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Date: 24 Mar 1996

From: Tuapeka oral history project

By: Roughan, Wayman Patrick, 1951-

Reference: OHInt-0569/10

Description: Wayman Roughan was born in Lawrence in 1951. Traces his family's history in Lawrence back to 1861. Describes his father moving to their farm in 1945. Recalls schooling at Lawrence District High School. Notes the community was bigger in the 1950s as most farms had married couples. Describes the growth in tourism and the number of cribs (baches) in the town. Discusses the size and nature of the family farm in terms of economic downturn. Describes going to Telford Farm Training School after high school. Describes the involvement of both he and his father in St Johns Ambulance. Lists services in Lawrence. Describes returning to work on the family farm after Telford. Mentions rabbit problems. Recalls his father's death and taking over the farm at the age of twenty one. Describes marrying Merle Roberts and talks about their three children and a decision to send them to boarding school. Discusses changes in farm economics and farm practices. Discusses his work on the Clutha District Council and changes since amalgamation the of local bodies. Mentions the time commitment with local body politics. Describes the background history of the Tuapeka dam and the four schemes originally proposed in 1987. Recalls the announcement of the preferred option and anger at the public meeting at Beaumont. Comments that the Tuapeka Mouth meeting was totally different. Discusses the Joint Local Authority Liaison Group and advice based on experience with ECNZ during the building of the Clyde dam. Describes the attitude of locals to his membership of the joint committee. Explains reasons for the public support of the Community Board for the Tuapeka option. Refers to some personal abuse. Explains the main local concerns and his own reservations. Refers to a split between Friends of Beaumont (FOB) and Residents of Beaumont (ROB). Discusses the sale of land to ECNZ and ECNZ's poor public relations. Comments on media coverage of the issue. Describes meetings with ECNZ on behalf of the District Council and Residents of Beaumont. Mentions Keith Turner, John Rutherford, Sally Marx and Dianne Buchan. Discusses the acquisition of land by ECNZ and refers to the future of Beaumont if the dam does not proceed. Comments on the native bush on Birch Island. Refers to the Tuapeka Mouth punt and its anniversary celebrations. Mentions lack of involvement by the District Council. Lists Community Board members and explains the split over the Tuapeka option. Mentions his role as Community Board chairman and refers to a role on the Planning Tribunal. Comments on the effect of Council on his life. Interviewer(s) - Jerome Cvitanovich Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 interview(s). 2 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-2633. Photograph of Wayman Roughan

Date: 21 Mar 1996

From: Tuapeka oral history project

By: Rishworth, Margaret Joyce, 1921-

Reference: OHInt-0569/08

Description: Joyce Rishworth was born in Seacliff in 1921. Describes family and growing up in the area until the age of fifteen. Mentions father was a psychiatric nurse. Mentions the closure of Seacliff Hospital. Describes attending Seacliff Primary School, going by train daily to high school in Dunedin and attending Browns Commercial College. Describes meeting Harold Rishworth and becoming engaged before he went to war. Talks about his capture at El Alamein and his being a prisoner of war. Describes nursing training, but not sitting final exams, and nursing returned soldiers. Describes frequent church attendance. Talks about Harold Rishworth's appearance, rehabilitation and their marriage when he returned from war. Mentions his work at a fellmongery, the birth of their daughter and their move to Milton where they worked on a sheep farm. Describes applying for rehabilitation farms and a move to Lawrence. Discusses the rabbit problem, skinning and selling rabbits and improving land covered in gorse and manuka. Mentions the birth of other children and the difficulty of travelling on poor roads from Tuapeka West to the Lawrence maternity home. Discusses what her children are doing now. Describes having no telephone or electricity until the 1950s, initially no water, cooking on a wood stove and a mail delivery every three days. Discusses isolation as a result of snow and being unable to get home from Dunedin for a week. Mentions flooding and the influence of the Clutha River on farming. Describes increasing the farm size. Talks about recreational use of the river and the role of the punt as a tourist attraction. Details puntmen. Discusses the role of the church in her life. Recalls her husband's death in 1975. Describes membership of Associated Presbyterian Women (APW), Red Cross and Country Women's Institute(CWI). Notes Tuapeka West is also known as Kononi. Discusses involvement with the Clutha Valley High School. Notes the closure of the Tuapeka West School in 1991 and other services which have closed. Mentions the Greenfield pub and local events including the Shearers Jamboree, the punt dance and Tuapeka Mouth cattle sales. Describes disappointment on hearing about the dam and the potential loss of part of their property but comments philosophically on the need for electricity. Discusses being consulted by ECNZ and meetings at Tuapeka Mouth. Talks about sadness at the planned flooding of Beaumont and notes that her daughter and son in Beaumont have sold their orchard to ECNZ. Comments on the uncertainty created by the dam issue. Describes how her home is a base for the family and the dam has an impact on the whole family. Comments on the activities of Friends of Beaumont (FOB) who tried to disrupt punt celebrations. Interviewer(s) - Jerome Cvitanovich Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 interview(s). 2.20 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA 2632. Photo of Joyce and Harold Rishworth; Joyce Rishworth and others; Joyce Rishworth and son

