Christchurch

Archiving Practice Sound 

Music Month and the Guitar Parade

May 6, 2019May 7, 2019 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1950s, 1958, Christchurch, Frances Liebert, Guitar Parade, lacquer discs, Liebert, Maurice Liebert, music, Shellac

The lights go down and the crowd grows quiet. On stage are dozens of children and young people with guitars,

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NZ History Sound 

Bringing Lyttelton’s Past to Life

February 13, 2017 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 4 Comments 1850s, 1900s, 1910s, 2010s, Adam McGrath, art, Carolyn McCombs, Christchurch, Elizabeth McCombs, James McKenzie, Julia Holden, Laura MacKay, Lyttelton, Lyttelton Community Library, Lyttelton Health Centre, Lyttelton Police Station, Lyttelton Redux, Mackenzie Country, Marlon Williams, Ngāti Wheke, Nona Hildyard, Rāpaki, Robert Falcon Scott, Sarah Johnston, Wellington, World War I, World War One, WWI

– By Sarah Johnston (Client Services Co-ordinator – Radio, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision) Historic figures from Lyttelton’s past have

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NZ History Sound 

Māori for Beginners

February 9, 2017August 21, 2019 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 6 Comments 1970s, 2010s, Alex Porter, Christchurch, New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation, NZBC, radio, Radio New Zealand, te reo Māori

– By Alexandra Porter (Audio Conservator, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision)  Tēnā koutou katoa Ko Alexandra Porter tōku ingoa Nō

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Film NZ History Sound 

Difficult Country – Kaikoura’s Tenuous Road and Rail Links

November 29, 2016December 22, 2016 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 2010s, Albert Creed, Bruce Petrie, Canterbury, car, Christchurch, earthquake, Hanmer, Kaikoura, Kekerengu, mail, Main Trunk Line, Ministry for Public Works, NZBC, Picton, Radio New Zealand, railway, Sarah Johnston, transport, Waiau

– By Sarah Johnston (Client Services Coordinator – Radio, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision)   The hilly territory between Canterbury

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NZ History Sound 

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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NZ History Sound 

Happy Birthday NZ Commercial Radio!

October 28, 2016 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1930s, 1ZB, 2ZB, 3ZB, 4ZB, advertising, Airini Grenell, Auckland, Aunt Daisy, Christchurch, Dunedin, Kingi Tahiwi, Michael Joseph Savage, National Commercial Broadcasting Service, NewstalkZB, NZBS, NZSO, radio, Radio Network, Radio New Zealand, Reverend Colin Scrimgeour, Sarah Johnston, Te Ari Pitama, Uramo Paora, Wellington

– By Sarah Johnston (Client Services Coordinator – Radio, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision)   This Saturday is the 80th

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NZ History Sound 

Physics and Passchendaele

September 1, 2016September 6, 2016 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1870s, 1910s, 1930s, 1950s, 2010s, book, chemistry, Christchurch, Christchurch Arts Centre, Christchurch earthquake, Ernest Rutherford, Gӧttingen University, John Keith Moloney, Nelson, Passchendaele, Rutherford’s Den, Sarah Johnston, science, William Moloney, World War I, World War One

By Sarah Johnston (Client Services Coordinator – Radio, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision) This Tuesday was the 145th birthday of

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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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Sound 

Audio Curios: Hamo at Heart

May 25, 2016 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 2010s, Ana Mulipola, Audio Curios, Christchurch, Community Access Radio, Gareth Watkins, Mahlon Moevao, Plains FM, Polyfest, Samoan

We are currently running a pilot project with a number of access community radio stations throughout the country.  The aim

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Film NZ History 

Hands Across the Ocean: Filming the 1953 London to Christchurch Air Race

February 29, 2016April 19, 2016 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 5 Comments 1950s, Airforce Museum, amateur film, aviation, Christchurch, Christchurch City Council Archives, Cine Society, Colin McCahon, Flight Aeronautical Weekly, Virginia Callanan

By Virginia Callanan (Information Management Advisor, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision) “Amateurs everywhere will be heartened by the vigour with which

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