Our oldest recorded sports broadcast – the All Blacks vs the British Lions, June 21, 1930
By Sarah Johnston (Senior Client Access Liaison – Takawaenga ā-Iwi Matua, Nga Taonga Sound & Vision) The first test between
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Radio New Zealand National
Audio Curios: Children Will Listen
– By Gareth Watkins (Radio Collection Developer, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision) Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision has recently acquired a
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Te Karanga a te Huia | The Call of the Huia
By Sarah Johnston (Client Services Co-ordinator, Radio – Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision) If you have been to see Taika
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Audio Curios: We Used to Drink from Every River
“Country Life” is archived as part of Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision’s 24-hour capture of RNZ National. In this excerpt ( 22
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Audio Curios: The Last Post
Bugler Trevor Bremner and producer Shelley Wilkinson discuss the various bugle calls that make up the “Last Post” (“Bugle Stories,” RNZ
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“Radio – as necessary for the mind, as water is for the body”: 2YA’s Tītahi Bay Transmitter Opens in 1937
By Sarah Johnston (Client Services Coordinator – Radio, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision) If you have driven into Wellington from
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Audio Curios: Aftermath of the Tsunami
Ian McInnes, CEO of Tearfund NZ, recalls establishing the first mobile medical clinic for the Red Cross in Sri Lanka
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David Bowie
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: Dot’s Building a Castle
Dot Smith talks to Kathryn Ryan about the castle she is building with her husband, Neil, just north of Oamaru
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Audio Curios: 11 Years of Bullying
Jesse Greenslade, author of the anti-bullying children’s book First Week Blues, talks to Wallace Chapman about being continually bullied at school
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