Date: 22 Jan 1998

From: Bainham Reunion oral history project

By: Hadfield, William Rogers, 1913-2004; Dawber, Carol, 1951-

Reference: OHInt-0417/1

Description: Bill Hadfield was born in Nelson in 1913. Discusses life at Little River, Awaroa throughout the twentieth century. Talks about food including wild and domestic pigs, salting and curing their own meat, catching herring and snapper and eating kiekie flowers and nikau hearts. Mentions selling meat to settlers, growing tobacco and hops and sawmills in the bay. Notes there was a daily boat to Takaka and weekly boats to Wellington. Mentions boats the `Kaspar', `Morning light' and the`Lily'. Describes riding the mail over the hill to Wainui on his motorbike. Talks about work wiring houses for electricity. Notes the house of his grandfather, William Hadfield, was prefabricated in totara and white pine and came from Bretts' Colonists Guide. Talks about his father Fred Hadfield. Mentions Fred Gibbs, Ray Fry, Mr Avery, Jim Perrot, Christiana Winter, Newton Nalder and Mr Spanton. Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 1 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-2674. Search dates: 1998

Date: 30 Mar 1983

From: Interviews about Rotorua by Don Stafford

By: Clark, Arthur Lyonel, 1900-1986

Reference: OHInt-0470/07

Description: Lyonel Clark was born in 1900 and came to Rotorua in 1917 to work for Mr Penney on land at Kaharoa for a year. Describes his work milking, driving a horse team and clearing land. Mentions that Mr Penney was the first Town Clerk of Rotorua. Recalls getting a launchmaster's ticket and running a launch service to Waiheke Island. Describes how his father's objection to his working on a Sunday ended his part in this business and he went to work for the government at Tarawera. Mentions his wife Amy. Talks about head guide and thermal expert Mr Warbrick. Notes that the government ran six launches on Lake Tarawera at the time including the `Maroro', `Huia', `Patiti', `Reremoana' and `Irene'. Mentions a service he ran from Rotorua to Okere on the `Princess' and a launch service on Lake Okataina. Recalls ferrying the Governor Sir Charles Fergusson on Lake Okataina. Mentions operating the `Crusader' on Lake Rotoiti. Describes becoming a service driver in Rotorua and running the daily car service from Rotorua to Auckland. Mentions he drove a Hudson and recalls competition with another driver on the same route in a Willys Knight. Discusses getting work in Auckland during the Depression and running the `Tawa' for the Ferry Company. Recalls living on Pine Island in the harbour. Describes a venture on Lake Okataina with Cecil Hayward and Tom Clark operating a launch service and a fishing lodge. Recalls driving a bus out to Ruatahuna for the funeral of Rua Kenana. Mentions the Rotorua Bus Company, the Smiths, Hori Mau and others. Discusses other launch owners and bus drivers. Interviewer(s) - Don Stafford Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 transcript(s). 1 interview(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - transcript(s) available OHA-2855.

