Sarah Johnston

Sound 

The earliest ‘Blue Smoke’ recording

June 8, 2019June 11, 2019 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments Blue Smoke, Chris Bourke, Jesse Mulligan, Otago University, Otago University Sextet, Pixie Williams, Ruru Karaitiana, Sarah Johnston, TANZA

Research in the Sound Archives at Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision during New Zealand Music Month has confirmed a recording

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NZ History Sound 

Recollections by first-time women voters of 1893

September 22, 2017October 26, 2017 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1893, politics, Sarah Johnston, suffrage, vote

By Sarah Johnston (Senior Client Access Liaison – Takawaenga ā-Iwi Matua, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision) With the general election

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NZ History Sound 

The last days of the ‘6 o’clock swill’

August 17, 2017August 18, 2017 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1960s, alcohol, culture, politics, Radio New Zealand, Referendum, Sarah Johnston

By Sarah Johnston (Senior Client Access Liaison – Takawaenga ā-Iwi Matua, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision)   New Zealand’s infamous

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NZ History Television 

50 years of Decimal Currency

July 7, 2017October 26, 2017 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1960s, 1967, cents, decimal currency, dollars, new zealand, pence, pounds, Sarah Johnston, shillings, sterling

By Sarah Johnston (Senior Client Access Liaison – Takawaenga ā-Iwi Matua, Nga Taonga Sound & Vision) The New Zealand dollar

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NZ History Uncategorized 

Our oldest recorded sports broadcast – the All Blacks vs the British Lions, June 21, 1930

June 22, 2017June 22, 2017 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1930s, All Blacks, Audio Curios, broadcast, cantor, lions, nepia, radio, Radio New Zealand National, rugby, Sarah Johnston, Sound Archives Ngā Taonga Kōrero, Sports, tour

By Sarah Johnston (Senior Client Access Liaison – Takawaenga ā-Iwi Matua, Nga Taonga Sound & Vision) The first test between

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NZ History Sound 

Happy Birthday Plunket !

May 19, 2017September 22, 2017 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments Beryl Sutherland, Children, David Kohn, Dr Fredrich Truby King, health, Homer Tunnel, Karitane Hospital, Kate Challis Hooper, Milford Sound, Plunket, Sarah Johnston

By Sarah Johnston (Senior Client Access Liaison – Takawaenga ā-Iwi Matua, Nga Taonga Sound & Vision) The Plunket Society turned 110

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NZ History Sound 

Happy St Patrick’s Day!

March 17, 2017 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1990s, Auckland, Ireland, Jesse Mulligan, RNZ, Sarah Johnston, St Patrick's Day

To get in the spirit for Ireland’s national day you can listen to this “Spectrum” radio documentary from 1996, about

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NZ History Sound 

Bringing Lyttelton’s Past to Life

February 13, 2017 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 4 Comments 1850s, 1900s, 1910s, 2010s, Adam McGrath, art, Carolyn McCombs, Christchurch, Elizabeth McCombs, James McKenzie, Julia Holden, Laura MacKay, Lyttelton, Lyttelton Community Library, Lyttelton Health Centre, Lyttelton Police Station, Lyttelton Redux, Mackenzie Country, Marlon Williams, Ngāti Wheke, Nona Hildyard, Rāpaki, Robert Falcon Scott, Sarah Johnston, Wellington, World War I, World War One, WWI

– By Sarah Johnston (Client Services Co-ordinator – Radio, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision) Historic figures from Lyttelton’s past have

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NZ History Sound 

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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Sound 

Historic Radio Reflections on Waitangi Day Through the Decades

February 6, 2017February 10, 2017 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1960s, 1970s, Apirana Ngata, New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation, Ngā Tamatoa, NZBC, radio, Royal tour, royal visit, Sarah Johnston, sound, Turi Carroll, Waitangi Day

To mark Waitangi Day we have uploaded some historic radio coverage of our national day to our online collections catalogue.

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