Sarah Johnston
Ngā Taonga Sound Archives: Polish refugee children
Last weekend marked the 75th anniversary of the arrival in New Zealand of over 700 Polish child refugees during World War II. Commemorations were held at Pahīatua. Video, Audio, Gallery
New Zealand and India on the airwaves
In honour of Diwali, Sarah Johnston has been listening to how ties between New Zealand and India have been recorded on the airwaves - and saved in the archives of Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision. Audio, Gallery
Preserving Timaru sound history recorded on paper
Snippets of sound recalling life in South Canterbury in the 1950s, have been retrieved by Ngā Taonga Sound and Vision from rare and fragile paper recording tape. Sarah Johnston shares what she found.
…Ngā Taonga Sound Archives: Rust and Restoration
Never-before seen film of the immediate aftermath of the 1931 Napier earthquake is now on show at the National Library building in Wellington. Audio, Gallery
Ngā Taonga Sound Archives: The Dunedin albatross colony
In today's visit to the sound archives of Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision with Sarah Johnston we hear recordings about the history of the world's only mainland albatross colony. Audio, Gallery
Ngā Taonga Sound Archives: Rugby on the Radio
In today's visit to the sound archives of Nga Taonga Sound & Vision with Sarah Johnston, we will hear some of their 'most-requested' historic rugby recordings. Audio, Gallery
Ngā Taonga Sound Archives: Te Māori
Thirty five years ago this week, an exhibition opened at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, so the sound archives of Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision, Sarah Johnston re-visits the phenomenon that… Audio
Ngā Taonga Sound Archives: the history of the Kiwi meat pie
Today in our weekly visit to the sound archives of Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision we turn our ears to recordings about the great New Zealand pie Audio
Ngā Taonga Sound Archives: Saving Kiwi voices of World War II
The voices of New Zealanders who served during World War II are being digitised as part of a project by Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision. Sarah Johnston explains what they're doing. Audio, Gallery
Ngā Taonga Sound Archives: The history of Hong Kong and China
Hong Kong has been under Chinese rule since 1997, as part of the "one country - two systems" agreement worked out when Britain handed its former colony back to China. Audio, Gallery
Ngā Taonga Sound Archives: Ed Hillary and Everest, 1953
Sixty-six years ago this week, a triumphant Sir Edmund Hillary returned to New Zealand after successfully climbing Mt Everest in May. Audio, Gallery
Ngā Taonga Sound Archives: The Abbotsford Disaster
Forty years ago this week, a nightmare was unfolding for residents of a south Dunedin suburb, as nearly 70 homes slid off a hillside in a massive landslip. In today's visit to the Sound Archives we… Audio
Ngā Taonga Sound Archives: Saving the takahē
In November 1948, Invercargill doctor Geoffrey Orbell discovered two pair of South Island takahē living in a high valley in the Murchison Mountains of Fiordland. Video, Audio, Gallery
The history of netball
From playing nine-a-side 'basketball' in gym slips and stockings, to this week's Silver Ferns World Cup success. Our champion netball team has inspired today's visit to the sound archives of Ngā… Audio
Nga Taonga Sound Archives:
When we first set foot on the moon, 50 years ago this Sunday, there was no live TV coverage of the momentous event in New Zealand. Audio, Gallery
Nga Taonga Sound Archives: Happy 80th birthday to The Listener
Nga Taonga today celebrates the 80th birthday of The Listener. Audio, Gallery
Ngā Taonga Sound Archives: Herbs
The New Zealand International Film Festival next month will see the premiere of a new documentary about Herbs 40 year history. Nga Taonga Sound & Vision's Sarah Johnston takes us back to the band's… Audio
Sound Archives: Chernobyl
It's the TV show everyone is talking about: the series "Chernobyl" which tells the story of the horrific 1986 Soviet nuclear accident. Sarah Johnston takes us back to 1986 and how we heard about the… Video, Audio, Gallery
Sound Archives: Listening to D-Day
Last week marked the 75th anniversary of the turning point in World War II, known as the D-Day landings or the invasion of Normandy. Audio, Gallery
Sound Archives - Happy 150th Otago University!
New Zealand's oldest university, Otago, is celebrating its 150th birthday. In today's visit to the sound archives we will visit some moments from Otago's 150 years with Sarah Johnston of Nga Taonga… Audio, Gallery