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Date: 1997 - 01 Jan 1997

By: Hooker, Garry, 1939-2022

Reference: OHColl-0568

Description: Life history interviews with seven members of Te Iwi o Te Roroa Interviewer(s) - Garry Hooker Quantity: 20 C60 cassette(s). 2 C120 cassette(s). 7 printed abstract(s). 7 interview(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete.

Date: 17 Jun 1989

By: Phillips, John Oliver Crompton, 1947-

Reference: OHColl-0659/1

Description: A meeting organised by Jock Phillips, Chief Historian in the Historical Branch of Department of Internal Affairs, to discuss the proposed New Zealand Historical Atlas. A cross-section of historians, geographers, social scientists and Maori interested parties attended. Principal speakers at the meeting were: Dr. Jack Camm, Editor of The Australians; Jim Milroy and Dr. Sydney Melbourne of Maori Studies, University of Waikato; Mrs Te Aue Davis of Department of Survey and Land Information; Miria Simpson, Assistant Editor Dictionary of New Zealand Biography; Bill Buxton, Arts and Cultural Heritage, Department of Internal Affairs. Sponsored by - Preliminary funding by New Zealand Lottery Grants Board Venue - Stout Research Centre, Victoria University, Wellington Quantity: 1 printed abstract(s). 3 C90 cassette(s). 1 event(s). 3.45 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA 3856.

Date: 28 Mar 1994 - 14 Apr 1994

From: The Men in Our Lives oral history project

By: Batley, Robert Anthony Leighton, 1923-2004

Reference: OHInt-0406-06

Description: Tony Batley outlines his family history going back to 1863 when his grandfather joined the crew of the `Royal Bride` which sailed to New Zealand and anchored off the coast at Napier (Paytoney) where a local gale blew the vessel over. Local Maori formed a living chain and saved the crew - Grandfather was thirteen years old with no possessions. Was hired for a couple of years by Sir Donald McLean who had a sheep station at Marae Kakako. Evenually in 1882, after several jobs, grandfather returned to Moawhango and opened a store with his brother Thomas Snelling and in 1883 opened a post office. He acted as interpreter for the Maori Land Court held in Moawhango in 1894. Discusses his life in Taihape, apart from 4 years in the Airforce, which included a course in firearms in Levin and Ohakea camp before duty in the Solomon Islands, arriving in Guadacannal on his 21st birthday. Recalls the RNZ Airforce camp called `Bloody Knoll on Ridge' had been a scene of heavy fighting in 1942. Describes the tension. Refers to Ventura bombers, the S Brauning Machine guns and depth charges. Describes the impact of returning to Moawhango and the Taihape district and how it re-awakened his interest in the history of the area and in 1946 he began to abstract his grandfather's diaries and relates extracts from them. Describes many interests. He was on the Council of the Polynesian Society; was a Board Member of the New Zealand Historic Places Trust; Chairman of the Kaimanawa Kaueha Forest Park Advisory Committe; President of the New Zealand Archaeological Society and currently on the New Zealand Historic Places Trust Regional Committee, Wanganui. Discusses the peopling of inland Patea by Tamtea and his descendants. Notes that Ngati Hotu were the original iwi. Discusses Winiata marae and the Moawhango and Orua Matua carved houses. Tells the story of Ngatarua and land given to Ngati Hinemanu. Abstracted by - Susan Hawes Interviewer(s) - Susan Hawes Recorded by - Susan Hawes Venue - The Homested, Moawhango Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-006749-006755; OHLCD-1295-1300 Quantity: 7 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 6.30 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-1530. 5 photographs

