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Sound Archives: Marti Friedlander and James McNeish
In the past few days we have lost two leading figures in the cultural life of New Zealand; photographer Marti Friedlander and novelist, playwright and biographer Sir James McNeish who both passed away… Audio
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Sound Archives: NZ's encounters with US Presidents of the past.
With the results from the U.S. presidential election due to start coming in shortly we thought today in our weekly visit to the sound archives we would have a listen to New Zealand's encounters with… Audio, Gallery
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We found the train impersonator!
Yesterday, during our regular appointment with Sarah Johnston from Nga Taonga sound and vision (our national sound archive), she played us a piece of audio from 1964 featuring a then 17 year old, who… Audio
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Sound Archives: The trains of our past
Today in our visit to the sound archives of Nga Taonga Sound & Vision we are playing recordings about New Zealands' trains. Video, Audio
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Sound Archives: The 60th ann. of the Hungarian Revolution
On Sunday, commemorations were held in Hungary and here in New Zealand to mark the 60th anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution in 1956. Audio, Gallery
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Sound Archives: Kiwi Teen Rebellion
Sarah Johnston from Nga Taonga Sound & Vision talks about how radio dealt with the 'teenage question' in the past. Audio
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120 years of New Zealanders at the movies
120 years ago today on 13 October 1896, New Zealanders got their chance to see moving pictures for the first time, when the first film was played to an audience at the Opera House in Auckland. Video, Audio, Gallery
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The History of the New Zealand Wine Industry
Blenheimer, Marque Vue, Cold Duck…if you are over a certain age those names of early New Zealand wines will bring back a few memories. Today in our visit to the sound archives Sarah Johnston from Nga… Audio, Gallery
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100th anniversary of NZ’s entry into the Western Front in WWI
On September 15 New Zealand marks the centenary of the New Zealand Division's entry into fighting on the Somme in Northern France in 1916. Audio, Gallery
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Sound Archives: Lord Ernest Rutherford
Yesterday was the 145th birthday of Lord Ernest Rutherford, who was born near Nelson in 1871. He is of course the man on the $100 note and 'the father of nuclear physics' who was awarded the Nobel… Audio
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Sound Archives: Poetry from our past
Friday is National Poetry Day - with all sorts of celebrations of verse happening around the country; check out NZPoetryDay on Facebook for details. Audio
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Sound Archives: the Vietnam War
Tomorrow the government is holding official commemorations in Wellington to mark the 50th anniversary of New Zealand's involvement in the Vietnam War. Sarah Johnston from Nga Taonga Sound & Vision… Audio
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75 year of our women in blue
The New Zealand police are holding a number of events this year to mark 75 years since the first women joined the force in this country. Today Sarah Johnston from Nga Taonga Sound & Vision played us… Audio
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Sound Archives: Ads for coughs and colds from days gone by
We turn to the sound archives of Nga Taonga Sound & Vision to have a listen to what radio from days gone by had to say about this time of year and the inevitable coughs and colds. Audio, Gallery
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BBC Proms 2016
Over the next seven weeks, starting Monday 1 August, RNZ Concert will be bringing NZ audiences an exclusive selection of concerts from this year's BBC Proms; just weeks after they have been recorded… Video
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Sound Archives: The 1981 Springbok Tour
Thirty five years ago this week we were in the middle of New Zealand's 'winter of discontent' - embroiled in the 1981 Springbok Tour with protests taking place all over the country. Audio, Gallery
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Sound Archives: NZ's Great Olympic moments
New Zealand athletes are getting ready for the final countdown to the Rio Olympics, which open in just over two weeks on the 5th of August. Today in our weekly visit to the sound archives of Nga… Audio, Gallery
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Sound Archive: NZ's first pilots
Sarah Johnston of Nga Taonga Sound and Vision looks back at our first pilots. Audio, Gallery
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Sound Archives: Maori Language Week
It is Te Wiki o Te Reo Maori - Maori Language Week this week. Today in our weekly segment from the sound archives, Sarah Johnston from Nga Taonga Sound & Vision plays us several radio recordings that… Audio, Gallery
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The early days of skiing in New Zealand
The central North Island ski-fields are due to open this weekend and in today's dip into the sound archives of Nga Taonga Sound & Vision we have a listen to sound recordings about the Mt Ruapehu ski… Audio, Gallery
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Sound Archives: The Great Hall of the Christchurch Arts Centre
Sarah Johnston from Nga Taonga Sound & Vision was among over 8,000 people visiting the newly reopened Great Hall at the city's earthquake-damaged Arts Centre last weekend, and she's going to tell us… Audio, Gallery
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Sound Archives: the Mt Tarawera Eruption
Sarah Johnston from Nga Taonga Sound and Vision presents some eyewitness accounts of the Tarawera eruption of 1886. Audio, Gallery
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Sir Graham Latimer - A Life in the North
In a 1991 episode of Directions Graham Lattimer (1926 - 2016) talks about his life in the Far North. Audio
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Sound Archives on Ali's visit to Auckland in 1979
With the passing of Muhammad Ali in the weekend, you have probably seen archival footage of his fights and legendary interviews all over the media, but you might not have heard anything yet about the… Audio
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Gems from the Sound Archives, with Sarah Johnston
Sarah Johnston from Nga Taonga Sound & Vision is here today for our weekly dip into the sound archives - and today, we have two recordings by young men. Two broadcast recordings which both relate to… Audio