Nau mai ki te kawerongo o Hōngongoi o Ngā Taonga — welcome to our July newsletter

As winter sets in, keep warm with a look at how we preserve our audiovisual taonga, a trip around Hawke's Bay and a new mystery to ponder.

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In this issue:

• Preserving audiovisual taonga
• Ngā Taonga Kōrero
• A Petone family mystery
• Around Hawke's Bay

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• The Royal Mail
• This Month in History
• News briefs

Preserving audiovisual taonga

Ka nui te ngākaunui o Ramarihi MacDougall ki tana tūranga mahi e kapo haere nei ia i ngā hua a Te Māngai Pāho, otirā ngā hōtaka pouaka whakaata e pāho ana i te ao i te pō. Kua mātanga te wahine nei ki ngā hāora me ngā hōtaka katoa o Whakaata Māori.

Film and audio recordings of tīpuna are incredibly important in te Ao Māori and for all of Aotearoa. Learn more about what we collect from Māori Television, iwi radio stations and other Te Māngai Pāho-funded content.

Ngā Taonga Kōrero

Ngā Taonga Kōrero is our collection of four online exhibitions that highlight special historic recordings of te reo Māori. From the earliest recording in 1938, it is an indispensable resource for whānau, historians and reo learners. Listen to King Korokī, Princess Te Puea Hērangi, Dame Whina Cooper, Sir Apriana Ngata, Dame Mira Szaszy and many others. 

A Petone family mystery

Do you know this family? Check out scenes from around Eastbourne and Petone from the 40s or 50s. The film was found at a school jumble sale, but we don't know much more about where it came from – do you hold the key to solving this mystery?

Around Hawke's Bay

The Winter Art Deco weekend is coming up and our searchable online catalogue holds a great deal of content related to the Hawke's Bay region. Highlights include a screen talent search, classic sports matches, the aftermath of the Napier earthquake and a Mardi Gras parade from 1915.

The Royal Mail

Before newsletters appeared magically in your inbox, how was the mail sent? This New Zealand National Picture from 1940 gives an interesting insight to the process. "Behind the prosaic letter lies the gripping story of the organisation in control of postal communications: the backstage story of the mail."

10 July 1967 – New Zealand introduced decimal currency.
14 July 1963 – Maud Basham, 'Aunt Daisy', passed away.
19 July 1981 – The Springboks arrived in New Zealand for their rugby tour.

• The New Zealand International Film Festival (NZIFF) begins this month.

• An article about outgoing NZIFF Director Bill Gosden: A life devoted to film.

• Honiana Love has been announced as the interim Chief Executive of Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision. 

• AnzacSightSound.org has had a final addition of World War One audiovisual material. 

• Footage held by Ngā Taonga has been added to new listings on the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography.

• Congratulations to Te Māngai Pāho on 25 years of funding Māori broadcasting.