Date: 16-17 Dec 1995 - 27-28 Jan 1996 - 16 Dec 1995 - 28 Jan 1996

From: Haast oral history project

By: Buchanan, Henry John, 1917-1997

Reference: OHInt-0419/03

Description: Henry Buchanan was born in Runanga in 1917. Recalls living in Ikamatua where his father trammed for the sawmiller A R Wallis. Mentions their shift to the Turnbull River in 1930 where his father cut timber for Mr Wallis, had a farm and built a sawmill at Okuru. Describes working for his family on a gold claim on the north Haast beach, growing vegetables, having dairy cows and making butter. Recalls other food eaten including wood pigeon, ducks and some beef. Recalls rowing from Big Bay for a dance and riding by horse to Haast and Jackson's Bay. Mentions fording rivers and going by the tide. Talks about mail brought in by pack horse and a launch between Jackson's Bay and Okuru. Comments on the beginning of the aeroplane service and being able to get emergency service when needed. Notes that previously when people were sick it had taken three or four days to get them to Paringa by stretcher. Mentions accidents in the area. Comments on Dr Jean McLean flying down from Hokitika each fortnight. Describes post offices at Okuru, run by the Eggeling family, at Upper Okuru, by the Nolan family, at Haast, by the Cron family and at Huhuka by the Harris family. Mentions Betty Eggeling was the first woman to drive through Haast Pass. Talks about marrying Mina McCrae at Greymouth and their honeymoon in Nelson. Describes life with radio and no television. Describes beginning a fishing venture about 1950, buying a freezer, starting whitebaiting and a `whitebait war' with the Nolans. Describes operating boats and an aeroplane while whitebaiting and crayfishing. Discusses fights about air space with Myrtle Cron, the airways agent at Haast. Mentions that Ivy Cron operated the ferry across the Haast. Notes that West Coast Airways began operating about 1930 and discusses weather problems and flying. Recalls deer stalking full time from 1955 to 1960, a venison factory built in Greymouth in the 1970s and a mussel farming venture in Marlborough. Discusses other work he has done including on the Haast aerodrome, goldmining, scrubcutting for W D Nolan in Cascade, droving cattle out to Whataroa, working on the road from Makarora and from Waiatoto to Okuru and being manpowered into the sawmill at Ikamatua. Notes that the Government gave subsidies for gold mining during the Depression. Talks about the Cowl and Harris families and mentions his mother remarried Joe Harris. Mentions camps at Jacksons Bay, Okuru and Haast and roadmen Joe Driscoll and Jack Farrell. Talks about brothers and sisters Ted, Bill and Myra Buchanan. Interviewer(s) - Julia Bradshaw Quantity: 4 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 3.30 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-2897.

Date: 25 Apr 1996

From: Haast oral history project

By: Cowan, Bernard Homersham, 1921-2003

Reference: OHInt-0419/04

Description: Bernard Cowan was born in Christchurch in 1921. Gives details of his family background. Mentions his mother met his father in Christchurch and went to live at Okuru. Mentions their farm was between Waiatoto and Arawata. Discusses their income from cattle and home made butter. Describes how his brother died when he was seven and his father was killed in 1935 when Bernie was fourteen. Describes attending school at the Nolan's household school. Talks about the other children and teachers. Recalls being carried out on a stretcher on the Haast-Paringa cattle track with appendicitis when he was twelve. Mentions his grandmother went with him. Recalls a difficult trip back from Hokitika, where he had been visiting his mother in hospital, in the boat `Elsie' as a nine year old. Recalls no hot or cold water during the Depression, eating wood pigeons and fish and having difficulty paying bills. Mentions his sister was educated at Hokitika and was training to be a nurse until the death of his father. Describes meeting and marrying Myra Roberts and getting a job with the Public Works Department (PWD). Recalls working at the aerodrome at Mussel Point and on road building. Comments on how the air service saved people's lives. Describes selling deer skins while working for the PWD. Describes selling the farm in 1947, buying a truck to cart gravel and having five trucks working at one time. Describes whitebaiting and selling the whitebait and a crayfishing venture with his son John. Discusses crossing rivers. Interviewer(s) - Julia Bradshaw Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 1.30 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-2898.

