Sarah Johnston
Sound Archives: Poetry from our past
Friday is National Poetry Day - with all sorts of celebrations of verse happening around the country; check out NZPoetryDay on Facebook for details. Audio
Sound Archives: the Vietnam War
Tomorrow the government is holding official commemorations in Wellington to mark the 50th anniversary of New Zealand's involvement in the Vietnam War. Sarah Johnston from Nga Taonga Sound & Vision… Audio
75 year of our women in blue
The New Zealand police are holding a number of events this year to mark 75 years since the first women joined the force in this country. Today Sarah Johnston from Nga Taonga Sound & Vision played us… Audio
Sound Archives: Ads for coughs and colds from days gone by
We turn to the sound archives of Nga Taonga Sound & Vision to have a listen to what radio from days gone by had to say about this time of year and the inevitable coughs and colds. Audio, Gallery
Sound Archives: The 1981 Springbok Tour
Thirty five years ago this week we were in the middle of New Zealand's 'winter of discontent' - embroiled in the 1981 Springbok Tour with protests taking place all over the country. Audio, Gallery
Sound Archives: NZ's Great Olympic moments
New Zealand athletes are getting ready for the final countdown to the Rio Olympics, which open in just over two weeks on the 5th of August. Today in our weekly visit to the sound archives of Nga… Audio, Gallery
Sound Archive: NZ's first pilots
Sarah Johnston of Nga Taonga Sound and Vision looks back at our first pilots. Audio, Gallery
The early days of skiing in New Zealand
The central North Island ski-fields are due to open this weekend and in today's dip into the sound archives of Nga Taonga Sound & Vision we have a listen to sound recordings about the Mt Ruapehu ski… Audio, Gallery
Sound Archives: the Mt Tarawera Eruption
Sarah Johnston from Nga Taonga Sound and Vision presents some eyewitness accounts of the Tarawera eruption of 1886. Audio, Gallery
Sound Archives on Ali's visit to Auckland in 1979
With the passing of Muhammad Ali in the weekend, you have probably seen archival footage of his fights and legendary interviews all over the media, but you might not have heard anything yet about the… Audio
Gems from the Sound Archives, with Sarah Johnston
Sarah Johnston from Nga Taonga Sound & Vision is here today for our weekly dip into the sound archives - and today, we have two recordings by young men. Two broadcast recordings which both relate to… Audio
Sound Archives: The hit parades
Depending on your age - and where in the country you lived - you might remember tuning in to The Lever Hit Parade, The Fabulous 50 or maybe Kasey Casem's American Top 40. Sarah Johnston from Nga… Audio, Gallery
Sound archives: The Battle for Crete
This Friday is the 75th anniversary of the Battle for Crete in World War II. The Governor General and others are attending commemorations of the battle which took place when thousands of elite German… Audio
Sound archives - the huia
If you have been to see Taika Waititi's film "The Hunt for the Wilderpeople" you will remember the two main characters discover the long-believed-extinct huia bird, while they are deep in the bush. In… Audio
Sound Archives - Sarah Johnston
Last week on the show we marked the passing of private radio pioneer, Chris Parkinson, one of the founders of Radio Hauraki. You may have also heard another well-known radio voice of days gone-by… Audio
Sound Archives - Sarah Johnston
1990s fashion - apparently it is having a revival moment right now - with Taylor Swift saying chokers are the new must-have for girls and grungy flannel shirts are back in for the guys. So what do our… Audio
Sound Archives - Sarah Johnston
In the lead up to Anzac Day on Monday the researchers at Nga Taonga Sound & Vision have been busy preparing more sound recordings and film footage about World War I to go on their website 'Anzac… Audio
The Secret Life of Music Archives
Ever wondered what happened to those records of your Grandmas that your mum told you to look after? Apparently Samuel Scott has, and that is just one of the many reasons he went in search of the great… Audio
Sound Archives - Sarah Johnston
Talk radio - it's a cornerstone of late night broadcasting, a friendly voice for lonely shift workers and insomniacs and an outlet for people with strong opinions of all kinds. In this country it… Audio
Sound Archives - Sarah Johnston
Recordings of performing animals this week - and a mad cat-lady recording! Audio