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Welcome to ' That’s so last Century – What we wore 1950s – 1990s'. Recorded in 2013 as part of the Dominion Road Stories Collection, Marianne Hay the owner of the specialist sewing shop Exquisite Stitch - Bernina Sewing Centre, talks with Sue Gee about her childhood sewing influences and memories. This recording was done in the shop – so you’ll hear some background sounds through the track. Voices have been drawn from Auckland Libraries Oral History and Sound, Heritage Collections. kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz ‘That’s So Last Century: What We Wore 1950s – 1990s’ exhibition is on at Level 2 of Auckland’s Central City Library from Wednesday 20 March – 13 July 2024. So grab your coat and grab your hat… and head to town to enjoy a view of retro magazines, photographs, patterns and materials showcasing what we wore last century! For more information on the exhibition and interactive activities, go to OurAuckland. ourauckland.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz Ref: Interview with Marianne Hay for the Dominion Road Stories Collection, 2017, Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections, WOH_1095_010 Image: Marianne Hay in her shop, 2017, Photographer, Sue Gee, Accompanying material to the Oral History, WOH_1095_010_016
Welcome to ' That’s so last Century – What we wore 1950s – 1990s'. In this track we hear from Jay Khatri, a Mumbai born tailor who migrated to NZ in the late 1980s. He worked at clothing manufactures Street Wise and then Cambridge Clothing Company before opening his own tailoring business- Island Style (Jay's Clothing Ltd) in Henderson. This interview was conducted in 2015 by Julia Barron as part of the Henderson Stories Collection. https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/oralhistory/id/1516/rec/2 Voices have been drawn from Auckland Libraries Oral History and Sound, Heritage Collections. kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz ‘That’s So Last Century: What We Wore 1950s – 1990s’ exhibition is on at Level 2 of Auckland’s Central City Library from Wednesday 20 March – 13 July 2024. So grab your coat and grab your hat… and head to town to enjoy a view of retro magazines, photographs, patterns and materials showcasing what we wore last century! For more information on the exhibition and interactive activities, go to OurAuckland. ourauckland.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/ Ref: Interview and images with Jay Khatri, 2015, for the Henderson Stories Collection, Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections, OH-1252-004
Welcome to ' That’s so last Century – What we wore 1950s – 1990s'. In 2019, Auckland Libraries hosted a Fashion Week talk on the theme of sustainable fashion. In this clip, we hear from Wayne Siu, retro fashion man about town, on why vintage fashion is important in the context of climate change. https://ourauckland.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/news/2019/08/breathing-new-life-into-old-clothes/ Voices have been drawn from Auckland Libraries Oral History and Sound, Heritage Collections. kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz ‘That’s So Last Century: What We Wore 1950s – 1990s’ exhibition is on at Level 2 of Auckland’s Central City Library from Wednesday 20 March – 13 July 2024. So grab your coat and grab your hat… and head to town to enjoy a view of retro magazines, photographs, patterns and materials showcasing what we wore last century! For more information on the exhibition and interactive activities, go to OurAuckland. ourauckland.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz Ref: Recorded talk, Wayne Siu, Fashion Week 2019. Image from Our Auckland link above.
Welcome to ' That’s so last Century – What we wore 1950s – 1990s'. In this track, jazz singer and follower of fashion, Wendy Moore provides her lived experience of post-war hair, makeup and clothing fashions. This was a time of poring over pattern books, searching out new fabrics, and home sewing. Recorded in 2017 with Sue Berman for the Rykenberg Oral History Collection. Voices have been drawn from Auckland Libraries Oral History and Sound, Heritage Collections. kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz ‘That’s So Last Century: What We Wore 1950s – 1990s’ exhibition is on at Level 2 of Auckland’s Central City Library from Wednesday 20 March – 13 July 2024. So grab your coat and grab your hat… and head to town to enjoy a view of retro magazines, photographs, patterns and materials showcasing what we wore last century! For more information on the exhibition and interactive activities, go to OurAuckland. ourauckland.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/ Ref: Oral History with Wendy Moore, 2017 for the Rykenberg Oral History Project, Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections OH_1285_002. Image: Photo of Wendy and friend at the Montmarte Club. Accompanying material to the Oral History OH_1285_02_06_1
Welcome to ' That’s so last Century – What we wore 1950s – 1990s'. In this track we hear from Wendie Wright. Wendie worked with, and later married, well-known street and studio photographer John Rykenberg. In this clip, Wendie briefly recalls her mother sewing her dresses from pictures in 17 magazine. This is followed by a description of the late 1950s and early 1960s Rykenberg Street Photography. Voices have been drawn from Auckland Libraries Oral History and Sound, Heritage Collections. https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz ‘That’s So Last Century: What We Wore 1950s – 1990s’ is on at Level 2 of Auckland’s Central City Library from Wednesday 20 March – 13 July. For more information on the exhibition and interactive activities, go to OurAuckland. https://ourauckland.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/ So grab your coat and grab your hat… and head to town to enjoy a view of retro magazines, photographs, patterns and materials showcasing what we wore last century! Ref: Oral History interview with Wendie Wright, 2017, Rykenberg Oral History Collection, Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections, OH_1285_001 and OH_1285_01_Card_Townhallpharmacy
