Australia – Gauge

Film NZ History

70 Years Ago – Wanganella Strikes Rocks in Wellington Harbour

January 19, 2017January 18, 2019 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 4 Comments 1940s, Australia, Ellen Pullar, maritime, ship, shipping, Wanganella, Wellington, World War 2, World War II, WWII

70 years ago, on 19 January 1947, the trans-Tasman passenger liner TSMV Wanganella hit Barrett Reef in Wellington Harbour. Coming

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Film NZ History Uncategorized

Around the World in an Austin 7 (1928-1931)

November 4, 2016December 7, 2016 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 12 Comments 1920s, 1930s, Austin 7, Australia, car, Cook Islands, film, Hector McQuarrie, Jane Paul, lost film, maritime, New Guinea, newsreel, Richard B. Mathews, Rudall Hayward, Torres Strait

– By Jane Paul (Community Programme Coordinator, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision) Richard B. Mathews (from Kaitaia) and Hector McQuarrie

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NZ History Sound

“This is Without Doubt the Very Greatest Moment of My Life” – Jean Batten’s Record-Breaking Flight

October 16, 2016November 9, 2016 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1930s, 1YA, acetate discs, Auckland, Auckland Aero Club, Australia, Britain, Burma, Ellen Melville, Ernest Davis, Frederick Jones, Java, Jean Batten, Kaipara, Mokau, National Council of Women, New Plymouth, NZBS, radio, Sarah Johnston, Siam, South America, Sydney

– By Sarah Johnston (Client Services Coordinator – Radio, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision) Eighty years ago today New Zealander

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NZ History Sound

Audio Curios: “Beautifully Built with a Fine Fend and Elusive Side Step”

August 24, 2016August 21, 2019 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1930s, All Blacks, archive, Audio Curios, Australia, Bledisloe Cup, Christchurch, Gareth Watkins, Iain Gallaway, lacquer discs, Neville Mitchell, New Zealand Broadcasting Service, rugby, Sandy Ditchburn, sound preservation, Sports, Trevor Berghan, Vayro Wilson

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

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Archiving Practice Sound

Audio Archiving in Australia

December 15, 2015February 10, 2016 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 2010s, archiving ethics, Australia, digitisation, film archiving, Gareth Watkins, National Film and Sound Archive of Australia, radio, sustainability

In November, Gareth Watkins, the Radio Collection Developer at Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision, visited a number of Australian archives

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