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New Zealand's national anthems
Film: game cancelled in Hamilton, 1981 Springbok tour
'Poi E' by the Patea Maori Club
Film: the third test - 1981 Springbok tour
Film: clash on Molesworth St - 1981 Springbok tour
Dancing Cossacks political TV ad
Film: Gisborne game, 1981 Springbok tour
'She's a mod' by Ray Columbus and the Invaders
Film: police and the first test - 1981 Springbok tour
Wahine disaster on television
John Minto - 1981 Springbok tour
Dave Dobbyn and 'Loyal'
'How bizarre'
Kiri Te Kanawa
Film: ferry in Cook Strait on a rough day
Kiwis' attitude to Christmas
Film: trench life in the First World War
Film: Ron Don - 1981 Springbok tour
Film: opposing views - 1981 Springbok tour
Fat Freddy's Drop
Suburban Reptiles - New Zealand punk
Te Roopu o te Matakite march on Parliament, 1975
Shihad
'French letter' by Herbs
Kiwi wins the 1983 Melbourne Cup
Phar Lap wins the 1930 Melbourne Cup
Underarm incident - New Zealand cricket
Film: fighting at the Somme and Messines
First film of the Erebus disaster
Film: troops departing New Zealand, 1914 and 1915
Waitangi Day in 1960
Labour Party TV commercial, 1969
Wright Brothers flight, 1908
Film: Antarctic Adventure
Empire Rose wins the 1988 Melbourne Cup
USS Halibut nuclear submarine
Interview with Prime Minister Keith Holyoake, 1963
Film clip: moving to the Hutt Valley
Film clip: Vietnam War protest at Parliament
Reclaiming Bastion Point - roadside stories
Film: game one of 1981 Springbok tour
Edmund Hillary returns to New Zealand, 1953
Van der Hum wins 1976 Melbourne Cup
Film clip: haka at the NZ Centennial, 1940
Ethereal wins the 2001 Melbourne Cup
Richard Hadlee at the Gabba, 1985
Maungakiekie-One Tree Hill - roadside stories
Gustavus Ferdinand von Tempsky
Film: inspecting the troops, 1917
United Tribes flag from Te Papa
Film clip: housing shortages
Edmund Hillary obituary on One News
Film clip: government architect, state housing
Wellington santa parade in 1958
Athletes prepare for 1954 Commonwealth Games
Film: the North Island main trunk line
1911 film of electioneering in Wellington
Film Ross Sea appeal - Children meet Hillary
Film: first ballot under the 1916 Military Service Act
Journey for three documentary

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