Welcome to the audiovisual archive of Aotearoa New Zealand (original) (raw)

Nau mai ki te pūranga taonga ataata-rongo o Aotearoa– Welcome to the audiovisual archive of Aotearoa New Zealand

Rapua te kohinga – Search the collection

Ka pupuritia, ka maimoatia hoki e mātou ngā taonga ataata-rongo o Aotearoa.

We store and cherish the stories, creativity and history of Aotearoa in sound and moving image.

A shot of shelves full of video tapes

Wrestler in shorts poses for camera

Her Father's Voice

Sound history researcher Sarah Johnston explores the story of a WWII sound disc, and how it enabled a woman to hear her father’s voice for the first time, 82 years later.

Troops aboard a boat point to the shore

Celebrating 40 years of Te Māori

Ngā Taonga presents a collection of audio and moving image taonga to celebrate the 40th anniversary since the first opening of the revered Te Māori exhibition in 1984.

Head and shoulders shot of Richard Hulse

A man in a lab coat winding film in a preservation suite

Matariki 2024 Cover image

Waiuta: Memories of a Ghost Town

Inspired by the exhibition Cast In Light, we searched the Archive for audiovisual records of Waiuta, a now-abandoned gold mining town.

A group of workers pose outside a rough looking mine entrance, some time in the 1920s or 1930s..