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Moving Pictures Arrive in New Zealand

October 12, 2016October 7, 2019 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1890s, 1960s, Alwyn Owen, Anabelle Moore Whitford, Auckland, Charles Godfrey, dance, Eugen Sandow, Marion Rowe, music, nitrate film, projection, silent film, Southland, Thomas Edison, Timaru, Vaudeville, Violet Capstick Donaldson, Wellington, Ziegfield Follies

120 years ago, on 13 October 1896, New Zealanders first got their chance to see moving pictures, when the first

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Audio Mystery Solved

November 2, 2015March 28, 2019 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 2 Comments 1950s, Invercargill, lacquer discs, mystery, Riverton, Sandy Ditchburn, Southland

Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision audio conservator Sandy Ditchburn has found that local knowledge and a great phone technique can

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