Interview with Tony Henderson

Tony Henderson was born in Rakaia in 1949. Describes growing up and being educated in Christchurch. Talks about working for the NZ Forest Service in the holidays, becoming a ranger trainee in the Ashley Forest in 1968 and training at the Forest Ranger school in Rotorua in 1969. Describes supervising gangs in the Balmoral Forest and then returning to Ashley Forest as a ranger between 1971 and 1976. Talks about getting married and living in the forestry village. Describes the different career structures of rangers and foresters. Notes that there were six conservancies and conservators were usually foresters (usually graduates) rather than rangers.

Describes being in charge of the Te Kao subdivision of Aupori Forest and becoming familiar with Maori culture. Talks about planting marram and trees. Describes a two year Foreign Affairs secondment, supervising tree planing in Western Samoa, as a positive family experience. Outlines the rest of his career which included being second in command at Gwavas Forest in Hawkes Bay and at Ashley Forest before becoming Officer in Charge at Geraldine Forest at the time of corporatisation. Comments on voluntary severance, redundancy and the effect of corporatisation at the local level. Mentions his position as Forestry and Logging Mananger for the Aorangi District.

Venue - Timaru : 1988

Interviewer(s) - Hugo Manson

Venue - Mr Henderson's home at Timaru

Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-001902; OHC-001903; OHC-001904

Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 3 Hours Duration.

Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB 299.

Search dates: 1949 - 1988