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Jones, Frederick Nelson, 1881-1962 : The Wharves, Nelson

Date: ca 1905

From: Original photographic prints and postcards from file print collection, Box 15

By: Jones, Frederick Nelson, 1881-1962

Reference: PAColl-7081-69

Description: A view of the wharves in Nelson with the offices of the Anchor Shipping & Foundry Company in the foreground with piles of timber behind it. A sailing ship is moored at one of the wharves. Photographer was F N Jones. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

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Vickie's Originals :Vickie's Originals; functional art, unique, vibrant, groovy, origin...

Date: 2003

By: Davis, Vickie, 1970-

Reference: Eph-A-FURNITURE-2003-01

Description: An illustrated photographic catalogue published by a Nelson furniture refurbisher, Vickie Davis of Nelson. Shows a photograph of Vickie Davis and of examples of colourful vinyl and leather sofas, chairs, some with Maori motifs. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 12 pages, each 148 x 210 mm.

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Nelson Tourism Services :Travel packages with show tickets for the 2000 Montana New Zea...

Date: 2000

By: Nelson Tourism Services

Reference: Eph-C-COSTUME-2000-01

Description: Shows an inset photograph of a woman in a costume inspired by space travel, flanked by a curtain at the left, and a panel at the right with a logo for the Montana New Zealand Wearable Art Awards. The colouring is in blue and gold. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on poster. Physical Description: Photolithograph, on poster 422 x 245 mm.

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World of Wearable Art Limited :Montana presents WOW World of Wearable Art awards. Offic...

Date: 2003

From: Ephemera of quarto size relating to clothing, costume and dress, fashion shows

By: New Zealand World of Wearable Art Awards

Reference: Eph-B-COSTUME-2003-01

Description: Programme and catalogue of the 173 entries in the Wearable Art awards, staged at Nelson New Zealand. Two copies held. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 40 pages, 305 x 175 mm. Provenance: Purchased in 2005.

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Interview with Raymond Wong

Date: 5 April 2003 - 05 Apr 2003

From: Tung Jung oral history project

By: Wong, Raymond Ling Yui, 1911-2009

Reference: OHInt-0747-10

Description: Interview with Raymond Wong, born in Wellington in 1911. Talks about family life in New Zealand and being sent to China for further education at the age of 14. Refers to his training and employment as a radio officer on coastal ships for a British company in Hong Kong. Mentions meeting his New Zealand-born wife Betty in China, marrying her in 1935, then returning to New Zealand. Discusses his father having returned earlier and set up another fruit and vegetable shop in Cuba Street and working for the family business (Wong Tong and Sons) which he joined when he came back. Comments about working in the green grocers markets and moving to Nelson in 1954 where he joined another family firm. Talks about his father's choice to immigrate to New Zealand, family experiences as Chinese immigrants and reflects on his cultural identity as a Chinese New Zealander. Interviewer(s) - Kitty Chang Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-014101 Quantity: 1 C90 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 30 Minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-5057. Colour ink jet print image of Raymond Wong and his wife (no date). Search dates: 1911 - 2003

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Interview with Betty Wong

Date: 05 Apr 2003

From: Tung Jung oral history project

By: Wong, Betty, 1915-2006

Reference: OHInt-0747-06

Description: Betty born in NZ but returned to China, (Guangzhou City) aged 5 with parents. Aged 7 when mother died, raised by old servant. Remained in China, then returned to NZ after marriage to Ray Wong at 19. Father remarried twice, so several siblings. Gradually settled after children born. Worked in family fruit business for several decades. Recalls many Chinese businesses in Cuba Street. Later moved to Nelson and took over brother's business there. Third son got scholarship to Havard. Betty very concerned that he not marry a westerner. She longed to return to China. The second half of the interview concerns information about Betty's parents. Father suffered 'bitter experiences' because of the very hard work. Wife always sick so family returned to China in 1918. She then refused to return to NZ so remained in China with 2 children. A second wife was chosen to come to NZ and 'suffer' in her place. Father then escaped the Japanese invasion (1937) on last boat out of Hongkong with no papers. Wanted to return to China when dying but because of the war was unable to. Language - Cantonese Interviewer(s) - Kitty Chang Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-014097 Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 27 Minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-5053. Photocopy of photograph of Raymond and Betty Wong Search dates: 1915 - 2006

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Interview with Francis Day

Date: 03 October 2010 - 03 Oct 2010

From: Reflections from funeral directors who have worked in New Zealand and Australia

