animals

NZ History Sound 

Audio Curios: A Song for All Seasons

September 9, 2015November 12, 2015 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1980s, 2015, animals, Audio Curios, Gareth Watkins, Jack Perkins, Phar Lap, radio, Radio New Zealand, Radio New Zealand National, Spectrum

Elsa Davis chronicles events in songs. In 1982 she was recorded by Alwyn Owen for Spectrum singing her famous “Phar

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Sound 

Audio Curios: It’s All About the Quack!

July 8, 2015November 12, 2015 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 2010s, animals, Audio Curios, ducks, Gareth Watkins, Newstalk ZB, Sports

Jim Ronquest talks to Jamie MacKay about the difference between the World Championship Live Duck Calling Contest and the World’s

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Sound 

An Elephant on the Mouth Organ

June 23, 2015July 8, 2015 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1940s, 1ZB, animals, elephants, radio, Sarah Johnston, zoo

Earlier this month we posted an Audio Curio about Anjalee the elephant, Auckland Zoo’s newest arrival. In this follow-up piece, Sarah

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Sound 

Audio Curios: Chatting with Anjalee the Elephant

June 10, 2015November 12, 2015 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 2010s, animals, Auckland, Audio Curios, elephants, Gareth Watkins, Niue, Radio New Zealand, Spectrum, Sri Lanka

Auckland Zoo’s elephant team leader Andrew Coers talks to Justin Gregory about how he communicates with Anjalee, an eight-year-old female

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Sound 

Audio Curios: Pickle the Pig

February 11, 2015November 12, 2015 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 2010s, animals, Audio Curios, Country Life, Gareth Watkins, pets, radio

This week in Audio Curios: Meet Pickle, the pet Kunekune pig. Country Life (Radio New Zealand National, 30/01/2015)  Click below to

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Film NZ History Sound Television 

Ice Cream and the Great Kiwi Summer

January 20, 2015February 1, 2017 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1920s, 1930s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, advertising, Anchor, animals, Aunt Daisy, Ellen Pullar, farming, Gaytime, Greymouth, Hilda Inkster, icecream, Lawrie Inkster, pets, Roger Donaldson, Tip Top, Waikato

 – By Ellen Pullar, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision Communications Advisor It has been a cracker of a summer so

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