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Ngā Taonga Goes to Hollywood

June 10, 2019June 10, 2019 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments Academy of Motion Picture, Disney, documentation, Documenting Cinema, Film Librarians’ Conference, Los Angeles, Morrow Productions, Tracy White

After an entire day of travelling, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision’s Documentation Archivist Tracy White had arrived in Los Angeles.

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‘Merata’ around the world

June 9, 2019June 17, 2019 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments Film premiere, Heperi Mita, Merata Mita, Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen, NZIFF

Filmmaker and Ngā Taonga archivist Heperi Mita took his documentary MERATA: How Mum Decolonised the Screen about pioneer filmmaker Merata Mita

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The earliest ‘Blue Smoke’ recording

June 8, 2019June 11, 2019 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments Blue Smoke, Chris Bourke, Jesse Mulligan, Otago University, Otago University Sextet, Pixie Williams, Ruru Karaitiana, Sarah Johnston, TANZA

Research in the Sound Archives at Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision during New Zealand Music Month has confirmed a recording

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He maimai aroha mā Hekenukumai – Sir Hector Busby

May 13, 2019June 7, 2019 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments Hekenukumai Ngāiwi Pūhipi, Kupe: Voyaging by the Stars, navigator, Ngāti Kahu, obituary, Sir Hec, Sir Hector Busby, Sir Hekenukumai Busby, Te Aurere, Te Rarawa, waka builder, waka carver

Tā Hekenukumai Ngāiwi Pūhipi KNZM, MBE – Te Rarawa, Ngāti Kahu. 1 August 1932 – 11 May 2019. Bridge builder,

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Vale Wharehuia Milroy

May 7, 2019May 21, 2019 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments New Zealand Geographic Board, obituary, Te Kōhanga Reo National Trust Board, Te Panekiretanga, Te Puni Kokiri, Te Wharehuia Milroy, Waitangi Tribunal

Auē auē taukuri e… Kua hinga tētahi o ngā mātanga reo rongonui o Aotearoa, o te ao Māori anō hoki.

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Music Month and the Guitar Parade

May 6, 2019May 7, 2019 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1950s, 1958, Christchurch, Frances Liebert, Guitar Parade, lacquer discs, Liebert, Maurice Liebert, music, Shellac

The lights go down and the crowd grows quiet. On stage are dozens of children and young people with guitars,

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Capturing the telly

May 5, 2019September 17, 2019 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments capture, television

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

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Archiving Practice

Working through the boxes

May 1, 2019May 6, 2019 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments behind the scenes, vaults

Boxes and boxes and boxes. Archives collect a huge amount of material – it’s all part of caring for the

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The AMPEX VPR-80, a 1-inch tape player

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Tied up in black tape

April 8, 2019April 12, 2019 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1-inch, analogue, Beta, magnetic tape, television archiving, U-matic, video

By David Klein. Adam Sondej is a big fan of videotape. Most of his career has involved working with the

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Lawrence Wharerau at Māoriland Film Festival.

Reflections: Māoriland Film Festival

April 8, 2019April 8, 2019 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments Lawrence Wharerau, Libby Hakaraia, Māoriland Film Festival, Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen, Moananuiākea, Otaki, Vai

Nā Lawrence Wharerau ēnei tuhinga Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision’s Kaitoko Kaupapa Torotoronga ā-Iwi Matua – Senior Outreach Curator Māori

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