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Date: 1988

From: [New Zealand calendars of quarto size]

By: Hallmark Cards NZ Ltd; Hedgehog House (Firm); New Zealand Meteorological Service; New Zealand Playcentre Federation

Reference: Eph-B-CALENDAR-1988

Description: Includes calendars: Alison Holst New Zealand 1988 food calendar Antarctica 1988. [Calendar] Photography: Colin Monteath. Astrological moon calendar 1988 by Gretchen Lawlor. Beautiful New Zealand calendar 1988. Brooker & Friend Ltd. "Art" 1988 calendar. Featuring the Brooker Gallery (Galerie Legard) at 44 Upland Road Wellington. Photography John Casey. (2 copies) Canterbury Museum. "Little darlings" calendar 1988. (Early photographs of children) Country calendar 1988 (TVNZ Publishing) Hallmark engagement calendar 1988. We may not be perfect but we sure have lovable faults! 1987 BCNZ, licensed by Gaffney International. (Features the BCNZ TV kiwi and cat) Kelburn Normal School 1988 School calendar. 1988 Nelson Evening Mail calendar (2 copies). 1988 New Zealand alpine calendar. New Zealand Meteorological Service [calendar] 1988. 1988 New Zealand Playcentre Federation [calendar]. New Zealand Railway & Locomotive Society calendar 1988 New Zealand underwater calendar 1988, by Roger Grace. Society of Saint Francis, Australia and New Zealand 1988 calendar. Waitaki Girls High School 1988 calendar. Post Dated Productions. Includes photographs of the school buildings Quantity: 8 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset lithographs, varying sizes.

Date: 1987

From: [New Zealand calendars of quarto size]

By: Hedgehog House (Firm)

Reference: Eph-B-CALENDAR-1987

Description: Includes calendars: Antarctica 1987. Produced and published by Hedgehog House, Christchurch. [Calendar] Brooker & Friend Ltd. 1987 calendar. Early New Zealand judges (2 copies) DB Albion Cricket Club Inc. 125th Anniversary, 1862-1987. Calendar Churches of New Zealand 1987 calendar. Religious Publications, 1986. Four Square calendar 1987. Garden heritage of New Zealand. Calendar '87. Photography by Mary Burnard. Historic Palmerston North 1987. City Planning Department, Palmerston North City Council David and Naomi Lange. Our world, July 1987 to June 1988. Calendar The meaning of flowers; a calendar for 1987. Tanner Couch Ltd. Meteorological Society of New Zealand. Calendar 1987 Nelson Evening Mail 1987 calendar (2 copies) New Zealand alpine calendar 1987, produced and published by Betty and Colin Monteath, Hedgehog House. New Zealand E's-E-2-C calendar 1987 New Zealand Labour Party 1916-1986. Celebrating 70 years of the New Zealand Labour Party. Calendar 1987 New Zealand Playcentre Federation. Calendar 1987 New Zealand trout fly calendar 1987, illustrated by Nancy Tichborne. New Zealand underwater calendar 1987, by Roger Grace (2 copies) Rangitikei Railfans Group. Calendar 1987. Salvation Army. Caring and sharing in 1987. An Americas Cup challenger - front cover (2 copies) University of Otago. 1987 calendar Williams & Kettle calendar 1987. Quantity: 1 folder(s) containing 5 calendars. Physical Description: Offset lithographs, varying sizes.

Date: 1869-1936

By: Kinsey, Joseph James (Sir), 1852-1936

Reference: MS-Papers-0022

Description: The collection includes papers on the various Antarctic expeditions from 1903 to 1917, as well as extensive private correspondence with expedition leaders, and papers relating to Kinsey's activities as New Zealand agent for the expeditions. Also, letters to and from literary figures, both in New Zealand and overseas, and correspondence with prominent scientists, while his musical and book collection interests are evident in various scores and correspondence. As well as covering these interests, the papers give a picture of society life in Christchurch in the early years of the twentieth century. Source of title - Supplied title Other - 19 Photograph albums and other photographs from Sir Joseph Kinsey are held in the Photographic Archive Sir Joseph Kinsey, a businessman of wide interests, acted as the New Zealand agent for a number of expeditions to the Antarctic 1903-1914. Quantity: 99 folder(s). 1 volume(s). 1 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs, mss, typescripts, printed matter Finding Aids: Inventory available; index of correspondents at back..

