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Ngā Taonga Sound Archives: The history of Hong Kong and China
Hong Kong has been under Chinese rule since 1997, as part of the "one country - two systems" agreement worked out when Britain handed its former colony back to China. Audio, Gallery
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A 500 year-old tradition gets a new lease of life in Nelson
The old printing presses from the former Nelson Evening Mail, and others even older, have whirred back into life. The Armarie Room, which operates from Nelson's heritage park, Founders, is using the… Audio
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Ngā Taonga Sound Archives: Ed Hillary and Everest, 1953
Sixty-six years ago this week, a triumphant Sir Edmund Hillary returned to New Zealand after successfully climbing Mt Everest in May. Audio, Gallery
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Ngā Taonga Sound Archives: The Abbotsford Disaster
Forty years ago this week, a nightmare was unfolding for residents of a south Dunedin suburb, as nearly 70 homes slid off a hillside in a massive landslip. In today's visit to the Sound Archives we… Audio
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The complete BBC Proms broadcast schedule on RNZ Concert
RNZ Concert's complete broadcast schedule of the BBC Proms 2019.
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Ngā Taonga Sound Archives: Saving the takahē
In November 1948, Invercargill doctor Geoffrey Orbell discovered two pair of South Island takahē living in a high valley in the Murchison Mountains of Fiordland. Video, Audio, Gallery
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The history of netball
From playing nine-a-side 'basketball' in gym slips and stockings, to this week's Silver Ferns World Cup success. Our champion netball team has inspired today's visit to the sound archives of Ngā… Audio
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Nga Taonga Sound Archives:
When we first set foot on the moon, 50 years ago this Sunday, there was no live TV coverage of the momentous event in New Zealand. Audio, Gallery
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Ngā Taonga Sound Archives - How we heard the Moon Landing.
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Nga Taonga Sound Archives: Happy 80th birthday to The Listener
Nga Taonga today celebrates the 80th birthday of The Listener. Audio, Gallery
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Happy 80th to The Listener
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Ngā Taonga Sound Archives: Herbs
The New Zealand International Film Festival next month will see the premiere of a new documentary about Herbs 40 year history. Nga Taonga Sound & Vision's Sarah Johnston takes us back to the band's… Audio
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Sound Archives: Chernobyl
It's the TV show everyone is talking about: the series "Chernobyl" which tells the story of the horrific 1986 Soviet nuclear accident. Sarah Johnston takes us back to 1986 and how we heard about the… Video, Audio, Gallery
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Ngā Taonga Sound Archives: Chernobyl
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Sound Archives: Listening to D-Day
Last week marked the 75th anniversary of the turning point in World War II, known as the D-Day landings or the invasion of Normandy. Audio, Gallery
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Sound Archives - Happy 150th Otago University!
New Zealand's oldest university, Otago, is celebrating its 150th birthday. In today's visit to the sound archives we will visit some moments from Otago's 150 years with Sarah Johnston of Nga Taonga… Audio, Gallery
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Tribute to Doris Day
On 13 May we lost the 97-year-old singer and actress Doris Day. In this New Horizons William Dart plays some of the musical sunshine that she left behind. Video, Audio
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Sound Archives - The extraordinary life of Pedro de Treend
In our visit to the sound archives of Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision, Sarah Johnston is going to take us back to 1948 and an interview with one very remarkable man. Audio, Gallery
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Ngā Taonga Sound Archives – The extraordinary life of Pedro de Treend
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St John paramedics say they’re overstretched, under pressure
Documents released to Checkpoint under the Official Information Act have revealed the tensions between paramedics, their employer St John Ambulance, and the government, amid ongoing strike action.
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Ngā Taonga Sound Archives - The Days of the Milkman
In today's visit to the sound archives of Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision, Sarah Johnston takes us back to the heyday of the milkie. Audio, Gallery
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Discovered: The earliest-known recording of significant NZ song 'Blue Smoke'
A previously undiscovered early recording of 'Blue Smoke', the song that launched New Zealand's recording industry, has been unearthed. Audio
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Ngā Taonga Sound Archives - Philip Liner and 'Roundabout'
Former long-time RNZ presenter Philip Liner sadly passed away over Easter and in today's visit to the Sound Archives, Sarah Johnston will take us through some highlights of his landmark programme… Audio, Gallery
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Ngā Taonga Sound Archives: early Anzac Days
In today's visit to the sound archives of Nga Taonga Sound & Vision, Sarah Johnston is going to take us back to Anzac Day in the earlier years of the 20th century, when it was all about the original… Video, Audio, Gallery
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Nga Taonga Sound Archives – “The Athlete of the Century”
Yvette Williams, the first New Zealand woman to win a gold medal at the Olympics, passed away at the weekend. Her career peaked in the 1950s but in 1987 Athletics New Zealand named her its "Athlete of… Audio