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Date: 15 Jun 1985

From: NZOHA Sunlight Centenarians Oral History Project

By: Mackley, Garnet Hercules, 1883-1986

Reference: OHInt-0004/04

Description: Talks about being born in Port Chalmers and moving to Invercargill where his father owned a butcher's shop before becoming General Manager of the Southland Freezing Company (Southland Frozen Meat Company). Describes the family home at Makarewa. Notes that his father was responsible for sending off the first cargo of frozen meat in 1884. Describes his parents and schooling as strict and proper. Mentions that he was one of 13 children. Describes wagging school to spend time at the blacksmith's shop. Talks about family politics and political connections. Notes that he was not allowed to be a jockey but became a nurseryman and then a railway cadet in Otautau in 1900. Talks about meeting his wife-to-be, Isabel Robertson, while station master at Heriot and marrying her in 1914. Venue - Te Kuiti : 1985 Interviewer(s) - Hugo Manson Venue - Te Kuiti Accompanying material - three newspaper articles about Garnet Mackley Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1.30 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB 178. Portrait photograph of Garnet Mackley in 1914 ; portrait photograph of Garnet Mackley about the time of the interview Search dates: 1883 - 1985

Date: Sep-Oct 1985 - 01 Sep 1985 - 31 Oct 1985

From: Nelson and Golden Bay Oral History Project

By: Bennett, Florence Evelyn, 1916-2000; Bennett, Thomas, 1910-1993

Reference: OHInt-0053/10

Description: Florrie Bennett was born in Nelson in 1915 or 1916. Describes being raised as a child to constant hard work in Lower Moutere in the 1920s. Talks about not looking forward to the school holidays because of the hard work involved. Describes `hidings'and a tough upbringing in terms of discipline. Mentions that she turned to her mother. Gives details about her brothers and sisters, working in orchards and working for the Hendersons of Motueka and Mrs Savage of Nelson. Recalls receiving no pay for working for her family before she was married. Tom Bennett was born in Kuala Lumpur in 1910. Describes emigrating to New Zealand in 1930 determined to get his own farm and working at Bainham before putting a deposit on a dairy farm in Gardiners Valley in 1933. Describes working at the Harakeke Mill and doing horse contract work for extra income. Talks about being forced off it in 1939 as a result of being unable to keep up payments. Explains why his debt was not wiped by the Mortgage Adjustment Act at the end of the Depression. Talks about marrying Florrie in 1936 and their hard work together. Describes very basic facilities including the need to carry water to the house. Talks about Florrie's work on the farm and also off the farm, including work picking hops. Talks about having babies, breastfeeding and looking after children while continuing with farm work and housework. Describes going to Kaihoka Station to work after losing their Gardiners Valley farm. Talks about the social gap between the boss and the workers. Describes working for John (Jack) Haldane at Bainham and the cream can war at Bainham. Talks about saving money, working at the Cobb hydro site and buying a farm at Hamama in 1946. Describes hard work on the farm and the purchase of the Onekaka farm in 1962. Notes work done on the farm to improve its pakihi soil. Talks about Florrie's role in the decision-making, their partnership, regrets and attitudes to and philosophies on life. Venue - Takaka : 1985 Interviewer(s) - Rosie Little Venue - The Bennetts' home at Onekaka Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-002927; OHC-002928; OHC-002929; OHC-002930; OHC-002931; OHC-002932; OHC-002933; OHC-002934 Quantity: 8 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 6.30 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB 566.

Date: 2009

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

Reference: DCDL-0012094

Description: Shows Prime Minister, John Key, carrying a bowl labelled 'Maori Party lobbying' in which sits a baby wearing a bib on which are the words 'Equal human rights'. John Key says that he doesn't believe in smacking babies and he certainly doesn't throw them out with the bath water. Refers to the lobbying by the Maori Party for Maori seats in the Auckland 'supercity' council while Rodney Hide of ACT has threatened to resign if Maori seats are created. John Key is seeking a compromise position. The 'smacking babies' comment refers to the referendum on the 'anti-smacking bill' that 'Family First' is paying $9 million for. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2009

From: Smith, Ashley W, 1948- :[Digital cartoons published in the Shipping Gazette, MG Business, or Presto]

Reference: DCDL-0011681

Description: Prime Minister John Key stands in his garden wearing gumboots and a t-shirt. A gardener is putting mulch around plants that is made of unused 'anti-smacking' referendum papers. John Key observes that the gardener will be able to mulch the other bed too if they have the Super City referendum. Refers to the confusion, expense and pointlessness of the smacking referendum that the lobby group 'Family First' seems intent on holding and also the expense and pointlessness of holding a referendum over whether Auckland should become a 'supercity' when it seems clear that the decision has made.North Shore Mayor Andrew Williams says that the $9 million citizens' initiated referendum offers the government a golden opportunity to put the 'super city' back into the hands of residents and ratepayers and to give the reforms the public legitimacy they lack. The Minister for Local government Rodney Hide does not want a referendum. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2010

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

Reference: DCDL-0013856

Description: The cartoon shows a wide-eyed boy behind bars. Text above reads 'Court out in Gore' and below 'BUSted!' A second version reads 'School BUSted!' and a third version shows a blindfolded Lady Justice dangling the schoolboy in the air so by his schoolbag. Refers to the case of seventy-year-old Jim McCorkindale, of Gore,who had never appeared in court until charged with assaulting a 12 year old boy last year when trying to stop him from pulling a girl's hair. The bus driver walked out of the Gore District Court with his clean record intact after Judge Kevin Phillips dismissed the charge. There is a wordplay on 'bus' and 'busted' as in the catching of a criminal and also on 'court out' and 'caught out'. Three versions of this cartoon are available Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Doyle, Martin Maurice Michael Thomas, 1956- :Digital cartoons

By: Scoop (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0022323

Description: Miss Lambie, a school teacher, surrounded by her apprehensive pupils, takes delivery from a policeman of a crazed pupil, named Hannibal Lecter, who has returned from school suspension. An accompanying officer warns that his teeth have grown since last term. Refers to concern at the use of suspension to control unruly children in schools. 'Miss Lambie' refers to Ian Lambie, a psychologist involved in this matter, while 'Hannibal Lecter' derives from the cannibal in the film 'The Silence of the lambs'. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2014

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0027989

Description: Shows the MP for Upper Creek explaining that he's been told by the Prime Minister to have a time-out. His aide asks, "If I need to get hold of you, which corner will you be standing in?" Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).