By: Day, Francis, 1947-

Reference: OHInt-1015-03

Description: Interview with Francis Day. Born in 1947 in Nelson, one of nine children. Describes childhood memories of growing up in family run funeral parlour business Day and Son, later known as P Day and Son Ltd, and then Eventide Funeral Services. Talks about his grandmother, Hilda Day (nee Emms), a school teacher, hockey player for New Zealand and businesswoman, and his grandfather Francis Maurice (Paddy) Day who purchased first motorized hearse in Nelson. Recalls family business in Hardy Street, the move to Vanguard Street and then to Marsden House premises to manage Marsden House Funeral directors. Talks about attending Australian Academy of Embalming and Funeral Hygiene in 1964. Discusses Australian methods of dealing with body decomposition and adoption of English customs in funeral services. Recalls in his father's time (Patrick (Pat) Day), there was method of temporary preservation and that proper embalming using intravenous circulation was important development. Refers to embalming training being in Australia, England and American resulting in 13 qualified embalmers in New Zealand by 1971. Mentions being one of three man team which developed embalming curriculum for New Zealand Embalmers Association (NZEA). Talks about embalming being required for hygiene, control of disease and presentation of deceased. Discusses how funeral work affects whole life and attributues neccessary for role. Observes changes from fewer family owned businesses and women entering the profession. Observes role progressed from providing coffin and transportation to profession that provides care for others. Refers to bereavement support program. Talks about his business expansion projects, opening his own crematorim in Motueka, developing 'Gardens of the World' property at Hope, Nelson. Describes tutoring embalming for 12 years and 30 years on Funeral service Training Trust (FSTT). Discusses environmental impact of embalming fluids and need for regulation of embalmers because of dealing with dangerous substances. Mentions membership of British Institute of Embalmers. Discusses Funeral Directors Association of New Zealand (FDANZ), their Griefcare quality assurance programme and his reasons for forming New Zealand Independent Funeral Homes (NZIFH) with others. Talks about the business covering Nelson, Rye Valley, Murchison and Golden Bay. Recalls dealing with different ethnic groups. Details Chinese funeral practises. Recounts working on police call outs for fishing industry deaths, and traumantic deaths. Mentions body removal after Inangahua earthquake. Recalls personal impact of working on Mount Erebus air disaster team. Discusses socialising as a funeral director and impact of profession on home life. Mentions dealing with children's funerals and suicides. Discusses green or eco burials. Expresses concern over direct cremation. Talks about dealing with differing family member wishes. Describes portrayals of profession in media and entertainment. Talks about his 46 years in the business and considers 'it's a calling'. Abstracted by - Penny Brander Interviewer(s) - Penny Brander Quantity: 1 printed abstract(s). 2 Electronic document(s). 1 digital sound recording(s) digital sound recording(s). 1 interview(s). 2.57 Hours and minutes Duration. Physical Description: Textual files - Microsoft word Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-7629, OHDL-001865. Search dates: 1947 - 2010

