Sarah Johnston

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

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

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

In today's visit to the sound archives of Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision, Sarah Johnston takes us back to listen to how we thought about cannabis, its use and its legal status over past decades. Audio

Sarah Johnston takes us back as far as 1870 and memories of the first elephants seen in Aotearoa. Audio, Gallery

Yesterday saw the 100th anniversary of the first ever flight across Cook Strait. Audio, Gallery

This Saturday marks the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II or V.J. Day, with a special commemoration to be held at the Pukeahu National War Memorial in Wellington. Audio, Gallery

In today’s visit to the Sound Archives of Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision, Sarah Johnston plays us some recordings about the famous 'taste of the South'. Audio, Gallery

In today's visit to the sound archives with Sarah Johnston we go back 50 years, when building the Tiwai smelter and power station at Lake Manapouri were the country's biggest-ever construction job. Audio, Gallery

We hear archived sound recordings about the tourism heartland of Roto-Vegas. Audio, Gallery

Kiwifruit have come a long way since their days as a niche exotic fruit known as the Chinese gooseberry. Audio, Gallery

Sarah Johnston from Nga Taonga Sound & Vision looks back to when  Wellington's grand railway station opened in 1937, then  the biggest building in New Zealand.

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