Algal blooms

Date: 1 Dec 1999 - 01 Dec 1999

From: Mussel farming oral history project

By: Archer, Beryl, active 1979-1999; Hebberd, John, active 1984-1999

Reference: OHInt-0491-01

Description: Beryl Archer and John Hebberd discuss their mussel farming business. Beryl, fourth generation Sounds farmer from Tuna Bay, Tennyson Inlet, backgrounds getting into the mussel industry with her sister Nanette in 1979, setting up company Super Seeders, later working with Bill Wallace and John Hebberd. Refers to yacht `Gazebo' and recalls buying harvesting barge `Hercules'. Also refers to boat `Shangri-la'. Backgrounds the setting up of Rai Valley processing factory Pelorus Products. Mentions A J Walker & Sons (Christchurch), Ray Roach, Archer family, Dave Stewart, Harry Leo, Mickey Foster and John Marshall and Co. wool and skin buyers. Also mentions involvement with MFA and Mussell Pormotion Council. John, a dairy and beef farmer in Rai Valley, recalls first mussel farm at Beatrix Bay and partnership with Beryl Archer. Describes building 40ft boat, `Scylla'. Discusses problems with Pelorus Products and refers to the Stock Market crash in 1987 when the company collapsed, retrieval by John Turner until further problems with a toxic bloom followed by listeria again caused collapse, taken over by Skeggs who ran factory successfully until it burned down. Interviewer(s) - Carol Dawber Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-007871 Quantity: 1 C90 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 45 Minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-2099.

Date: 13 Dec 1999

From: Mussel farming oral history project

By: Hayden, Barbara, active 1970s-1999

Reference: OHInt-0491-13

Description: Barbara Hayden discusses involvement with National Health Institute (now part of ESR) doing marine microbiology, monitoring shellfish farms and trying to set up systems for safe harvesting in the late 1970s. Compares today's large consortia with `one farmer one boat' in the early days which did everything from catching spat to harvesting. Refers to Don Mitchell's first harvester and John Meredyth Young's garage full of scarecoutta. Discusses: Kaitaia spat and toxic blooms (1992-1993); respect for farmers; bickering between sectors; scientific milestones; involvement in community life and social events; export industry; MIC meetings; women's role, with reference to Beryl Archer, Molly Godsiff, Liz Clarke, Jean Phipps (FIB); rough weather conditions with reference to Cyclone Bola. Also mentions Bert Battenberg, Graeme Clarke, Talbot Jamieson, Bruce Hearn, Rob Pooley, Chris Godsiff, and John Hebberd. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Interviewer(s) - Carol Dawber Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-007886 Quantity: 1 C90 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1.30 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-2111. Photocopies of 13 b&w and 12 coloured photographs

Date: 10 Nov 1999

From: Mussel farming oral history project

By: Hitchins, Mike, active 1979-1999

Reference: OHInt-0491-14

Description: Mike Hitchins backgrounds involvement in the mussel industry business when he was asked to make floats. Recalls setting up partnership with Tim Batley and Talbot Jamieson and outlines growth of company, Pernaful Holdings, which they established late 1980. Refers to Dave Antunovich and PBA (Pickering, Brownlee and Antunovich). Discusses development of American market (1983), with reference to Greenlips. Mentions Boyd Wilson and research based in Nelson which found greenshell mussel could be kept alive for 14 days in chilled condition under ceiling of melted ice. Refers to machines made for all Woolworths stores and setting up Shellfish Farms Ltd. Talks about the algal bloom of 1993 which shut down farms, causing banks to foreclose, which meant exit from the industry. Mentions first land-based seeding machine at Clova Bay. Refers to buying the `Ben Veg' in the 1980s. Other boats owned included Millenium Falcon and Audrey J. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Interviewer(s) - Carol Dawber Venue - INDAC - Blenheim Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-007887 Quantity: 1 C90 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1.30 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-2112. Photocopies of 13 b&w photographs

Date: 28 Jun 1993

From: Women in science oral history project

By: Cooper, Una Vivienne Cassie, 1926-

Reference: OHInt-0624/2

Description: Interviews this phycologist who is an expert on algae. Discusses her belief in an all-round education. Describes being a junior lecturer at Victoria University, completing her PhD on the marine algal ecology of the Hauraki Gulf, being appointed to the Oceanographic Institute in Wellington and working on marine phytoplankton. Discusses the importance of algae in the food chain. Describes studying in the United States and a position at Auckland University researching freshwater phytoplankton. Talks about the death of her husband in 1974, supporting her two children and teaching music to supplement her income. Discusses working for the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR). Comments on being penalised financially as the result of being a woman or being a part-time worker. Comments on the algal bloom in shellfish crisis in 1993 and its role in raising awareness of the importance of algae. Discusses competition for jobs and difficulty for women in getting top positions. Interviewer(s) - Paula Martin Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 folder(s). 1 interview(s). 2 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - no abstract(s) available OHA-3553 agreement form and interviewee details only.

