November 2016 – Gauge

Gauge

The blog of New Zealand’s Audiovisual Archive

Film NZ History Sound

Difficult Country – Kaikoura’s Tenuous Road and Rail Links

November 29, 2016December 22, 2016 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 2010s, Albert Creed, Bruce Petrie, Canterbury, car, Christchurch, earthquake, Hanmer, Kaikoura, Kekerengu, mail, Main Trunk Line, Ministry for Public Works, NZBC, Picton, Radio New Zealand, railway, Sarah Johnston, transport, Waiau

– By Sarah Johnston (Client Services Coordinator – Radio, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision) The hilly territory between Canterbury

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NZ History Sound

US Presidents – The Kiwi Connection

November 9, 2016December 19, 2016 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 1960s, 1990s, 2010s, Bill Clinton, Christchurch, election, Hillary Clinton, John F. Kennedy, Keith Holyoake, Lyndon Baines Johnson, Morning Report, NZBC, politics, president, Queenstown, radio, United States, Vietnam War, Wellington, World War II, WWII

With the results from the United States presidential election due to start coming in later today, we thought it a

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Film NZ History Uncategorized

Around the World in an Austin 7 (1928-1931)

November 4, 2016December 7, 2016 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 1920s, 1930s, Austin 7, Australia, car, Cook Islands, film, Hector McQuarrie, Jane Paul, lost film, maritime, New Guinea, newsreel, Richard B. Mathews, Rudall Hayward, Torres Strait

– By Jane Paul (Community Programme Coordinator, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision) Richard B. Mathews (from Kaitaia) and Hector McQuarrie

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