Luis Claudio Troccoli de Meirellis was interviewed here by Toni Duder. Luis talks about moving to New Zealand and coming to terms with his sexuality, the work he has been doing for the queer community, and his perspective on the differences between New Zealand and Brazil for a member of the rainbow community. To listen to the complete interview, click on this link https://bit.ly/42p6ptu and submit a request using the Comments box on this page. Image: Rainbow Youth Services Poster. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections, Ephemera Collection
This excerpt features Ellie Lim interviewed by Toni Duder. Ellie shares knowing her identity from a young age, her relationship with her queer relatives in Singapore, and coming out to her ex-partner. Ellie recollects coming out to her parents, the challenges at school, Catholicism, and her relationship with God. To listen to the complete interview, click on this link https://bit.ly/4brEDjW and submit a request using the Comments box on this page Image: Rainbow Youth Services Poster. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections, Ephemera Collection
This excerpt features Toni Duder’s story recorded by Smita Biswas. Toni recollects the relationships with friends and family, discrimination at the boarding school, and the challenges faced while coming out. To listen to the complete interview, click on this link https://bit.ly/4946Ls6 and submit a request using the Comments box on this page Image: Rainbow Youth Services Poster. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections, Ephemera Collection
This excerpt features Calvin Hona interviewed by Luis Meirellis. Calvin recollects the experience at Waikato University, the uncertainty faced when leaving home and coming out, and the story of meeting his partner. To listen to the complete interview, click on this link https://bit.ly/497lsuw and submit a request using the Comments box on this page Image: Rainbow Youth Services Poster. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections, Ephemera Collection
This excerpt features the coming-out story of Shaun Hawthorne. The interview was conducted by Luis Meirelles and Toni Duder. Shaun talks about life in the ’80s, discovering more about himself in secondary school, coming out to his family and friends, being involved in the peace movements, moving into activism for gay rights and gender, and much more. To listen to the complete interview, click on this link https://bit.ly/4bsmgeL and submit a request using the Comments box on this page Image: Rainbow Youth Services Poster. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections, Ephemera Collection
Duncan Matthews was interviewed by Toni Duder. Duncan speaks about the challenges faced when coming out, how the decision to tell the family occurred, and relationships with the extended family. To listen to the complete interview, click on this link https://bit.ly/49gE5w9 and submit a request using the Comments box on this page. Image: Rainbow Youth Services Poster. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections, Ephemera Collection
Happy Pride! Alison is joined in the studio by two special guests, Rhi and Sebastian, who talk about some of their favourite queer reads. Celebrate Pride year-round and embrace your rainbow joy by exploring the huge and diverse range of books and resources at Auckland Libraries. Books mentioned on the show can be requested from the Auckland Libraries catalogue using the links below. Most titles are available in multiple formats. Dykette by Jenny Fran Davis (2023) https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=4c671c27-7174-5766-b987-21d5b3817d9b&entityType=FormatGroup Wayward Children series by Seanan McGuire (2016-2023) https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search?query=%22Wayward%20children%20;%22&searchType=series&pageSize=10 Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield (2022) https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=26511bf4-ff7f-5440-ab2c-cf43f3d33038&entityType=FormatGroup Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke (Eric LaRocca) (2021) https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=277e7b95-1d41-5da5-979a-75cf68abe6fe&entityType=FormatGroup The Stars & the Blackness Between Them by Junauda Petrus (2019) https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=8fb498da-0d18-5d27-b31b-aaf85ba77ec1&entityType=FormatGroup The Dos and Donuts of Love by Adiba Jaigirdar (2023) https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=f762893d-70d3-510c-9d08-a1ddf2455555&entityType=FormatGroup The Seep by Chana Porter (2020) https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=49ba1a4d-779d-5f35-92f4-3cdc68bf7dad&entityType=FormatGroup Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (2019) https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=4c5beba2-a7b8-56af-a47a-425691d9ba30&entityType=FormatGroup The Luminous Dead by Caitlin Starling (2019) https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=ba919808-bcd9-5dc0-83c9-fa4bba405ef5&entityType=FormatGroup Greta & Valdin by Rebecca K. Reilly (2021) https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=3acc0d05-1eaa-541b-9e08-c676b4e8acf8&entityType=FormatGroup
