August 2016 – Gauge

Gauge

The blog of New Zealand’s Audiovisual Archive

NZ History Sound

National Poetry Day

August 26, 2016September 12, 2016 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 1930s, book, Dunedin, John A Lee, literature, London, National Poetry Day, poetry, radio, Robin Hyde, World War I, World War One, WW1, WWI

To mark National Poetry Day today, here is a historic radio broadcast from 1939 by politician and novelist John A.

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NZ History Sound

Audio Curios: “Beautifully Built with a Fine Fend and Elusive Side Step”

August 24, 2016October 6, 2016 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 1930s, All Blacks, archive, Audio Curios, Australia, Bledisloe Cup, Christchurch, Gareth Watkins, Iain Gallaway, lacquer discs, Neville Mitchell, New Zealand Broadcasting Service, rugby, Sandy Ditchburn, sound preservation, Sports, Trevor Berghan, Vayro Wilson

– By Gareth Watkins (Radio Collection Developer, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision) Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision recently acquired an

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Audio Curios: Children Will Listen

August 17, 2016September 1, 2016 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1990s, 2000s, 2ZD, ABC, Adriann Smith, Audio Curios, BBC, CBC, Children, drugs, fashion, Gareth Watkins, Gavin McGinley, graffiti, Insight, Lower Hutt, Lucy Smith, Masterton, Pictorial Parade, Radio New Zealand, Radio New Zealand National, Rongotai College, SABC, Spectrum, street art, Wellington, youth

– By Gareth Watkins (Radio Collection Developer, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision) Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision has recently acquired a

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Carmen Rupe

August 11, 2016August 11, 2016 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 1970s, 2ZM, Carmen, Celia Wade-Brown, David Mahoney, radio, Wellington

Earlier this week Mayor of Wellington Celia Wade-Brown launched the Carmen Rupe traffic lights on Cuba Street. Carmen (1936-2011) was

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Film NZ History Sound

Audio Curios: Notes of Appreciation

August 10, 2016August 17, 2016 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 1940s, 1960s, Andersen Tyrer, Antonín Dvořák, Audio Curios, BBC, Britain, Douglas Lilburn, Faust, Friedrich Kreisler, Gareth Watkins, George Butterworth, George Enescu, Heddle Nash, immigration, Isobel Baillie, Johannes Brahms, Moura Lympany, music, National Orchestra, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, NZSO, radio, Richard Strauss, Richard Wagner, Sergei Rachmaninov, Thomas Beecham, Vince Aspey, Vincent Aspey, Wellington, Wolfgang Mozart

– By Gareth Watkins (Radio Collection Developer, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision) Recently Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision acquired a set

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