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Interview with Maurice Gee

Date: 21 Aug 2008 - 9 Sep 2008 - 08 Sep 2008

From: Arts Foundation of New Zealand Heritage oral history project

By: Gee, Maurice Gough, 1931-; Manson, Heugh Cecil Drummond, 1941-

Reference: OHInt-0926-05

Description: Maurice Gough Gee, born in Whakatane in 1931. Backgrounds paternal and maternal families. Talks about his paternal grandfather Harry Gee and his home at Peacehaven, Glen Eden. Talks about his maternal grandmother Florence Chapple, grandfather James Chapple and his novel 'Plumb'. Recalls childhood in Henderson, Auckland. Recounts memories of incidents which have appeared in his writing. Links smells to memories. Talks about his brothers and boyhood friends. Attended Henderson Primary School and Avondale College. Remembers teacher Bill Martin. Describes his father, Leonard William Gee, a boxer and carpenter, and his mother, Harriet Lyndahl Gee, a socialist who wrote and illustrated for womens magazines. Recalls reading Zane Grey, Victorian novels and Shakespeare as boy. Talks about family attitudes to Royal family, social class and pacifism. Talks about competing in boxing and golf. Says he loved playing rugby, though found a brutal conflict in it; refers to male aggression. Discusses taking conscientious objector stand when called for compulsory service. Talks about going to university and teachers college in Auckland. Describes socialising at the Queens Ferry Hotel, Vulcan Lane, Auckland, with others in writing and the arts. Discusses his friendships with Maurice Shadbolt, Barry Crump, Jean Watson, and Odo Strewe. Tells of first published stories in 'Kiwi' and 'Landfall' magazines. Talks about moving to Wellington in late 1950s and socialising with James K Baxter, Louis Johnson, Fleur Adock, Alister Campbell, Anton Vogt and other writers of the time. Mentions trip to Spain with Kevin Ireland. Talks about writing his first novel between 1957 to 1962 and importance of dialogue in his writing. Talks about relationship with first wife Hera Smith and their son Nigel Gee, born in Melbourne 1961. Describes teaching in Paeroa, and later in England 1961. Tells of returning to Rotorua where he worked at Sunset Intermediate School. Recalls going to Dunedin in 1964 on Robert Burns Fellowship. Details his writing routine. Tells of training as librarian and working at Alexander Turnbull library for two years and part time work at Broadcasting Library 1969. Talks about moving to Napier for City Librarian job 1970, and subsequent conflict with City Council and Library Association of Napier Public Library. Refers to Deputy Librarian position at Auckland Teachers College Library 1974 and one year position at Auckland University library. Talks about custody case over son. Comments on 1960s environment in Wellington. Describes feelings about spoken word and finding right word for right object in his writing. Mentions Leigh Barron and Colin McCahon. Discusses relationship with second wife Margareta Gee. Talks about birth of daughters in 1970 and 1972 and writing during this time. Comments on making a living from writing and his shift to writing for television and children. Explains his feelings about being in public eye and his own reputation as a writer. Talks about atheism and agnosticism, calls himself an evolutionary humanist. Details move to Nelson via Wellington in 1975 to start writing full time. Talks about writing 'Plumb', 'Meg','Sole Survivor', 'Under the Mountain' and 'Mortimer's Patch', the 'O' trilogy and other childrens' thrillers. Explains viewpoints on writing characters, writing for children and use of place in novels. Talks about travel with family in Europe after winning James Tait Black Memorial Prize, returning in 1982 and working in Nelson bookshops. Explains reason for moving to Penguin publisher. Recalls overseas conferences. Tells of move to Wellington to take the Victoria University Writer's Fellowship in 1989, and Katherine Mansfield Fellowship in Menton, France, 1992. Talks about never setting his writing outside New Zealand, and importance of location in story. Reflects on death of parents in 1981 and 1986 and their attitudes to his successes. Explains his feelings about receiving two honorary doctorates, Arts Foundation Icon Award and other literary awards, and turning down a knighthood. Tells of his current 'Salt' book series. Interviewer(s) - Hugo Manson Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHDL-000378, OHDL-000379 Quantity: 2 digital sound recording(s) digital sound recording(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 Electronic document(s) (abstract). 1 interview(s) - over 2 days. 6.38 Hours and minutes Duration. Physical Description: Sound files - Wave files; Textual file - Microsoft word Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-7098, OHDL-001347. Search dates: 1931 - 2008