In this episode, we’re tuning in to the music making of early colonial New Zealand. We meet music librarian and curator Marilyn Portman to look at a collection of early music albums which were brought amongst personal possessions to Aotearoa, to become the soundtrack of life in the colony. To bring the soundtrack to life, we meet up with musician Polly Sussex who demonstrates music making on a square piano by playing from the Auckland Libraries musical manuscript collection. See a list of references for this episode below or get in touch with us by emailing libraryresearch@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz and we’ll make sure you can find the collection items of your interest. This podcast is part of a wider series of short films Ngako: The Collections Talk, available to view via aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/Ngako This episode was written and produced by Sue Berman, was recorded and produced by Benjamin Brooking and edited and engineered by Juliana Machado. This has been Ngako: The Collections Podcast - Musical Manuscripts Subscribe to check out the next episode! REFERENCES MANUSCRIPTS: Arthur Guyon Purchas. Williams Family albums of music. Book 1. 1852. MusMS-058-1. https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/manuscripts/id/13983#.YZQg-QJ0H64.link Williams family. Williams Family albums of music. Book 4. 1850s. MusMS-058-4. https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/manuscripts/id/14189#.YZQhBzXo3cU.link Arthur Guyon Purchas. Williams Family albums of music. Book 2. 1871. MusMS-058-2. https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/manuscripts/id/14054#.YZQhBH3bZDE.link Williams family. Williams Family albums of music. Book 3. 1850s. MusMS-058-3. https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/manuscripts/id/14079#.YZQi0u2J-fw.link PRINTED MUSIC: Henry R Bishop. I love thee Duetto, sung by Mrs. Bishop and Mr Braham, at the late Theatre Royal Drury Lane, in the opera of the Circassian bride. London: Goulding, D’Almaine, Potter & Co., 1810. https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=44105b58-4f27-4915-905b-584f27c91597&entityType=FormatGroup BOOKS: Kirstine Moffat. Piano forte: stories and soundscapes from colonial New Zealand. Dunedin: Otago University Press, 2011. https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=a2071fc3-60ff-5d93-81f5-502a7a46752c&entityType=FormatGroup Tessa Dudder. Sarah Mathew: explorer, journalist, and Auckland’s ‘First Lady.’ Auckland: David Ling Publishing Limited, 2015. https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=5c7a3794-eab3-5941-803f-cf1800ecb72e&entityType=FormatGroup RECORDING Polly Sussex. My devoted piano. 7 Nov 2019. https://soundcloud.com/auckland-libraries/my-devoted-piano-november-7-2019?si=067ea631a6b94afc812032ca9dbe3a1d&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing BLOG: Polly Sussex. Recreational music in 1840s Auckland. 17 Nov 2021. https://heritageetal.blogspot.com/2021/11/recreational-music-in-1840s-auckland.html Image credit: Williams Family albums of music. Book 1. 1852. MusMS-058-1. Pg 68 https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/manuscripts/id/13970
In this episode, we make a connection with poetry, poets, and the Auckland Central City Library. Research Librarian Elspeth Orwin takes us on a journey beyond the poetry book collection by sharing the voices of poets who interestingly also have a strong association with Libraries. We also meet and talk with poet and artist Ta Ilui who is both a regular Auckland Libraries user and who has contributed his own original work in the recent publication Rough Lives Speak. See a list of references for this episode below or get in touch with us by emailing libraryresearch@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz and we’ll make sure you can find the collection items of your interest. This podcast is part of a wider series of short films Ngako: The Collections Talk, available to view via aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/Ngako This episode was written and produced by Sue Berman, was recorded and produced by Benjamin Brooking and edited and engineered by Juliana Machado. This has been Ngako: The Collections - Podcast Auckland Poets and Libraries Subscribe to check out the next episode! REFERENCES Hone Tuwhare. No ordinary son: poems. Auckland: Random House, 1998. https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=f6d0cf52-037b-543a-b008-14d61065597a&entityType=FormatGroup Street Poets & Artists Collective Enterprise. Rough lives speak. Auckland: Auckland Council Libraries, 2022. https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=007e36f7-1c23-5acf-a42a-3a37405b3a07&entityType=FormatGroup RECORDINGS: Te Ara- The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Hone Tuwhare Reading Poems. 2010. https://teara.govt.nz/en/speech/29786/reading-poems The Globe tapes of 42 New Zealand poets read their work. Auckland: Hard Echo Press, 1985. https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=b488d187-7fca-5a83-8524-6882d03a0f75&entityType=FormatGroup Ngā Pātaka Kōrero- Auckland Libraries. No New Thing- R.A.K Mason. 2022. https://soundcloud.com/auckland-libraries/no-new-thing-r-k-mason?in=auckland-libraries/sets/real-gold-treasures-of-the Ta Iuli, oral history, 2012, Dominion Road Stories Collection, WOH-1095-002 https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/oralhistory/id/1448/rec/1 MUSIC LP: Arthur Rex Dugard Fairburn. A.R.D. Fairburn recording six of his poems. Wellington: The Mermaid Press, 1958. https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=0f0eea7f-0995-4f23-8eea-7f09953f2359&entityType=FormatGroup New Zealand poets read their work. Auckland: Waiata Recordings, 1974. https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=18861bb2-d9e5-46ee-861b-b2d9e5e6ee83&entityType=FormatGroup BLOG: Jane Wild. R.A.K Mason: a uniquely distinguished son of the city. 8 May 2017. https://heritageetal.blogspot.com/2017/05/r-k-mason-uniquely-distinguished-son-of.html Image credit: Ta Iuli at Auckland Central City Library, 2022, Benjamin Brooking for Ngako: The Collection Podcast.
