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Date: 1999-2000 - 29 Oct 1999 - 20 May 2002

By: Selby, Rachael Ann, 1949-; Richmond, Joanna Mary, 1946-; Thorpe, Agnes Anne, 1939-

Reference: OHColl-0673

Description: Maori and Pakeha were interviewed for this project, which looks at the history of Otaki and the lives of ten of its community. Language - mainly English but possibly some Maori within interviews by Rachael Selby Interviewer(s) - Anne Thorpe Interviewer(s) - Rachael Selby Interviewer(s) - Jan Richmond Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-011052 - 011064 Quantity: 8 C60 cassette(s). 5 C90 cassette(s). 10 printed abstract(s) and accompanying photos and material. 10 interview(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete. Several photocopies of photos accompany documentation Search dates: 1930 - 2000

By: Coughlan, Richard William, 1914-2010

Reference: OHColl-0630-1

Description: The information includes the history of Waima, Te Mahuri's farewell (born 1906 and buried in Rotorua at Ohinemutu, Tame-te-Kapua Marae. A pakeha and brother of Richard Coughlan) Includes information about Peter Buck's time in Waima and at Rawene Hospital. Mentions the largest oak tree in New Zeland with branches 40 feet out from the trunk of the tree, the native school which, at one time was the third largest native school in New Zealand, and the building of the non-denominational Waima Church built by the community from 1908 to 1912. Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). 30 Minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - no abstract(s) available.

Date: 27 Jul 2000

From: Otaki oral history project

By: Gimblett, Frederick George, 1929-; Thorpe, Agnes Anne, 1939-

Reference: OHInt-0673-06

Description: Frederick George Gimblett, known as Ted, was born in Northcote, Auckland in 1929. Talks about how his family moved to Otaki in 1939, where his father, bought the general store within days of the start of World War II. Mentions his father being rejected for enlisting in the war. Describes in detail the store, and products sold. Talks about a fire that gutted the store in 1942 and getting a government permit to restore it. Talks about the store's conversion to a Four Square shop, which his brother Jack took over in 1968. Talks about taking over his father's hardware store the same year. Talks about his father's involvement in the community, including the Otaki Council, president of the Grocers Association, golf, Masonic Lodge, school committees, and his love of English cars. Describes how his father looked after key townspeople, such as the bank manager, police and stationmaster. Refers to the bank manager as the 'lord of the manor'. Talks about class structures in the town, and to Maori being called 'Natives', and only being allowed to play golf on Wednesday afternoon. Talks about neighbouring families, and describes shopkeepers and shops. Talks about helping in the shop after school, stamp club and boys brigade. Talks about school, teachers, and discipline. Mentions a lack of jobs in Otaki after the war when soldiers returned. Refers to Paraparaumu, and describes Waikanae. Mentions his first car, a Morris 25. Describes Jim Sievers, the local undertaker, and related stories. Talks about the Civic Theatre. Talks about premarriage entertainment, dancing, courting at badminton and tennis, and the rifle club. Describes involvement with golf and rotary. Mentions children and siblings. Accompanying material - Notes on Gimblett family on Main Street, including photocopies of photos of their stores (4) Interviewer(s) - Anne Thorpe Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-11063 Quantity: 1 C90 cassette(s). 80 Minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-3871. Photos of Gimblett's first shop (interior) and Gimblett's Hardware Ltd (exterior) Search dates: 1939 - 1960

Date: April - December 2008

From: Owen, Dylan, 1958-: Photographs

Reference: PADL-000249

Description: Photographs of the exterior of buildings in Manawatu-Wanganui Regional towns and cities including Palmerston North, Levin, Shannon, Dannevirke, Eketahuna, Woodville, Taihape, and Mangatainoka, taken April-December 2008 Arrangement: These files were originally delivered to the library within folders called "New Zealand Buildings April to July 2008" and "New Zealand Building July to December 2008" Quantity: 150 digital photograph(s).

Date: 2005

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

Reference: DX-014-665

Description: Two elderly men discuss the proposed reversion to Waikato town Huntly's original Maori name, Rahui Pokeka, over the back fence. Extended Title - No thanks- wild horses couldn't drag me away from Huntly. Quantity: 1 digital image(s).

