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Te Karanga a te Huia | The Call of the Huia

September 29, 2020October 1, 2020 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 13 Comments 1910s, 1950s, 2010s, bird, Hēnare Hāmana, huia, Jesse Mulligan, mystery, nature, New Zealand Geographic, radio, Radio New Zealand, Radio New Zealand National, Robert Batley, Sarah Johnston

By Sarah Johnston (Client Services Co-ordinator, Radio – Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision) One of the most often requested items

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Mystery 

The Case of the Missing Movies

September 18, 2020December 8, 2020 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments A Mild Case of Murder, Antoinette Bertram, Guy Nixon, Happy Honeymoon – A Near Tragedy, Robert Steele, The Wife Who Knew

We need your help solving a mystery of missing movies! Robert Steele was a notable filmmaker of the 1950s –

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Fell engine on the Rimutaka Incline
Film 

On the tracks of the Fell Locomotive

September 8, 2020September 22, 2020 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments Fell locomotive, railway, Remutaka Range, Rimutaka Incline, trains

How do you navigate a rail system through steep, twisty and rugged New Zealand terrain? In the case of crossing

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Sound 

The legacy of Rangiātea Church

September 1, 2020September 1, 2020 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments Apirana Ngata, Frederick Augustus Bennett, Governor General Sir Bernard Freyberg, Otaki, Rangiātea Church

Reflections on the first 100 years of Ōtaki’s iconic Rangiātea Church were beautifully captured in two audio recordings of the

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Sound 

Te Wiki o te Reo Māori

August 25, 2020August 26, 2020 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments Māori Language Week, Te Aranga Hakiwai, Te Wiki o te Reo Māori

Te Wiki o te Reo Māori grows year after year and Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision provides a wealth of

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Sound 

Recordings of Hone Tuwhare

August 18, 2020August 24, 2020 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments Hone Tuwhare, poetry, Tuwhare Trust

  This biography was provided by the Hone Tuwhare Trust for which we give special thanks. Our collection of Hone

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Film 

Braided together: the dual heritage of Aotearoa New Zealand

August 11, 2020January 27, 2021 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments Diane McAllen, Lawrence Wharerau, Ministry of Education, Ngā Wai e Rua, Stories of Us

There was a whiteboard covered in text and Post-Its, like something out of a detective movie. A group of people

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Sound 

‘Paging Uncle Sam’ and finding Cy Cress

August 4, 2020August 4, 2020 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1ZB Radio Theatre, audio, Cy Cress, Dudley Wrathall, New Mexico, Paging Uncle Sam, Sarah Johnston, US Marines

After listening to Paging Uncle Sam – a variety show featuring American troops stationed in New Zealand during the Second

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Archiving Practice 

Te Ao Pāpāho Māori – He Ara Hou (Māori Media Sector – Shift Options)

July 28, 2020July 27, 2020 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments archiving, He Ara Hou, Māori media, pātaka

Pānuihia mā te reo Māori Te Ao Pāpāho Māori – He Ara Hou (Māori Media Sector – Shift Options) is

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Film 

Turning the pages on New Zealand screens

July 20, 2020August 3, 2020 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments book adaptations, books, film, writing

Many pre-existing legends, indigenous oral histories, short stories and novels have been adapted into moving image and sound recordings. In

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