Date: 15 Nov 1988

From: NZOHA Electricity Centenary Oral History Project Stages I, II and III

By: Waiwai, Te Wiremu Ngahere Enoka, 1924-1998

Reference: OHInt-0003/30

Description: Bill Waiwai talks about origins of names; ancestors; some of his ancestors' history; reference to Waikaremoana; Waikato Land Wars; Horako; Ruatahuna; Te Kooti; grandfather, Enoka; Te Wiremu Ngahere of Ngati Manawa; Tengaroahiahi Tanaroa; father, Unuhia Ngahere; Murupara; the Tuhoe Tribes; Kahungungu; canoe Horouta. Describes family background; mother, Tengaroahiahi Tanaroa; father, Haami Enoka Waiwai; Maori language; seasonal work parents engaged upon; discipline; early memories of the building of Tuai Hydro Station; religion, Ringatu Church; contact with Pakeha; school at Kokako Native School; punishment for speaking Maori as school; cadet training; music; Tuhoe traditions, tribal folklore, Mataatua Canoe. Recalls first job at Cobb Power Scheme, Takaka, 1938; the hotels; details of sandblasting work; as linesman on Zig Zag Transmission Line, details of clearing bush between Canvastown and Nelson; work on an oil tanker for eight months to Santiago, South America; service for the Maori Battalion, 2nd NZEF during World War II in Middle East and Italy. Recalls working as labourer at the construction of the Kaitawa Hydro Station; overseer, Laurie Stevenson; training as a diver (problems with leaks at lake outlet); work at Kaituna Hydro Scheme; rigger / labourer at Mangakino, Waikato River Projects, 1949-1961; type of work as a rigger; describes Mangakino Camp; sly grogging at camp; gambling; reference to fights between Maori, Polynesians, Pakeha; headed Maori Wardens' Association in district, describes roles; politics on the marae; food at the camp; racial discrimination between Maori and Pakeha in relation to alcohol, Lodges. Discusses use of historic Maori land for hydro schemes; conflict over tangi leave; burial grounds under water; reference to construction superintendents, Bob Brown and Colin Lennon; engineers, Jim Macky and Colin McLeod; marriage; sport, especially golf; work as overseer at Matahina Hydro Project, 1960s; the dangers of tunnelling; reference to Bill Robins, Construction Superintendent, Jack Chesterman and Allan Howarth; work as overseer at Tongariro (Geothermal) Power Scheme; details of canals dug into Lake Rotoaira; environmental concerns about the scheme. Gives summary of career; discusses lack of Maori in senior positions; lack of opportunities given; work as overseer at New Plymouth Thermal Power Station; engineers and practical information and experience; work as Construction Superintendent at Ohaaki Geothermal Power Station, 1983-1988; the delegation of authority; hiring and firing; as active member of New Zealand Workers' Union (before going onto staff); reasons for early retirement. Access Contact - oral history librarian Venue - Cambridge Interviewer(s) - Hugo Manson Venue - Mr Waiwai's home at 85 Thompson Street, Cambridge Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-001870 - OHC-001873 Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 interview(s). 3 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB 291. Search dates: 1924 - 1988 Processing information: Access conditions updated 16 November 2023.

Date: 13 Dec 2009

From: New New Zealanders oral history project

By: Cottrell, Anna, active 1996-2003; Ali, Sanoubar, 1987-

Reference: OHInt-1039-06

Description: Interviewer(s) - Anna Cottrell Quantity: 1 digital sound recording(s) digital sound recording(s). 1 printed abstract(s) OHA-7658. 1 interview(s). 1.48 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete.

Date: 17 Oct 2009 and 7 Nov 2009

From: New New Zealanders oral history project

By: Cottrell, Anna, active 1996-2003; Mahendran, Thurairatnam, 1938-

Reference: OHInt-1039-07

Description: Interviewer(s) - Anna Cottrell Quantity: 1 digital sound recording(s) digital sound recording(s). 1 printed abstract(s) OHA-7659. 1 interview(s). 2.37 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete.

Date: 15 Feb 2010

From: New New Zealanders oral history project

By: Cottrell, Anna, active 1996-2003; Awad, Adam, 1966-

Reference: OHInt-1039-09

Description: Interviewer(s) - Anna Cottrell Quantity: 1 digital sound recording(s) digital sound recording(s). 1 printed abstract(s) OHA-7661. 1 interview(s). 2 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete.

