Jazz at Shepheard’s Hotel, 1941
By sound history researcher Sarah Johnston In both World Wars of the twentieth century, New Zealand forces found themselves fighting
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Life on board a 2NZEF troop ship: cramped, concerts and “Crossing the Line”
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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Wounded, then shipwrecked: the powerful story of “A Simple Country Lad”
By sound history researcher Sarah Johnston Among the recordings made by the National Broadcasting Service mobile recording unit in North
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Farewell ‘Achilles’, welcome to Perth, and a Canadian hero
This blog was written by sound researcher Sarah Johnston and comes from her excellent blog World War Voices. As members
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Sarah Johnston’s Best of Jesse Mulligan
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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Te Karanga a te Huia | The Call of the Huia
By Sarah Johnston (Client Services Co-ordinator, Radio – Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision) One of the most often requested items
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‘Paging Uncle Sam’ and finding Cy Cress
After listening to Paging Uncle Sam – a variety show featuring American troops stationed in New Zealand during the Second
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The earliest ‘Blue Smoke’ recording
Research in the Sound Archives at Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision during New Zealand Music Month has confirmed a recording
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Recollections by first-time women voters of 1893
Learn more in our exhibition Whakatū Wāhine: Voices of Women Voters of 1893 By Sarah Johnston (Senior Client Access Liaison
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The last days of the ‘6 o’clock swill’
By Sarah Johnston (Senior Client Access Liaison – Takawaenga ā-Iwi Matua, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision) New Zealand’s infamous
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