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Senior Archivist Sound Sandy Ditchburn working on a U Series disc

Archiving precious World War Two recordings

August 1, 2019February 28, 2020 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments lacquer discs, Mobile Unit, Mobile Unit truck, sound archiving, sound preservation, U Series, Useries, World War Two

Ngā Taonga is delighted that the World War Two New Zealand Mobile Broadcasting Unit Recordings have been inscribed to the

NZ History Sound

Remembering New Zealand’s “darkest day”

October 9, 2017January 30, 2019 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments Gallipoli, sound preservation, World War One, WW1, WWI

Commemorations will be held around New Zealand and at Ypres in France this week to mark the centenary of what has been called “our darkest day”, when 843 New Zealanders were killed in just a few hours on the morning of the 12th of October 1917, near Passchendaele during World War I.

NZ History Sound

Audio Curios: “Beautifully Built with a Fine Fend and Elusive Side Step”

August 24, 2016August 21, 2019 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1930s, All Blacks, archive, Audio Curios, Australia, Bledisloe Cup, Christchurch, Gareth Watkins, Iain Gallaway, lacquer discs, Neville Mitchell, New Zealand Broadcasting Service, rugby, Sandy Ditchburn, sound preservation, Sports, Trevor Berghan, Vayro Wilson

– By Gareth Watkins (Radio Collection Developer, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision) Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision recently acquired an

NZ History Sound

Peter Downes: Early Radio Recordings and Archiving in Aotearoa New Zealand

March 22, 2016May 12, 2016 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 18 Comments 28th Māori Battalion, 2YA, Arch Curry, Asquith Thompson, Aunt Daisy, Aunt Gwen (Gwen Shepherd), Billy Hart, Bungin’ 'Em In, Chester Wilmot, Cicely Debenham, Edmund Hillary, Hello My Dearie, Jim Hartstonge, Jim Sullivan, L.G. Lukey, Lionel Sceats, Lord Bledisloe, Monte Cassino, National Film Unit, NZBC, On Parade, One Man's Family, Peter Downes, Professor Robert Jack, Queen Elizabeth II, Queen's Tour 1953, radio, Radio New Zealand, Rosemary Collier, Royal tour, Sound Archives Ngā Taonga Kōrero, sound preservation, sound technology, Tangiwai railway disaster, Television New Zealand, Uncle Bruce (Bruce Stennett), Wally Marshall, World War II, World War Two, WWII

Peter Downes has had a long and distinguished association with broadcasting and sound archiving in Aotearoa. In this presentation he

NZ History Sound

NZBS Mobile Unit Collection: Tahakopa Sawmill

December 17, 2015January 12, 2016 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1940s, Alex Porter, digitisation, forestry, Mobile Unit, Mobile Unit truck, NZBS, radio, sound preservation

Audio Conservator Alex Porter is currently working on a project to digitise and describe the New Zealand Broadcasting Service Mobile Unit

Archiving Practice Sound

An Audio (Re)migration Project

July 23, 2015December 7, 2018 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 6 Comments 2010s, archiving ethics, digital technologies, Jim Hunia, radio, sound preservation

– By Jim Hunia (Kaiwhakauka: Audio Conservator, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision) Jim Hunia, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision’s

NZ History Sound

The Day the Earth Moved Under Our Feet

February 20, 2015February 20, 2015 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 6 Comments 2000s, Christchurch, Christchurch earthquake, Marie O'Connell, radio, sound preservation

– By Marie O’Connell (Audio Conservator, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision) This piece was originally published in IASA journal issue 44, January

Intriguing Audio Mystery

December 18, 2014May 6, 2021 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 14 Comments digital technologies, digitisation, lacquer discs, music, mystery, sound preservation

Our Digital Transfer Operator Sandy Ditchburn came across an enigmatic audio recording this week. Sandy and the rest of the Ngā

New Zealand Oral History 1946-1948 Collection

December 2, 2014 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 2 Comments 1860s, 1940s, John Kelcher, Karen Neill, Marie O'Connell, Mobile Unit truck, New Zealand Oral History 1946-1948, Ngāi Tahu, sound preservation, UNESCO

The New Zealand Oral History 1946-1948 collection, recorded by the New Zealand Broadcasting Service’s Mobile Unit, was inscribed on the

Archiving Practice Sound

Accession 02/030/273

May 8, 2014March 29, 2016 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments Bill Beavis, lacquer discs, Marie O'Connell, paper tape, Sound Archives Ngā Taonga Kōrero, sound preservation, sound technology

– By Marie O’Connell (SANTK Preservation Archivist) The Sound Archives Ngā Taonga Kōrero acquired this accession in 2002 and it

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