Date: 07, 10 Feb 2008 - 07 Feb 2008 - 10 Feb 2008

From: Methven Heritage Project - RSA and Arable oral history project

By: Stevens, Jack Harrison, 1925-

Reference: OHInt-0920-16

Description: Interview with Jack Stevens. Born in 1925 in Christchurch in family of 11 children. Backgrounds parents Jack Stevens and Alice Stevens (nee Harrison) and childhood on dairy farm, Brookside, near Lake Ellsemere. Describes house, trip to Brookside Primary school on governess cart, rural mail delivery, hens, fruit orchard and vegetable garden. Says his father bought 120 acres at Killinchy, Rakaia, Canterbury plains. Mentions impact of Selwyn River flooding. Recalls playing hockey on stilts, football and biking. Describes milking process prior to electricity, using oil to drive milking engines. Says he worked for his father, and then at Seddon doing milking, gardening and driving teams for three years before he was called up for army service during World War Two. Refers to being in army January to September 1945, then manpowered for 18 months, working at freezing works, army harvest camp and for Arnold Campion at Greenfields, Methven. Says enlisted to go to Japan in 1947 as part of 3rd Battalion, J-Force. Talks about basic training at Burnham and Papakura, and voyage on 'Dunera' ship via Fiji to Kure Harbour, Japan. Recalls catching train to Yamaguchi that went through Hiroshima. Describes conditions at Yamaguchi naval barracks (known as Canterbury Camp). Talks about his jobs in Japan, a typical soldier's day and being in charge of the laundry. Refers to going to Tokyo for guard duty. Expands on life in Japan, public bath houses, gardens, snow, rice fields, shrines and relations with Japanese people. Says lived in American camp. Mentions leave at Beppu, Kobe, Tokahama beach, horse racing at Tokyo and Kyoto temples. Refers to Anzac parade in Tokyo and King's birthday parade. Mentions New Zealand Field Punishment jail, and fear of Korean invasion. Reflects on being in occupation army. Mentions one suicide while they were in Japan. Talks about trip home in December 1947 on the 'Westralia' ship, landing in Auckland. Mentions wharfies were on strike. Says worked for his brother Bert Stevens post war. Refers to experiences of his family who had been in World War Two. Refers to time at Lincoln College. Says he returned to Seddon where he met Helen Gluyas who he married in 1954. Refers to working for 11 years for Alex Gunn on cropping farm. Talks about getting rehabilitation money to purchase Barhill farm on Accommodation Road, and other blocks of land. Discusses using Roundup to deal with twitch and raising soil fertility with superphosphate and lime. Says he ran Stud Ayrshire cows, sheep, pigs and grew wheat, barley, potatoes. Refers to using rainwater for the house and race water for stock. Recalls his machinery, Massey 101 Junior and Fordson Powermajor tractors and an Allis Chalmers drag header. Comments on VFM (Valuation and Farm Management) workers on his farm from Lincoln College. Mentions his interest in Clydesdale horses and governess carts. Talks about being and inaugural member of Methven Jaycees, President of Methven Lions Club and fundraising projects, particularly the Methven Floral Festival. Abstracted by - Nicola Robertson Interviewer(s) - Kathryn McKendry Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-016776 - OHC-016777 Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 2 Electronic document(s). 1 interview(s). 2 Hours Duration. Physical Description: Textual files - Adobe PDF Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-6038, OHDL-001833. Search dates: 1925 - 2008

