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Date: 3 October 2011 - 03 Oct 2011

From: Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand (IPENZ) Engineering New Zealand oral history project

By: Hutching, Megan Alannah, 1957-; Butcher, Barry John, 1930-2020

Reference: OHInt-0965-08

Description: Interview with Barry Butcher, conducted 3 October 2011. Interview discusses family history, education, and his professional career as an engineer, including his experiences at a Ministry of Works camp at Lake Hawea. Also discusses Roxburgh hydro project, Benmore dam, Rarotonga airport in the Cook Islands, and other work projects. Abstracted by - Megan Hutching Interviewer(s) - Megan Hutching Quantity: 1 interview(s). 3 Electronic document(s) Microsoft Word files. 1 digital sound recording(s) digital sound recording(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 3.42 Hours and minutes Duration. Physical Description: Sound files - wave files; Textual files - Microsoft Word Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete. Search dates: 1900 - 2011 Number of interviews/events: 1

Date: 16 September 2011 - 16 Sep 2011

By: Alexander Turnbull Library; Hutching, Megan Alannah, 1957-; Kelland, Veronica, 1921-

Reference: OHColl-1113-1

Description: Interview with Veronica Kelland (nee Rooney) by Megan Hutching, conducted 16 September 2011. Kelland came to New Zealand in 1946 as a war bride, on board the 'bride ship', Athlone Castle. She had written to Jack Kelland while he was a prisoner of war in Stalag 18A in Austria. When he was liberated at the end of the Second World War, he went to England and travelled to St Helens to meet Veronica, and the couple were married soon after. Jack Kelland returned to New Zealand in September 1945, Veronica following him and arriving in Wellington in April 1946. The interview covers Veronica's childhood in St Helens, Lancashire, her work during the war in the Royal Ordnance Factory in Kirkby, and how she met and married Jack Kelland. Her voyage to New Zealand on the Athlone Castle and the couple's early married life in Taumarunui is also covered. Interviewer(s) - Megan Hutching Arrangement: Digital files have been arranged as OHDL-002149 to OHDL-002151 Quantity: 1 digital sound recording(s) digital sound recording(s). 1 Electronic document(s). 3 electronic scan(s) of original colour photographic print(s). 1 interview(s). 4 Hours Duration. Physical Description: Sound files - wave files; Image files - Tiff Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstract(s) to come. Search dates: 1941 - 2011

Date: 17 Jun 1997

By: Costar, Dorothy Christina, 1942-; Hutching, Megan Alannah, 1957-; New Zealand. Department of Corrections

Reference: OHColl-0549/1

Description: Dorothy Christina Costar born Thames. Outlines family background - father, a miner, later worked for A & G Price, Thames. Mother was dental receptionist for [Mr] Shaw, the dentist, Thames. Describes: Thames which had a population of five and a half thousand people; schools - Thames South and Thames Central, with reference to Miss Baker; school uniforms; Church of Christ Sunday School and picnics in the Kauaeranga Valley. Refers to six o clock closing and recalls a fatal accident when friend was killed and comments on the $50 fine driver received. Mentions different attitude towards drinking and driving in those days. Recalls various jobs - Jamesfield clothing factory and Hutton the jewellers before joining the WRNZAF at Wigram, 1961 ending up as Flight Sergeant in charge of the joint services telephone exchange in Wellington. Recalls amalgamation of services, with reference to Ministry of Defence. Backgrounds circumstances leading to career with Prison Service and refers to Rev Hoddinutt. Commenced at Mt Eden prison October 1966 as assistant matron. Refers to Miss Molloy (Molly), chief matron who wore a veil. Describes process of training, with reference to examination subjects, psychology, penology, criminology and Acts and Regulations. Refers to the old Raven's Matrice test - psychological test. Discusses Arohata, the women's borstal: its daily routine; uniforms; punishment, with reference to deprivation of privacy; recreation; transportation of prisoners between Arohata and Dunedin women's prison. Talks about the integration of Mt Eden Prison and preparation for women prisoners and choosing staff. Discusses changes to the system and notes there is now more emphasis on rehabilitation - people have case management and are assessed to see what their needs are. Mentions the introduction of computers and health and safety courses, with reference to AIT [Auckland Institute of Technology]. Refers to Alternatives to Violence Programme, started by Quakers (Society of Friends) and mentions PARS (Prisoners' Aid & Rehabilitation Society). Other topics discussed include: split of the Justice Department into Corrections and Courts, with reference to Penal Division; numbers of Maori and Pacific Island offenders; glue sniffing; drug addiction; policy for mothers and children; change in hierarchical structure; child abuse, with reference to Women's Refuge; and the rebuilding of Mt Eden which commenced 1986, with reference to the Mason Clinic. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Interviewer(s) - Megan Hutching Venue - Mt Eden Prison Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-008078-008080 Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 transcript(s). 2.30 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - transcript(s) available OHA-2235.