In this episode, we view a unique poster printed in Rarotonga in 1849. Liam Koka'ua talks us through how this poster, Pepa 9, helped to introduce the people of Rarotonga to the Sámi people, who are indigenous to the far north of Scandinavia. Rare Book specialist Jane Wild adds to the story with an additional exploration into the research, the origins and the context of the poster printed in Rarotonga in 1849. This episode adds to the story The Pepa Trail - Printing in Rarotonga from our video series Ngako: The Collections Talk. See a list of references for this episode below or get in touch with us by emailing libraryresearch@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz and we’ll make sure you can find the collection items of your interest. This podcast is part of a wider series of short films Ngako: The Collections Talk, available to view via aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/Ngako This episode was written and produced by Sue Berman, was recorded and produced by Benjamin Brooking and edited and engineered by Juliana Machado. This has been Ngako: The Collections Podcast - Learning about Lapland in Rarotonga Subscribe to check out the next episode! REFERENCES Pepa. Rarotonga, 1840-1849. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections. https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/rarebooks/search/searchterm/pepa Pepa 9. E puke tangata Lapland teia, Rarotonga, 1840-1849. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections. https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/rarebooks/id/13709/rec/5 The Pepa Trail – Printing in Rarotonga, Auckland Libraries 2022 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYYnNKbzTts Heritage et AL Blog: Jane Wild. The printing press poster and other lessons: printing in Rarotonga in 1849 and the mission press. 4 Aug 2022. https://heritageetal.blogspot.com/2022/08/the-printing-press-poster-and-other.html Image credit: Pepa 9. E puke tangata Lapland teia, Rarotonga, 1840-1849. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections. https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/rarebooks/id/13709/rec/5
In this episode, we read Beauty and the Beast through four centuries of storytelling. Rare Book specialist Jane Wild describes the look and feel of the different stories in their time, how the style of writing and illustrative formats changed, and unfolds some exquisite paper engineering. Children’s librarian Clare Cudmore-Neame adds to the story by sharing her insights and experience of the role of fairytales for children today. See a list of references for this episode below or get in touch with us by emailing libraryresearch@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz and we’ll make sure you can find the collection items of your interest. This podcast is part of a wider series of short films Ngako: The Collections Talk, available to view via aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/Ngako This episode was written and produced by Sue Berman, was recorded and produced by Benjamin Brooking and edited and engineered by Juliana Machado. Music credit: Piano performance by Marilyn Portman played from the score in the book Julia Corner. Beauty and the beast: an entertainment for young people. London: Dean and Son, 1854. This has been Ngako: The Collections Podcast - Beauty and the Beast Subscribe to check out the next episode! REFERENCES Beauty and the beast, or the magic rose. With eight coloured engravings. London, 1825. Record ID b1940431. https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/rarebooks/id/12649 https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=288cf24d-14ea-5bf5-ba75-00e4cf0d49cc&entityType=FormatGroup Le cabinet des fées, ou, Collection choisie des contes des fées, et autres contes merveilleux, ornés de figures. Amsterdam: Rue et hôtel Serpente, 1785-1789. https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=b34713c6-b8ae-5472-9ea9-2b0595d0b6c0&entityType=FormatGroup Julia Corner. Beauty and the beast: an entertainment for young people. London: Dean and Son, 1854. https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=4aa745a8-63f0-54d8-8849-8a813a73a10e&entityType=FormatGroup Charles Lamb. Beauty and the beast. London: Field & Tuer, The Leadenhall Press, 1887. https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=5e2d2750-923b-5d88-8656-39f22fd9437c&entityType=FormatGroup Constance Wilde. A long time ago: favourite stories. London: Ernest Nister, 1891. https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=cadffb99-dd62-5c90-a9d3-4ef9d9d3f155&entityType=FormatGroup Charles Perrault. Old- time stories. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1921. https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=6441163f-1476-5ec6-959d-0a6376608b73&entityType=FormatGroup Beauty and the beast. From: Peepshow books. London: Chatto & Windus, 1950. https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=860123fe-2f77-52b4-a3ad-33e924711bf5&entityType=FormatGroup Philippa Pearce. Beauty and the beast. London: Longman Young books, 1972. https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=7aab6a2b-ca79-5b20-b090-569fdd9b2533&entityType=FormatGroup Robert Sabuda. Beauty and the beast: a pop-up book of the classic fairytale. New York: Little Simon, 2010s. https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=92d90121-205a-5d59-b75b-507de6d968fc&entityType=FormatGroup Gabrielle- Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve. The beauty and the beast. New York: Harper Design, 2017. https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=ee3aa6fc-2e19-5f73-8eb0-402e24e5feb9&entityType=FormatGroup Image: Jane Wild unfolds Robert Sabuda's, Beauty and the Beast, 2022, Benjamin Brooking for Ngako: The Collection Podcast.