Date: [ca 1908]

By: Muir & Moodie (Firm)

Reference: PAColl-6408

Description: Postcards of St Mark's Church, Remuera; the Waikato River at Hamilton; HM fleet in Lyttelton harbour; two of the Pavilion baths and grounds in Rotorua; the view from the grounds from the tower of bath house, Rotorua; an evening view of the Marine Parade gardens, Napier; the anglican church at Onehunga; a commemorative postcard of the dash to the south pole by Shackleton in 1908; Ferry Bridge over the Waiau River at Hanmer taken by Muir & Moodie; three views of boating at Hamurana Springs; Lakelet in the park, Queenstown; main street in Cust; Auckland Exhibition Grounds; Somerville Memorial Church at Remuera; Myers Park and Kindergarten; St David's Presbyterian Church; beach at Sumner, Christchurch; sanatorium and band rotunda, Te Aroha. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Arrangement: Prints also housed at PA5-0109 and PA5-0085. Quantity: 8 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). 8 colour photo-mechanical print(s). 14 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1985

From: [New Zealand calendars of quarto size]

By: Brooker & Friend Ltd; Friends of the Earth

Reference: Eph-B-CALENDAR-1985

Description: Includes calendars: Antarctica calendar 1985 (Antarctic Calendars by Karen Williams & Harry Keys, Wellington) Antique map calendar 1985; calendrier de cartes anciennes (Ontario, Canada) Aro Valley calendar 1985. Produced for the Aro Valley Community Council Inc by Keith Clement, Sue May, Trevor Richards, Kerry Robins, Mark Strange, John Sullivan, Pam Whittington. Thanks to Wellington Media Collective Brooker & Friend 1985 calendar (2 copies) Community of the Sacred Name 1985 calendar. Photographs by David Cook (2 copies) Malcolm Evans. The Edna 1985 country calendar. Published by Moa Merc Press, Epsom Auckland Fletcher Challenge staff safety calendar 1985. Prevention! better than cure Footrot Flats calendar 1985, by Murray Ball. Friends of the Earth. Unspoiled earth 1985. Christopher Gillies, photographer. The New Zealand calendar 1985. Published by Impressions Photography Ltd. Hallmark Cards Inc. Lovable mutts; a 13-month calendar for 1985. Alison Holst 1985 calendar. Meteorological Society of New Zealand. New Zealand meteorological calendar 1985. New Zealand alpine calendar 1985 (NZ Alpine Calendar, produced and published by Betty and Colin Monteath, Hedgehog House, Christchurch) New Zealand pictorial calendar 1985. Valentine Greetings Ltd. New Zealand Race Relations Office. Myths and legends of the Maori. 1985 New Zealand calendar. Artist Sam Rolleston (2 copies) The New Zealand trout fly calendar, illustrated by Nancy Tichborne. 1985. New Zealand Underwater calendar 1985. Copyright Roger V Grace 1985. Railway Enthusiasts' Society Inc. Railway pictorial calendar 1985 Waimate Museum calendar 1985. Williams & Kettle. 1985 calendar Wyndham District 1985 calendar. [Produced for the McKay family reunion, 1984] Quantity: 12 colour photo-mechanical print(s) sets on calendars (plus some duplicates). Physical Description: Offset lithographs, varying sizes.

Date: 1793-1895

From: Royal Botanic Gardens (Kew) : Records

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-10-28

Description: Further Antarctic papers re the expedition under Ross, notebooks on the flora of Bay of Islands, 1841; proposed expedition to the Antarctic 1887-1901; Transit of Venus expedition, 1874; lecture notes. Also selected letters from the inwards letterbooks, including indexes, 1793-1895. Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) positive. Finding Aids: See inventory for fuller description of the contents of this reel.

Date: 177-1870

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-1938

Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Date: [ca 1920s-1940s]