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Interview with Jaimie Baird

Date: 15 May 2008

From: MAF Biosecurity New Zealand oral history project

By: Baird, Jaimie Donald, 1952-

Reference: OHInt-0975-02

Description: Interview with Jaimie Baird, born in Nottingham, England, in 1952. Refers to the family moving to New Zealand in 1962. Comments on being sent to Nelson College as a boarder, working in a Nelson orchard after he left school, and attending Massey University to do a Diploma in Horticulture. Talks about getting a job in Wellington as a Port Agriculture Officer at the age of 19 and outlines his on-the-job training and his duties at the port and the airport. Talks about the technical training scheme for Officers, uniforms, and the sole woman in the service. Mentions the Japanese and Taiwanese "squid jiggers" at Wellington port, and immigrant ships. Refers to the garbage from ships and its disposal. Discusses searching ships' holds, spillage from cargo, pilfering from the wharf sheds, and checking ships' manifests. Comments that their tool kit was "all the burglar tools". Refers to changes to the paperwork with containerisation which was just starting when he commenced. Talks about fumigation including training, safety precautions and the chemicals use. Describes mail checking and comments that all mail screening is now done in Auckland. Talks about how diplomats and heads of state coming through Wellington Airport were not exempt from quarantine requirements but their bags were sometimes checked in a private environment. Discusses how the emphasis in the 1970s was preventing the entry of pests and diseases harmful to agriculture and horticulture, and that a focus on threats to the wider environment developed later. Comments on Quarantine officers needing to be able to identify new risks. Talks about the development of pre-clearance so that goods can be moved across the border on arrival without delay, mentioning cars from Japan, fruit and produce, and machinery. Refers to pre-clearance of defence personnel returning from overseas, travelling to areas where troops are packing to return home, and the commitment of Defence to biosecurity. Refers to his promotion to Senior Port Agricultural Officer in 1976 and his subsequent promotions into more administrative roles. Mentions Brian Rose, Alf Davis, Don Possin, and Julian Brown, the "founding father" of the Service. Refers to working as a consultant for FAO in 1981 reporting on plant quarantine facilities in Pacific Islands. Comments on deciding to move to MAF Information Services as manager in 1986. Refers to setting up his own company when the Information Service was closed down, and later returning to Nelson to work as a Border Protection and Quarantine Officer. Reflects that he now has no interest in being a senior manager. Comments on restructurings of MAF (Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries/Forestry) which saw functions moved to the regions and later centralised again. Abstracted by - Erin Flanigan Interviewer(s) - Megan Hutching Accompanying material - Summary of interviewee's career (1 p.). Photocopy of Circular Memorandum No. 394, Port Agriculture Inspection Service, dated 24 August 1960 (2 p.) Photocopy of MAF information sheet "Overseas Vessels Refuse Collection at the Port of Nelson" version 2, July 2005 (1 p.) Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHDL-001092 Quantity: 1 digital sound recording(s). 1 Electronic document(s) - abstract. 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 3.34 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHDL-001093, OHA-7297.

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Interview with James Cross

Date: 18 Dec 2008 - 11 Feb 2009

From: MAF Biosecurity New Zealand oral history project

By: Cross, James Edward, 1942-

Reference: OHInt-0975-08

Description: Interview with Jim (James) Cross, born in Lincolnshire, England in 1942. Refers to growing up in West Bridgeford, his mother dying when he was 14, working on a farm after he left school and then attending a farming college. Talks about coming to New Zealand with a friend in 1964, meeting his wife on the ship, and working as a herd tester. Describes joining the Port Agriculture Service in Auckland in 1966. Refers to being given the operations manual and inspection equipment, training on the job and through courses, and the uniform. Talks about duties including ship clearance, cargo inspection, airport baggage inspection, and produce inspection for import and export. Refers to mail inspection at the main post office. Mentions the rostered work at Mangere Airport and sometimes long hours. Reflects on the working environment with a great variety of places, industries and people. Comments on returning to England in 1967 for a period, and then going to Wellington to work in the Service. Discusses joining the New Zealand Forest Service in Auckland in 1971 as a timber inspector. Talks about the work inspecting any wood coming in on ships, checking all wooden material in wharf sheds and bond stores for signs of insect damage, and ordering fumigation or destruction of infested materials. Mentions inspection of ships' dunnage for infestation, fumigation by commercial firms, and that he introduced a method of testing for successful fumigation. Refers to accidental introduction of the burnt pine longhorn beetle and it becoming necessary to fumigate all timber exported to Australia in the summer. Refers to the Timber Import and Export Regulations 1966 which governed their work, and the forms and certificates it specified. Comments that timber inspection originally started after termites arrived in telephone poles from Australia. Explains containerisation changed the job dramatically as shipping companies had to provide ship's manifests and access to specified containers. Mentions Australia requiring any timber component of a container be treated, but external coding of containers was often inaccurate. Refers to streamlining of container inspection processes to reduce congestion on the wharf. Describes doing the same sort of checking of freight at Mangere Airport, and Onehunga and Whangarei ports. Discusses responding to reports received from the public about insect pests, usually Australian termites. Comments on disputes over treatment chemicals for timber, the establishment of the Timber Preservation Authority, the registration of treatment plants, and travelling to inspect them. Mentions becoming senior timber inspector in Hawkes Bay in 1980 in a two-person operation, and becoming District Timber Inspector and Area Timber Preservation Officer in Nelson in 1983. Mentions this was a hands-on job as well as administrative, and dealing with infested dunnage being an important part of the work. Refers to inspecting fishing trawlers, with Russian trawlers being a great source of insects. Talks about quarantine services carrying on unchanged when the Ministry of Forestry was established in 1997, becoming manager of port operations, and praises his manager Alan Flux. Recalls trainees being employed to balance their aging workforce. Describes a trip to Vladivostok in 1997 to audit the Russian quarantine service after Asian gypsy moth had spread to Canada and Auckland. Comments on retaining his job when the Ministries of Agriculture and Forestry merged in 1998, with the import and export functions split between the MAF Quarantine Service and AgriQuality, and chosing to work with the former. Describes having to learn new procedures in the MAF manual, and the increase in computerisation. Reflects on the use of audits rather than checking everything and questions relying on the people unpacking containers instead of trained officers checking imports. Mentions his retirement and current contract work for AgriQuality travelling to other countries to audit imports from New Zealand. Recalls colleagues Harry Williams, Albert Cutree, Les Brunton, Len Greaves and Bruce Hanley and their diverse backgrounds. Interviewer(s) - Megan Hutching Accompanying material - List of Forest Service timber inspection staff by port compiled by Jim Cross in 2007 (2 p.), with printed abstract Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHDL-002003 Quantity: 1 digital sound recording(s). 2 Electronic document(s) - abstract, form. 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s) over 2 days. 3.40 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHDL-002004, OHA-7303. Search dates: 1942 - 2009

