Married to Averil; livied in Remuera, Auckland, in 1983. Brother of poet Thomas Allen Curnow. Died July 2003.
Curnow, John Henry Tremayne, 1910-2003
There are 3 related items to this topic
Manuscript
Correspondence - Mainly from London and Menton
Date: 1982-1983
From: Curnow, Thomas Allen Monro, 1911-2001 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-2402-57
Description: Also includes family correspondence with Wystan Curnow, Belinda Morley (nee Curnow) C H Tole, JHI Curnow and Hilary Curnow; also letter from [?] Geo Howarth, Nottingham; and letter to Monkey, thanking him/her for standing in at an awards giving ceremony Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.
Other
Allen - Funeral service - Obituaries
Date: 2001-2003
From: Curnow family: Collection
Reference: MS-Papers-12905-032
Description: Material related to the death of Allen Curnow on 23 September 2001, including a death certificate and estate business, and letters to Wystan Curnow. Also material related to Curnow’s brother John and his estate. Title transcribed from original enclosure. Arrangement: Included clippings of newspaper obituaries. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Transfers: Obituaries from the 'Otago Daily Times' and The Sunday Star Times' are at MSI-Papers-12095-4.. Processing information: Newspaper clippings were removed for storage reasons.
Audio
Interview with Robert Consedine
Date: 18 Mar 2000
From: CORSO 50th anniversary oral history project
By: Consedine, Robert Anthony, 1942-
Reference: OHInt-0504/04
Description: Robert Anthony Consedine born Christchurch 1942. Outlines family background - working class Irish catholics from large families. Recalls being trained to be involved in community and with a strong sense of justice. Describes: school days at Addington Convent; sporting activities; childhood jobs and Catholic School system. Recalls on leaving St Bede's College going to work in Insurance Office for 4 years and National Service for 4 years and gives details of activities at Waiouru. Other topics discussed include: involvement with Catholic Youth Movement (YCW); Lay Apostolate, with reference to Bishop Brian Ashby; travel experience; work for St Vincent de Paul; organiser for CORSO; exposure to liberation movements; visit of Tissa Balisuriya from Sri Lanka in 1972; involvement with agency for The New Internationalist [development magazine]; trip to Asia with John Curnow in 1973; visit of Dennis Brutus, a South African poet to New Zealand; HART, with reference to Trevor Richards; involvement with non-violent direct action training, with reference to George Lakey and socio-drama; involvement with formation of group known as `Action against the tour'; Women's Movement; experience as house husband while wife, Trish, went out to work; court action against [Robert] Muldoon and Norm Jones; publishing of book `New Zealand 1984 Ltd'; feelings on leaving CORSO, with reference to Toby Truell; local parish community, with reference to Kevin Burns (Parish Priest); fight on electricity issue, aiming to create a national debate about price of electricity in proportion to income, and demonstrating the power of community, referring to visit to Christchurch from Bill Birch; Communism, with reference to North Korea; interest in alternatives to Capitalism; Work with Presbyterian Support Services; Project Waitangi, workshops and involvement with Nga Tahu and Irihapeti Ramsden. Talks about daughter's (Suzanne) death while on a training course at Outward Bound School, family's reaction, support from friends, funeral and result of inquest. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Interviewer(s) - Cecily McNeill Accompanying material - Article on report into death of Suzannah Consedine during an Outward Bound programme Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-011173-011178; OHLC-005460-005465 Quantity: 5 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 4.10 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-3909. 2 coloured photographs of Robert Consedine 18-3-2000