New Zealand Broadcasting Service – Gauge

NZ History Sound

Life on board a 2NZEF troop ship: cramped, concerts and “Crossing the Line”

July 6, 2022July 19, 2022 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1940s, Mobile Unit, New Zealand Broadcasting Service, NZ history, Sarah Johnston, sound, WWII

Some of the first recordings sent back to New Zealand for radio broadcasts in late 1940 give some insight into life on board the troop ship on which the Broadcasting Unit was travelling, as part of the Third Echelon of the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force.

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Firecrackers and Feasts – Chinese New Year in 19th Century Central Otago

February 10, 2017February 28, 2017 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1870s, 1880s, 1890s, 1940s, Arrowtown, Charles Wong Gye, China, Cromwell, gold, goldrush, Guangzhou, Lawrence, Mobile Unit, Naseby, New Year, New Zealand Broadcasting Service, NZBS, Otago, radio, Sarah Johnston, St Bathans, William Wong Gye

– By Sarah Johnston (Client Services Co-ordinator – Radio, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision) It’s the Year of the Rooster

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Celebrating Christmas in the Desert, 1942

December 22, 2016February 6, 2017 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 2 Comments 1940s, 28th Māori Battalion, Africa, Charles Bennett, Christmas, Jesse Mulligan, Māori Battalion, Mobile Unit, New Zealand Broadcasting Service, NZBS, Porirua, Radio New Zealand, Sarah Johnston, Silent Night, Tapu te Po, Wiki Katene, World War II, World War Two, WWII

– By Sarah Johnston (Client Services Coordinator – Radio, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision) Silent Night – Tapu te Po (Christmas

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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: It’s in the Boot!

August 3, 2016August 12, 2016 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1910s, 1930s, 1950s, Catherine Ford, Dannevirke, Down on the Farm, game, gameshow, It’s in the Bag, New Zealand Broadcasting Service, NZBS, One Minute Please, radio, Selwyn Toogood, Sports, Vauxhall Viva 101, Wellington, World War I, World War One, wrestling, WWI

– By Gareth Watkins (Radio Collection Developer, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision) Earlier this week I stumbled across a number

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All the Hits and More – Part 2

June 24, 2016March 27, 2019 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1950s, 1960s, 2YA, 2ZB, Auckland, Don MacRee, Eldred Stebbing, Esme Stephens, Listener, music, New Zealand Broadcasting Service, NZBS, Peter Downes, Phil Stebbing, radio, Rex Walden, Stebbing Recording, Steve McGough, Wellington

Broadcaster and historian Peter Downes wrote to us in response to a recent blog entry about the history of popular music

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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Octavius Francis Harwood – A Journey of Family Discovery

May 31, 2016August 3, 2016 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 41 Comments 1830s, 1840s, 1940s, 200s, Alex Porter, digitisation, family, genealogy, maritime, Mobile Unit, New Zealand Broadcasting Service, NZBS, Otago, radio, Waikouaiti

By Alexandra Porter (Audio Conservator, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision) Last year I was digitising a 1948 Mobile Recording Unit

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Tūrangawaewae Regatta

March 24, 2016April 5, 2016 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 14 Comments Charles Bennett, Charles Moihi Bennett, E noho e Rata, George Shaw, Jesse Mulligan, maritime, Mobile Unit, New Zealand Broadcasting Service, Ngāruawāhia Regatta, NZBS, radio, Radio New Zealand, Sarah Johnston, Te Pou o Mangatāwhiri, Te Puea Hērangi, Tūrangawaewae, Waikato River

The Waikato River at Tūrangawaewae was a hive of activity last weekend, with thousands of people turning out to watch

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Audio Curios: Visiting Royals

March 2, 2015November 12, 2015 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1950s, 2010s, Audio Curios, Christchurch, Dunedin, Gareth Watkins, New Zealand Broadcasting Service, Otago Access Radio, royal visit

Bernard Kearns commentates on the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh arriving at their hotel in Christchurch and Don Donaldson interviews Mrs Derbyshire

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