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Date: 2002-2003

By: Picton Historical Society; Brehaut, Loreen, active 2006-2014

Reference: OHColl-0749

Description: Ten interviews with long-term residents of the Marlborough Sounds, especially those in the Picton area. Interviewees are Terry Looms, Henry Hende, Lynette Cook, Donald Jamison, Joan Barrett, Isabelle Bunt, Leo Gilchrist, Raynor Henson, George MacDonald and Eric McIsaac Awards/funding - Project received an Award in Oral History Arrangement: Abstracts: OHA-4367 to OHA-4376 Original recordings: OHC-012648 - OHC-012661 Quantity: 10 Interview(s). 14 C60 cassette(s). 9 printed abstract(s). 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete. Processing information: Interviews not yet described

Date: 2009-2010

By: Brehaut, Loreen, active 2006-2014

Reference: OHColl-0982

Description: Interviews with Bill Bain, Barrie Boese, Richard Feather, Robin Gibbons, John Knight, Christopher McMahon, Susan O'Rourke and Ken Smith. Interviewer(s) - Loreen Brehaut Quantity: 8 digital sound recording(s). 8 Electronic document(s) - abstracts. 8 printed abstract(s). 12 digital photograph(s). 3 electronic scan(s) of original black and white photographic print(s). 1 electronic scan(s) of original colour photographic print(s). 8 interview(s). Processing information: Digital component of collection is currently being processed by staff

Date: 17 May 2006

From: Oral history of Cook Strait Whalers based in Tory Channel

By: Barnes, Emlyn, 1933-

Reference: OHInt-0856-01

Description: Interview with Emlyn (Tim) Barnes, born in England in 1933. Discusses doing a shipwright's apprenticeship and later working in the merchant navy as a ship's carpenter. Refers to emigrating to New Zealand after several visits, living first in Napier and Wellington before settling in Picton. Mentions working as a boatbuilder and farm labourer until he was invited by Athol Perano (first mate) to crew on the Orca where he worked for two years. Talks about the boat, its crew, catching whales, and towing them inshore. Comments on not having much contact with workers in the whaling station factory, which was a dangerous place to work. Recalls that the Orca developed a boiler problem which ended its days at sea. Discusses his feelings about whaling. Mentions working later as a builder and boatbuilder and working on the waterfront. Interviewer(s) - Loreen Brehaut Accompanying material - Digital abstract accompanied by a brief biographical document Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-015994 Quantity: 1 printed abstract(s). 1 C60 cassette(s). 2 Electronic document(s) - abstract. 1 digital photograph(s). 1 interview(s). 40 Minutes Duration. Physical Description: Textual file - Microsoft word; Image file - Jpeg Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-5765, OHDL-001387. one colour portrait (OHDL-001388) Search dates: 1933 - 2006

Date: 21 Feb 2006

From: Oral history of Cook Strait Whalers based in Tory Channel

By: Bunt, John William, 1936-

Reference: OHInt-0856-02

Description: Interview with John Bunt, born in Picton in 1936, a fifth generation whaler. Talks about his family background, mentioning that he is descended from one of the first local whalers, Joseph (Geordie) Toms (or Thoms) and his second wife Maria Boulton. Mentions his wives Gail Huntley and Violet Warepouri. Refers to other whaling families at Te Awaiti including the Heberleys, Nortons, Guards and Keenans. Describes first going to Te Awaiti in 1958 where his grandfather William Toms (Thoms) talked to him about whaling including at Campbell Island. Refers to taking over the family farm after three years at Te Awaiti, and working at the whaling station as a flenser for one season about 1963-1964, at the end of the industry. Discusses the whaling station at Tipi Bay that was on Toms family land and run by Toms, Norton, Arthur Heberley, and Charlie and Joe Perano. Comments that after whaling most families turned to fishing and farming. Mentions doing commercial paua diving and fishing by 1965. Talks about the local community, social life, and the children being educated through the Correspondence School. Mentions his current interest in promoting a mataitai reserve in Tory Channel with Te Atiawa. Interviewer(s) - Loreen Brehaut Accompanying material - Digital abstract accompanied by a brief biographical document Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-015995 Quantity: 1 printed abstract(s). 1 C60 cassette(s). 2 Electronic document(s) - abstract. 1 digital photograph(s). 1 interview(s). 22 Minutes Duration. Physical Description: Textual file - Microsoft word; Image file - Jpeg Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-5766, OHDL-001389. Includes colour portrait (OHDL-001390) Search dates: 1936 - 2006