Date: 11 & 16 June 1999 - 11 Jun 1999

From: Institutional change in New Zealand science

By: Swindells, Yola Elsie, 1926-

Reference: OHInt-0412-6

Description: Yola Elsie Swindells, born ca 1925 in Portsmouth, England. Describes family background, a first generation New Zealander, parents from England. Talks about growing up in Whangarei, and talks about how parents' interest in nutrition and a variety of diets fuelled her interest. Talks about studying physics at a boys' high school in the upper sixth grade. Talks about studying home science and chemistry at Otago University, and how she was encouraged to do a masters, in the utilisation of ascorbic acid, under Dr Elizabeth Gregory. Talks about teaching nutrition and textile industry, becoming a lecturer in 1956, and Marion Robinson joining the Department. Talks about spending two years at University of Edinburgh, gaining her PhD in 1962. Discusses her PhD research, studying metablolism in relation to energy expenditure and weight in people, and talks about furthering this upon returning to New Zealand. Talks about becoming a senior lecturer in 1963, and supervising masters students. Talks about researching the way nutrition was taught in different parts of the world, and visiting many academic institutes in these countries. Discusses gender issues and status at the faculty. Notes there are few women professors, and that Medical School staff got more easily promoted than staff at the School of Home Sciences. Mentions the battle to get nutrition as a subject into the Science Faculty. Talks about helping to establish the Nutrition Society of New Zealand. Major issues were fluorodation, the iodisation of salt and the labelling of foods. Talks about the need to prevent quackery in nutrition, and the growth of the Dietetic Association. Discusses being Co-Head of Department with Marion Robinson from 1963 for ten years. Talks about developing the meat loaf and icecream diet. Talks about receiving Nuffield research grants in 1971 and 1972. Describes how gender issues weren't as much a issue for her as for newer staff who had studied overseas under a broader approach. Interviewer(s) - Ruth Barton Accompanying material - Interview information, curriculum vitae, publications list Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 transcript(s). 2.30 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - transcript(s) available OHA-2638.

Date: 1981 - 01 Jan 1981

By: Wineera, Ria Moheko, 1899-1995; Baylis, Margaret E, l926-

Reference: OHColl-0573-01

Description: Leah Wineera was interviewed by Margaret Baylis on behalf of Margaret's brother Murray Patterson who was researching material for a book about his his great-grandparents and settlers of Lakeside, Sedgemere and Taumutu Districts near Lake Ellesmere. Margaret Baylis talks about the research and asks Leah Wineera about her memories of people and places of the Districts. Publication - Interview by sister of Murray Patterson, as preparation for his book 'In sight of the lake & sound of the sea : a narrative of the life and times of my great grandparents, James and Agnes McIlaith, David and Ann Marshall, John and Margaret Patterson, and the other pioneer settlers of the lakeside Sedgemere Taumutu Districts, to whom the present generation owe so much.' Christchurch, M. Patterson, 1998. Interviewer(s) - Margaret Baylis Accompanying material - 2 photos, one marriage notice in the Ellersmere Guardian. Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). 1 folder(s) - accompanying materials. 1 interview(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - other OHA-2696 (folder). 2 photos: One of Margaret Baylis and Leah Wineera, taken at 19a South Belt, Lincoln, 8152 on the 18 June 1981. One of Auntie Leah Wineera of Porirua beside Auntie Magie (?) nee Taiaroa of Wanganui, at the opening of the dining room at Rehua Marae, Christchurch.