Reference: PAColl-6881

Description: A large collection of negatives concentrating on the Otago area. They include images of: Byrd's and Ellsworth's expeditions; Sir Joseph Ward's funeral procession along Dee Street, Invercargill; snow scenes in Dunedin; the 1926, 1928, 1938 and 1939 Saunders Cup; the 1928 Annette Kellerman cup; ploughing match in Taieri and Outram; the 1936 and 1938 Dunedin show; league test 1928; cup winners of the Cornwell Cup (possibly for yachting?); HMS Australia; yachting in Broad Bay 1927 and 1928; 1936 New Zealand surfing championships; a Karitane home in 1938; Waikouaiti races; Otago athletic championships 1937; the launch Annabella in Dunedin harbour; an athletics event including girls' hurdling; pipers round the Robert Burns statue in the Octagon; an amateur dramatics production of a play set in the 19th century; steam ships; the opening of the railway at Roxburgh; a children's party on HMS Dunedin; storm damage in 1937; celebrations in Kaikoura 1940; skating at Alexandra 1938; fire at Seacliff Hospital; Waitaki Dam; air raid precautions in 1939; trotting races; Portobello regatta 1909; Ellison's funeral; a series of 22 negatives of stuffed birds at the Otago University Museum; the opening of a Maori church at Otakou; an Auckland vs Otago rugby match; the opening of the Clydevale bridge; and Otago golf championship 1937. The photographer was Field. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-034982 to 035760, 035779 to 035871, 035916 to 036295, 036699 to 036914, 038264 to 038353, 038364 to 038476 and 052188 to 052355 Quantity: 1839 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film and glass ¼ plate negatives

Date: 1998

Reference: Eph-C-CALENDAR-1998

Description: Includes calendars: Antarctica 1998 [calendar], published by Hedgehog House, Colin and Betty Monteith (Christchurch) (2 copies) Sandie Fisk. Impressions of New Zealand, painted on silk. 1998 calendar. Saint Publishing Ltd, Auckland Friends of the Hill Historical Society [calendar] 1998. Produced by Photogenie Photo and Copy Centre, Westport. Historic New Zealand railway scenes 1998 calendar. New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society Inc. Meteor Graphics, Wanganui George Jeffery & Co Ltd, commercial stationers & printers since 1906. 1998 calendar The landscape in New Zealand art. 1998 calendar. Craig Potton Publishing Colin McCormick, illustrator. 1998-99 calendar and diary / Livestock Improvement. Robin Morrison. New Zealand photographs. 1998 calendar. Craig Potton Publishing New Zealand alpine calendar 1998. Published by Hedgehog House, Colin and Betty Monteith (Christchurch) (2 copies) New Zealand gardens engagement 1998 calendar. Craig Potton Publishing New Zealand gardens open to visit. By Jillian and Denis Friar. 1998 calendar.(With sponsorship of Grant Thornton, chartered accountants Wellington) New Zealand hidden places calendar 1998. Published by Allen Calendars Ltd Auckland NZ rocks 1998 12 month calendar and poster published by Off Piste Photography, Ohakune New Zealand's tranquil splendour 1998 calendar. Pictorial Publications Ltd New Zealand's whales, dolphins, seals & seabirds 1998 calendar. Craig Potton Publishing New Zealand's wild places 1998 calendar. Craig Potton Publishing Radio Pacific, the voice of New Zealand. Favourite places 1998 calendar. Photographs by Kelley Loveridge from Imagemakers (2 copies) Waterways New Zealand 1998 calendar. Craig Potton Publishing Wellington 1998 calendar by [Simon] Woolf. Craig Potton Publishing Wild horses of the Kaimanawa Ranges 1998 calendar. Something Wild (Wellington) Wild South living treasures 1998 calendar. New Zealand wildlife photographs by Rod Morris Quantity: 21 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on calendars (plus some duplicates).. Physical Description: Offset lithographs, varying sizes.

Date: 1877

By: Wilson, John, active 1877

Reference: qMS-2274-2275

Description: Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 2 volume(s). 0.04 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss (32 cm; marbled boards)

Date: 1841-1842

By: Webber, Edmund, 1817-1860

Reference: MS-Papers-10957

Description: Webber's memoirs were written while working as an unpaid clerk in the Treasury in Auckland in 1842. Covers his first 20 years and describes life while serving in the West African Survey under Sir Edward Belcher, return to England, and his 4 years on the Mediterranean Station. Webber's journal begins on the voyage to New Zealand 20 Aug and ends with Webber in Auckland, 22 Jun 1842. Describes departure from Sydney, life in Van Dieman's Land, meetings with members of the Ross Antarctic Expedition, visits to Norfolk Island, arrival at Bay of Islands, New Zealand landscape, attempts to obtain a government post, social life in Auckland and the barracks, land question, Governor Hobson, trial of Maketu, Auckland Maori. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss and typescript Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - William Cocksworthy Museum, Kingsbridge, Devon via NZ High Commission (84-243)

