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Audio Curios: Key’d In

March 2, 2016 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 2010s, Audio Curios, flag, Gareth Watkins, George FM, John Key, Max Key, music

Max Key has just released his first single and has started DJ’ing on George FM. This recording has edited excerpts

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Sound 

David Bowie

January 12, 2016January 28, 2016 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1980, 2010s, David Bowie, music, Porirua, Radio New Zealand, Radio New Zealand National, Takapūwāhia Marae

Like people the world over, we at Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision are today mourning the passing of David Bowie.

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Audio Curios: Music in Braille

December 9, 2015 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 2010s, Audio Curios, braille, Gareth Watkins, Lisette Wesseling, music, Radio New Zealand, RNZ Concert

In 1824 Louis Braille thought up a six-dot system to enable blind people to read and write. But, as  Lisette

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Heritage Sounds of Christchurch at the BECA Heritage Week Family Fun Day

October 20, 2015October 20, 2015 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1950s, 2010s, Camilla Wheeler, Christchurch, Christchurch Cathedral, dance, Doug Kelly, Jazz, music, radio, Sandy Ditchburn, Sarah Johnston, Shaun Hickland

– By Camilla Wheeler (Cataloguer / Researcher, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision) and Sarah Johnston (Client Services Co-ordinator Radio, Ngā

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Audio Curios: Just Kiss Me

October 15, 2015November 12, 2015 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 2010s, Audio Curios, Gareth Watkins, Justin Bieber, music, The Edge

Singer Justin Bieber with Jay-Jay, Mike & Dom, on The Edge breakfast show (8 October 2015) Ngā Taonga Sound &

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Audio Curios: 57 Years On the Wireless

October 7, 2015November 12, 2015 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1960s, 2010s, Audio Curios, Dunedin, Gareth Watkins, Jim Sullivan, music, Neil Collins, Radio Dunedin, Radio New Zealand, Sounds Historical

Broadcaster Neil Collins recently retired from Radio Dunedin after 57 years in the industry. In this excerpted interview with Jim

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Audio Curios: Throat Singing 101

August 26, 2015November 12, 2015 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 2010s, Audio Curios, Emma Smith, Gareth Watkins, Jonny Marks, music, Music 101, radio, Radio New Zealand, Radio New Zealand National, Sophie Yana-Wilson

Jonny Marks takes Sophie Yana-Wilson and Emma Smith through a master class in throat singing (Music 101, Radio New Zealand

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Mystery Sound 

Intriguing Audio Mystery

December 18, 2014March 28, 2019 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 14 Comments digital technologies, digitisation, lacquer discs, music, mystery, sound preservation

Our Digital Transfer Operator Sandy Ditchburn came across an enigmatic audio recording this week. Sandy and the rest of the Ngā

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