1990s

Exhibition Ngā Taonga Kōrero Television 

Memories of summers past with Gregg’s Coffee

January 23, 2019January 30, 2019 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, ads, advertising, Oriental Bay, Sellebration online exhibition, summer, television, Wellington

We’ve had a bit of a halcyon summer and its great to see another blue sparkler in Wellington today (despite

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NZ History Sound 

Happy St Patrick’s Day!

March 17, 2017 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1990s, Auckland, Ireland, Jesse Mulligan, RNZ, Sarah Johnston, St Patrick's Day

To get in the spirit for Ireland’s national day you can listen to this “Spectrum” radio documentary from 1996, about

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Television 

Summer Full of Colour

January 12, 2017January 13, 2017 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1990s, advertising, Levene, paint, romance, summer

Happy new year. Ngā mihi o te tau hou. We hope you are having a summer full of colour! Levene Paint

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“How Bizarre” Turns 21

December 15, 2016January 13, 2017 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1990s, music, OMC

“How Bizarre,” the catchy hit by OMC (Otara Millionaires Club), was released 21 years ago today, on 15 December 1995.

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Television 

Young Hercules

December 6, 2016December 6, 2016 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1990s, 2010s, Hercules, Russell Crowe, Ryan Gosling, television, United States, Xena, Zak Reddan

By Zak Reddan (Ngā Taonga Cataloguer / Researcher) Did you know Young Hercules, the title character in the 1998-99 TV series filmed

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US Presidents – The Kiwi Connection

November 9, 2016December 19, 2016 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1960s, 1990s, 2010s, Bill Clinton, Christchurch, election, Hillary Clinton, John F. Kennedy, Keith Holyoake, Lyndon Baines Johnson, Morning Report, NZBC, politics, president, Queenstown, radio, United States, Vietnam War, Wellington, World War II, WWII

With the results from the United States presidential election due to start coming in later today, we thought it a

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Film 

Remembering Terence Bayler

September 6, 2016October 5, 2016 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1950s, 1980s, 1990s, Broken Barrier, Centenary of New Zealand Cinema, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, John O'Shea, Jonathan Dennis, NZ Post, Pacific Films, Terence Bayler, The Life of Brian, The Life of Brian (1979)

We remember Terence Bayler, who passed away in early August. Terence starred in Broken Barrier (1952), in which he plays Tom,

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NZ History Sound 

Audio Curios: Children Will Listen

August 17, 2016September 1, 2016 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1990s, 2000s, 2ZD, ABC, Adriann Smith, Audio Curios, BBC, CBC, Children, drugs, fashion, Gareth Watkins, Gavin McGinley, graffiti, Insight, Lower Hutt, Lucy Smith, Masterton, Pictorial Parade, Radio New Zealand, Radio New Zealand National, Rongotai College, SABC, Spectrum, street art, Wellington, youth

– By Gareth Watkins (Radio Collection Developer, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision) Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision has recently acquired a

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Sound 

Audio Curios: “The Beauty of Difference”

July 6, 2016July 20, 2016 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, Audio Curios, Gareth Watkins, gay, Homosexual Law Reform Bill, Jan Logie, John Banks, lesbian, Lesbian and Gay Archives of New Zealand, Linda Evans, MMP, Norman Jones, radio, Radio New Zealand

– By Gareth Watkins (Radio Collection Developer, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision) 9 July 2016 marks the 30th anniversary of

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Sound 

All the Hits and More

May 18, 2016September 1, 2016 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 6 Comments 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 1XH, 1ZB, 2ZC, Gareth Watkins, Listener, music, New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation, NZBC, Peter Sinclair, radio, Radio New Zealand

By Gareth Watkins (Radio Collection Developer, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision) Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision has recently acquired from

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