Date: 29 Aug 1993

From: Memories of the Kaipara oral history project : Part one

By: McLean, Murdoch, 1912-; Sanson, Rita, active 1993; Hooper, Phyllis May, 1903-2002; Honore, Doug, active 1993

Reference: OHInt-0430/11

Description: Murdoch McLean discusses his father's work on the railway tunnel at Kanohi. Recalls floods in 1926 when the railway line was closed for a number of days and passengers were trapped on the train. Discusses his grandfather's work sending off kauri logs. Mentions loading logs on trucks, shifting logs by rail and rafting them down the river. Rita Sanson talks about Taranaki boats and the `Gerlock' which travelled to Kaipara. Phyllis Hooper discusses music in the area. Mentions Bel (Belle) Wilson, Bella Russell, Millie Nicholls, Dick Aitkenhead, Reverend Noel white, Dora Eddelston, Jasper Calder, Alice Rimmer and Doug Lilly. Recalls local musical productions, playing music at the church and Sunday School and playing for fundraising concerts such as the Queen Carnival. Comments on music teachers Dennis Coles and Graham Nobbs at the College in the 1960s and 1970s. Doug Honore talks about his great grandfather (Abel) Abraham Honore who was attached to a German Mission from 1820 to 1848 and sent to the German settlement at Upper Moutere before going to Ruapuke Island near Stewart Island. Describes how Maori there were in poor health as a result of contact with the whalers and sealers and Honore helped with crop growth and the improvement of whares. Talks about how he asked for a wife after eight years, the birth of five children, their move to near Ranfurly and then Wellington and the death of his first wife. Mentions that Honore spoke English, Maori, Danish and Swedish and also served as a minister in the Scandanavian settlement of Forty Mile Bush near Dannevirke and amongst the Maori in the Manawatu. Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). 1 interview(s) with four people. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-3331.

Date: 6 Nov 1992 - 10 Nov 1992 - 06 Nov 1992

From: Rawene Public Library oral history project

By: Andrewes, Gordon Rex, 1914-2004

Reference: OHInt-0641/01

Description: Gordon Rex Andrewes born 1914 in Opononi Hotel which parents were managing for A S Andrews and Sons. Recalls memories of early life in hotel and describes clientele which included commercial travellers arriving on horse back or on boats. Describes family involvement in company of eight stores and recalls the Taheke store being the first store to close due to burglaries, fires etc. Lists other stores. Talks about school days and remembers school as a big happy family with no racial tensions. Mentions teachers, Miss Davine and Mr and Mrs Duckering. Recalls family attending St Luke's Church at Pakanae which opened in the 1920s and refers to Bishop Averill. Childhood fun included fishing, eeling in the bush, visits to sandhills across the harbour and picnics. Recalls visiting old house at Whanui belonging to Selwyn Watkins. Gives details of job with Dalgetys, describing wage patterns. Talks of parents' struggle to provide for children through hard times and their generosity to those in need. Describes family involvement during flu epidemic. Recalls marriage in 1948 and return to family firm, A S Andrewes in Kohukohu, moving to Opononi store in 1953 which he managed until retirement in 1982, when A S Andrewes & Sons Ltd ceased to exist as a trading company. Other traders etc mentioned include: Parlane Brothers, L D Nathan, Entrican Sims, Sargood Son and Ewen, Ross and Glendining. Describes boats servicing the stores - `Sierra' built by Joe Fell at Kohukohu and owned by the firm, `Simoma` and `Nevada' captained by Selwyn Watkins. Interviewer(s) - Alexa Whaley Venue - Opononi Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-010748-010749 Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 2 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-3803.

Date: 27 Nov 1997

By: Morgan, A J, 1910?-

Reference: OHColl-0447-01

Description: Interview with retired boat builder Jack Morgan of Morgan's Boatyard, The Wharf, Picton. Notes his apprenticeship began in 1925. Discusses various boats and their owners and describes Picton and Port Underwood earlier this century. Notable boats constructed were Masport Cup winners Pelorus Jack and Redhead, the first police launch Lady Elizabeth and numerous whale boats, fishing boats and launches. Interviewer(s) - Carol Dawber Accompanying material - List of boats built at Morgan's Boatyard, The Wharf, Picton Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-007114 Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-1741 (2 folders).

