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Te Papaioea Palmerston North

Nei rā te reo pōhiri o Te Āhuru Mōwai o Papaioea rāua ko Ngā Taonga kia tūhuratia ngā taonga ataata-rongo tuku iho a Aotearoa.
Palmerston North City Library and Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision invite you to explore Aotearoa New Zealand’s audiovisual history.

Nau mai, haere mai!

Welcome to the Ngā Taonga website, where you can explore our extensive online collection or check out an array of local sound and audio recordings, from in and around Palmerston North.

Ngā Taonga is the audiovisual archive for all New Zealanders and we care for an ever-growing collection that spans over 120 years of Aotearoa New Zealand’s sound and moving image history.

If you are not sure where to start, enjoy just a few of our curated collections below!

Browse this selection of classic Kiwi cinema, TV and radio ads from the 1920s to the 2000s.
These favourites from the collection tell the fascinating story of New Zealand's music video evolution.
The fascinating story of the first 25 years of film in New Zealand, 1895–1920.