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Date: 27 April 2006 - 27 Apr 2006

From: Oral history of Chinese women in New Zealand

By: Meng Yee, Jean, 1938-

Reference: OHInt-0804-08

Description: Oral history interview with Jean Meng Yee (nee Louie), born 1938 in Taishan, China. Talks about her early life in Hong Kong and Taishan - mentions the Japanese invasion of China. Details her father's life in New Zealand and China. Discusses life in Taishan during and immediately after World War II. Talks about her arrival in New Zealand in 1949 - discusses adjusting to life in New Zealand. Details the Chinese traditions practiced by her family. Refers to her marriage - mentions the Chinese community in Gisborne. Access Contact - See Oral History Librarian Interviewer(s) - Kitty Chang Accompanying material - 2 colour photographs, 10 x 7.5 cm and 9 x 12 cm, 1 copy of a photograph; an extract from the Gisborne Baptist Church Bulletin, Sunday 11th January, 1959, Vol 4/No 2; biographical information relating to Jean Meng Yee. Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-014744 Quantity: 1 C90 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1.27 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-5338. 2 colour photographs, 10 x 7.5 cm and 9 x 12 cm, of Jean Meng Yee. April 2006; 1 copy of a photograph of Allan and Jean Meng Yee on their wedding day, 3rd January, 1959. Search dates: 1938 - 2006

Date: 17 November 2003

From: Drovers Project

By: Martin, Noel Harold, 1936-

Reference: OHInt-0759-07

Description: Oral history interview with Noel Martin, born December 27th 1936, in Eltham. Recalls his early life in Mangatoke - discusses moving to the family farm in 1944. Details daily life on the farm. Talks about the farm stock - describes the milking sheds and equipment. Details the hay cutting process - describes what a horse-drawn mower looked like. Talks about the beginning of World War II - mentions father being in the Homeguard. Recalls attending Mangatoki School, Pukingahu School, and Ohura District High School. Talks about leaving school at the age of sixteen to go shepherding. Discusses the 'wool boom' of 1951. Mentions working at Duncan's Station, Otairi. Talks about fire-branding cattle. Mentions working at Akitio Station. Discusses moving to Ohakune to help out on brother's block of land. Talks about buying own farm in Woodville. Talks about how he began droving - mentions Linc Campbell. Mentions droving through Gisborne, Motuhoura, Rangiwahia, and the lower Manawatu. Describes a regular drove. Discusses the different roles of the working dogs - details different whistle commands. Explains the terms tonguing and stone buising. Talks about droving with Linc Campbell. Mentions Gisborne drover Frank Lambert. Mentions other drovers Jack Henry, Sonny Baker, and Robert Brison. Details the types of work he picked up between droves. Discusses sole droving. Talks about the decline of droving - mentions public pressure. Access Contact - See Oral History Librarian Interviewer(s) - Ruth Low Accompanying material - 1 colour photograph, 15 x 10 cm [date unknown]; biographical information relating to Noel Martin. Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-014339, OHC-014340 Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 Electronic document(s) - abstract. 1.33 Hours and minutes Duration. Physical Description: Textual file - Microsoft Word Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-5015, OHDL-000425. 1 colour photograph, 15 x 10 cm, [date unknown] of Noel Martin and his dogs. Search dates: 17/11/2003

Date: 23 October 2005 - 23 Oct 2005

From: Oral history of Chinese women in New Zealand

By: Cheung, Judith, 1937-

Reference: OHInt-0804-01

Description: Oral history interview with Judith Cheung (nee Lowe), born on the 8th February 1937 in Goon Fu, China. Talks about her parents - details her father's life in New Zealanad prior to his marriage. Discusse coming to New Zealand as a war refugee - mentions Keith and Doreen Lowe, and Bickky Fong. Recalls her father's grocery shop in Gisborne. Talks about beginning school in New Zealand - mentions attending a Chinese School in Gisborne. Recounts how she recieved her English name. Recalls how she learnt to speak English. Discusses the Chinese community in Gisborne - mentions concerts and festivals organised by the community. Discusses race relation between Maori, Pakeha and Chinese in Gisborne while she was growing up. Mentions her father's objection to her wish to persue tertiary training. Talks about running the grocery shop for her parents. Discusses her trip to Hong Kong with her cousin Betty - talks about travelling into China - mentions seeing Chairman Mao. Discusses feelings about returning to China and seeing her extended family. Details her trip home through Japan - mentions Yering Ching Sing and William Kwok. Mentions meeting her husband Alex in Hong Kong - details their engagement and marriage ceremony. Discusses their decision to live in New Zealand rather than Hong Kong. Talks about the toy manufacturing business they started in Auckland - details the division of work between her and her husband and the production process. Discusses their investment in a market near the Auckland railway station. Mentions the sovernir shops they established in Auckland. Talks about her children and their respective careers. Discusses her position as Foundation Secretary and then President of the Tung Jung Association in Auckland - mentions Peter Chan. Talks about being Charter Member of the Rotary International Club - discusses the joint projects undertaken with the Chinese Association for International Understanding (CAFIU). Discusses her current work with community groups within New Zealand. Talks about the opportunities for Chinese women in New Zealand - discusses the importance of connecting with their Chinese heritage. Access Contact - See Oral History Librarian Interviewer(s) - Kitty Chang Accompanying material - 1 colour photograph, 27 x 20 cm [date unknown]; biographical information relating to Judith Cheung. Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-014733 Quantity: 1 C90 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-5331. 1 colour photograph, 27 x 20 cm, of Judy Cheung [date unknown]. Search dates: 1937 - 2005