Date: 1960 - 1969

From: [New Zealand calendars of quarto size]

By: En-Zed Card & Calendar Company Ltd; Four Square Stores; New Zealand Antarctic Society; Tanner Couch Ltd; Commercial Print; New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society; Pelorus Press; Victorian Government Tourist Bureau; Tricker, Gary Walter Morice, 1938-2021

Reference: Eph-B-CALENDAR-1960s

Description: Includes calendars: Commercial Print (Boulcott Avenue, Wellington). Calendar for 1964. En-Zed Card & Calendar Co Ltd (Auckland). [Calendar for 1965]. (2 copies) En-Zed Card & Calendar Co Ltd (Auckland). [Calendar for 1966]. (2 copies) Four Square. J D Turnbull, 1 Moxham Avenue, Hataitai. [Calendar for 1962]. Four Square. Beautiful New Zealand; the scenes from the 1964 Four Square calendar (folder of six loose colour photographs only) The Melanesian Mission. [Calendar] 1968. New Zealand Antarctic Society. Calendar 1962 New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society Inc. Calendar 1961. (featuring a drawing by Gary Tricker) Shipbuilders Ltd. A family of shipbuilders; the Darrochs of Omaha and the ships they built, by C W Hawkins. Pelorus Press. [Calendar for 1966, relating to D M Darroch & Son of Stanley Bay]. Tanner Couch Ltd. Seasons greetings. [Humorous fishing calendar for 1961]. Victorian Government Tourist Bureau. Arts calendar 1969. Quantity: 6 colour photo-mechanical print(s) sets on calendars (plus some duplicates). Physical Description: Offset lithographs, varying sizes. Provenance: Donated from various sources.

Date: 1866-[ca 1955]

From: Vance, William, 1899-1981 :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-9827-1

Description: Includes - Photographs of explorer Charles Edward Douglas. Group of men in a cart drawn by four horses, 1920. Group of South African War veterans outside the Beverly Home, Timaru, 1950s. Antarctic explorer Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd laying a wreath at the Scott Memorial, Christchurch, ca 1928. View of Lyttelton. Men crossing a river. Farmers tree at Beverly. Bowen Falls, Milford Sound. The Prince of Wales at Ashburton, 17 May 1920. Galloway homestead. Fraser's jewellery shop, Timaru, ca 1935. Views of Southland, ca 1905. Crowd at Invercargill celebrating the relief of Mafeking, May 1900. Early settler's houses, one built of cobb and thatched. Photographs relating to the centenary of T & J Thompson Ltd, Timaru, 1944. Brunner coal mine, 1866. TSS Earnlaw on Lake Wakatipu. Quantity: 45 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1962

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to Antarctica, Antarctic exploration, discovery and expeditions]

Reference: Eph-A-ANTARCTICA-1962-01

Description: Front cover gives title superimposed over an illustration of the memorial with figures standing beside it. Inside is the order of ceremony, list of speechmakers, and the back cover gives a list of the members of the Action Committee, Richard E Byrd Fellowship. Back cover also lists the names of the construction contractors and suppliers of materials. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on folded pamphlet. Physical Description: Photolithograph on folded pamphlet, 137 x 218 mm.

Date: 1839-1889

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2278

Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Date: 1907-1909

Reference: PAColl-5954

Description: Photographic prints organised into two small handmade albums showing the expedition in Lyttelton. Quantity: 13 b&w original photographic print(s) compiled into two small albums. Processing information: These albums were enclosed with q919.9 (1908-09) [Newspaper articles relating to the British Antarctic Expedition, 1907-1907, under the command of Sir E H Shackleton].

Date: [ca 1911-1950s?]

From: Creator unknown: Lantern slides, chiefly of trips overseas, plants, and gardens

By: Hurley, James Francis, 1885-1962; Ponting, Herbert George, 1870-1935

Reference: PA11-276

Description: Lantern slides of birds taken circa 1929-1950s. One photograph is a hand-coloured copy of an original taken by Frank Hurley and another a copy of an image by Herbert Ponting, but otherwise photographers are unidentified. Some slides have captions written on paper affixed to the glass, that describe the location and subject. Images show terns nesting, a black-billed gull nest in a stump, and a young black-billed gull on the Mercury Islands. A pied shag is photographed on a coastal rocky island [Marotiri?], the gannet colony on Horuhoru Rock (including nests) is shown in two slides, and gulls are shown on the water at an unidentified location. Set also includes a hand-coloured copy of a photograph by Frank Hurley shows a King Penguin on Heard Island, Antarctica, [ca 1929-1930?] and a copy of a Herbert Ponting image shows Tera Nova cook Thomas Clissold and surgeon Edward Atkinson pulling a seal-baited fish trap from a hole in the ice [ca 1911]. Arrangement: Set contains slides from box 8 Quantity: 9 b&w lantern slide(s) comprising seven original b&w images and two copy images (one of which is hand-coloured). Physical Description: Lantern slides