Date: 17, 31 Mar 1996 - 17 Mar 1996 - 31 Mar 1996

From: Haast oral history project

By: Nolan, Desmond Joseph, 1920-2001

Reference: OHInt-0419/01

Description: Des Nolan was born in Hokitika in 1920. Describes how his paternal grandparents arrived in Jackson's Bay from Ireland. Comments that the community was a `fiasco' and they moved to Okuru. Recalls growing up in the homestead there, his father's vegetable garden, eating wood pigeon, and his first schooling at home being taught by his cousin. Recalls fishing and playing music for entertainment. Describes high school education at St Kevin's in Oamaru. Recalls riding out to Haast on a horse and then going by bus and train to Oamaru. Mentions that prior to this he had been out of Haast once to Hokitika on the `Gael' (boat) to go to the dentist. Notes that the `Gael' came up the Okuru River about every two months. Mentions that mail was by pack horse every fortnight and the priest and minister came every few months. Comments on trips made over the Paringa Saddle when people were sick and had to leave the area. Mentions that Mrs Nolan and Mrs McPherson helped with births. Comments on the difficulty for women moving in to the area. Describes changes with the air service which meant that conditions such as appendicitis were no longer so dangerous. Mentions Dr Jean McLean. Describes meeting and marrying Eileen in Hokitika and their honeymoon in Christchurch. Mentions movies once a week at Haast and occasional dances. Describes cattle farming as their main livelihood. Discusses the cattle being driven along the Paringa Track to market. Describes mustering. Mentions cattle were originally driven to Whataroa and later to Cromwell. Mentions the butter and cheese factory, cheesemaking and their 160 cows. Describes the difficulty of weather conditions and drownings in the area. Mentions the local roadmen and swaggers during the Depression. Describes the need to be a jack of all trades. Mentions the steam engine which ran the sawmill. Discusses local settlers including the Cron family, Donald and Jimmy McPherson and the Harris family on the Turnbull River, the Nisson family, and Mrs Cowan at the Okuru store and post office. Recalls Arawata Bill. Describes the beginning of the whitebait industry and his father's purchase of canning machinery in Australia. Recalls catching 130 kerosene tins of whitebait one day in 1944. Discusses the `whitebait wars', learning to fly and flying whitebait out for a number of years. Mentions his Tiger Moth and Miles Messenger aeroplanes. Describes stopping flying in 1970 after the road went through. Mentions that his wife Eileen nursed in Hokitika, ran a whitebait buying business and a motel in Okuru after the road went through. Comments on the benefits of the road. Interviewer(s) - Julia Bradshaw Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 3 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-2905.

Date: 03 May 2005

From: MOTAT Volunteers oral history project

By: Vause, Alan Edward, 1917-2005

Reference: OHInt-0899-08

Description: Interview with Alan Vause, born in Wellington in 1917. Talks about growing up near Rongotai Aerodrome, developing an early interest in aviation, and building and flying model aeroplanes. Refers to being introduced to pilots by an uncle, and meeting Kingsford Smith when he visited New Zealand. Discusses the early days of aviation in the 1920s and 1930s. Comments on helping with aeroplanes at Rongotai as a teenager and sometimes being taken for rides. Describes working as ground staff at the Wellington Aero Club and the role of the Club at Rongotai in training pilots and providing ground support. Refers to his involvement with the Dominion School of Aeronautics, a programme set up by the government to train a civil reserve force, which used aero clubs to train pilots. Mentions taking an international correspondence course in aircraft engineering. Recalls meeting George Bolt through the club and later working for his Cook Strait Airways until 1938 when he returned to the Aero Club at Rongotai to work on aircraft maintenance. Describes how the Club's planes were all taken to Blenheim at the start of World War II for pilot training, and working at the de Havilland factory at Rongatai assembling imported aircraft during the war. Mentions joining the Air Force where he worked modifying civil aircraft into reconnaissance planes and bombers for use around the coast and in the Pacific. Discusses working for Union Airways after the war, first in Palmerston North and then at Mangere where he helped in establishing Aircraft Service Limited with Doug Wright and others. Comments on running the workshop and converting Air Force aircraft for civil use. Talks about the introduction of aerial topdressing in 1949 which revolutionised farming. Mentions becoming a shareholder and director in Aircraft Service Limited and converting aircraft for topdressing. Comments on leaving the company in 1956 and having various jobs subsequently. Mentions wanting to be a pilot when he was young but lacking the education needed to train, and getting his licence later. Refers to his experience with gliding which began in 1938 in Wellington, his later involvement with the Auckland Gliding Club at Ardmore, and eventually becoming responsible for certifying airworthiness of gliders in New Zealand. Discusses the Walsh Brothers Memorial Trust which funded the Walsh Memorial Library at the Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT) and also made regular donations to MOTAT. Refers to his involvement with MOTAT, working occasionally on aircraft but not being a member. Interviewer(s) - Rosemary Deane Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-016572 - OHC-016573 Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 Electronic document(s) - abstract. 1 interview(s). 1.56 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-5962, OHDL-000435. Black and white photocopy or print of a photograph of Alan Vause, 2005 Search dates: 1917 - 2005

