Ngā Taonga Sound Archives – New Zealand and India on the airwaves. | A Gallery from Afternoons

Ngā Taonga Sound Archives looks at recordings about ties between NZ and India this week, as Diwali is being celebrated around the country

Wellington Indian community broadcaster Bala Thomson (via Facebook)

Former Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi (via Wikimedia Commons)

Rangoli, Diwali decorations made of coloured powder. (via Wikimedia Commons)

Indian sailors from INS Rajput parade through Wellington, 1951 (Evening Post newspaper courtesy Alexandre Turnbull Library)

A Sikh crew member from INS Rajput, 1951 (Evening Post newspaper courtesy Alexandre Turnbull Library)

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Ngā Taonga Sound Archives – New Zealand and India on the airwaves.