Nau mai ki te pānui
o Ngā Taonga
Welcome to our newsletterIn this edition we look at a popular cooking show from the 90s and a recent screening of Nambassa Festival in Wellington. We also acknowledge Koroneihana 2026 and mark 100 years since the establishment of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR). Have you been stewing over what your next homemade meal will
be? The many cooking show episodes available to watch on the Ngā Taonga website
might serve up the culinary inspiration you need!
Where to start? Try Woolworths Ready Steady Cook.
Originally presented by media personality Kerre Woodham, each episode sees two
chefs and two contestants race against the clock to create a meal from a bag of
mystery ingredients. This first episode features actors Angela Bloomfield and
Christopher Hobbs from Shortland Street starring as the contestants.
Watch the episode to find
out what ingredients they had to work with – and browse many more episodes of
the show on
the Ngā Taonga website.
On Sunday 23 August, Nambassa Festival screened to a
sold-out audience at Wellington's Roxy Cinema as part of the New Zealand
International Film Festival.
Before the screening, Dr Leslie Lewis, Manager Film
Preservation – Poutaki Rokiroki Kiriata at Ngā Taonga, introduced the audience
to the preservation work behind the film. Ngā Taonga supplied a new digital
preservation for the festival, restoring the film's sun-soaked visuals and
vibrant 1970s soundtrack to the highest possible quality.
When Dr Lewis asked who in the audience had attended the
original Nambassa festival, more than half the theatre raised their hands,
highlighting the enduring connection many New Zealanders have with this unique
cultural event.
Ngā Taonga thanks Nambassa Trust and Peter Terry for
enabling us to share this remarkable piece of Aotearoa New Zealand's
counterculture history from the Archive with generations of viewers today.
Learn more about Nambassa Festival and the
preservation of the film in our recent blog.
Tuia ki runga
Tuia ki raro
Tuia ki te pou herenga tangata o te motu
Kia kōtuia ngā muka maunga o te whaitua ki runga ki te marae
o te motu
Ki Te Koroneihana o Te Arikinui Kuini Nga wai hono i te po.
We acknowledge the coronation of the Māori Queen Te Arikinui
Kuini Nga wai hono i te po, and this significant moment for the Kīngitanga
movement and te ao Māori.
As we share this curated collection featuring audio archives
of waiata, haka, kaikōrero, and moments from our past, we also extend our
warmest regards to Te Arikinui, honouring this significant moment and wishing
her strength and every success as she carries forward the legacy of Kīngitanga
into the future.
Rire rire hau Pai Mārire.
Yesterday, 31 August, marked 100 years since the New Zealand
Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR) was established, with
the purpose of fostering scientific research beneficial to the country. While
the DSIR was disestablished in 1992, the legacy of Crown-funded science research
continues today in the form of four Public Research Organisations (PROs),
covering earth science, bioeconomic science, public health and forensic
science, and advanced technologies.
On the Ngā Taonga website
is a 1984 RNZ record of DSIR research scientist, David Lowe, talking about the
global consequences of a nuclear explosion – just one of the many topics the
DSIR researched over the decades.
News briefs - Reefton Cinema will
be screening Nambassa Festival on 6 & 11 September.
- We
were pleased to supply material for the exhibition Mahi,
Toi: Part One, which is running at the Forrester Gallery & Mahika
Kai Mahika Toi in Ōamaru until 6 December.
IMAGE CREDITS
1) Screengrab from Woolworths Ready Steady Cook - Series 1 Programme 1. Collection ref. TZP212450. 2) Kaimahi photo from Nambassa Festival NZIFF screening in Wellington on 23 August. 3) Opening ceremony for Turongo House at Turangawaewae Marae, Ngaruawahia, Waikato, 1938. The Dominion Post Collection, Alexander Turnbull Library. 4) DSIR logo. Antarctica New Zealand Image Library. Creative Commons. |
