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Thanks and best wishes, Bill Gosden

March 28, 2019April 11, 2019 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments Bill Gosden, Century of Cinema, Diane Pivac, FIAF, NZIFF

It’s hard to overstate how important Bill Gosden is to New Zealand film culture. “Bill has selected films for 40

Ngā Taonga Kōrero

Te Matatini ki te Ao 2019

March 7, 2019March 28, 2019 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments Aku Mahi Whatu Māori, kapa haka, Ngā Tūmanako, Te Matatini, Te Piki Kōtuku o Ngāti Rongomai, Te Whānau ā Apanui, Te Whanganui-a-Tara, Wellington, Westpac Stadium

The biennial Te Matatini Kapa Haka competition is a huge event. Upwards of 50,000 people flowed through Westpac Stadium in

Film NZ History

Wellington: Then and Now

February 27, 2019March 11, 2019 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments Botanic Gardens, Courtenay Place, Oriental Bay, parliament, recreation, Wellington

To mark Wellington Anniversary Day on January 21 2019, our Digital Content Editor Troy Coutts went out for a spot

Do you recognise this bowling and tennis club pavilion? Screen grab from The Land We Live In (1919)

Archiving Practice Mystery

An archival mystery to solve

February 15, 2019March 28, 2019 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments bowling club, mystery, tennis, The Land We Live In, Wellington

A version of this article was originally published in Ōtaki Today. (Spoiler alert! The club has now been identified –

Film

Farewell, Ngā Taonga cinema

February 4, 2019March 12, 2019 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 1 Comment Cinema, Wellington

So long cinema, and thanks for all the screenings. For more than 14 years, the cinema at the Wellington office

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

Archiving Practice Film NZ History

The history of history: New Zealand Wars Cinema and the Archives

December 24, 2018January 30, 2019 Fraser Pettigrew 0 Comments Alfred Hill, film, filmmaking, Geoff Murphy, Jonathan Dennis Library, NZ history, Ramai Hayward, research tips, Rewi's Last Stand, River Queen, Rudall Hayward, The Last Stand, Utu, Vincent Ward

Was Rewi’s Last Stand marketed in relation to WWII? What did American audiences make of Utu? Who played all the extra soldiers in Utu? What was in the lost 49 minutes of Rewi’s Last Stand? Research student Caitlin Lynch writes about her use of Ngā Taonga’s documentation archives for her Honours dissertation.

Bill Gosden, Director of NZIFF, in the 1990s

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Hepi Mita reflects on Bill Gosden’s tenure at NZIFF

December 21, 2018January 30, 2019 Fraser Pettigrew 0 Comments Bill Gosden, festival, filmmaking, Geoff Murphy, Heperi Mita, Merata Mita, Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen, NZIFF, Patu!, Utu, Utu Redux

Heperi Mita reflects on the contribution of New Zealand International Film Festival Director Bill Gosden, following the announcement that he will retire in March 2019.

Film

Growing up and blowing up with Geoff Murphy

November 15, 2018January 30, 2019 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments directing, family, film, Geoff Murphy, Goodbye Pork Pie, Heperi Mita, Hollywood, Last Outlaw, memoir, Never Say Die, Under Siege 2: Dark Territory

To coincide with our current season Flashbacks with Geoff Murphy: A Retrospective Trip, Heperi Mita shares some personal memories of growing up with a movie director for a father. And not just any movie director…

Film NZ History

The Maoriland Film Company

November 12, 2018February 15, 2019 Fraser Pettigrew 0 Comments funeral, Heeni Te Rei, Maoriland Film Company, Otaki, tangi

Lawrence Wharerau traces the history of Otaki’s early film industry in an article originally published in Otaki Today.