television – Gauge

Capturing the telly

May 5, 2019September 17, 2019 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 1 Comment capture, television

Television has captured the life and culture of New Zealand in a way few other media have. Since its introduction

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Exhibition Ngā Taonga Kōrero Television

Memories of summers past with Gregg’s Coffee

January 23, 2019January 30, 2019 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, ads, advertising, Oriental Bay, Sellebration online exhibition, summer, television, Wellington

We’ve had a bit of a halcyon summer and its great to see another blue sparkler in Wellington today (despite

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Summer with Gregg’s Coffee

January 13, 2017January 19, 2017 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 2 Comments 1970s, advertising, beach, Oriental Bay, summer, television, Wellington

It is lovely to see some long-awaited sunshine in Wellington this morning! In the spirit of summer, we thought we’d

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Young Hercules

December 6, 2016December 6, 2016 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1990s, 2010s, Hercules, Russell Crowe, Ryan Gosling, television, United States, Xena, Zak Reddan

By Zak Reddan (Ngā Taonga Cataloguer / Researcher) Did you know Young Hercules, the title character in the 1998-99 TV series filmed

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Film Television

Spring – The Uncertain Season

October 5, 2016November 29, 2016 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1960s, film preservation, Shirley Maddock, sound technology, spring, television

What does the coming of spring call to mind for you? For Shirley Maddock, the filmmaker behind The Uncertain Season (1962), a

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Hawke’s Bay on Film 1913 – 1985

July 12, 2016 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1910s, 1920s, 1970s, 1980s, 2010s, advertising, Alec Douglas Lambourne, amateur film, earthquake, film, Hastings, Jane Paul, Napier, Sir James Wattie, television, Travelling Film Show

– By Jane Paul (Community Programme Coordinator, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision) Recently Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision and Historic

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