Date: 20 May 1998

By: Dawber, Carol, 1951-; Cropp, John Urquhart, 1927-2016

Reference: OHColl-0521/1

Description: Jack Cropp and Peter Mander won an Olympic Gold Medal for New Zealand sailing their Sharpie-class centreboard yacht at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics. The interview covers boyhood sailing and racing at Mt. Pleasant Yacht Club, Lyttelton Yacht Club, Canterbury regional competitions, national sailing regattas and the Melbourne Olympics. Comments on the development of yacht racing in New Zealand to America's Cup level, a boat building career and the recent development (2000) of the Cropp 4.6 Fun Sailer with the Nelson Marlborough Fun Sail Trust. Interviewer(s) - Carol Dawber Quantity: 2 C90 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete.

Date: 26 Mar 1992

From: Nga Kohikohingia o Nga Taonga a Ngati Koata. (Ngati Koata Oral History Project)

By: Elkington, Maunganui, 1920-2005

Reference: OHInt-0017/2

Description: First fifteen minutes of tape not summarised. Maunganui Elkington recalls school trip to Picton; teacher, Miss Abbott; remarriage of father; first job at Kirkpatricks; meeting husband, Turi Elkington; local dances at Oddfellows Hall, Val Coleman; reasons of going to D'Urville Island; mentions Charlie Jacobson, Wetekia Elkington, Noke Kawharu, Jack Webber and the 'Anaru'; describes Madsen Bay, Cherry Bay and identifies people there; wedding arrangements; purpose of Maori House; her wedding day; mentions Rangi and Lucy Elkington; move to French Pass, accommodation from the Webbers; duties of husband as coast guard during war; mentions May Barnett, Roy Webber; return to Madsen Bay; mentions Hahi Ngamuka, Jim Elkington; cooking methods; buying first home at Kia Ngawari Bay; mentions Mrs Gullery; family troubles, mentions Roma and May Elkington, Harold Leov. Gives origin of first boat, 'Belfast'; mentions Gundy Kohe, Turi Ruruku; origin of Buck Ruruku; reasons for home births; employment at Post and Telegraph; mentions Carol Kingturner; and Christmas tree party at French Pass; mentions Abbey Turner; recalls New Year's Eve parties and Bill Turner, Hemi Walker, Mick Elkington; origin of French Pass Hall; New Year's Day and meal; details people buried in Madsen Bay Cemetery; the district nurses; diseases causing deaths in the war years; purpose of coastal scows, mentions 'Puriri'; lists scows operating around D'Urville Island; mentions Roma and Rangi Elkington, Turi Ruruku. Describes recreational activities at Madsen Bay, cards, ping-pong, dances, tennis; life before electricity; hardships experienced, food situation, ways of coping; Bill Selwyn's death; Alamein Selwyn; closing of Maori House; recalls '5 Washington Rd'; memories of Wetekia Ruruku; fishing trips with children, grandchildren; mentions Val Meichun from Hastings; move to Waipukurau, Maori culture group, Kia Ngawari; wanting to return to Picton. Venue - Waipukarau Interviewer(s) - Josephine Paul Venue - 25 Woburn Street, Waipukurau Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-004470 - OHC-004471 Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 2 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB 763.

Date: 27 Mar 1992

From: Nga Kohikohingia o Nga Taonga a Ngati Koata. (Ngati Koata Oral History Project)

