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Russell Oaten

It's easy when you know how - 4ZB’s Russell Oaten describes the ascent of Steeplejack Eddie Wigg, as he renews the halyard on the Dunedin town hall.

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The Erebus Disaster

Former radio journalist John Blumsky (pictured left), was the only broadcast journalist sent to Antarctica to cover the Erebus crash for the world media. His reports, which were telephoned from the ice, included news on body recovery, salvage operations, strain at Scott Base, and a description of the crash scene.

Listen to news and reports about the Erebus disaster.

Māori Television

Sound Archives audio was used for Māori Television’s Waitangi 2008 coverage, in particular a profile piece on Sir Apirana Ngata.

Recordings were used in the second 13-part series of Te Pataka Korero broadcast on Māori Television’s 100% Māori Language channel on the digital platform. The programme concept involved playing archival audio recordings from last century and bringing in some of the original interviewers to talk about the recordings in a studio-based environment/set.

Auckland Museum

Aunt Daisy audio supplied for the Kai to Pie exhibition at the Auckland Museum 2010, which explores New Zealanders and their relationship to food and food production.

C4 Television

Sound Archives audio was used in a documentary entitled “Rocked the Nation” which played on C4 Television in May 2008. The program celebrated “the top 100 New Zealand music moments”.

University of Canterbury

The ONZE (Origins of New Zealand English) and MAONZE (Maori and New Zealand English) projects use historic Sound Archive recordings in their analysis of the origins and development of the New Zealand accent and changes in the pronunciation of the Maori language.

Te Papa

Audio provided for Te Papa’s Slice of Heaven: 20th Century Aotearoa exhibition about the stories, people, and events that changed New Zealand’s 20th century and gave the century its unique flavour.

BBC Classical Music Television, 2010

Sound Archives supplied audio of Kiri Te Kanawa for use in a BBC documentary entitled What Makes a Great Soprano? We discovered a home-recording of a 15 year-old Dame Kiri singing in her family home in Gisborne.

Seannachie Productions, 2010

Audio relating to Ngaio Marsh (right) was supplied for use in a 70-minute feature documentary for TVNZ's Artsville titled:
Ngaio Marsh - Crime Queen. The documentary was produced and directed by Aileen O'Sullivan.

28th Maori Battalion Website

Audio supplied for the official 28th Māori Battalion website. Preservation of materials held at Sound Archives Nga Taonga Korero was undertaken as part of this project, including our collection of Mobile Unit recordings made during the course of the Second World War. These consist of direct-cut lacquer recordings made in the field by New Zealand Broadcasting Service personnel, and features interviews with and greetings from New Zealand service men and women, documentary features about aspects of wartime service and actuality of events such as visits by dignitaries and concert performances. The Māori Battalion recordings are in the U Series, the largest of the three war series’, recording New Zealand’s involvement in the North African and Italian campaigns.

Education

Sound Archives Ngā Taonga Kōrero has been an active supporter of education projects.