Date: 11 Feb 2010

From: MOTAT Telecommunications oral history project

By: Challinor, Maurice Jack, 1932-

Reference: OHInt-1004-02

Description: Interview with Maurice Challinor, born in Kohimarama in 1932. Outlines growing up in St Heliers and Panmure, and the effect of the polio epidemic at the end of 1947 on his schooling. Comments on beginning work at the St Heliers Post Office in 1948 delivering telegrams. Explains that all male staff were taught to be telegraph operators, having a Morse set to practice on at home, and attending a training school in Auckland four nights a week. Refers to being sent to a training school in Trentham, the instructors, and the speed and accuracy required. Discusses returning to Trentham to train as a radio telegraph operator, and explains Q codes which were designed to save time when sending telegrams. Talks about transferring to Auckland Radio at Musick Point where staff monitored the distress frequency for ships at sea, took ship to shore radio traffic, and did 'point to point' radio operating with aircraft. Comments on getting an amateur radio licence in 1968. Discusses moving to the Telegraph Branch at the Chief Post office in Auckland and training as a teleprinter and telegraph operator. Explains that messages could be sent point to point by teleprinters but standard telegrams were sometimes sent to the wrong station. Refers to promotion, marriage, and transferring from the Post & Telegraph Department to a suburban post office. Refers to working as senior clerk at Onehunga, then becoming postmaster at Remuera East, Avondale and finally Blockhouse Bay. Recalls the change to decimal currency. Discusses working as posmaster at Scott Base 1978-1979, training before going there, transport to and from Antarctica, and the equipment for radio telephone and telegraph. Refers to the radio aerials at Scott Base, the dogs at the base, over wintering, and contact with McMurdo Base. Mentions currently sending Morse over the internet, and using the American Morse system to correspond with others. Accompanying material - Two tracks of Morse sent by Maurice Challinor recorded; transcript of one with abstracts Accompanying material - List of Q-Code signals (3 p., with printed abstract) Interviewer(s) - Megan Hutching Quantity: 2 compact disc(s). 3 Electronic document(s) (abstract). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 2 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHDL-001712, OHA-7519. Search dates: 1932 - 1948 - 2010 - 1985

Date: 13 Sep to 8 Nov 2005 - 13 Sep 2005 - 08 Nov 2005

From: Royal Society of New Zealand Wellington Branch oral history project

By: Grindley, George William, 1925-2019; Marr, Julene, active 2000s

Reference: OHInt-1008-05

Description: Interview with George Grindley, born in Dunedin in 1925. Outlines his family background in Otago including gold mining. Comments on his schooling, studying science and the importance of education in the family. Discusses attending the Otago School of Mines, and mentions field trips and holiday jobs at mines. Talks about getting a job with the Geological Survey in Auckland, and returning to university to complete a masters degree researching the geology of the Eglinton Valley. Discusses working on the West Coast where he became assistant to Harold Wellman and worked with others on the displacement of the Alpine Fault. Refers to having a year's leave in 1951, his departure being hindered by the waterfront strike, and working in south Wales and Canada as well as visiting Europe. Mentions northern hemisphere plate tectonics. Discusses his work on geological mapping in New Zealand and his geothermal work including being site geologist at Wairakei. Comments on the cooperation between government and the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR) in the Wairakei project, and on the future of geothermal power in New Zealand. Mentions his involvement with geothermal power developments in the Philippines, Mexico and elsewhere. Discusses going to Antarctica in geological survey teams [in 1961-62, 1977-78 and 1981-82] doing geological mapping and paleomagnetic surveys, the equipment available at the time, and working for three months in the polar high area with dog teams. Mentions the Gondwana hyphothesis. Refers to a major discovery of fossils in Marie Byrd Land in 1977. Comments on Scott Base and on the well-equipped Americans in Antarctica. Mentions his field trips in China and Southeast Asia. Talks about administrative work in the DSIR, and the Geological Survey's structure. Discusses his publications, the globalisation of science, and international conferences on tectonics, vulcanology and geology he has attended. Mentions geothermal monitoring of Ruapehu, Mt St Helens and active volcanic areas elsewhere. Comments on monitoring rifting in the Taupo Volcanic Zone. Discusses the disadvantage of specialisation for scientists leaving them vulnerable to funding changes. Talks about the effects of 'Rogernomics' and people who lost their jobs. Comments on the end of the DSIR, asset transfers, and subsequent restructuring. Reflects that scientists should run science but they can have a communication problem. Mentions the importance of the media, popularisation of science, and public understanding of science topics such as climate change and plate tectonics. Outlines advice he would give to a young scientist in New Zealand and good qualities in scientists. Interviewer(s) - Julene Marr Accompanying material - photocopy of an article "Retirement of George Grindley" from Newsletter, Geological Society of New Zealand, no. 76, June 1987 Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-023144 - OHC-023152 Quantity: 8 C60 cassette(s). 1 C90 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s) (handwritten). 1 interview(s). 8.30 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-7602. Eight colour photographs of George Grindley and his study; colour photograph of a photograph of a dog sled in Antarctica (with abstract) Search dates: 1925 - 1947 - 2005 - 1987

