Nau mai ki te pānui
o Ngā Taonga
Welcome to our newsletterIn this issue, we kick off the holiday season with some vintage road trip footage, plus information about our close-down dates. We're also excited to share an important announcement about the future of the TV3 audiovisual archive, and a recording of Moana Jackson. Ngā Taonga wishes everyone a safe and happy holiday season. For this year’s holiday compilation, we delved into our collection of personal records, also known as home movies, in search of vintage summer road trips. Nei rā a Ngā Taonga, e mihi atu ana ki a koutou katoa. Kia haumaru, kia manahau i tēnei raumati. Mō te kohinga kiriata hararei i tēnei tau, kua tīpako mātou i ētahi kiriata runaruna nō te kohinga e whakaatu ana i ngā haerenga ā-raumati i te hikuwai o te tau. Last week Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision and Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) announced a partnership which will preserve and protect 35 years of New Zealand news and current affairs history for future generations. Under this agreement, WBD will donate over 400,000 stories and programmes to Ngā Taonga, covering every episode of Three National News, 3 News and Newshub at 6, from Three National News’ launch on 27 November 1989 through to the final episode of Newshub on 5 July 2024. In addition, key local news and current affairs content which aired over this period such as Campbell Live, 60 Minutes, 20/20, The Nation, Election Night coverage, leaders’ debates and more will be included in the agreement. All of this content will be digitally preserved to ensure that it stands the test of time for future generations. You can watch a short video or read more about the historic donation on our website.
The announcement was celebrated on 9 December with a visit by Minister Paul Goldsmith to the Ngā Taonga vault at Avalon. Also in attendance was Honiana Love (CE, Ngā Taonga), Emily Loughnan (Co-chair, Ngā Taonga), Leauanae Laulu Mac Leauanae (CE, Ministry for Culture and Heritage) and Juliet Peterson (VP Head of Networks ANZ, Warner Bros. Discovery). He pou whakarae nāna i whawhai mō te manatika o te iwi Māori me ngā iwi taketake o te ao whānui.
Moana Jackson (Ngāti Kahungungu, Rongomaiwahine, Ngāti Porou) was a vocal advocate and facilitator for Māori rights and the rights of indigenous peoples of the world. A leading expert on Te Tiriti o Waitangi, a formidable rangatira with a gentle approach, he tackled contentious race relation issues with mana, poise, and dignity.
Co-founder of Ngā Kaiwhakamārama i Ngā Ture (the Māori Legal Service) in 1987, he led the working group that drafted the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
In 2017, Moana was awarded an honorary Doctorate by Victoria University, however he refused any formal honours from the New Zealand government, saying he would not accept them unless the Treaty of Waitangi was fully incorporated into New Zealand governance.
In this RNZ audio item, Philip Whaanga speaks with Moana after he attended an indigenous rights conference in Australia, 1988. See timecode 21:04 to 27:30. Amateur filmmaker Hilda Brodie-Smith captured her first Christmas with adopted twins Julia and Michael in this charming personal record. Along with their picture-perfect Christmas morning, viewers also get to share the kids’ first experiences of fireworks, school and blowing bubbles. We’re lucky to hold several of Brodie-Smith’s films, which she shot and edited throughout the 1960s. Holiday close-down period This year our last day in office is Tuesday 24 December, before we enter our annual close-down period over the holiday break and re-open on Friday 3rd of January 2025. We will have a skeleton staff available to answer queries on the above days.
Please be aware that the National Library building will be closed on Monday 23 and Tuesday 24 December, and will not re-open until Monday 6 January 2025. You are welcome to submit an enquiry via our website during this period, and we will get back to you when we reopen.
News briefs - Our colleagues at the National Library present A Secret Tear, a new exhibition of Adam McLay photos from the Christchurch region from 1890 to 1940. A Secret Tear is on until 15 March as part of their A Focus on Photography series.
- Take a look behind the scenes at the mass digitisation project Utaina, via The Post.
1. Screenshot from F81153 - PERSONAL RECORD. AT THE BEACH 2. Minister Paul Goldsmith with Nga Taonga Sound & Vision and Warner Bros Discovery in Vault 3. Moana Jackson in 2015. Photo by NZ Tertiary Education Union, creative commons use 4. Screenshot from New Experiences are an Everyday Thing by Hiilda Brodie Smith. |