In this episode, we take a trip back in time to the Victorian craze for fern collecting and how Fernmania was documented. Rare Book curator Renée Orr describes the work of Herbert Dobbie and Eric Craig who collected and documented ferns of Aotearoa in the last part of the nineteenth century. We are also joined by a contemporary print artist and book maker Makyla Curtis who shares her inspiration and print work using ferns. See a list of references for this episode below or get in touch with us by emailing libraryresearch@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz and we’ll make sure you can find the collection items of your interest. This podcast is part of a wider series of short films Ngako: The Collections Talk, available to view via aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/Ngako This episode was written and produced by Sue Berman, was recorded and produced by Benjamin Brooking and edited and engineered by Juliana Machado. This has been Ngako: The Collections Podcast - Fernmania Subscribe to check out the next episode! REFERENCES Herbert Dobbie, ‘New Zealand Ferns’, Whitcombe & Tombs, Auckland, 1921. https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/rarebooks/id/13930/rec/1 Herbert Dobbie, ‘145 varieties of New Zealand ferns.’ Part 1.’ 1880. https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/rarebooks/id/13821/rec/2 Eric Craig, ‘New Zealand ferns: 172 varieties.’ 1892. Fern Mounter Princes St, Auckland [Second Edition] https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/rarebooks/id/13845/rec/1 Sarah Whittingham, ‘Fern fever: the story of Pteridomania,’ Frances Lincoln, London, 2012. https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=8957489a-a0e8-5e7e-a0f5-b9412cf0a349&entityType=FormatGroup Margaret Thomson, ‘The fern and flower album, for preserving dried specimens of ferns, flowers, seaweeds, &c.’ 1878. https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=d8efed72-50e3-5154-8762-9061ecd73c4e&entityType=FormatGroup Makyla Curtis. ‘Artist file.’ Available at Takapuna Angela Morton Collection. https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=4aea07c6-6b00-541c-8276-bba59c35170e&entityType=FormatGroup Makyla Curtis, ‘Apertures.’ 2021. https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=245b2567-90e7-54fa-bd6f-5b043e52641d&entityType=FormatGroup Makyla Curtis, ‘Advance/ Recede.’ 2019. https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=03a8d70f-9cec-583b-8899-d4023d750ca7&entityType=FormatGroup Makyla Curtis, ‘Abstract compositions project ’12.’ 2011. https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=e450bb97-c267-5860-af7e-f2ac1132041e&entityType=FormatGroup ZINES: See a variety of multimedia publications here: https://makyla.wordpress.com/ Makyla Curtis, ‘Ngā makenu.’ 2016. https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=43fc789f-475f-560d-8806-25126802affa&entityType=FormatGroup Makyla Curtis, ‘I titohia ē nei kōrero paki e ngā ngeru.’ 2016. https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=d323e1d3-bc23-547b-b9dc-b1ff7de1ecd5&entityType=FormatGroup Makyla Curtis, ‘On rocks.’ 2018. https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=6820a4ea-ff41-5e0c-83c5-a08c0790dafb&entityType=FormatGroup Image Credit: New Zealand ferns: 172 varieties Illustrated by Eric Craig, 1892, Fern Mounter Princes St, Auckland [Second Edition], pg: 27 https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/rarebooks/id/13845/rec/1
In this episode, we look at old sporting magazines from 'the stack' with Heritage Collections curator Andrew Henry and gain insights into how New Zealand sport was written about by journalists in the mid-20th century. We talk also with history student Katia Kennedy who shares her findings on the sports being played at that time, how these were viewed, and the culture around men's and women's sports participation. See a list of references for this episode below or get in touch with us by emailing libraryresearch@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz and we’ll make sure you can find the collection items of your interest. This podcast is part of a wider series of short films Ngako: The Collections Talk, available to view via aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/Ngako This episode was written and produced by Sue Berman, was recorded and produced by Benjamin Brooking and edited and engineered by Juliana Machado. This has been Ngako: The Collections Podcast - Sports Writing in the mid-20th Century. Subscribe to check out the next episode! REFERENCES The New Zealand sportsman. Wellington, 1946-1958. https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=cb6638b1-cb27-59f0-b4bd-79e6aed788e0&entityType=FormatGroup N.Z. sportswoman. Wellington: N.Z. sporting journals, 1949. https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=9450e103-41f3-5761-9a50-e513b1383e7e&entityType=FormatGroup Women in sport: the magazine for every sportswoman. Devenport: D.E. Simons, 1948-1949. https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=f6e01bc7-8999-5d9f-a5ce-9dfbf1b8abed&entityType=FormatGroup Rachel Hewitt. In her nature: how women break boundaries in the great outdoors. London: Chatto & Windus, 2023. https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=aebe04df-f833-5b90-9b43-41c446561d7a&entityType=FormatGroup HERITAGE TALKS: Women’s sport in Auckland with Katia Kennedy. 23 March 2023. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euRVAqtgvVE Image credit: The New Zealand Sportsman magazines, 2022, Benjamin Brooking
