Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision

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If bringing in a locomotive is just too impractical, maybe good old horsepower will do the trick 🐴 This unique scene has been taken from a 1935 amateur silent film of mining on the West Coast. 📷 Watch the film here: bit.ly/4aPcSS2

Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision wishes you and your whānau – including the family pets – a very happy holiday season. This year we are celebrating pets in our annual holiday video, with adorable clips from home movies dating from the 1920s to the 1960s. youtube.com/watch?v=rseppz…

Today is Canterbury Anniversary Day. In this remarkable Mobile Unit recording from 1946, an elderly man named Arthur Lagden Haylock remembers his family settling in the region in the mid-1800s. ngataonga.org.nz/search-use-col… #CanterburyAnniversaryDay #Akaroa #MobileUnit

#BirdOfTheCentury is set to be announced tomorrow - which feathery critter is going to take the top spot? In anticipation, see some of our native birds brought to life in stunning full-colour animation in the 1980 short film 'How the Kiwi Lost His Wings': bit.ly/3MJtn7X

A New Zealand classic, Footrot Flats stole the hearts of the nation. Producer John Barnett reflects on the film that brought Murray Ball's beloved comic strip to life on the big screen in 1986: bit.ly/472YXWd #footrotflats #animation #newzealandfilm

Explore the unique architectural history of Māori in 'Whare Māori with Rau Hoskins'. ngataonga.org.nz/search-use-col… #WhareMāori #RauHoskins #architecture

Interested in joining our Taonga Māori team and working with people who are passionate about what they do, while contributing to the care of our Taonga Māori collection? Apply now for this Archivist (Kaiatawhai Taonga Māori) role. seek.co.nz/job/71135262

Interested in joining our Taonga Māori team and working with people who are passionate about what they do, while contributing to the care of our Taonga Māori collection? Apply now for this Senior Archivist (Kaiataiwhai Matua Taonga Māori) role. seek.co.nz/job/71134739

Happy 99th birthday to the Embassy cinema in Wellington, shown here in 1925. 📽️ F855, 'Wellington: Capital City of New Zealand' (1925).

On 28 October 1835, similar to the United States of America and the signing of their document, 35 chiefs representing their iwi signed the Declaration of Independence - He Whakaputanga. ngataonga.org.nz/search-use-col… #NZHistory #HeWhakaputanga

Archivists all over the globe are celebrating the World Day for Audiovisual Heritage today. The Coordinating Council of Audiovisual Archives Associations (@CCAAA) made this short video about what organisations like ours do and why it's so important. vimeo.com/758718652

Today is the World Day for Audiovisual Heritage, which highlights the significance and preservation risks of recorded media. Ngā Taonga is celebrating by sharing details of an unprecedented multi-year project we recently completed. #audiovisualheritage bit.ly/40aguJG

On the blog — To celebrate the upcoming World Day for Audiovisual Heritage 2023, read about our audiovisual digitisation project “Utaina”, and watch our video of the Utaina digitisation process. natlib.govt.nz/blog/posts/fro…

In celebration of Wellington Heritage Festival 2023, we share this publicity footage of our capital city from 1925: bit.ly/3Mdt9WC Much has changed since then, while certain landmarks look strikingly similar today! #wellington #wellingtoncity #heritage

Come along to this Wellington Heritage Festival event to hear about the project Utaina! - a collaborative digitisation project between @ArchivesNZ, @NLNZ and @ngataonga that aims to preserve our audiovisual heritage. Thursday 26 October, 5pm. natlib.govt.nz/events/utaina-…

Jenny McLeod: A Life in Music, a biography of the New Zealand composer and professor of music, releases today. To mark the launch, we share this clip from The Silent One, a film featuring music written and arranged by Jenny: bit.ly/48RIa9W 📷: Supplied @thwupbooks

Today is South Canterbury Anniversary Day! To celebrate, we are casting a light on Rudall Hayward's 1928 comedy "A Daughter of Christchurch." Watch it here: ngataonga.org.nz/search-use-col…

The Digital Preservation Coalition welcomes @ngataonga as its newest member🎉 We´re super thrilled as they´re the 20th #DPC member in the Australasian region! We look forward to working with them! dpconline.org/news/new-membe… #Aotearoa #NewZealand #digipres #NewMember #JoinUs

This year is the 70th anniversary of the Royal New Zealand Ballet! In September 1983, their first 30 years were celebrated in this radio doco, Three Dancing Decades: bit.ly/3Pczxy1 📷: Royal New Zealand Ballet Photographs. Archives ref: AAOA 6007 W4698 [R21101231]