28 Mar 2018

Sound Archives - Pat McMinn and Rabbits in New Zealand

From Afternoons, 1:37 pm on 28 March 2018

In today's visit to the sound archives of Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision with Sarah Johnston, we will pay tribute to Kiwi singing star of the 1950s Pat McMinn who passed away last week - and with Easter around the corner, we will hear about memories of the first arrival of rabbits in southern New Zealand.

Pat McMinn, The Crombie Murdoch Trio and The Stardusters - advertising Taniwha Blue laundry powder (PHOTO: Alexander Turnbull Library)

"Cargill" brand canned rabbit label (1930s-1950s) (PHOTO: Alexander Turnbull Library)

Rabbit skins drying on a fence (1929) (PHOTO: Alexander Turnbull Library)

Rabbit skins being graded (1930s) (PHOTO: Alexander Turnbull Library)