The Past and the Curious: Tauranga in 16 mm

Summary

SpeakerHarley CouperShort BioHeritage Specialist, Tauranga City Libraries IntroductionAn introduction to Norman Blackie (1899-1993), an amateur filmmaker who lived much of his life in Tauranga. When this talk was given in 2022, the first five of 22 films deposited with Ngā Taonga had just been digitised and added to Pae Korokī.

See the Norman Blackie audiovisual collection here: https://paekoroki.tauranga.govt.nz/nodes/view/60302YouTube

Audio Visual Files

Cameron Road - 1950

Coronation festivities (1953)

Walter Nash visits Hūria Marae, and more from 1957-1960

Speedboats, a beauty contest and building demolished - 1960

Orange Festival 1961

Orange Festival and the Thai Royal Visit - 1962

Anzac Day Parades, 1962 - 1976

Orange Festivals from 1962 to 1979

Coloured Fountain & Royal Visit - 1963

Te Ao Mārama - Tauranga 1964 - Newsreel

Miss Mountfort - Queen 1965

Orange Festival 1967

Opening of Tauranga Airport, Highland Games - 1967

Royal Visit to Te Ao Mārama - Tauranga - 23 March 1970 and 1977

Orange Festival 1971

Carving and Launching Te Awanui (1972)

A caricature of Norman Blackie during the Queens visit in 1977

Occasion/ProjectThe Past and the CuriousSourcesThe Norman Blackie Collection

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Kaitiakitanga StatementWe ask that, in addition to normal copyright and privacy considerations, users of our heritage resources uphold the mana and dignity of the people, communities and places depicted within.Cultural/Ethical StatusNoaRestrictionsNo cultural/ethical restrictions apply. However, the copyright holder has assigned a Creative Commons license.CopyrightTauranga City LibrariesCopyright Holder Contact DetailsResearch@tauranga.govt.nzLicenseCC BY 4.0

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Start here:Blackie, Norman Wakefield, 1899-1983 (Person)Part of Audio Visual FileThe Norman Blackie Collection

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The Past and the Curious: Tauranga in 16 mm