River Queen – Gauge

The history of history: New Zealand Wars Cinema and the Archives

December 24, 2018January 30, 2019 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments Alfred Hill, film, filmmaking, Geoff Murphy, Jonathan Dennis Library, NZ history, Ramai Hayward, research tips, Rewi's Last Stand, River Queen, Rudall Hayward, The Last Stand, Utu, Vincent Ward

Was Rewi’s Last Stand marketed in relation to WWII? What did American audiences make of Utu? Who played all the extra soldiers in Utu? What was in the lost 49 minutes of Rewi’s Last Stand? Research student Caitlin Lynch writes about her use of Ngā Taonga’s documentation archives for her Honours dissertation.

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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