World Day for Audiovisual Heritage: Scanning WWI Films
World War One commemorations have provided the impetus for a number of projects at Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision. The
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The Sinking of The Marquette
– By Sarah Johnston (Client Services Co-ordinator – Radio, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision) Recollections from New Zealand nurses who
Read moreWe have identified Bob!
Thanks to the power of social media and our colleagues Kiri and Sean at Toitū Otago Settlers Museum, we have
Read moreTwo Wars, Two Authors, One Book
– By Sarah Johnston (Client Services Coordinator – Radio, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision) Author William Moloney never met his
Read more“We cheered lustily – and then we wept”: The First Gallipoli Wounded Return to Wellington
– By Sarah Johnston (Client Services Coordinator – Radio, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision) On the 15th of July 1915,
Read moreCyril Bassett’s Victoria Cross, Won at Gallipoli
– By Sarah Johnston, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision Client Services Coordinator – Radio As part of their extensive Anzac Day
Read moreMemories of New Zealand’s First Combat Death of World War I
– By Sarah Johnston (Client Services Coordinator – Radio, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision) The first New Zealander
Read moreWW100: Connecting to our memories, stories & history through oral history recordings
What was happening in World War I, 100 years ago this week? Hearing recollections of people who lived through the turbulent
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