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In April 2011, Kiwi film maker, Steve La Hood travelled from Wellington, New Zealand to Quantico Virginia to receive the William Genaust award for an exhibition his company, Story Inc., produced about the US Marines stationed in New Zealand during World War II.
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The late Norman J. Hatch was a World War II combat cameraman who witnessed and filmed some of the most bitter fighting in the Pacific War.
His efforts ended with, an Academy Award for footage so brutal that it took special permission from President Franklin Roosevelt to allow his documentary on the Battle of Tarawa to be shown to the American public in 1944.
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This post originally ran in Ōtaki Today in December 2019 The Ōtaki region has long been a gateway to the
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Auē auē taukuri e… Kua hinga tētahi o ngā mātanga reo rongonui o Aotearoa, o te ao Māori anō hoki.
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By Sarah Johnston (Senior Client Access Liaison – Takawaenga ā-Iwi Matua, Nga Taonga Sound & Vision) The first test between
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– By Jane Paul (Community Programme Coordinator, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision) Richard B. Mathews (from Kaitaia) and Hector McQuarrie
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Broadcaster and historian Peter Downes wrote to us in response to a recent blog entry about the history of popular music
Read moreA nice collection of photos from our Visitor Services team are the subject of our blog this week. Amanda White,
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