WWII NZ 📻 listeners responded massively to hearing the voices of loved ones fighting on the other side of the world, in an era before even international phone calls. (Ngā mihi to @AtakohuM for her awhi with this article for NZJPH)

And if even half of what she said transpired the night she met Prince is true 😕 yikes.

“However cordial the initial business transaction here—the process by which Prince allowed her to record and release his song—forget all that. This is a hostile takeover. Sinéad embodies this song on a molecular level. She changes the fundamental meaning of this song.”.

If you remember the impact of Sinéad O’Connor and that 1990 video for ‘Nothing compares 2u’, this podcast is fascinating listening. RIP

Harakeke in unlikely places: outside The Beast’s castle, in a rainy Tokyo Disneyland.

Can we please install thermal foot baths at some NZ museums. Nothing like soaking the dogs while gazing out at Henry Moores. (Hakone Open Air Museum,Japan)

RT @uoclibrary: Got plans for the weekend? Saturday's London Coronation of King Charles III might not be on everyone's calendar, but back i….

Like “Skin” Moore of Taihape, who was wounded in 1941, separated from his patrol and thought to be a prisoner of war. Instead, he walked 200 miles through the desert with minimal supplies until he was picked up by the Free French 10 days later. (Image ATL ref. DA-02090-F)

Some vintage radio for #ANZAC day. Listen to the incredible stories of the NZers in the Long Range Desert Group, who fought the Sahara Desert, as much as the enemy.

Congratulations Victoria - it sums up the immense value of Online Cenotaph. In my research, I wouldn’t be able to put names to the voices of those who served without Cenotaph, so invaluable!.

RT @aucklandmuseum: #OnlineCenotaph is celebrating more than 25 years since it's launch in December 1996. To mark this significant mileston….

A new blog on the fascinating sound (and film) archives of the NZers in the Long Range Desert Group

Sunrise and rain colliding with gorgeous results in Chch this morning

Nero and Moki run the Kūaotunu Store. Been rushed off their paws this weekend, so resting up #catswithjobs

Correcting myself to shout out to @ChristchurchLib who did an amazing job providing temporary library spaces for best part of a decade. The first one reopened in South City mall within weeks 😭IYKYK.

I used to say to my kids “By the time you’re in your 20s this city will be back.“ A generation of Chch kids deserve this after childhoods in broken neighbourhoods, building-site schools, a city with no CBD, swimming pools, Library

RT @RRRDonner: #OTD My great-great-aunt Mildred Harnack was beheaded on Hitler’s direct order. Born in Milwaukee, she graduated from the Un….

RT @ddavidrenshaw: Probably one of the best British singles of all time. RIP Terry Hall.

New blog post from my #WWII radio research - one for you @nzjazzhistory (cocktails included!). Jazz at Shepheard's Hotel, 1941

Hold that thought - might need a VPN 🤔.