film preservation

Film 

The Mangawhai Women’s Festival

October 9, 2019 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments film preservation, Fiona Niccol, Mangawhai, Mangawhai Women's Festival

The Mangawhai Women’s Festival was held in February 1987. It was an outdoor festival for women and children only and

Read more

Film Television 

Spring – The Uncertain Season

October 5, 2016November 29, 2016 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1960s, film preservation, Shirley Maddock, sound technology, spring, television

What does the coming of spring call to mind for you? For Shirley Maddock, the filmmaker behind The Uncertain Season (1962), a

Read more

Film 

The Battle of the Somme

September 1, 2016 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 8 Comments 1910s, Battle of the Somme, British High Commission, film preservation, Imperial War Museums, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, World War I, World War One

This year marks the centenary of the Battle of the Somme. Imperial War Museums (IWM) and members of the First

Read more

Film 

Rewind NZ

December 21, 2015February 9, 2016 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1980s, 2010s, Andrew Armitage, Aro Video, collecting, David Sommerfield, Diane McAllen, film, film archiving, film preservation, Louise McCrone, Rewind This, VHS, VHS store, Wellington

By Diane McAllen (Digital Programme Developer, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision) Earlier this year we screened Rewind This (2013), an

Read more

Film 

World Day for Audiovisual Heritage: Making WWI Material Available for Third Party Requests

October 29, 2015November 13, 2015 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1910s, 2010s, film archiving, film preservation, footage supply, media use of footage, UNESCO, World Day for Audiovisual Heritage, World War One, WW1, WWI

World War One commemorations have provided the impetus for a number of projects at Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision. UNESCO’s World

Read more

Film 

World Day for Audiovisual Heritage: Sights and Sounds of WWI

October 28, 2015December 8, 2015 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1910s, 2010s, film archiving, film preservation, film scanning, Pathe, repartriation, UNESCO, website, World Day for Audiovisual Heritage, World War One, WW1, WWI

World War One commemorations have provided the impetus for a number of projects at Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision. UNESCO’s

Read more

Film 

World Day for Audiovisual Heritage: Scanning WWI Films

October 27, 2015January 11, 2016 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 2 Comments 1910s, 2010s, film archiving, film preservation, film scanning, UNESCO, World Day for Audiovisual Heritage, World War One, WW1, WW100

World War One commemorations have provided the impetus for a number of projects at Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision. The

Read more

Archiving Practice Film NZ History 

Digitally Future-proofing Aotearoa’s Stories

December 17, 2014June 29, 2015 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 10 Comments ARRI Motion Picture Company, ARRISCAN, behind the scenes, digistisation, digital technologies, film conservation, film preservation, film stock, Ministry for Culture and Heritage, New Zealand Film Commission, Richard Falkner

“I really believe the digital era increases the possibilities for us to connect our material to current and future generations.”

Read more

Archiving Practice Film NZ History 

The Last Stand

May 15, 2014March 29, 2016 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments film distribution, film preservation, film sound, Ramai te Miha, Rewi's Last Stand, Rudall Hayward, The Last Stand, Virginia Callanan

Virginia Callanan (Film Archive Director of Systems Development) tells us about recent preservation work on Rudall Hayward’s The Last Stand.

Read more

Film 

The World According to Ward

May 1, 2014March 29, 2016 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 2 Comments A State of Siege, Alex Porter, Alien 3, Christchurch Wizard, film preservation, In Spring One Plants Alone, Map of the Human Heart, Rain of The Children, River Queen, Sound Archives Ngā Taonga Kōrero, The Navigator, University of Canterbury, Vincent Ward, What Dreams May Come

– By Alex Porter (SANTK Preservation Archivist) Whilst my colleagues hustled Christchurch crowds on April 14th to get their smart

Read more