In this episode, we explore the world of Ava through a printed text of Samoan solo and the experience of library specialists Nia Vavao and Pamata Toleafoa. We visit Anau and Todd at the Four Shells Kava Lounge and learn how Kava is integral to life across Te Moana-nui-ā-Kiwa and valued and enjoyed here in Tāmaki Makaurau. See a list of references for this episode below or get in touch with us by emailing libraryresearch@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz and we’ll make sure you can find the collection items of your interest. This podcast series is made with Auckland Libraries Content Creation funding and is part of a wider series of short films Ngako: The Collections Talk, available to view via aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/Ngako This episode was written and produced by Sue Berman, was recorded and produced by Benjamin Brooking and edited and engineered by Juliana Machado. This has been Ngako: The Collections Podcast - Ava, Kava, Kawa Subscribe to check out the next episode! REFERENCES George Pratt. Some folk songs and myths from Samoa: six solos about the kava (plant and drink). Sydney, 1890. https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=5da08344-49d4-593d-8321-e6b1f0ed06ce&entityType=FormatGroup Augustin Kramer. The Samoa Islands: an outline of a monograph with particular consideration of German Samoa. Volume 1 & 2. Auckland: Polynesian Press, 1994/1995. https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=def09ab7-6fb0-5235-a7ae-79b355f3a22d&entityType=FormatGroup Bernard Gadd. Kava ceremony, Hillary College, Ōtara. 1973. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections, Footprints 00037. https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/43386/rec/1 Four Shells Kava Lounge https://fourshellskava.co.nz/ Image credit: Nia Vavao and Pamata Toleafoa, 2022, Benjamin Brooking for Ngako: The Collection Podcast.
In this episode, we find meaning and history in the Auckland Tramping Club’s newsletter Wanderlust. Archivist Sharon Smith shares her insights gleaned from reading the Wanderlust magazine in the period of publication during the Second World War. We are joined by current Auckland Tramping Club members, Ian, Anna and Dennis, on the Club’s programme of tramps and their preparation for the upcoming Club centenary celebrations. See a list of references for this episode below or get in touch with us by emailing libraryresearch@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz and we’ll make sure you can find the collection items of your interest. This podcast is part of a wider series of short films Ngako: The Collections Talk, available to view via aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/Ngako This episode was written and produced by Sue Berman, was recorded and produced by Benjamin Brooking and edited and engineered by Juliana Machado. This has been Ngako: The Collections Podcast - Wanderlust in the War years. Subscribe to check out the next episode! REFERENCES Archive [5 x minute books]: NZMS 1230. Auckland Tramping Club. Records. Lantern Slides: Photograph Accession 282 Wanderlust: Research Central Basement Serial 796.92 W24 Wanderlust Junior: Special Collections Basement Serial 796.92 W24 Auckland Tramping Club. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections. https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/search/searchterm/auckland%20tramping%20club https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/search/searchterm/auckland%20tramping%20club MAGAZINE: Wanderlust. Auckland: ATC, 1936-2020. https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=536310d2-8b91-5ea4-8a70-fc9f7f0fe483&entityType=FormatGroup Wanderlust Junior. Auckland: Junior Section, ATC, 1946-1948. https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=2d638400-6e41-5453-a49f-1e539ebf4910&entityType=FormatGroup Catalogue Search: Auckland Tramping Club https://tinyurl.com/ypt8yvjb Auckland tramping club. Rules and regulations. Auckland: ATC, 2000. https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=ce16b05d-7d25-5a78-809a-8b2cd36ed60b&entityType=FormatGroup Auckland