Date: 4 Apr 2006 - 04 Apr 2006

From: Second World War oral history project: Home Front

By: Munro, Maisie Marian, 1922-2007; Hutching, Megan Alannah, 1957-

Reference: OHInt-0827-10

Description: Interview with Maisie Munro (nee Hoskin), born Petone, 18 September 1922. Talks about her father Barton Munro, a carpenter who was wounded in World War I, and her mother Marian (nee Baldwin) who was a dressmaker. Mentions hearing talk of war in the 1930s but not taking much notice. Recalls involvement with the Women's War Service Auxiliary and learning signalling which her father was teaching. Discusses enlisting in the Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS) as a telegraphist, and being posted to wireless station ZLP on Tinakori Hill after basic training. Talks about male reaction to Wrens, learning to keep watch, and about being transferred to Waiouru where she had to live communally in an Army hut with other Wrens. Discusses life at Waiouru and the radio receiving station (ZLO) which had a teleprinter machine. Refers to the work receiving top secret messages which were sent to Wellington for decoding. Talks about limited options for leave in Waiouru, a Wrens basketball (netball) team, the Wrens not getting a rum ration, the camp YMCA, and dances with a Navy orchestra. Mentions that the naval personnel had no contact with the Army camp. Refers to becoming a petty officer, which allowed her to move to more comfortable quarters at Waiouru. Talks about her pay being sent to her mother with a small amount for herself. Refers to her fiance Ron Baird, a sergeant in the Army, being killed in the Pacific. Comments that she was married in January 1945 to Rex Randall and left the Navy before VJ Day because she was pregnant. Interviewer(s) - Megan Hutching Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-015244, OHC-015245 Quantity: 1 printed abstract(s). 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 interview(s). 1.28 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-5527 Abstract Available - transcript(s) available. photocopy of photograph of Petty Officer Maisie Hoskin in uniform Search dates: 1922 - 1939 - 2006 - 1945

Date: 17 Dec 1995 to 15 Feb 1998 - 17 Dec 1995 - 15 Feb 1998

By: Bradshaw, Julia, active 1995-1998; Hutching, Megan Alannah, 1957-; West Coast Historical Museum

Reference: OHColl-0419

Description: Life history interviews with older residents of the Haast district in the South Island, many of whom are descended from the first Pakeha settlers who arrived in the 1870s and 1880s. Discusses living in an isolated area, medical emergencies, farming, fishing, deer shooting, local identities, schooling, the development of the air service and problems of getting in and out of the district. Interviews Betty Eggeling, Desmond Nolan, Bernard Cowan, Alan Cron, Mary Jones, Ruth (Ruby) Hill, Myra Cowan, Ted Buchanan, Henry Buchanan and Ann Mackey. Publication - The far downers : the people and history of Haast and Jackson Bay (University of Otago Press, 2001) The district was not connected by road to the rest of New Zealand until 1965 when the road from Wanaka to Haast was joined to the road from Haast to Hokitika. Abstracted by - Julia Bradshaw Awards/funding - Award in oral history Interviewer(s) - Julia Bradshaw Quantity: 24 C60 cassette(s). 10 printed abstract(s). 10 interview(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete. Search dates: 1920 - 1990