By: Elkington, Turi Ruruku, 1912-1994

Reference: OHInt-0017/4

Description: Turi Elkington recalls the tuku of Tutepourangi to Ngati Koata; mentions Waihaere's night attack on Kapiti; where Te Rauparaha was living; taking of the child, Tawhe; Tutepourangi's attack, its outcome; the patu, Kauwae Hurihia; Ngati Koata's pursuit of Tawhe, reasons for tuku given, defines boundary of tuku; Te Rauparaha's encounter with Uncle Whakatari; path taken by Te Rauparaha into Nelson; killing of Tutepourangi; Waihaere's death; mentions Turi Ruruku; tangata whenua status in Nelson area; Ngati Kuia's land boundaries; legend of Te Ataiorongo; mentions Louise Warren; Te Whetu's powers as Tohunga; Te Whetu's protectors, describes the dogs and their role; mentions Arthur Elkington, John Kawharu, Joe Rene and Te-Rua-O-Te-Ata in Cherry Bay. Discusses origin of employment with Post and Telegraph; recalls first mail stop at Waitai, Nino Moleta's family; Maori settlement at Te Marua, people buried at cemetery; circumstances of death of Mauriri (Ngati Koata Chief); death of Eparaima Elkington; shortening travel time between Whareatea and Te Marua; Ross Webber at Puangiangi; Whakatere-Papanui Island; Tinui Island; Whareatea School; mentions grandfather's second wife, Kaa and their children; midwifery and Wetekia Elkington; Harold Leov of Patuki; fishing at Hapuka Rocks; Olive Baldwin's account of Hinepoupou; account of Sir Peter Buck; Stephens Island; government promises over mutton birds. Relates legend of 'Nga Tamahine a Pani'; origin of waka 'Te Awatea'; mentions Jim Elkington; explains the burying of wakas; court hearing over possession of whakapuaka; explains how Ngati Koata lost possession to Kauhoe and descendants; good fishing in Greville Harbour area; Joe Rene at Olman Bay; equipment carried beside mail; Ruru Rene at Port Hardy; origin of concerts on 'Monawai' and 'Wanganella'; other entertaining occasions around island; pa site at Bottle Point; mentions Len Leov at Greville Harbour; eeling in lagoon; finding, preparing and cooking tuere; how Bill Kotua's body was found; court hearing over Whakapuaka; speculates on skeletons in area; memories of Tiripa Kotuas, Mokau Kawharu, Miss Hippolite (Mokau's wife), Ross Kawharu in Ohana, Gundy Kohe; sawmill at Greville Harbour. Describes father's boating experiences, mentions Wallace Webber; father's personality; mother's attributes; visit of Te Puea to D'Urville Island; friendship of grandfather with King Tawhao; Arthur Elkington and his saxophone, his origin, his expertise in geneology, his marriage to Aotaumarewa Manuirirangi, his role in the war; Woodman Family at Owhai Bay; mentions family land at Wharariki; origin of Waha Tupaea Elkington, his role as caregiver; describes Maori custom of giving away first born; Charlotte (Ngarata Kohe) being raised by Wetekia; Ngahuka Piripi Kohe; Pirihira Kohe; Nino Moleta. Recalls Wells Brothers at Kapi; gives origin of Manu Hakapakapa, Rahuinui; mentions Rakautara; rock Tawhe; Jimmy Walker being lost; people buried at Hautai Cemetery; death of Mokau Kawharu; death of grandfather at Madsen Bay; death of grandmother (Maria Tuo) at Ohana; match marriage of Pauline Elkington and Hahi Kawharu; match marriage of Roma Elkington; French Pass; how Lucy Kohe and Rangi Elkington met, their talents; details seaman skills taught to him by father, John Arthur Elkington; experience of towing Waka te Awatea Hou to Wellington and mentions Jim, Pene and George Elkington; how to tell weather conditions; wife (Maunganui Reeves) obtaining Master's Certificate. Accompanying material - one map of D'Urville Island Venue - Waipukarau Interviewer(s) - Josephine Paul Venue - Held at 25 Woburn Street, Waipukurau Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-004476 - OHC-004479 Quantity: 4 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 4 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB 765.

Date: 1959

From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs

Reference: AWM-0065-F

Description: 7 photographs of Maori at Eastbourne, in a boat, on the back of a truck etc. 5 photographs taken at Trentham racecourse, including 3 of elderly Pakeha women and 1 of a Maori woman seated alongside a young Maori girl. Photographs taken by Ans Westra in 1959. Source of descriptive information - Notes written by Westra and filed with proof sheets. Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 12 images. Processing information: Digitisation details - Original negatives digitised by Suite Tirohanga.