Date: 2009

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

Reference: DCDL-0010146

Description: A group of Hamilton cilty councillors sit around a table looking perturbed at the size that the Auckland super-city could be. One of them has the bright idea that Hamilton could make a bid for the rest of the North Island. Refers to the super-city that is propsed for Auckland that will be administered by a single mayoralty. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2006

From: Webb, Murray, 1947- :Digital caricatures

Reference: DCDL-0001785

Description: A caricature of Keith Turner, CEO of meridian Energy. He is shown standing above the city of Auckland. Jagged rays leap from his fingers to the city. Refers to the power cut in central Auckland on Monday 12 June which stopped business for about three hours. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: April - July 2008

From: Owen, Dylan, 1958-: Photographs

Reference: PADL-000248

Description: Photographs of the exterior of buildings in Waipukurau, Waipawa, Napier, and Takapau in the Hawkes's Bay Region, taken April-July 2008 Arrangement: These files were originally delivered to the library within folder called "New Zealand Buildings April to July 2008" Quantity: 8 digital photograph(s).

Date: 2013

From: Walker, Malcolm, 1950- :Digital cartoons

By: Architecture New Zealand (Periodical)

Reference: DCDL-0025181

Description: A Maori chief dressed in a traditional cloak, carrying a taiaha walks over the brow of a hill and in the distance is a traditional-style whare [house] but then a larger view is shown which shows a contemporary city crammed onto a small island or isthmus. It may refer to the 'Auckland Super City'. Cartoon illustrated an article by Architect David Mitchell published in June/July 2013 issue of Architecture NZ. Title from file name Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2014

From: Clark, Laurence, 1949- :Digital cartoons

By: Northern advocate (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0029725

Description: Cartoon shows six panels, under a heading, 'Prizes for best sixties costume at Town Basin party'. In four of the panels, people wear various sixties style costumes, commenting on Whangarei celebrating 50 years as a city, and the Hundertwasser Art Centre. In the final two panels, a boy asks, "So how come this isn't called the 'City Basin'?", and an older man with crossed arms says, "That would involve change". Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2014

From: Tremain, Garrick, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]

Reference: DCDL-0029735

Description: Cartoon shows a man walking hunched over like a Neanderthal and saying, "Good idea". Two men in suits comment that he's missing his brain, which is why holding the Winter Olympics in Queenstown seems like a good idea to him. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2014

From: Clark, Laurence, 1949- :Digital cartoons

By: Northern advocate (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0029905

Description: Cartoon shows a couple discussing the proposed Hundertwasser Art Centre in relation to existing buildings in the Whangarei Town Basin. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Evans, Malcolm Paul, 1945- :Digital cartoons

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0022860

Description: Nadzeya Ostapchuk, the woman shotput contestant in the London 2012 Olympic Games, claims that she took illegal supplements unknowingly. John Banks says that it was the same for him. He is holding a newspaper headlined 'Mayoral election account'. The cartoonist, as a bird, comments 'We know what we're being fed!'. Ostapchuk was disqualified from her gold medal for taking performance enhancing drugs. She protested her innocence and lack of knowledge that the drugs were illegal. John Banks likewise protested his lack of knowledge of the large donations from Kit Dotcom used to finance his campaign. The public were mainly of the cartoonist's opinion Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0023617

Description: Shows an enormous pier covered in colourful buildings, amusement park rides, bungy jumping sites, and more. The words, 'How to revitalise Brighton?...' appear at the top. Context: bold proposals for the regeneration of New Brighton have been welcomed by residents and business owners as a way to revitalise the seaside suburb. (Stuff.co.nz, 4 Dec 2012) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: Nov 1981 - Feb 1982

By: New Zealand Oral History Archive; Fyfe, Judith Mildred de Visme, 1944-; Manson, Heugh Cecil Drummond, 1941-

Reference: OHColl-0005

Description: Structured life history interviews with longterm residents of the Wairarapa town of Martinborough. The object of the project was to gather first hand accounts of living in a small rural town in NZ in the first part of the twentieth century. Awards/funding - Funded by a grant from the Department of Internal Affairs Abstracted by - Judith Fyfe, Hugo Manson and Jean Harton Interviewer(s) - Hugo Manson and Judith Fyfe Accompanying material - Notes to accompany the project, an index to the contents of the interviews (49 pages), a report on the pilot project, the interview guide and a catalogue of interviewee names and NZOHA tape numbers. This was a pilot project as research and preparation for establishing a national oral history archive. Martinborough was selected for a number of reasons including the interviewers' personal association with the town, its size - population 1357, and the celebration of its centenary in 1982. Quantity: 181 5" reel(s). 97 C60 cassette(s) working copies. 36 printed abstract(s). 36 interview(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete. Provenance: The collection was initially held by the Department of Internal Affairs Search dates: 1981 - 1982