Tramping Club. Constitution and rules. Auckland: The Club, 1976. https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=58646575-9c91-5999-8588-6bda68c6ddbe&entityType=FormatGroup Auckland Tramping Club. Nineteen Twenty-Five to 1975: 50 years tramping. The Club, 1975. https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=231b716c-5b61-5e84-a8d3-c6be3bbec30c&entityType=FormatGroup Twenty-one years with boots and pack: issued in celebration of the twenty- first birthday of the Auckland Tramping Club (INC.), 1925-1946. Auckland: ATC (Inc.), 1946. https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search/card?id=95da9a4f-5951-584d-b361-b06630a6d2e6&entityType=FormatGroup WEBSITES: Katrina Laan. The story of an Auckland Tramping club map. 25 June 2018. https://heritageetal.blogspot.com/2018/06/the-story-of-auckland-tramping-club-map.html Auckland tramping club. https://aucktramping.org.nz/ Soundscape: Bird Recording - Department of Conservation https://www.doc.govt.nz/nature/native-animals/birds/bird-songs-and-calls/ Image reference: Three trampers on the road from Happy Valley, 1942, Photographer Isabel Woods. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections JTD-04J-03104 https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/51490/rec/1
A plaque in Devonport marks where in October 1847, Lieutenant Snow and his family were murdered in their beds. One of the perpetrators was subsequently hung on the same site. Who would commit such a crime? Māori Rebels hoping to incite a war, or was it the result of a botched robbery or an argument? Join author and journalist Sarah Ell as she shares her research on this murder and how it sheds light on the issues facing an emerging colony.
Doctors With Instruments from the acclaimed ensemble Pohadka launch the Spring series with a stunning programme contrasting icy and mystical Scandinavian music with warm and upbeat Jewish tunes. The Trio will explore lesser known pieces by Nordic composers Emil Hartmann and Peter Heise. These will be contrasted with the exuberant Klezmer style championed by the Trio with the tunes from Hungarian composer Béla Kovács and Canadian composer Srul Irving Glick. The combination of clarinet, cello and piano, coupled with an innovative repertoire will appeal to both experienced and casual classical music listeners . (Due to copyrights, the recording of Klezmer tunes could not be published in this podcast).
The Kaha Trio brings us the Winter Wanderer - a journey through two piano trios from Felix Mendelssohn and Joseph Haydn. Haydn’s Trio in G major, is also nicknamed the ‘Gypsy’ trio . As a lover of folk music, Haydn incorporated the tunes from the Verbunko dances performed by Austrian soldiers which can be especially heard in the rondo movement of this work. Felix Mendelssohn wrote his second Piano Trio in 1845, in the final years of his life, by which time he had developed a rich harmonic language. Throughout , one can hear reflections of his Songs Without Words and also his Midsummers Nights Dream while the finale introduces a Lutheran Chorale tune. The piece races to the finish line in a fortissimo final cadence worthy of a concerto.
In collaboration with the University of Auckland, Catherine and Jesse bring us an exciting programme which comprises four-hand piano works and solo performances, ranging from the mid-eighteenth century to the twentieth century. As a duet, they present Mozart’s Sonata in D major K.381. Composed in the Galant style, it features elegant melodies, simplicity, and clarity. They will also play Mendelssohn’s Andante and Allegro Brillante, salon music graced with polished elegance and craftsmanship. This duet is almost never played in the piano four-hands repertoire - a hidden gem for sure! The concert will also explore solo performances, including Ravel’s Ondine, Prokofiev’s Piano Sonata No. 7... and more! Catherine and Jesse are both students from the University of Auckland. Jesse is currently under the tutelage of Sarah Watkins and Bryan Sayer, and Catherine is studying under Richard Liu. At the University, Jesse is a recipient of the Kathleen Mary Reardon Memorial Music Scholarship and the Carl and Alberta Rosenfeldt Prize in Chamber Music. Other awards include Llewelyn Jones Prize in Music for Piano (1st Prize) and First at the Sixth Virtuoso International Competition in Korea. Additionally, he is a member of the APO’s Aspiring Musicians Program. Aside from piano playing, Jesse is also a passionate violinist and violist. Catherine was awarded Runner-up and Peoples' Choice at the National Young Performer of the Year Award and also 'Best Performance of a NZ work' at the National Piano Competition in 2022. Catherine gave her debut solo recital last year as part of the Lewis Eady Charitable Trust Emerging Artists' Series, and is a current APO Haydn Staples Piano Scholar.