Date: 6 April 2004

From: Drovers Project

By: Pullen, William Roy, 1940-; Pullen, Gillian Leigh, 1950-

Reference: OHInt-0759-05

Description: Oral history interview with William Pullen, born 9th October 1940 in Takopu, and Gill Pullen (nee. Freeman), born 11th October 1950, in Gisborne. Talk about William's early life on remote stations. Recount his early schooling and detail when he got into droving - talk about working at Dalgety's. Discuss the different role for working dogs - mention William having won Dog Trial National Championships in 1973 and 1982. Discuss Gill's early life - mentions her father being pub manager of a pub that William frequented. Mention Gill's schooling at Kapiti College before returning to Gisborne. Talk about mustering on Mount White Station. Recall how William convinced Gill to go droving. Detail the experience of droving with a family - discuss how meals were prepared. Discuss what makes a good drover - talk about the goals of droving. Recounts a typical drove - mention Gisborne, Hastings, Ashhurst, and Hunterville. Discuss the unwritten codes of droving. Talk about the clothing drovers wore. Discuss the general attitude to drovers over the years - give reasons fo the demise of droving. Talk about the growing use of trucks. Discuss other drovers - mentions Neville Marr, Ken Harding, Smokey Thompson, Bob Prophet, Trevor Stewart, Billy Riddell, Captain MacDonald, Artur MacCrae, Linc Campbell, Morris Ellis - mentions the Barefoot Boys. Describe life on the road and their individual daily routines. Talk about bringing up their children on the road - discuss how the family coped with the isolated lifestyle. Access Contact - See Oral History Librarian Interviewer(s) - Ruth Low Accompanying material - 1 colour photograph, 15 x 10 cm [date unknown]; biographical information relating to William and Gill Pullen; 7 black and white copies of photographs; a copy of Gill Pullen's book 'On the Road Again'. Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-014332, OHC-014333, OHC-014334, OHC-014335 Quantity: 4 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 Electronic document(s) - abstract. 3.09 Hours and minutes Duration. Physical Description: Textual file - Microsoft Word Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-5013, OHDL-000427. 1 colour photograph, 15 x 10 cm, of William and Gill Pullen [date unknown]; 7 black and white copies of photographs, 15 x 10 cm, of William and Gill's time droving on the road; a copy of Gill Pullen's book 'On the Road Again' contains images of William and Gill Pullen and their family. Search dates: 06/04/2004

Date: 19 Jan 2006

From: Second World War oral history project: Home Front

By: Judge, George Edwin, 1923-2013

Reference: OHInt-0827-07

Description: Interview with George Judge, born Wanganui, 31 July 1923. Talks about his father Edwin Judge who was a linesman for the Post and Telegraph Department, and his mother Christina Wintour who emigrated from Scotland after World War I following the death of her fiance in the War. Comments on his father's experiences as a machine gunner during World War I. Mentions places where the family lived and how they travelled to Gisborne. Discusses joining the Gisborne Home Guard unit after war was declared. Activities included coast watching on Kati Hill, Gisborne. Describes registering with the Territorials, going to Waiouru for three months training when he was 18, and the reason he could not be compulsorily sent overseas then. Talks about basic training under canvas, the shortage of arms and the role of the platoon sergeant. Comments on the Territorials being kept in New Zealand after Japan entered the War. Mentions being posted to the Hawkes Bay Regiment, Woodville racecourse, and transferring to the Air Liaison Section, Palmerston North. Adds on tiring of the Army, he volunteered for the Air Force, which he entered in 1943, and was posted to Rotorua. Explains the tests he underwent, choosing to be a pilot and being posted to Ashburton where pilot training commenced. Talks about flying Tiger Moths and Oxfords and landing during strong winds. Discusses being sent to Alberta, Canada for further training at Penhold. Describes training, accidents, parcels from home, and social life in the nearby town of Red Deer. Relates being shipped to England in late 1944 and being sent to Brighton without a squadron posting. Recalls VE Day in London, helping with the autumn harvest in England and waiting to be shipped home. Recalls the voyage home, returning to Gisborne and to the Maori Affairs Department for a time. Talks about meeting his wife June Mackay, resuming friendships, but finding social life difficult. Interviewer(s) - Megan Hutching Accompanying material - questionnaire filled in by George Judge; photocopy of section about the Empire Air Training Scheme from the Oxford Companion to New Zealand Military History, Ian McGibbon, ed. (p. 156-157) Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-015238, OHC-015239 Quantity: 1 printed abstract(s). 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 interview(s). 1.55 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-5524 Abstract Available - transcript(s) available. photocopy of photograph of George Judge in flying kit Search dates: 1923 - 1939 - 2006 - 1945

