Gareth Watkins

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Audio Curios: Meditation for Dogs

December 29, 2020January 5, 2021 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 2010s, Audio Curios, Gareth Watkins, Pedigree K9FM, pets, radio

This fascinating short piece was originally published in 2015 but we thought it needed to be heard again 🐶 A

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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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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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Audio Curios: Notes of Appreciation

August 10, 2016August 17, 2016 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1940s, 1960s, Andersen Tyrer, Antonín Dvořák, Audio Curios, BBC, Britain, Douglas Lilburn, Faust, Friedrich Kreisler, Gareth Watkins, George Butterworth, George Enescu, Heddle Nash, immigration, Isobel Baillie, Johannes Brahms, Moura Lympany, music, National Orchestra, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, NZSO, radio, Richard Strauss, Richard Wagner, Sergei Rachmaninov, Thomas Beecham, Vince Aspey, Vincent Aspey, Wellington, Wolfgang Mozart

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

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C’mon Jack!

July 27, 2016August 24, 2016 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1930s, 1950s, Berlin, C.F. Greenslade, F. Boustridge, Finland, Gareth Watkins, Germany, Harold Abrahams, Helsinki, Jack Lovelock, Melbourne, Norman Read, Olympics, Sports, Yvette Williams

– By Gareth Watkins (Radio Collection Developer, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision) Leading up to the Summer Olympics in Rio

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Audio Curios: The Horses Stayed Behind

July 20, 2016July 27, 2016 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1910s, 2010s, Audio Curios, Cat Auburn, Dunedin, Gareth Watkins, Henry C. Gore, horses, Percy Lowndes, pets, Radio New Zealand, RNZ Concert, Sarah McClintock, Upbeat, Whanganui, World War I, World War One, WWI

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

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Audio Curios: Naked – In Every Sense of The Word

July 13, 2016 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 2010s, Audio Curios, food, Gareth Watkins, Jack Tame, London, Newstalk ZB, radio, Seb Lyall

Jack Tame talks to restaurateur Seb Lyall about what’s behind his new clothing optional restaurant in London. The restaurant has

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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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Audio Curios: Treasured Pacific Languages Flourish

July 1, 2016July 1, 2016 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 2010s, Audio Curios, Cook Islands Community Programme, Fijian Community Programme, Gareth Watkins, Kiribati Community Programme, Niuean Community Programme, Pasifika, radio, Samoan Community Programme, Solomon Islands Community Programme, Tokelauan Community Programme, Tongan Community Programme, Tuvaluan Community Programme

Kia orana, Fakaalofa lahi atu, Malo e lelei, Talofa lava, Fakatalofa atu, Kam na mauri, Ni sa bula vinaka, Halo

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Audio Curios: The Man in The White Coat

June 21, 2016July 4, 2016 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 2YA, Audio Curios, Basil Clarke, BBC, Gareth Watkins, New Zealand Broadcasting Service, NZBC, NZBS, Peter Downes, Queen Mother, radio, Royal tour, royal visit, Shirley Maddock, WWII

You may have asked yourself, “who is that man in the white coat who sometimes appears at the top of

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