Date: August 1995

From: Kahungunu Kaumatua of the late 1900s

By: Hapi-Smith, Huia, active 1995-

Reference: OHInt-0591/13

Description: He korero mo te Mahia Talks about te Mahia Quantity: 15 Minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - no abstract(s) available.

Date: August 1995

From: Kahungunu Kaumatua of the late 1900s

By: Rarere, Bob, active 1995; Pani, Cambridge Tipene, 1919-1995

Reference: OHInt-0591/15

Description: E korero ana mo nga hitori e pa ana ki a Rakaipaaka me te Mahia Talks about the histories of Rakaipaaka and te Mahia Quantity: 13 Minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - no abstract(s) available.

Date: 1995-1996

By: Hildreth, Gabrielle, active 1998; Haysmith, Wynne, active 1995-2002

Reference: OHColl-0633

Description: Interviews Maori from the Helensville area of the Kaipara Harbour. Looks at their iwi, Ngati Whatua, the local pa, tikanga Maori, intertribal links, land issues, traditional food gathering and current farm forestry practices. Includes two interviews with Neil Barr. Interviewer(s) - Gabrielle Hildreth Interviewer(s) - Wynne Haysmith Quantity: 10 C60 cassette(s). 7 printed abstract(s). 7 interview(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete.

Date: 06 Nov 2000

From: Upper Hutt Uniting Parish Millennium Project

By: Taylor, Jean, 1934-

Reference: OHInt-0593/46

Description: Jean Taylor was born in Upper Hutt in 1938. Describes the Upper Hutt church, now the Wesley Centre. Mentions that it was transported in two parts from Whiteman's Valley to its current site. Refers to the road over Mangaroa Hill used for logging purposes, the route of the railway line, McLaren Street houses which were part of the timber milling project, the development of sections in that area. Mentions delivering Crosslink magazine and the monthly church paper. Explains what the transition to a co-operating parish was like, names the Presbyterian worship centres of St. Andrew's, Iona, Brown Owl. Recalls her Methodist Church social life, mentioning Sunday School, crafts, youth group, all run by Mr. Heyhoe, also Bible Classes and camps. Recalls Sunday School at the Druid's hall with its' beer smell. Names Otaki City Mission camp, children's health camps, Salvation Army Camp in Akatarawa, Solway at Masterton. Explains her father's refusal to allow her to work at Methodist's Children's Home in Masterton. Relates working at the Reserve Bank until after her marriage and rest homes once her children had grown up. Mentions the influence of Phyllis Keen, nee Hounsell in setting up the Girls' Brigade with Ann Thomas, nee Wright. Recalls the Girls' Brigade guard of honour at her wedding, being chaplain for a year during Kay Malpass' leadership. Talks of her enjoyment of home group, the development of her faith and confidence. Explains about her mother's loss of a baby. Relates about a Wesley Centre builder, Jack Lloyd, his faith experience when a sailor, reaction to his Bible reading. Describes her faith experiences, Christian Fellowship and Women's Aglow meetings, Order of St. Luke, Robert Frost, speaking in tongues. Discusses resurrection and cremation, 'seeing' her minister, Stan Olds, in the last moments of his life, enter another dimension. Explains about the establishment of Care and Craft nationwide and her work as a volunteer, mentions a stroke patient. Describes the indoor game of Rummi Cub or Kub. Relates difficulties with the Privacy Act, mentions District Nurses. Talks of homosexuality in the church. Relates community attitudes to the church and church people, and her family's church membership. Talks of attitudes to ministers, mentions Norman Knipe, Graeme McIver and Stan Olds.. Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHA-9301, OHA-9302 Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 transcript(s) - printed. 1 Electronic document(s) - transcript. 1 interview(s). 1.20 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - transcript(s) available OHA-3009, OHDL-000964. Portrait photograph taken at time of interview. China birds on mantelpiece

