DON’T LET IT GET YOU – The story behind the sign
The classic Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision ‘Don’t Let It Get You’ (Mary-Louise Browne, 2010) artwork has delighted viewers for
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1960s
The last days of the ‘6 o’clock swill’
By Sarah Johnston (Senior Client Access Liaison – Takawaenga ā-Iwi Matua, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision) New Zealand’s infamous
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50 years of Decimal Currency
By Sarah Johnston (Senior Client Access Liaison – Takawaenga ā-Iwi Matua, Nga Taonga Sound & Vision) The New Zealand dollar
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Solving a Mystery: The Ahipara Women’s Fire Brigade
– By Lawrence Wharerau (Kaiwhakataki: Programme Coordinator, Māori, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision) I have an affinity with Northland –
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Historic Radio Reflections on Waitangi Day Through the Decades
To mark Waitangi Day we have uploaded some historic radio coverage of our national day to our online collections catalogue.
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Hilda Brodie Smith
Hilda Brodie Smith, of Porirua, wrote, directed and starred in a number of rather incredible documentaries during the 1960s. Her work
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US Presidents – The Kiwi Connection
With the results from the United States presidential election due to start coming in later today, we thought it a
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Moving Pictures Arrive in New Zealand
120 years ago, on 13 October 1896, New Zealanders first got their chance to see moving pictures, when the first
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Spring – The Uncertain Season
What does the coming of spring call to mind for you? For Shirley Maddock, the filmmaker behind The Uncertain Season (1962), a
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Audio Curios: Children Will Listen
– By Gareth Watkins (Radio Collection Developer, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision) Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision has recently acquired a
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