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Date: 1922, 1923

By: Cooper, Enid, active 1974?; Cooper, Thornhill, active 1974

Reference: PA1-o-108

Description: Shows construction of powerhouse, and dams at Mangahao and Arapeti Other Titles - Cooper album Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: 22x17 cm red buckram covers entitled "From my camera" in green slip-case

Date: 2001

By: Tremain, Garrick, 1941-; Otago daily times (Newspaper)

Reference: H-650-001/025

Description: 25 cartoons on political and social subjects published in the Otago Daily Times. Human rights violations in China China's successful bid for Olympic games Government's 'closing the gaps' policy Badly maintained rental housing Horomia Parekura as landlord in rundown housing Government pressure on Maori Affairs Ministers to prode adequate housing as a landlord Media interest in Christine Rankin, CEO of Work and Income NZ 'ENZA' takes a greedy amount of resources Government policy on smacking children NZ Post Board conflicts Helen Clark worries about her profile falling in the wake of high publicity given to the Christine Rankin case Slobadan Milosevic misbehaves at the War Crimes Tribunal Women throughout NZ dress in Christine Rankin style to express their solidarity Flu grips New Zealanders Does Christine Rankin dress appropriately or is she a victim of a personal vendetta? Paralells between Christine Rankin and the Barbie Doll Wilful destruction of Tranzrail by Executives State Services Minister uses Auditor General to track Health Board payouts Moari make ready for the Maori TV channel The UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan calls for peace between the Israel and the Palestine Electricity Reforms lead to power cuts Jim Anderton draws a paralell between Laila Harre's ambition within the Alliance and being a witch Weight loss patches National popularity languishes following the replacement of Jenny Shipley as leader President Bush embraces missile proliferation Helen Clark absorbs the high praise given her throughout the Pacific Region Quantity: 25 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: Photocopies A4 size

Date: 19 July 2003 - 19 Jul 2003

From: Tung Jung oral history project

By: Leong, Tom Kwok Hing, 1930-

Reference: OHInt-0747-04

Description: Interview with Tom Leong, born in Canton (Guangzhou), China, in 1930. Includes: memories of life in China as a child; his family background. The Sino-Japanese war which was the reason for his coming to New Zealand as a refugee. Journey to and arrival in New Zealand. The New Zealand Centennial Exhibition, and starting school in Wellington. Working with his father and brother in the green grocery trade. Tom's later education was at Victoria University via Wellington Technical College. He took a batchelor of Science, and later, at Canterbury University, a Batchelor of Engineering (Electrical). During his university years in Christchurch, Tom got involved with the local Chinese community and met his future wife, Patsey. They married in 1954. On completing his degree in 1953 Tom worked first in the State Hydro-Electricity Department. By 1959 he was working on hydro projects on the Waikato River - Ohakuri, Atiamuri and Waipapa. He then transferred to head office in the early 1960s and worked on the first stage of the project to build a link across Cook Strait (Cook Strait Cable). In 1962 Tom got the job of supply engineer with the Wairarapa Electric Power Board, and he and his family moved to Masterton. He gives an account of his lie and work in Masterton including the local organisations and projects with which he was involved. When he retired from the Wairarapa Electric Power Board in 1992, he and his wife moved to Auckland. He worked for five years as a tutor for the Electrical Development Association, and in 1997 was appointed secretary to Auckland Utility Operators Group Inc. He was also staff assessor for the Institution of Proffessional Engineers New Zealand (IPENZ). Tom concludes with a general statement about his experience of life in New Zealand. Interviewer(s) - Kitty Chang Accompanying material - Photocopy of article and photographs of the New Zealand Centenial Exhibition Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-014094 - OHC-014095 Quantity: 2 C90 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 1.35 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-5051. Colour photograph of Tom Leong taken at the time of the interview and a laser copy Search dates: 1930 - 2003

