C’mon Jack!
– By Gareth Watkins (Radio Collection Developer, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision) Leading up to the Summer Olympics in Rio
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1930s
“Radio – as necessary for the mind, as water is for the body”: 2YA’s Tītahi Bay Transmitter Opens in 1937
By Sarah Johnston (Client Services Coordinator – Radio, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision) If you have driven into Wellington from
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Merry Christmas
– By Sarah Johnston (Client Services Coordinator – Radio, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision) ’tis the season, we’re getting into
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Audio Curios: Country Cinema in the 1930s
John Kendrick remembers his first job with Country Cinemas in the 1930s (Saturday Morning with Kim Hill, Radio New Zealand,
Read moreAwatea Ship to Shore
– By Alex Porter (Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision Audio Conservator) This ship to shore recording is possibly the first
Read moreIce Cream and the Great Kiwi Summer
– By Ellen Pullar, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision Communications Advisor It has been a cracker of a summer so
Read more‘Chasing the White Whale’ – The mystery remains
In part two of our guest blog from Russell-based local historian Lindsay Alexander, the tale of a 1930s documentary filmmaking venture
Read more‘Chasing the White Whale’ – The saga begins…
This two-part guest blog from Russell-based local historian Lindsay Alexander tells the incredible tale of a 1930s documentary filmmaking venture: Hollywood movie-man Stacy R
Read more78 years ago today… Jean Batten Lands in Auckland
At 5.50pm on the 16th of October 1936, Rotorua-born aviator Jean Batten landed in Auckland – she’d successfully completed the first
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