All the Hits and More – Part 2
Broadcaster and historian Peter Downes wrote to us in response to a recent blog entry about the history of popular music
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1950s
All the Hits and More
By Gareth Watkins (Radio Collection Developer, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision) Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision has recently acquired from
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“We Must Rely on Dramatic Speech and Sounds Entirely”
By Gareth Watkins (Radio Collection Developer, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision) Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision recently acquired a wonderful set
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– By Sarah Johnston (Client Services Co-ordinator, Radio – Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision) Talkback radio has long been cornerstone
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New Zealand’s Famous Dolphins
Did you know chocolate fish were originally called “Pelorus Jacks”? Earlier this week Sarah Johnston (our Client Services Co-ordinator –
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Hands Across the Ocean: Filming the 1953 London to Christchurch Air Race
By Virginia Callanan (Information Management Advisor, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision) “Amateurs everywhere will be heartened by the vigour with which
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An Apple a Day….
By Sarah Johnston (Client Services Coordinator – Radio, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision) The early months of the year are
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Otago Museum’s “Hākui: Women of Kāi Tahu” Exhibition
By Sarah Johnston (Client Services Coordinator – Radio, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision) The lives of fifty Māori women of
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Preserving the Mobile Unit Collection
In September this year Audio Conservator Alex Porter and Cataloguer Camilla Wheeler embarked on a project to digitise and describe
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Audio Mystery Solved
Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision audio conservator Sandy Ditchburn has found that local knowledge and a great phone technique can
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