The blog of New Zealand’s Audiovisual Archive
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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By sound history researcher Sarah Johnston Among the recordings made by the National Broadcasting Service mobile recording unit in North
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This blog was written by sound researcher Sarah Johnston and comes from her excellent blog World War Voices. As members
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Ngā Taonga has a regular spot on RNZ’s Afternoons with Jesse Mulligan where we share sound archive recordings. Always fascinating,
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By Sarah Johnston (Client Services Co-ordinator, Radio – Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision) One of the most often requested items
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After listening to Paging Uncle Sam – a variety show featuring American troops stationed in New Zealand during the Second
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Research in the Sound Archives at Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision during New Zealand Music Month has confirmed a recording
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Learn more in our exhibition Whakatū Wāhine: Voices of Women Voters of 1893 By Sarah Johnston (Senior Client Access Liaison
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By Sarah Johnston (Senior Client Access Liaison – Takawaenga ā-Iwi Matua, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision) New Zealand’s infamous
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By Sarah Johnston (Senior Client Access Liaison – Takawaenga ā-Iwi Matua, Nga Taonga Sound & Vision) The New Zealand dollar
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