Date: 8 Mar 2000 - 08 Mar 2000

From: Government House oral history project Stage II

By: Brown, James, 1925-

Reference: OHInt-0642/1

Description: Jim Brown was born in Christchurch in 1925. Gives details of his family background and childhood home on a farm at Russells Flat in Canterbury. Recalls being taught to shoot, fish and box by his father. Mentions that he was in the Army for World War II and the Korean War. Talks about attending school in Fendalton, boarding with his aunties and being an altar boy. Describes getting prizes for boxing at Christchurch Boys' High School and mentions being a welterweight in the Army. Recalls being in army cadets at school and the feeling of responsibility. Describes winning a scholarship to Duntroon and being there from 1945 to 1947. Discusses being posted to Japan in 1948 for the occupation. Talks about his hearing loss from years of working in tanks and with gunfire. Describes being aide de camp for Keith Stewart in 1948 and going to Government House. Describes being in Korea in 1951 and 1952 and his feelings about battle. Recalls returning to New Zealand and marrying Patricia Sutton. Talks about becoming Comptroller at Government House in 1961. Mentions General McKinnon. Describes how Lord Cobham was the Governor-General at the time. Discusses forms of address and his duties including financial duties. Discusses being the first New Zealand born Comptroller. Comments on the relationship between Lord Cobham and the Prime Minister, Keith Holyoake. Mentions that David Williams was the Official Secretary. Recalls the visit of the King and Queen of Thailand. Describes the controversy over the Cobhams' cars. Mentions Mac the chauffeur. Describes becoming an instructor at Duntroon from 1962 to 1965 then going to Waiouru and Linton with the Army. Mentions being Commissioner of Civil Defence from 1971 to 1977 before becoming Official Secretary at Government House in 1977. Recalls interviews with both Sir Denis Blundell, Governor-General when he first arrived, and his replacement Sir Keith Holyoake. Recalls escorting Sir Keith Holyoake to London to get his commission. Describes talking to the Queen. Discusses his daily routine as Official Secretary, the Governor-General's diary and the hierarchy at Government House. Comments on the relationship between Robert Muldoon and Governors-General Sir Keith Holyoake and Sir David Beattie. Mentions Holyoake's health. Discusses the redecoration of Government House by Lady Beattie and the committee she convened, Friends of the House (FROTH). Discusses the 1984 snap election, a media party being held at the time of its announcement and the reaction of journalists. Gives details regarding the proroguing of Parliament. Discusses the 1981 Waitangi Day protests and the 1985 Waitangi Day standoff when Sir David Beattie was kept waiting. Talks about the relationship of David Lange with the Governor-General, the Official Secretary's relationship with the Secretary to the Cabinet and communication with the secretary at Buckingham Palace. Discusses family at Government House mentioning the mother of Sir David Beattie and family weddings. Interviewer(s) - Hugo Manson Quantity: 5 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 4.30 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-3403.

Date: Sep 1998 to May 1999

By: Kennett, Jonathan Peter, 1967-

Reference: OHColl-0425

Description: Gives a picture of forestry life in New Zealand including the changes in lifestyle as modern equipment became available. Describes some of the Maori history of what is now Tongariro Forest Park. Examines the development of a strong conservation coalition from an established logging community. Interviews are with Keith Chapple, Paul Green, Ray Mathieson, Ian Glennie, Graeme Dingle, Fred Richards, Sonny Te Hura, Kepa Patena, Kevin Smith, Brian Climo and Colin Anderson. Interviewer(s) - Jonathan Kennett Accompanying material - Material including photos of the Tongariro Forest while travelling through it with Brian Climo and Colin Anderson, and Tongariro Forest Adventure Map (filed with abstracts) Quantity: 23 C60 cassette(s). 9 printed abstract(s). 9 interview(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete.