Date: 2006

From: Scott, Thomas, 1947- :[Digital cartoons published in the Dominion Post]

Reference: DCDL-0001441

Description: The chief of civil defence, dressed in a military uniform sits at a desk festooned with telephones and papers and points with a riding whip at a map on the wall. He says that next time there is a tsunami emergency messages will be put into bottles and cast out to sea so that when one floats into your living room you will be in no doubt about the reality of the tsunami. Refers to a tsunami alert for the Gisborne area about which there has been a lot of criticism of central Civil Defence in Wellington because of the inadequacy of the warnings. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2005

From: Webb, Murray, 1947- :Digital caricatures

Reference: DX-101-132

Description: A caricature of Sue Nikora, self-appointed Maori Prime Minister who will appear in Gisborne District Court after members of her sovereignty group visited motels in uniforms labelled "Maori police" and asked for rent. Quantity: 192 kilobyte(s) 1 digital cartoon.

Date: 2007

From: Winter, Mark, 1958- : Digital cartoons published in the Southland Times and other papers

Reference: DCDL-0004750

Description: Shows a map of New Zealand with the Gisborne area shaped like a hand and shaking wildly. Refers to the Gisborne earthquake of magnitude 6.6 on the Richter scale which struck on December 20, 2007. The text is a pun on the rock song "Born to Be Wild" that was written by Mars Bonfire and made famous by the Canadian rock band, Steppenwolf. It is often used in popular culture to denote a biker appearance or attitude. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2002

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-023-205

Description: Shows a policeman walking into a pub where rough-looking patrons are seated at the bar. A railway locomotive is outside in the carpark. Quantity: 1 digital image(s).

Date: 2006

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

Reference: DCDL-0001432

Description: A man and a woman sit watching television. Their couch appears to be afloat and a fish swims past. A television announcer is about to describe early warning signs of a tsunami. The reference is to the much-criticized lack of useful warning about a possible tsunami in the Gisborne area recently. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2002

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-023-210

Description: Shows a helicopter removing logs from the log carrier ship Jody F Millenium. She is wondering why Robert de Niro, a famous Hollywood actor, isn't rescuing her. Refers to ship stranded off Gisborne in February 2002. Extended Title - If I'm that much like Jodie Foster why doesn't Robert de Niro rescue me? Quantity: 1 digital image(s).

Date: 2011

From: Hubbard, James, 1949-: Digital caricatures and cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0017554

Description: Text in the top left reads 'Assinine comment' An ass that represents Minister of Education Anne Tolley stands on a hill top and says 'Overcrowded school buses? What's wrong with riding a horse?' in the distance a horse looks askance. Context - Education minister Anne Tolley has been accused of "going back to the Wild West" after she suggested horseback trips as an alternative to overcrowded Gisborne school buses. Mrs Tolley said the horseriding reference, in an email to Gisborne Mayor Meng Foon, was only light-hearted and some pupils in the Gisborne area already went to school by horse. But Labour says the East Coast MP was bullying Mr Foon in her email and that the Government should cough up for more schoolbus trips in the area. Labour education spokeswoman Sue Moroney said the reference to horseriding showed that Mrs Tolley did not take the issue seriously. "It was a very glib attempt bhe minister to just wipe the issue away. It's like going back to the days of the Wild West, quite frankly." (Press 18 April 2011) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

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

By: New Zealand shipping gazette (Periodical)

Reference: DCDL-0023669

Description: Shows a train passing through the mountains, with the conductor crying and waving a handkerchief with wailing sounds coming from the engine car. A bird flying overhead says, 'That's not a new whistle - that's the crew' Refers to the closing of the Napier-Gisborne train line due to rising maintenance costs. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2015

From: Winter, Mark, 1958- : Digital cartoons published in the Southland Times and other papers

Reference: DCDL-0030237

Description: Accompanying note from cartoonist states 'Riots in Gisborne on New Years eve resulted in over 60 arrests and 80 injuries' Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Scott, Thomas, 1947- :[Digital cartoons published in the Dominion Post]

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0022698

Description: Shows an overweight and unshowered old man wearing pajamas, labelled, `Unacceptable to 100% of those polled,' and a woman wearing revealing lingerie and a pair of fleece lined boots, labelled `Yes please to 50% of those polled.' Context: Gisborne City Council is considering a bylaw forbidding the wearing of pyjamas outside of the home. (3News, 20 Aug 2012) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Bromhead, Peter, 1933- :Digital cartoons

By: Marlborough Express (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0023073

Description: Shows a heart representing 'Kiwirail'; it takes a knife to the artery that represents the 'Napier to Gisborne' line. Context: Refers to the news that the Napier to Gisborne line is to be mothballed due to the prohibitive costs to both repair storm damage caused earlier this year and maintain the rail line over coming years. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).