Date: 03 October 2010 - 03 Oct 2010

From: Reflections from funeral directors who have worked in New Zealand and Australia

By: Day, Francis, 1947-

Reference: OHInt-1015-03

Description: Interview with Francis Day. Born in 1947 in Nelson, one of nine children. Describes childhood memories of growing up in family run funeral parlour business Day and Son, later known as P Day and Son Ltd, and then Eventide Funeral Services. Talks about his grandmother, Hilda Day (nee Emms), a school teacher, hockey player for New Zealand and businesswoman, and his grandfather Francis Maurice (Paddy) Day who purchased first motorized hearse in Nelson. Recalls family business in Hardy Street, the move to Vanguard Street and then to Marsden House premises to manage Marsden House Funeral directors. Talks about attending Australian Academy of Embalming and Funeral Hygiene in 1964. Discusses Australian methods of dealing with body decomposition and adoption of English customs in funeral services. Recalls in his father's time (Patrick (Pat) Day), there was method of temporary preservation and that proper embalming using intravenous circulation was important development. Refers to embalming training being in Australia, England and American resulting in 13 qualified embalmers in New Zealand by 1971. Mentions being one of three man team which developed embalming curriculum for New Zealand Embalmers Association (NZEA). Talks about embalming being required for hygiene, control of disease and presentation of deceased. Discusses how funeral work affects whole life and attributues neccessary for role. Observes changes from fewer family owned businesses and women entering the profession. Observes role progressed from providing coffin and transportation to profession that provides care for others. Refers to bereavement support program. Talks about his business expansion projects, opening his own crematorim in Motueka, developing 'Gardens of the World' property at Hope, Nelson. Describes tutoring embalming for 12 years and 30 years on Funeral service Training Trust (FSTT). Discusses environmental impact of embalming fluids and need for regulation of embalmers because of dealing with dangerous substances. Mentions membership of British Institute of Embalmers. Discusses Funeral Directors Association of New Zealand (FDANZ), their Griefcare quality assurance programme and his reasons for forming New Zealand Independent Funeral Homes (NZIFH) with others. Talks about the business covering Nelson, Rye Valley, Murchison and Golden Bay. Recalls dealing with different ethnic groups. Details Chinese funeral practises. Recounts working on police call outs for fishing industry deaths, and traumantic deaths. Mentions body removal after Inangahua earthquake. Recalls personal impact of working on Mount Erebus air disaster team. Discusses socialising as a funeral director and impact of profession on home life. Mentions dealing with children's funerals and suicides. Discusses green or eco burials. Expresses concern over direct cremation. Talks about dealing with differing family member wishes. Describes portrayals of profession in media and entertainment. Talks about his 46 years in the business and considers 'it's a calling'. Abstracted by - Penny Brander Interviewer(s) - Penny Brander Quantity: 1 printed abstract(s). 2 Electronic document(s). 1 digital sound recording(s) digital sound recording(s). 1 interview(s). 2.57 Hours and minutes Duration. Physical Description: Textual files - Microsoft word Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-7629, OHDL-001865. Search dates: 1947 - 2010