Kotuku Quintet Simon Ansell (violin), John Seager (violin), Judith Gust (viola), Sally-Anne Brown (cello), Louise Webster (piano). The Kotuku Quintet returns with the Piano quintet in F minor, op. 34 by Johannes Brahms. Described as his greatest piece of chamber music it is probably the most frequently performed of his chamber works. Brahms was a demanding self-critic, and the quintet went through several iterations, beginning life as a string quintet, then transcribed into a sonata for two pianos before ending as a work for piano and string quartet. Here, the dual sides of his musical nature – dark, turbulent romanticism and rigorous classicism – were in their most fruitful conflict and balance, the music covering a wide spectrum of moods: majesty, serenity, tension, foreboding, anger and joy. Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34 Johannes Brahms 1. Allegro non troppo 2. Andante, un poco adagio 3. Scherzo: Allegro 4. Finale: Poco sostenuto – Allegro non troppo – Presto, non troppo
Martin Griffiths and Polly Sussex (cellos) and Sherry Grant (piano) combine their substantial literary knowledge with musical interpretations of depth and intrigue in celebration of Katherine Mansfield's Centenary year. In 1908 Garnet Trowell, an aspiring violinist from Wellington, became the lover of Katherine Mansfield, who studied cello with his twin brother Arnold Trowell. Together they played Chopin and discussed poetry while living together in London, the home-away-from-home for colonial New Zealanders. Their collaborations inspired Mansfield to take up writing as a full time career. In turn she inspired generations of artists, including those represented in this performance, entirely made up of musical responses to Katherine's poetry and stories. Music inspired by Katherine Mansfield's poems: Voices of the air (1916) music composed by Nigel Keay To L.H.B. (1916) music composed by Michael Bell (originally for voice and piano) I was a bird (1908) music composed by Michelle Velvin The Opal dream cave (1910) music composed by Joshua Dawson.
By 1923 the Jazz Age was in full swing in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, with a variety of venues to listen and dance to jazz. The Dixieland, Trades Hall, Cafeteria, and the Click Clack Cabaret were all popular destinations. Join us as Dr Aleisha Ward takes us on a digital tour of these venues. She will explore the bands, audiences, and scandalous behavior that had morality campaigners concerned for the safety of people's character Photograph Bob Adams's Jazz Band in the Auckland Town Hall, 1920, Photographer S G Dobson. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections 1504-16,
Portrait of George Lewis Becke [cropped], ca. 1900, by unknown, vintage gelatin silver print, State Library of New South Wales, DL PX 158. Public Domain. Join expert Allegra Marshall as she helps us learn about the life and work of author Louis Becke. At the turn of the nineteenth century, he was the most prolific, significant, and internationally renowned Australian-born writer of the South Pacific region and was often described as Australia's answer to Robert Louis Stevenson. If after listening to this talk, you wish to read one of his works then simply click https://discover.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/search?query=Louis%20Becke&searchType=everything&pageSize=10&pageNum=1 to view the collection held by Auckland Libraries.
In this track we hear exhibition curators' Jane Wild and Renee Orr share impressions, selections and insights into medieval manuscripts currently on display in the Gallery - Level 2 Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero | Central City Library. "For most of the medieval period, from the 5th to the 15th century, books were copied out and decorated by hand. These are the books we call medieval manuscripts. For this exhibition we have selected just nine of these miraculous books to show the range of Auckland Libraries’ exceptional collection. They include 12th century Greek Gospels, a tiny ‘Pocket Bible’ and massive lectern Bibles. A Latin translation of Aristotle features extensive marginalia, including the description of a lunar eclipse in 1312. Painted and illuminated pages include dragons, saints and intricate border decorations." We invite you to explore digitised versions of our Rare Book and Manuscript Collections on Kura Heritage Collections Online, or come in and get up close in person. Exhibition is open until 11 Nov 2023. https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/ Image: St. George. From: Rossdhu Book of Hours, between 1450 -1475. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections, MedMS-G146
In this session we get up close with the 15th Century French manuscript the Consolation of Philosophy by Boethius, followed by a discussion of some fragments of very early medieval manuscripts found as part of the binding of a bible printed in 1480. Ngā mihi nui ki a koutou katoa - welcome to this podcast celebrating our Auckland Libraries Rare Books and Manuscripts collection. This track was recorded in 2019 as part of a series of talks delivered by Rare Book specialist Georgia Prince. Ref to content: Le livre de Boèce de consolacion https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/manuscripts/id/17669/rec/1 Image: Detail from Epistola beati. Latin, Basel, 1480. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections, 1480 BIBL Don’t miss your opportunity to visit our Heritage Collections exhibition Miraculous: medieval manuscripts on display in the Level 2 Gallery of Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero – The Central City Library – from 16 August to 11 November 2023. We invite you to explore digitised versions of our Rare Book and Manuscript Collections on Kura Heritage Collections Online, or make an appointment to view in person in our Special Collections Reading Room – Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero – The Central City Library.
