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Secondary school choirs from all over Aotearoa gathered in Ōtautahi/Christchurch to perform at The Big Sing Finale 2022 Gala concert. Video, Audio

Sound historian Sarah Johnston discusses her research into the wartime recordings of the mobile broadcasting unit that travelled with the New Zealand Division during World War II. Audio

Best of 2021: Looking back on some of the history-related stories of the year. Video

Justine Murray explores the history of Māori radio in the four-part series Aotearoa On Air. In episode one, we hear about the pioneering radio station Te Upoko o Te Ika, which played an integral role… Audio

Sound historian Sarah Johnston explores 100 years of radio in a talk at the National Library, focusing on the early decades and the innovative World War II radio Mobile Unit recordings. Audio

Sound historian Sarah Johnston discusses her research project into the wartime recordings from the New Zealand Mobile Broadcasting Unit that travelled with the New Zealand Division during World War… Audio

Christchurch based audio historian and researcher Sarah Johnston (Ngati Kahungunu, Ngati Rakaipaaka) recently won a Judith Binney Writing Award to study the National Broadcasting Service's Mobile… Audio

Teen castaways, cult ceramics, the oldest-known Māori photo and a beloved brothel owner... these are our top ten history features of the year.

Sarah Johnston shares some of her favourite pieces of archived audio from Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision with us. Audio

Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision Sarah Johnston takes a listen to the culture of West Coast whitebaiting back in the 1960s. Audio, Gallery

Listen to the men and women of The Lighthouse Service, keeping the lights on for over 130 years. Audio

In honour of Halloween, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision's Sarah Johnston brings us a taste of all things bat-related from the archives. Audio

While we wait for referendum results, Nga Taonga goes back to an earlier referendum: the 1949 vote which introduced Compulsory Military Training. Sarah Johnston takes us back in time. Audio, Gallery

Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision today took us back into to political campaign advertising of the past - and in particular campaign songs and jingles from the 1970s and 80s that are held in their archives .

We take a listen to memories in Ngā Taonga's sound archives of early New Zealand elections. Audio, Gallery

Sarah Johnston looks back at the changes in banking technology which have transformed the way we handle our money. Audio, Gallery