Date: 4 Oct 1988 - 04 Oct 1988

From: World War I Oral History Archive

By: Elder, Arthur William Frederick, 1893-1988

Reference: OHInt-0006/25

Description: Describes family background, a full account of his education and of his first jobs, including his apprenticeship, territorials No. 1 Garrison Artillery (Auckland), his fiancee, influence of religion on his life, 16th Waikato (Territorials), enlistment in artillery, Featherston, sailed on 'Ulimaroa', final leave, ports of call, Capetown, Sling Camp, leave in London and in Scotland, training, gas training, and New Zealand and British instructors. Recalls Etaples, Divisional Ammunition Column (DAC), use of horses and mules, horse training, Messines, mobile canteens, various incidents with DAC, appendicitis, Brockenhurst and Hornchurch Hospitals, Eweshot, 4th Battery, mass graves, Amiens, the Big Push, Bapaume, armistice, influenza, with Army of Occupation in Cologne, conscientious objectors, attitude of civilians, prostitution in London and Germany, dangle parade, Massey and Ward, voyage home, career since 1919, and views on RSA. Venue - Auckland Interviewer(s) - Jane Tolerton Interviewer(s) - Nicholas Boyack Venue - Mr Elder's home at 237A Shirley Rd, Papatoetoe, Auckland Quantity: 4 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 3.20 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB 467. Black and white photographs:-. Two of Bill Elder, 1988. Bill Elder at gun on deck of "Ulimaroa", undated

Date: 06 Jul 1973

By: Riley, Charles Francis Dennis, 1893-1982; Grover, Raymond Frank, 1931-2019

Reference: OHColl-0021/1

Description: Charles Riley was born in Tower Hamlets, London, in 1893. Describes coming to New Zealand on the SS TAINUI (ship) in 1913; serving with 3rd Prince of Wales Dragoon Guards during World War I; being present at First Battle of Ypres. Recalls the burning of the Cloth Hall at Ypres and describes in detail life in the trenches, gas attacks and fighting on the St Julien Sector; being injured and returned to New Zealand where he joined the New Zealand Expeditionary Force and served in Palestine. Discusses taking a government bursary after the war to study structural engineering at Canterbury University; failing exams and becoming an engineering draughtsman; joining the New Zealand Railways; becoming involved with the Labour Movement; being made redundant in 1930; heavy involvement in organising the unemployed in Christchurch. Describes activities, food depots and illegal meetings in Victoria Square; convictions and prison term; recalls other labour and unemployed workers leaders; leaving for Australia and working as a miner at Cobar and Tennants Creek. Talks about leaving to enlist with the International Brigade in the Spanish Civil War; describes Darwin in the 1930s; working passage to London as a fireman on a freighter; describes in detail process of joining Brigade in Paris; travelling to Spain; enlistment in 35th Division of Brigade; other New Zealanders in Brigade; training; experiences of fighting at Teruel and Brunete; crossing the Ebro River at Tortosa; being wounded and repatriated to London; organisation of Brigade; rank of shock brigadier and company commissar; Brigade weapons and tactics; the Spanish troops; withdrawal of Brigade from Spain; return to Australia; suspicion of New Zealand and Australian governments to returning International Brigade members. Briefly describes career in World War II in Z Company of the First Echelon of 2NZEF. Venue - Lower Hutt Interviewer(s) - Ray Grover Venue - 36 Bush Street, Naenae, Lower Hutt Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-000440 Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). 1 Electronic document(s) (transcript). 1 interview(s). 50 Minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - transcript(s) available OHDL-001341.