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Interview with Patricia Mickell

Date: 28 Apr 2001

From: Interviews with Patricia and Trevor Mickell

By: Mickell, Patricia, 1922-

Reference: OHInt-0594-01

Description: Patricia Mickell is interviewed by her grand daughter, Kathryn Mickell, about her life's stories. Talks about her family, the 1931 Napier earthquake, sport, working as a land girl in World War II, marriage, homemaking, life in the 1940s and 1950s, and life in the South Island with her family. Interviewer(s) - Kathryn Hazelwood Accompanying material - 2 copies of bound volume of quotes and photos Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-009342, OHC-009343 Quantity: 2 C90 cassette(s). 1 interview(s). 2 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-3018. Photocopies on A4 sheets throughout. Search dates: 1922 - 2001

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Interview with Audrey Reynolds

Date: 10 02 00 - 10 Feb 2000

From: YWCA of Wellington and Hutt Valley oral history project

By: Reynolds, Audrey, 1921-

Reference: OHInt-0590-2

Description: Audrey Reynolds was born in Mexborough, Yorkshire in 1921. Talks about her family background, social conditions of the 1920s, schooling, marriage, teaching, having children and running a Mother Club in Luton. Talks about decision to emigrate to Nelson New Zealand. Describes involvement in Kindergarten Association in Nelson and Rotorua, joining YWCA, helping build a new hostel on Maori land, moving to Wellington, and becoming a YWCA board member. Mentions various projects, work with Maori and Pacific Island women and fundraising. Talks about running teenage dances, offering career programmes, activities at Scots College, and Executive Director Major Peter Young. Talks about a 'nearly new' shop, mobile creche, drop-in centre, and after-school programme. Mentions Catholic nuns's involvement, Sister Pauline O'Regan's Aranui community house in Christchurch, new initiatives, and government involvement. Mentions United Women's Convention 1975, the impact of feminism on YWCA, life memberships. Describes Elizabeth Sewell 'dragging the Y into the new century' with the Rape and Sexual Violence Conference 1983, a self defence initiative, and employing Sue Lytollis. Mentions various positions in YWCA including Wellington President, and new initiatives in the 1980s. Talks about benefactor Jack Ilott, and controversy when the Police wanted to use the Vivian St Wellington YWCA during the Springbok Tour in 1981. Talks about Gail Powell's influence in bringing feminism to the Wellington branch, impact of feminism on herself and on modernising the organisation. Talks about it being one of the few organsations run by women, and how it trained women in leadership roles. Talks about YWCA's future role, and pays tribute to Marion Wood. Reflects on 38 years of work with YWCA, and her husband supporting her voluntary work. Interviewer(s) - Jill Abigail Accompanying material - Interviewee information form, project release form Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-9076-9078 Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 3 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-2877. 1 b&w headshot Audrey Phillips, President YWCA Wellington, 1986 Search dates: 1960 - 2000

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Interview with Elsie Woodhouse

Date: 22 Jan 2001

From: The quality of life for older women oral history project

By: Woodhouse, Elsie, active 2001

Reference: OHInt-0523/05

Description: Elsie Woodhouse talks about her overall satisfaction with her life. Mentions attitudes of young people and her contact with them. Talks of her generation's way of 'making do' and sewing skills, relating that she was a machinist and also sewed for her family. Talks of grandchildren and the support of her family, being valued, ageism, voluntary activities with Citizens Advice Bureau and Meals on Wheels, social contact through Probus. Mentions widowhood, details coping alone and maintenance of the garden. Discusses local transport, the freedom of having a car, concessions, trips and budgeting. Mentions coping with arthritis, asthma and melanoma. Talks of the realism of remining in her own home. Interviewer(s) - Isobel Munro Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-009087 Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 31 Minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA 2884. Photograph of Elsie Woodhouse taken at a Christmas luncheon for the Citizens' Advice Bureau, 2000. Search dates: 2001

