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Māori who served in the Vietnam War oral history project
Date: 2006-2011
By: Diamond, Paul Edward, 1968-; Fowke, Susan, 1944-2017
Reference: OHColl-1030
Description: Ten interviews with Māori who served in the Vietnam War. The interviewees were born between 1935 and 1949, and belong to iwi from rohe across Aotearoa/New Zealand. Includes interviews with Paul Kimiora Carr, Roy Tutewhakaiho Matakatia Komene, Roger Carew Aritaku Maaka, John Edwin Heremaia Marsh, William (George) Mathew, Anthony (Andy) Leon Mokaraka, Albert Sidney (Sid) Puia, Rangi Mathew Rata, James (Jim) Taia, and Charles Romi (Bunny) Tumai. Includes printed biographical forms, printed abstracts, printed pre-interview questionnaires, digital recordings, photographs, and other documentation. Awards/funding - Funded by an Award in Oral History from the Ministry for Culture and Heritage, 2006. Between June 1964 and December 1972 around 3,500 New Zealand military personnel served in South Vietnam. All of the New Zealanders who served were regulars or had enlisted in the Regular Force to join V Force - New Zealand's army contingent in the US-led coalition. Māori participation in the war was substantial. The interviewees served with many of the New Zealand units deployed in Vietnam; some served with Australian units. Quantity: 10 digital sound recording(s). 10 printed abstract(s). 1 folder(s). 10 interview(s). 44 Electronic document(s). 203 digital photograph(s). 25 electronic scan(s) of original colour photographic print(s). 37 electronic scan(s) of original black and white photographic print(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Paul Diamond, Lower Hutt, November 2011 Search dates: 1964 - 1900 - 1972 - 2011
Interview with Jim Robinson
Date: 14 September 2011 - 14 Sep 2011
From: Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand (IPENZ) Engineering New Zealand oral history project
By: La Roche, John Charles, 1937-; La Roche, Sue, active 1940s-2011; Robinson, Winsbury James, 1921-
Reference: OHInt-0965-09
Description: Interview with Jim Robinson, conducted 14 September 2011. Interviewee discusses his childhood, education, and his service in the Royal New Zealand Air Force during the second world war and training as a pilot. The interview also discusses university study, working on a transmission line from Bunnythorpe to Haywards, and working at the Auckland Electric Power Board (AEPB), and various projects, such as the reticulation of Waiheke Island. Also discusses his work for the Fiji Electrical Authority in the early 1970s. Abstracted by - John La Roche Interviewer(s) - John La Roche Interviewer(s) - Sue La Roche Quantity: 1 interview(s). 1 Electronic document(s) Microsoft Word files. 1 digital sound recording(s) digital sound recording(s). 1 digital photograph(s) Jpeg file. 1 printed abstract(s). 1.59 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