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Date: 17 Nov 2005 - 04 June 2006 - 17 Oct 2005 - 04 Apr 2006

By: Hutching, Megan Alannah, 1957-; New Zealand. Manatū Taonga Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Reference: OHColl-0827

Description: The project concentrates on the interviewees' war and service experiences at home in New Zealand, including that of a conscientious objector. Some interviews also cover post-war years, including reflecting on the effect of war and an emphasis on the everyday life of being a serviceman or woman. The interviewees are Mervyn Brown, George Clark, Heather Crispe, Peter Crispe, Katherine Dyall, Ngaire Gibbons, George Judge, Derek Laver, Jane McIntyre, Maisie Munro, Hazel Rowe, Harry Spencer, Gwen Stevens, Maisie Takle and Betty van Praag. Publication - Last Line of Defence: New Zealanders Remember the War at Home, Megan Hutching (ed). Auckland: HarperCollins NZ, 2007. Abstracted by - Megan Hutching Abstracted by - Megan Hutching Interviewer(s) - Megan Hutching Accompanying material - Abstracts contain questionaire, copies of photographs and some contain additional or photocopied information . Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-015225 - OHC-015255 Quantity: 31 C60 cassette(s). 15 printed abstract(s). 15 interview(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete partial transcripts also available. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Ministry for Culture and Heritage

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: May - Sep 2009

By: Hutching, Megan Alannah, 1957-

Reference: OHColl-0974

Description: This project was undertaken on the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Auckland Harbour Bridge. The ten interviewees represent a cross-section of people who worked on the construction, upgrade and maintenance of the bridge, as well as men who worked for the Auckland Harbour Bridge Authority once it was completed. They talk about raising the money to build the bridge, construction of the foundations and superstructure, laying the concrete deck, maintenance of the roadway and steel superstructure once it was opened, collecting tolls, and traffic control on the bridge. Information about the construction of the extensions (or 'clip-ons') by Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co. of Japan has also been recorded. The period covered is up to the abolition of tolls in 1984. The interviewees are John Cole, Jim Dowell, Cynthia and John Hyatt, Bob Isgrove, Frank Keegan, Peter Loveys, Ray Parker, Tony Railton, Dick Wilks and Brian Wilson. Awards/funding - Project received an Award in Oral History Interviewer(s) - Megan Hutching Accompanying material - Timeline for the Auckland Harbour Bridge from 1929 to 1967 (with backfile) Arrangement: Digital files arranged as OHDL-001070 - OHDL-001089 Quantity: 10 digital sound recording(s) digital sound recording(s). 21 Electronic document(s) - abstracts, forms. 10 printed abstract(s). 2 scanned images of cards. 10 interview(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete.

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

Date: 27 Nov 2002 to 09 July 2008 - 27 Nov 2002 - 09 Jul 2008

By: Museum of Transport and Technology; Adams, Avon, active 2003; Annan, David, active 2006; Deane, Rosemary, active 1998-2005; Grenville, Bruce Ronald, 1950-; Hutching, Megan Alannah, 1957-; Linauskas, Karen, active 2005; Mai, Bruce, active 2004; Munns, Roger, active 2003-2005; Rayner, William, active 2004; Reid, Madelaine, active 2006; Robertson, Elayne Gladys, 1935-; Robertson, Ian, active 1995-2005; Rudge, Allan, active 2000s; Wishart, Megan Louise, 1966-

Reference: OHColl-0899

Description: Interviews with volunteers at the Museum of Transport & Technology (MOTAT) which includes information about the history of MOTAT, discussing the work the volunteers undertake within the different sections of MOTAT, such as trams, aircraft, railway, book press and book binding and general information about aeronautics, aviation engineering, salvaging, rebuilding and restoring aircraft, various types of transport and machinery. The interviewees are Phil Andrews, George Bath, Oriel Bickerton, Eric Burns, Eric Culpitt, Alan Curtis, James Dickey, Max Fisher, Carl Harding, John Hogan, Harry Hubbert, Doug Kingett, Bert Lynn, Norm McKelvey, Robert (Bob) Mann, Dave Martin, Neville Mines, Ian Mison, Nola Morgan, William (Bill) Mullan, Geoffrey Rodliffe, John Sansom, Bill Shears, Roger Stanton, Ian Stewart, Keith Stewart, Harold Stone, Alan Vause, Henry Whale and John Wolf. The interviews with Jim Dickey, Norman McKelvey, Neville Mines and Alan Vause also have a subject relationship to the Aviation memories oral history project. Abstracted by - Megan Hutching, Madelaine Reid and Elayne Robertson Interviewer(s) - Avon Adams, David Annan, Rosemary Deane, Bruce Grenville, Megan Hutching, Karen Linauskas, Bruce Mai, Roger Munns, Bill Rayner, Madelaine Reid, Elayne Robertson, Ian Robertson, Allan Rudge, Megan Wishart Arrangement: Digital files arranged as OHDL-000435 - OHDL-000454 Tape numbers - OHC-016563 to OHC-016575, OHC-018300-OHC-018301, OHC-019562 - OHC-019564, OHC-019899 - OHC-019938 Quantity: 61 C60 cassette(s). 30 printed abstract(s). 21 Electronic document(s) - abstracts. 30 interview(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete no abstracts for Bert Lynn and Eric Culpitt. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by MOTAT, Auckland, 2006-2009 Processing information: Interviews not yet described: Bert Lynn (OHC-019562); Eric Culpitt (OHC-019563, OHC-019564)

Date: 2005 - 2010

By: Robertson, Ian, active 1995-2005; Hutching, Megan Alannah, 1957-; Museum of Transport and Technology

Reference: OHColl-0900

Description: Interviews with four people who have worked for the Auckland Transport Board and its successors, on trams or on buses. The interviewees are Marian Gallop, Phyllis Harwood, Dudley Watson and John Wolf. Interviewer(s) - Ian Robertson, Megan Hutching Quantity: 6 C60 cassette(s). 2 digital sound recording(s) digital sound recording(s). 6 Electronic document(s) (abstracts). 4 printed abstract(s). 4 interview(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete.