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Date: 2000

By: Evans, Malcolm Paul, 1945-; New Zealand herald (Newspaper)

Reference: H-643-001/025

Description: Cartoons on New Zealand and international political and social issues. Politicians response to digital television, matchfixing in cricket, community responsibility for child abuse, Maori support of disgraced Maori MP and lack of support for abused Maori children, Fiji - banana dictatorship, Middle East peace process, concern over disparity between NZ and Australian defence forces reimbursement for serving in East Timor, Queen Mother celebrates her 100th birthday, space exploration, world opinion swings againsgt Israel's heavy-handed tactics, ACC payouts in Australia, cost cutting measures in the NZ Police Force, silencing Dover Samuels and social policy critics, high cost of yachting's Viaduct Basin, state-owned enterprises over-spend on conferences, British royals have a go at the tabloid press, Mark Todd's chances of selection damaged following sex and drug scandal, South Africa's reluctance to comment on Zimbabwe, terrorism in NZ? or just plain violence, Human genetic secrets uncovered, 'closing the gaps' policy, May Day and workers' rights, Fiji embroiled in racism, the price of the American Presidential election and recounts, Prime Minister announces she not going to attend Waitangi on Waitangi Day. Quantity: 25 photocopy/ies photocopies of computer print-outs, A4 size.. Physical Description: A4 size photocopies of computer print-outs.

Date: 2002

By: Winter, Mark, 1958-; Southland times (Newspaper)

Reference: H-703-001/019

Description: Topics include teacher shortages, Prince Harry smoking pot, Tuku Morgan and the Oscars, the internet, the exclusion of Zimbabwe from the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, the death of Middle East peace plans, film star Russell Crowe in New Zealand, Helen Clark as the Mona Lisa, the proposed establishment of a new supreme court to take over Privy Council functions, firearm laws, winter gear for Southland police, knighthood for rock star Mick Jagger, a crate as 'art', the new Reserve Bank governor Alan Bollard and inflation, Winston Peters and immigration, Saddam Hussein's response to United Nations arms inspectors, United Future and its closet skeletons, United States President Bush and his policy on Iraq, and genetic engineering in animals. Quantity: 19 print-outs on white card. Physical Description: Black ink on A4 size card

Date: 2001

By: Tremain, Garrick, 1941-; Otago daily times (Newspaper)

Reference: H-661-001/061

Description: Cartoons on New Zealand and international political and social issues. Quantity: 61 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: Photocopies A4 size

Date: 2000

By: Tremain, Garrick, 1941-

Reference: H-616-001/050

Description: 49 cartoons on political and social subjects published in the Otago Daily Times. Topics include the Olympic Games in Sydney, drugs in sport, rugby, women's hockey, corruption in sport (cricket), the falling value of New Zealand dollar, economic woes, the Government's 'Closing the Gaps' policy, superannuation, the dole, taxation and business, student loans, New Zealand's outwards migration, overstayers in New Zealand, televising of parliament, the political style of Helen Clark and of Marian Hobbs, the Coalition, parental leave, Jim Anderton's proposal for a 'Peoples' Bank', travel health scare, health issues and the Treaty of Waitangi, the proposed extension of the matrimonial property act to same sex partners, animal testing, prison sentences, railway crossing accidents and Transrail, Serbian elections, the United States Presidential election, conflict and bigotry in the Middle East, subdivision issues in Queenstown, and pets. corruption in sport (swimming) sexism in sport heavy use of commercials between television coverage of Olympic Games Helen Clark and Jenny Shipley fight for the attention of Australian Premier, Howard New Zealands monetary woes Labour Party and business relationship hindered by compliance costs Treaty of Waitangi considerations in hospital waiting list priorities, childrens role-models, blood clots durin air travel, MP's travel perks. Quantity: 49 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: A4 photocopies

Date: 2001

By: Scott, Thomas Joseph, 1947-; Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: H-673-090/112

Description: Cartoons on political and social issues. Shows the changes within coalition government as a genetic mutation where the Labour Alliance strands are repalaced with the Labour Greens strands. Comment on the plight of the refugee boat people. All Blacks coach John Mitchell calls for more excitement from the All Blacks. Jim Bolger promotes Kiwi Bank to other former world leaders. New Zealand horse Ethereal wins the Melbourne Cup. Helen Clark protects Turiana Turia from opposition accussations of political interference. President Bush attempts to calm and reassure the American people in the face of extreme threats from Osama bin Laden and his Al Qaeda network. John Howard wins another term as Australian Prime Minister on the backs of refugee boat people. Jim Anderton and Bill English look for ways to provide gaurded support for New Zealand SAS involvement in Afghanistan. Shows lions in a zoo with a sign 'Big Cat poisoning Times...' The new rule in Kabul Afghanistan, don't dare NOT to show yourself. Shows a man having his beard removed and a women removing her veil. Both regimes the now deposed Taleban instituted. A bin Laden supporter talks about the perfect weapon they have against the American led attack into Afghanistan. However they have some problems with detonating the nuclear bomb. Factions within the Alliance Party turn on each other and vow to fight to the death. Comment on the increase in alcohol consumption due to the lowering of the drinking age, and expectation that the same thing will happen when cannibis is legalised. Shows the maze of buildings that United States Air Force missiles are trying to penetrate in Afghanistan. The chance of striking a target is pretty low. The Prime Minister is swollowed by a giant snake during a visit to the Amazon. A reporter asks her how the Amazon compares with NZ eco-tourism. Jim Anderton pretends to fire a gatling gun every time the Alliance Party President, Matt McCarten appears on television. Helen Clark arrives home to find the house demolished. Refers to Alliance Party infighting. Shows Jim Anderton and Matt McCarten facing off over the breakfast table. A Black Caps cricket player thanks an African rain-man for helping the team by creating rain which washed out the second test. Jim Anderton reassures everyone that the crisis within the Alliance Party is now over and he and Matt McCarten are now pulling in the same direction. The Alliance boat is now however sinking. New Zealanders make love twice a week on average. A woman comments that it is decidedly average. Afghanistan Alliance soldiers run over Taliban prisoners in an armoured tank. They blame the prisioners for being in the way. Quantity: 23 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: B5 size bromides.

Date: 2001 - 2002

By: Scott, Thomas Joseph, 1947-; Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: H-674-001/026

Description: Cartoons on political and social issues. Shows a destroyed bus (peace process) destroyed first by the Palestinian suicide bombers and them by Israeli war planes. Health spending priorities promote huge salaries for the CEO and a pittence for everyone else. Cartoon obituary to Sir Peter Blake. A dolphin weeps. Shows a flag at hslf-mast over the sea and a poem for Sir peter Blake. Peter Jackson, Director of Lord of the Rings dresses up for the New Zealand premiere. Debate in the Parliamentary Chamber on proposed changes referred to as the 'wipe the slate clean' Bill. Helen Clark hides from the anger of the grounded NZ Air Force capability. Children's perception of the difference in pay rises between MP's and teachers. Shows a tour guide explaining the virtues and down-side of New Zealand to a group of travel writers. Shows Bin Laden jumping the cue at the plastic surgery clinic. Shows MP's defending themselves at a press conference against charges of triple-dipping from public funds. Shows the men calling the tune on America's anti-terrorism campaign. Shows the leader of the National Party, Bill English asking Santa Claus for a Christmas present. Santa and his reindeer narrowly avoid being hit by airborne missiles. Shows an All Black selector recruiting new talent from a war zone. Shows Helen Clark and Jim Anderton clucking over their new baby (Air New Zealand), while Michael Cullen advises them not to get too attached as it'll be up for adoption as soon as it can stand on it's own feet. Winston Peters climbs up to his attic to dust off his 'super scare monger' suit. Slobadon Milosevich stands in the War Crimes Tribunal dock with his hands dripping in blood, he defys the authority of the court. A tribute to New zealand Criketerl, Chris Cairns as 'King of the Oval.' Shows Tranzrail passengers being shown a pick-axe they are to use in case of a derailment. Shows detainees at Guantanamo Bay being asked by their detainers if they have any complaints. They wear something like a gas mask so their answer is impossible to understand. Refers to anti-terrorism war and those captured by American-led forces. Shows politicicians as children engaged in petty squabbles as the election draws near. Comment on asylum seekers in Australia seeking help from the rest of the world. Shows Israeli troops in a armoured tank trying to force Yasser Arafat to end Palestinian violence. Shows an Australian teacher explaining to his students that only those arriving in Australia between 1840 and 2000 are 'fair dinkum Aussies'. National Party leader, Bill English dons a judges cloak, a hangman's noose and an executioners hood as he campaigns on a law and order platform. ACT leader, Richard Prebble outlines his stand on immigration policy. Quantity: 27 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: B5 size bromides.

Date: 2001

From: Tremain, Garrick 1941-:61 cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times between 10 October and 24 December, 2001.

Reference: H-661-001

Description: Shows new refugees being schooled on the right answers to immigration official's questions. Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: Photocopy A4 size

Date: 2000

By: Tremain, Garrick, 1941-

Reference: H-631-001/032

Description: Topics include George W. Bush's takeover from Bill Clinton as President of the United States, the race between Al Gore and George W. Bush for the United States Presidency, Bush's pro-capital punishment record, pay cuts for television newsreaders, Associate Minister of Maori Affairs Tariana Turia's controversial use of the word 'holocaust', health restructuring, lip service at the APEC trade talks, Prime Minister Helen Clark's new persona as a fashion icon, indigenous Maori responses to whale strandings, indigenous 'rights' to whaling, low funding of police and police recruitment, the government's 'Closing of the Gaps' policy and racial harmony, the Serious Frand Office, the aftermath of the Fiji coup and government policy on sporting contacts, the legalisation of euthanasia in the Netherlands, smoking restrictions, sex education, teaching of spelling, subdivision town planning dispute in Queenstown, the World Trade Organisation and United States lamb tariffs, Australian attitudes towards aborigines and kiwi immigrants, protest at Waitangi Day celebrations, tree conservation and Christmas trees, and Deputy Prime Minister Jim Anderton's wish to establish a 'Peoples' Bank'. Quantity: 32 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A4 horizontal photocopies

Date: 2000 - 2005

By: Albertland and Districts Museum; Marsh, William Harold, 1876-1948; Worsnop, Don, active 1950s

Reference: Eph-B-CALENDAR-Albertland-2000/2005

Description: Calendars featuring historical photography in the Wellsford, Warkworth, Port Albert area by Harold Marsh and Don Worsnop. Years held: 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 Quantity: 6 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Spiral bound calendars, 210 x 300 mm. Provenance: Acquired under legal deposit.

Date: 2000

By: Scott, Thomas Joseph, 1947-

Reference: H-618-001/074

Description: 74 cartoons on political and social issues. The topics include National Party style ('radical conservatism'), political aspects of the ban on native forest logging on the West Coast, bribery and corruption in international cricket, softening of the macho image of Super 12 Players, the fatal shooting Steven Wallace by police in Waitara, email viruses, underage drinking, tax on cigarettes, greenhouse gas emission control, the entrenched position of Christine Rankin, Head of WINZ, television presenter Paul Holmes, the sale of the cell phone spectrum to Maori, Americas' Cup yachtsmen, the rebel coup in Fiji, prisoners' rights, All Black rugby, Maori activisim and cultural sensitivites, the falling New Zealand dollar, falling business confidence, the Employments Contracts Act, the legal staus of cannabis, the Coalition between the Labour Party and Alliance, the flight of underpaid and overworked young doctors from New Zealand, unseasonable weather, the meeting between the Presidents of North and South Korea, the Budget, the Government's 'Closing the Gaps' policy, underfunding of the army, muck-raking by ACT politician Richard Prebble, drugs in sport, the takeover by Qantas of Ansett New Zealand, political scandal and the sacking of Dover Samuels as Minister of Maori Affairs, child abuse, dangerous driving by truck drivers, the conflict over Israel, the dangers of excusing away mental illness, Helen Clark's leadership style, alcohol and sportsmen, railway accidents, republicism and Tandor Nancos of the Green Party, the Bledisloe Cup, cannabis use, forest fires in the United States, extended sittings in Parliament, the Employment Relations Bill, speed limits, the loss of Kursk, the Russian submarine, defence expenditure, controversy over Maori domestic violence, rising petrol prices. Quantity: 74 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: A4 horizontal bromides

Date: [1939], 2003

By: Spence, William (Rev), 1868-1941

Reference: MS-Papers-7780

Description: Memoirs written by Spence about 1939 beginning with a description of his family and life on the Orkney Isles, going to school followed by his working life there; he writes of his decision to go to New Zealand and his arrival in 1888 on SS Ionic. He describes his decision to become a Presbyterian minister and the various stages this entailed before he was ordained in 1902. Following appointments in New Zealand he went to Australia where he remained. The Spence family did revisit New Zealand frequently and describe their holidays in many parts of the country including Rotorua, Auckland, Napier, Dunedin, Christchurch, Woodville and Wellington. The memoirs are accompanied by an abstract compiled by Spence's grand-niece, Heather Jones. Accompanying material - Abstract by Heather Jones Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (photocopies) Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Ms H Jones, Carterton, Jun 2003

Date: 2000

Reference: H-638-001/018

Description: Topics include developments along the Wellington waterfront, Prime Minster Helen Clark's attack on spend-thrift television managers, controversy over the national museum Te Papa's presentation of artworks, the Constitutional Conference 2000, the rebel coup in Fiji, activist Tame Iti's visit to Fiji during the rebel coup, the character of Jenny Shipley, the Leader of the Opposition, New Zealand's health record compared to that of France, New Zealand doctors and nurses emigrating while immigrant doctors are not employed in New Zealand, Associate Minister of Maori Affairs Tariana Turia's use of the word holocaust in a Maori context, the falling New Zealand dollar, the use of human DNA in pig embryos, American miltary responses to cut-backs in New Zealand defence spending, the non-pacific nature of the Pacific Ocean, the New Zealand-Australian agreement reached over social welfare and immigration policies, logging of native forests on the West Coast, the Treaty of Waitangi Tainui settlement advantaging the Hong KOng and Shanghai Bank. Quantity: 18 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A4 size photocopies of black ink drawings.

Date: 5 April 2003 - 05 Apr 2003

From: Tung Jung oral history project

By: Wong, Raymond Ling Yui, 1911-2009

Reference: OHInt-0747-10

Description: Interview with Raymond Wong, born in Wellington in 1911. Talks about family life in New Zealand and being sent to China for further education at the age of 14. Refers to his training and employment as a radio officer on coastal ships for a British company in Hong Kong. Mentions meeting his New Zealand-born wife Betty in China, marrying her in 1935, then returning to New Zealand. Discusses his father having returned earlier and set up another fruit and vegetable shop in Cuba Street and working for the family business (Wong Tong and Sons) which he joined when he came back. Comments about working in the green grocers markets and moving to Nelson in 1954 where he joined another family firm. Talks about his father's choice to immigrate to New Zealand, family experiences as Chinese immigrants and reflects on his cultural identity as a Chinese New Zealander. Interviewer(s) - Kitty Chang Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-014101 Quantity: 1 C90 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 30 Minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-5057. Colour ink jet print image of Raymond Wong and his wife (no date). Search dates: 1911 - 2003

Date: 24 Oct 2012

From: Milford oral history project

By: Dunsford, Deborah (Dr), active 2001-2012; Marychurch, Benjiman Cyril, 1930-

Reference: OHInt-1017-04

Description: Interview with Benjiman Cyril Marychurch. Born 1930 in Silverdale. Explains origins of the name Marychurch, and parents' arrival to New Zealand from England, and that his father had worked as a steam engineer on ships travelling between England and New Zealand. Also discusses his father's military service for New Zealand as an ANZAC. Explains that his father won a returned serviceman's ballot for a dairy farm in Coatesville with about a dozen cows. Describes farm work and the family's experiences during the depression. Discusses his family life and his experience of being one of 13 children. Discusses schooling at Coatesville School, and the new school building in 1942. Left school after Standard 2 due to transport problems. Describes difficulty finding apprenticeships at the end of World War Two. Describes long daily journey to apprenticeship in Onehunga. Refers to costs of travel and wages. Describes school picnic at Milford, which included swimming, running races, tug of war, and other activities. Recounts cycling with friends to Beachhaven or Milford, and talks about Pirate Shippe. Compares going to Milford in the 1930s-40s with going to Waiheke Island in 2012. Describes features of the Milford Swimming Pool, and swimming lessons at a creek in Coatesville. Discusses American soldiers that frequented the swimming pool. Describes their uniforms and the soldiers' interactions with children and his father. Mother did not like the war because her eldest son had been killed in action in Egypt in 1940. Tells of his older brother, Roy Marychurch, who had a retail wood and coalyard in Milford. Tells that silent movies shown at Coatesville Hall, and that electricity came to Coatsville in 1937. Describes getting dressed up to go to the movies, and going to city barefoot to buy shoes. Describes working at A & T Burt brass foundry, and learning woodwork. Describes an upholstery apprenticeship, and a farm labouring job near Whangarei. Tells of volunteering for army service in Korea. Describes dairy farming work, cycling and playing rugby. Belonged to the Whangarei Ballroom Dancing Club and Operatic Society, and performed in Whangarei, Warkworth, and Dargaville. Tells of dancing at the Pirate Shippe, and describes decorations, bands, dances, prizes, and supper. Describes heating hot water and giving out food and drinks at dances at Coatesville Hall. Discusses alcohol at dances. Describes his experience in the K-Force in Korea, basic training at Papakura, and taking the Wahine from Wellington. Describes medical examination, and his duties as troop carrier and supplies carrier, and his job as car trimmer. Describes extreme cold of Korea, workshops and living conditions under canvas. Describes going to a dance and meeting his wife, Fumiko Yamamoto. Describes courtship and marriage, and her parents' attitudes to marriage. Describes difficulty for westerners living in Japan, and his parents' attitudes to Fumiko as a daughter-in-law when they returned to New Zealand in 1954. Describes going to dancing at the Pirate Shippe, and dances at Albany Hall and Greenhithe Hall. Discusses closure of the Pirate Shippe and swimming pool. Interviewer(s) - Deborah Dunsford Quantity: 1 digital sound recording(s) digital sound recording(s). 2 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete.

Date: 1, 8, 21, 29 June and 13 July 2011 - 01 Jun 2011 - 13 Jul 2011

By: Oldham, Philippa Jane, 1957-; Macaskill, Stuart Alisdair, 1931-2012; Local Government New Zealand

Reference: OHColl-1055-01

Description: Interview with Stuart Macaskill, born 1931 in Lower Hutt. Macaskill discusses his family history and Scottish heritage, childhood and education, business life, engagement with local and regional politics, and his role on national representative bodies, including the NZ Catchment Authorities, the Regional Government Association, and Local Government New Zealand (LGNZ). Abstracted by - Pip Oldham Interviewer(s) - Pip Oldham The oral history project was funded by Local Government New Zealand Quantity: 1 printed abstract(s) OHA-7671. 34 Electronic document(s) Adobe PDF. 2 digital photograph(s). 14 electronic scan(s) of original colour photographic print(s). 3 electronic scan(s) of original black and white photographic print(s). 1 digital sound recording(s) digital sound recording(s). 1 interview(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Deposited by Wayne Facer, Local Government New Zealand (LGNZ), Wellington, November 2011 Search dates: 1931 - 2011

Date: 09 Oct 2008

From: New New Zealanders oral history project

By: Locker-Lampson, Anna, active 2001; Ghimire, Bal Krishna, 1968-

Reference: OHInt-1039-03

Description: Interviewer(s) - Anna Locker-Lampson Quantity: 1 digital sound recording(s) digital sound recording(s). 1 printed abstract(s) OHA-7655. 1 interview(s). 1.45 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete.

Date: 09 Oct 2008

From: New New Zealanders oral history project

By: Locker-Lampson, Anna, active 2001; Fenja, Nigussie Geda, 1977-

Reference: OHInt-1039-02

Description: Interviewer(s) - Anna Locker-Lampson Quantity: 1 digital sound recording(s) digital sound recording(s). 1 printed abstract(s) OHA-7654. 1 interview(s). 2.17 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete.

Date: 19 Jan 2004 - 23 Jan 2004 - 19 Jan 2004 - 23 Jan 2004

By: Webster, Lois Wimberg, active 1995; Lavulo, Mele Saiatua, 1916-2013

Reference: OHColl-1156-01

Description: A life history interview with Mele Saiatua Lavulo, who was born in Mu'a on Tongatapu, Tonga in 1916, and arrived in Auckland with her family in 1952. Talks about 'palangi' ancestors, leaving Tonga on SS Tofua, and arrival in New Zealand. Discusses settling in Auckland, eventually buying a house in Ponsonby, husband Tevita Kautau Lavulo's employment on the waterfront, raising children, and their extended family. Recalls Queen Salote's close ties with NZ and with Tongans here. Talks about establishment of the United Church of Tonga in Auckland, and her involvement in other Tongan community associations such as the Tongan Society. Interviewer(s) - Lois Webster Relationship complexity - For an earlier interview with Mele Saiatua Lavulo see OHColl-0354 Arrangement: Original recordings: OHC-024434 - OHC-024436 Abstract: OHA-8037 Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete.

Date: 2008-2009

By: Cedars of Lebanon Club; Frizzell, Helen Isobel, active 1986-

Reference: OHColl-0890

Description: Interviews with people of Lebanese descent who now live in Dunedin. Recollections include parents migrating, being brought up with Lebanese traditions and mores, being part of the local Lebanese community and living in or visiting Lebanon during their life. Interviewees are Frank Coory, John Farry, Adele George, Phillip George, Richard Joseph, Diana Kearns, Joe La Hood, Alan McDonald, Bert Reid and Lelia Taylor. Accompanying material - "Index" carried in OHDL-000088 to OHDL-000089 is Diary of Jacob Habib (taken from website) Abstracted by - Helen Frizzell Awards/funding - Project received funding from Lottery Heritage and Environment grant Interviewer(s) - Helen Frizzell Quantity: 10 digital sound recording(s). 10 printed abstract(s). 10 Electronic document(s) - abstracts. 11 digital photograph(s). 10 interview(s). 10 Electronic document(s) biographical information and agreement forms. Search dates: 2008 - 2009 Processing information: Digital component of collection is currently being processed by staff Skeletal records only for interviews; digital audio files and some digital abstracts yet to be uploaded (10 Sep 2009)

Date: 27-30 August 2001 - 27 Aug 2001 - 30 Aug 2001

By: Lawler, Cicely Margaret, 1930-; West, Maureen Rosalind, active 2002

Reference: OHColl-0637/1

Description: Cicely Margaret Lawler was born in Whitburn, County Durham, England in 1930. Talks about being a child of divorced parents, growing up with her father, an estate manager in Highcroft. Mentions being evacuated during World War II; rationing, and transport during the war. Mentions father's remarriage, her stepmother Dora, and stepbrothers. Mentions her mother Hilda, who worked in the ambulance service during the war. Mentions her sister dying of whooping cough. Talks about her education, her goal to become an obstetrician, and attending University of Durham Medical School. Talks about medical training and work as a house surgeon and registrar in the 1950's, working shifts of up to 36 hours. Mentions hospital lifestyle, parties, National Health Service, attitudes of male doctors to women. Describes the difficulties involved, as an English protestant, in marrying her Irish catholic husband, Derry Lawler, whom she met in 1956-7. Talks about resistance from family and the Catholic Church. Mentions difficulty with the instruction course on marriage to a catholic. Talks about working part-time as a polio vaccinator, describes feelings about giving up work to raise five children. Describes emigrating to New Zealand, by ship, while pregnant. Compares household appliances in England and New Zealand in the 1960's. Talks about her children, and her husband's career as an anaesthetist in Auckland. Describes having single mothers in her home, via an arrangement with Presbyterian Social Services; mentions Bethany Hospital. Talks about journeys back to England and Ireland, family visits, her mother-in-law, and what she misses about England. Mentions New Zealand's standard of living, attitudes to sport, politics, Maori, immigrants. Talks about friends, housekeeping and housework, her chronic back problem, feelings towards Catholic Church and influence of religion on her life. Mentions husband's illness and death. Talks about her voluntary work with Care and Craft group, and the Mater Hospital, since the 1970's. Interviewer(s) - Maureen West Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-10827 - 10833 Quantity: 7 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 6.30 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-3829. Search dates: 1939 - 1950 - 1945 - 2000