Date: 18 May 2001

From: Anglo-Indian lives oral history project

By: Leckey, Richard Edward, 1937-

Reference: OHInt-0562/07

Description: Richard Leckey was born in Gazaiabad in 1937. Explains that his father worked for the railways, talks about his transfers and recalls memories of Kotri, railway houses and servants. Mentions his brothers and step-sisters, his own schooling at Lawrence College. Recalls his experiences of partition. Talks of his sister living in New Zealand, followed by the rest of the family, and his father's money in India. Talks of his carpentry apprenticeship in Auckland and describes his various jobs with hydro schemes. Mentions his wife's work on a psychiatric ward, his work in the same hospital and at a freezing works. Mentions his returned serviceman's loan, wanting to buy land. Talks of Maori associations, his genealogy, the SAS in New Zealand and why he left it. Explains the changes in his religions and mentions Indian religions. Talks of his family in Australia, Pakistan and England, school uniform, western clothes, mealtimes and games played and mixing with Muslim children. Mentions club membership and cultural differences. Talks of his drinking habit, settling in New Zealand and outlines the differences in lifestyle. Talks about his property in Karamea, and interest in forestry, his carpentry and building. Awards/funding - Project received an Oral History Grant Interviewer(s) - Dorothy McMenamin Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-008512, OHC-008513 Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 transcript(s). 1 interview(s). 2 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - transcript(s) available OHA-2645.

Date: 08 Jun 2006 to 18 Sep 2006 - 08 Jun 2006 - 18 Sep 2006

By: Mackenzie Centre Community Trust; Foley, Jacqueline, 1951-

Reference: OHColl-0829

Description: Interviews with those who worked on the hydro electric dam projects in the Mackenzie Basin and residents in towns nearby. The hydro dam systems include the Upper Waitaki system and the Waitaki system. The interviewees are, Michael Higgins, Sid Hurst, Peter Law, Struan Munro, Barry Phibbs, Esta Phibbs, Marion Sheridan, Max Smith and Alistair Wills. Abstracted by - Jacquie Foley Interviewer(s) - Jacqui Foley Quantity: 15 C60 cassette(s). 9 printed abstract(s). 9 interview(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete.

Date: 2004

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0005373

Description: Shows the Prime Minister Helen Clark crossing her arms and holding a newspaper in one hand. She makes a comment about power potential. The unidentified man standing behind her in the foreground mistakenly thinks Clark is referring to the failed Project Aqua when she is actually talking about the newspaper headline which reads "Nats surge Labour down" and has a picture of Don Brash, the leader of National Party. Refers to the proposed hydroelectric scheme by Meridian Energy for the lower Waitaki River and the Resource Management Act which made it difficult to gain consent. Also refers to the politicial opinion polls which at the time had National ahead of Labour. Published in The Press, 30 May 2004 Arrangement: This cartoon file was originally delivered to the library within a sub-folder called "QANTAS2004" 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: 2010

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

Reference: DCDL-0016425

Description: The cartoon shows three power pylons festooned with wires and surrounded by electric charges and floating '$' symbols. Text reads 'Wholesale electrickey prices MONTY PYLONS FRYING CIRCUS cooking the customers'. Refers to the unprecedented pre-Christmas spike in wholesale electricity prices that is down to generators pricing stored water for hydro-electricity more conservatively than in the past because they fear being required to pay customers to save power in the event of a power crisis. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: April 2013

By: Jones, Owen Trevor, active 2013

Reference: MSDL-2048

Description: Electronic document is a short history of the Earth Dam Design Section of the Power Design Office, 1956-1967. This work is part of a larger project on the collected history of the Ministry of Works Power Division (See also MS-Group-1617 and MSDL-2036). Source of title - From item Relationship complexity - Related files to the collected history of the Ministry of Works Power Division are available at MS-Group-1617 and MSDL-2036 Quantity: 1 Electronic document(s).

Date: 1995-2002

By: Adams, Joseph Langton, 1935-

Reference: MSDL-1188

Description: Memoir comprised of three sections covering different times in his life, including growing up in Moeraki. Also includes details based on his parents' recollections of mining for gold at the Lindis Pass camp and his own work assisting in the construction of the Aviemore dam on the Waitaki River. Quantity: 3 Electronic document(s).

Date: 2004-2005

By: Foley, Jacqueline, 1951-

Reference: OHColl-1114

Description: Oral history project in response to Project Aqua, a proposed $1.2 billion hydro-scheme by Meridian Energy Ltd on the Waitaki River, announced in 2001. Project Aqua would have diverted 73 per cent of the water in the lower Waitaki River into a 63 kilometre canal housing six power stations. The hydro project was ultimately cancelled in 2004. The collection contains seven interviews with a cross-section of the community, including those for and opposed to the project, and others who played representative and negotiating roles. Awards/funding - Project received an Australian Sesquicentennial Gift Trust Award, and an Award in Oral History Interviewer(s) - Jacqui Foley Quantity: 15 C60 cassette(s). 7 interview(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete. Search dates: 2001 - 2004