Date: 1993

From: Walker, Malcolm 1950- :The Independent cartoons. 12 March - 8 April 1993

Reference: H-075-001

Description: Shows a waiter carrying a platter of mussels for a table, where Doug Kidd and other politicians are seated Quantity: 1 cartoon bromide(s).

Date: 1993

From: Clark, Laurence [Klarc] 1949- :New Zealand Herald cartoons 1 - 29 May 1993

Reference: H-064-020

Description: Shows a plate of mussels with a glass of wine; a bowl of seafood chowder; someone extracting a periwinkle from its shell; the head, tail and bones of fish on a plate. Refers to consumer reluctance to eat shellfish although the toxic algal bloom is no longer a danger, and to government's economic forecasts Quantity: 1 cartoon bromide(s).

Date: 1993

From: Greenall, Frank, 1948- :The Dominion Sunday Times ; Cartoons 12 July 1992 - 22 August 1992

Reference: H-055-001

Description: Shows a family in a car, holiday gear piled on the roofrack, driving past a Shell service-station sign. All the family look ill. Refers to the outbreak of toxic algal bloom, which affected shellfish Quantity: 1 cartoon bromide(s).

Date: 1993

From: Clark, Laurence [Klarc] 1949- :New Zealand Herald cartoons. 6 - 23 January 1993

Reference: H-111-008

Description: Shows 2 sharks looking up at a swimmer wearing flippers and wondering whether he or she is safe to eat. Refers to the ban on eating shellfish contaminated with toxic algal bloom Quantity: 1 cartoon bromide(s).

Date: 2005

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0005972

Description: Shows the South Island about to sneeze on the North Island. North Island tells South Island that they don't want them to give them rocksnot. Refers to the invasive algae Didymo or Rocksnot found in South Island rivers. Also refers to the biosecurity efforts to prevent the algae spreading to North Island rivers. Published in The Press Quantity: 1 digital image(s). Processing information: This cartoon file was donated to the library with no file extension. On recommendation of the Digital Archivist and with the consent of the donor, a ".jpg" file extension was added to this file in order to ensure it was readable and accessible.

Date: 2005

From: Tremain, Garrick, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]

Reference: DCDL-0000272

Description: Two men dressed in sunglasses and fishing gear are happily fishing in a pleasant-looking river. One of them tells the other that his kids thought the rocksnot problem referred to a music album failing. Rocksnot is a algae that is currently severely affecting New Zealand rivers. It is known also as Didymo or more accurately Didymosphenia geminata. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2000

From: Smith, Ashley W, 1948- :[Digital cartoons published in the Shipping Gazette, MG Business, or Presto]

By: Smith, Ashley W, 1948-; New Zealand shipping gazette (Periodical)

Reference: DX-023-153

Description: A ferry sailing across Cook Strait is moaning and contorting itself as it holds in water instead of discharging it into the Strait. Extended Title - Urrgh aaarr! ooooh! Quantity: 1 digital image(s).

Date: 2005

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0005737

Description: Shows the large nose of a buried giant in a river bed. Three trampers are standing on the river bank. Snot is leaking from the large nose into the river bed. Refers to the discovery of the invasive algae 'Rocksnot' or Didymo in Canterbury rivers. Published in The Press Quantity: 1 digital image(s). Processing information: This cartoon file was donated to the library with no file extension. On recommendation of the Digital Archivist and with the consent of the donor, a ".jpg" file extension was added to this file in order to ensure it was readable and accessible.

Date: 2011

From: Hawkey, Allan Charles, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Waikato Times].

Reference: DCDL-0017235

Description: A small boy takes his dog for a walk and reads a large notice which says 'Hamilton's Lake Rotorua WARNING - algae health risk. The National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research is investigating whether the blue-green algae is toxic. Children and pets - keep away from the water'; the boy wonders what it all means. Context - health warnings given by Bay of Plenty Regional Council on the status of toxic blue-green algae in Bay of Plenty lakes and rivers. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).