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Haurongo: Dennis, Jonathan Spencer

Jonathan Dennis on the founding of the Film Archive

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In this 2001 interview, Jonathan Dennis tells Elizabeth Alley of his efforts to initiate a film archive for New Zealand. The photograph shows him seated in his New Zealand Film Archive office in Wellington in the 1980s.

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Reference: A0959 If I dreamed of being anything Part 1

Image: Private collection

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Emma-Jean Kelly. 'Dennis, Jonathan Spencer', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 2021. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/speech/47417/jonathan-dennis-on-the-founding-of-the-film-archive (accessed 4 June 2026).