zealand’s on-screen history. Reflecting this, Ngā Taonga holds a large collection

Television

Matariki of Many People

June 23, 2022June 23, 2022 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments broadcasting, Henare Te Ua, Kīngi Īhaka, Koha, language revitalisation, marae, Matariki, Merata Mita, nzhistory, Puhi Rangiaho, Tanara Whairiri Kitawhiti Ngata, te reo Māori, Waka Huia, Wiremu Bill Kerekere

This year Ngā Taonga has prepared another video in celebration of the first Matariki Holiday on 24 June 2022, Matariki Hunga Nui – Matariki of Many People. This is a 15-minute audio-visual programme focusing on the star of the Matariki cluster; Pōhutukawa.There are also two versions of this programme, both in te reo Māori and English, to facilitate the two audiences (reo speaking and non-reo speaking).

Television

Matariki Hunga Nui

I tēnei tau, hei whakanui i te mātahi o te tau hou ka whakaputangia e mātou tēnei whakaaturanga a Matariki Hunga Nui. E aro pū ana tēnei whakaaturanga ki te whetū tapu a Pōhutukawa, hei whakanui i ētehi tokoono kua whetūrangitia. Ka 15 mineti te roa mō te whakaaturanga, he reorua hoki ki te reo Māori me te reo Pākehā.

Television

‘Too Clean for Dandruff!’ B Side Jingles from our TV and Radio Collections

April 13, 2021April 9, 2021 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments advertising, jingles, NZ adverts

What makes a good jingle? Is it more than just ‘catchy and clever’? Maybe instantly memorable, inane or frustrating. We

Television

‘Don’t miss the opportunity to strike a little gold’ – The Best Jingles

March 23, 2021March 18, 2021 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments advertising, jingles

What makes a good jingle? Is it more than just catchy and clever? Maybe instantly memorable, inane or frustrating. We

Collection Developer Ramarihi MacDougall

Television

Preserving our audiovisual taonga

July 5, 2019July 16, 2019 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments collecting, Collection development, iwi radio, Māori Television, marae, Merata Mita, Te Karere, Waka Huia

Ka nui te ngākaunui o Ramarihi MacDougall ki tana tūranga mahi e kapo haere nei ia i ngā hua a

Television

Capturing the telly

May 5, 2019September 17, 2019 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 1 Comment capture, television

Television has captured the life and culture of New Zealand in a way few other media have. Since its introduction

Exhibition Ngā Taonga Kōrero Television

Memories of summers past with Gregg’s Coffee

January 23, 2019January 30, 2019 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, ads, advertising, Oriental Bay, Sellebration online exhibition, summer, television, Wellington

We’ve had a bit of a halcyon summer and its great to see another blue sparkler in Wellington today (despite

Documentary Film Ngā Taonga Kōrero NZ History Television

‘We Wouldn’t be a People’: Kaumātuatanga and Tangata Whenua (1974)

September 18, 2018January 30, 2019 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments

University of Leeds PhD student Emily Kate Timms, visited Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision in Wellington to delve into stories about Māori elders. She reflects on some of the rich and powerful material she discovered, as well as the importance of the presence of “cinematographic kaumātua” in our film and television history.

Comparison of Te Anakura building in 1970 and 2018

Featured Film NZ History Sound Television

Te Anakura: a place of treasures

July 16, 2018January 30, 2019 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments

Access project developer Emma Richardson takes a look into the history of Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision’s Wellington building, Te Anakura, and its place within Te Aro.

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