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Interview with Patsy McGrath

Date: 17 Oct 2002

From: Women's Electoral Lobby oral history project: WEL women who made a difference

Reference: OHInt-0733-03

Description: Venue - Nelson Interviewer(s) - Maureen Birchfield Venue - Nelson Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-012281 - OHC-012282 Tape numbers - OHLC-006716 - OHLC-006717 Tape numbers - Copies are time coded Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 2 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-4135. Four laser copies of photographs in abstract: colour photo of Patsy McGrath at home, 17 Ocotber 2002; colour photo portrait of Patsy McGrath, 1999; colour photo of Patsy McGrath ca 1980 on a boat in Marlborough Sounds; black and white photo of Patsy McGrath and Mary O'Regan ca 1980.

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Interview with Mathilde Huygens-Prins

Date: Mar-Apr 1997

By: Huygens, Ingrid, active 1997; Huygens-Prins, Mathilde Sophie Maria, 1921-2009

Reference: OHColl-0665/1

Description: Mathilde Huygens-Prins tells the story of her and her husband's lives in Holland and after their emigration to New Zealand in 1951. Recalls her childhood during the Depression and family life in Holland during World War II. Comments on the mood in post-war Europe. Talks about her husband, Cornelis Huygens, who grew up in Amsterdam. Describes how he was a forced worker in Germany during Allied bombing and later translated German documents for the American army. Describes their courtship and decision to migrate to New Zealand. Discusses arriving in New Zealand and the many changes from living in Europe. Recalls living in Auckland, Te Teko and Whakatane in the 1950s. Mentions some prejudice towards foreigners. Describes the family's move to Nelson and growing grapes there. Interviewer(s) - Ingrid Huygens Quantity: 5 C60 cassette(s). 1 folder(s). 1 interview(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - no abstract(s) available Some notes in OHA-3861.

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Photographic prints relating to towns

Date: 1950-2000

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: PAColl-7327-1-113

Description: Photographs related to towns and cities, in the alphabetical range NAT to S. Taken and collected by the Evening Post. Images taken in New Zealand by a range of photographers, between 1950 and 2000. Quantity: 1 box(es) of prints, grouped in folders.

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World of Wearable Art Limited :Montana presents WOW World of WearableArt awards 2002. [...

Date: 2002

By: New Zealand World of Wearable Art Awards

Reference: Eph-B-COSTUME-WOW-2002-01

Description: Programme and catalogue of the 173 entries in the Wearable Art awards, staged at Nelson New Zealand. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 40 pages, 305 x 175 mm. Provenance: Donated by Mr Joe Barnao, Levin, in 2016.

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Ball, Murray Hone, 1939-2017:"Another world IS possible". Oceania Social Forum 2003. Mo...

Date: 2002 - 2003

By: Ball, Murray Hone, 1939-2017

Reference: Eph-C-INTERNATIONAL-2003-01

Description: Shows a cartoon by Murray Ball, with the giant feet of "Multi-national corporations" walking through a crowd and crushing bodies bloodily. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on poster.. Physical Description: Digital print on poster, 420 x 297 mm. Processing information: Record updated on 29 June 2023 when the access and use conditions were updated per the agreement with Diogenes Designs Limited for the Murray Ball Estate.

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Nelson : Index to town acres

Date: [184?]

Reference: Micro-MS-0678

Description: Names, addresses and occupations of holders, with comment on roads and buildings Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) negative.

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New Zealand Wearable Art Awards :2000 Montana New Zealand Wearable Art Awards. Creator ...

Date: 2000

By: New Zealand World of Wearable Art Awards

Reference: Eph-B-COSTUME-2000-01

Description: A catalogue of the 2000 Wearable Arts Show, listing 159 entries in the following categories: Air New Zealand South Pacific section, Smythes Solicitors Illumination Illusion section, Amex Children's section, Nelson City Council Open section, Bowater Toyota Avant-garde section, Port Nelson Cyberglam section, Mac's Bizarre Bra section. Quantity: 1 exhibition catalogue. Physical Description: Booklet of 30 pages, each 315 x 180 mm.

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