Date: 20 Oct 2006

From: Oral history of Cook Strait Whalers based in Tory Channel

By: Davis, Nolan Donaldson, 1934-

Reference: OHInt-0856-03

Description: Interview with Noel (Nolan) Davis, born in Hastings in 1934. Mentions his mother died when he was five, and the family had a difficult time during World War 2. Talks about working as a shepherd after he left school, then going on a working holiday on a motorbike in the South Island during the summer of 1953-1954. Mentions taking various jobs before he got a job at Joe Perano's whaling station factory in 1956 through personal contacts and his freezing works butchery skills. Refers to working there for five seasons and then doing one season at Great Barrier Island. Mentions cows in calf and a protected right whale being caught. Comments that the whale meat was discarded until a meat plant was established in 1957. Talks about the work he did as a flenser as well as night shifts filling the Kvernar pressure digester with blubber. Mentions accidents at the factory and hazards such as the slippery flensing floor, and bomb shrapnel and an unexploded bomb in blubber. Discusses catching sharks that were attracted into the bay by dumped offal and calves. Reflects on the very long hours worked during the whaling season and not getting home often to see his wife and children. Talks about living conditions and the social life at the whaling station. Refers to working on a farm at Okukari Bay between seasons. Discusses recreational activities in the area including the Arapawa Rowing Club and early water skiing. Comments on moving to Picton, working in the freezing works, and later buying orchards, then a deer farm and finally a native plant nursery, as well as working as a builder. Interviewer(s) - Loreen Brehaut Accompanying material - Digital abstract accompanied by a brief biographical document Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-015996 - OHC-015997 Quantity: 1 printed abstract(s). 2 C90 cassette(s). 2 Electronic document(s) - abstract. 1 digital photograph(s). 1 interview(s). 1.32 Hours and minutes Duration. Physical Description: Textual file - Microsoft word; Image file - Jpeg Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-5767, OHDL-001391. Includes colour portrait (OHDL-001392) Search dates: 1934 - 2006

Date: 16 Mar 2006 - 22 Mar 2006

From: Oral history of Cook Strait Whalers based in Tory Channel

By: Godsiff, Geoffrey Curtis, 1926-2015

Reference: OHInt-0856-04

Description: Interview with Geoff Godsiff, born at Picton in 1926. Talks about growing up on the family farm in the Bay of Many Coves, Queen Charlotte Sound. Mentions living with grandparents in Kaikoura for four years to attend school and then finishing his education at home through the Correspondence School. Refers to his mother running a guest house during the Depression, and naval activities in the Marlborough Sounds during World War 2. Comments on the simple life and hard work farming in the area. Discusses his various jobs including boat building and dairy farming. Talks about residents in the Bay of Many Coves, the planting of pines from 1934-1935, and the first holiday homes. Comments on unstable land and erosion in the Sounds. Mentions his family took on a farm on Arapawa Island in 1952 which he managed. Discusses the use of barges for bulk transport to and from farms in the Sounds. Refers to selling his farm and moving to Picton when his son was 10 for his education. Mentions his later jobs including 20 years working for the Harbour Board. Discusses going whaling in 1960, living at Oyster Bay with Herb Heberley for the season. Describes working in the frozen meat department of the factory where humpback whale meat was frozen and then cut and packaged for pet food. Refers to other workers including resident engineer Hank Ruesick, factory foreman Cairo Huntley, and owners Gilbert and Joe Perano. Comments on hazards in the factory. Talks about factory waste disposed into the sea attracting sharks and nelly birds, and slabs of meat floating all over the Sounds. Discusses uses for whale oil. Refers to leaving the whaling station when sperm whaling began. Reflects on his time in the whaling industry, the hard work but good money earned in a winter job that fitted with farming, and the living conditions and social life of the whalers. Interviewer(s) - Loreen Brehaut Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-015998 - OHC-016000 Quantity: 1 printed abstract(s). 3 C60 cassette(s). 2 Electronic document(s) - abstract. 1 digital photograph(s). 2 interview(s). 2.46 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-5768, OHDL-001393. Includes colour portrait (OHDL-001394) Search dates: 1926 - 2006

Date: 2 Dec 2005 - 12 Dec 2005

From: Oral history of Cook Strait Whalers based in Tory Channel

By: Howden, Stuart Douglas, 1935-

Reference: OHInt-0856-08

Description: Interview with Stuart Howden, born in Invercargill in 1935. Refers to growing up in Invercargill and moving to Christchurch where he met his wife Pauline Langman whose father George Langman worked at the Peranos' whaling station and mother Nellie ran the single men's quarters. Discusses moving to Picton in 1959 and working in the freezing works during the summer and the whaling station during two winter seasons. Refers to working night shifts first as a flenser and later cutting up meat and bones. Mentions the night shift foreman Bill Reeves. Discusses safety and accidents, the noise and lack of protective gear. Comments on the use and disposal of the whale meat. Discusses life at the whaling station, recreational activities including fishing and catching sharks attracted by whale waste disposed into the bay. Refers to the money he earned whaling gave him and his wife a good financial start. Reflects that whaling was appropriate in its day but he in now sorry about killing whales. Interviewer(s) - Loreen Brehaut Accompanying material - Digital abstract accompanied by a brief biographical document Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-016007 - OHC-016008 Quantity: 1 printed abstract(s). 2 C60 cassette(s). 2 Electronic document(s) - abstract. 1 digital photograph(s). 2 interview(s). 1.33 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-5772, OHDL-001401. Includes colour portrait (OHDL-001402) Search dates: 2005

Date: 7 Nov 2005 - 07 Nov 2005

From: Oral history of Cook Strait Whalers based in Tory Channel

By: Huntley, Waru, 1938-

Reference: OHInt-0856-10

Description: Interview with Waru Huntley, born in Picton in 1938. Talks about his mother Harley dying when he was young, and being brought up by her brother and sister-in-law Cairo and Kuna Huntley and his grandfather William Huntley. Comments on exposure to Maori language and culture in his childhood. Refers to the family living near the whaling station during the whaling season, attending both Whekenui and Waikawa Schools, and growing up with whales. Talks about starting work for the Peranos doing maintenance as soon as he left school. Describes working on Lookout Hill whalespotting for the 1954 season where he worked with four uncles, and refers to harpooning one whale. Refers to getting a permanent job in the Picton freezing works and not going back to whaling again. Talks about the impact of the end of whaling and other industries on Picton and the decline of farming in the Marlborough Sounds. Interviewer(s) - Loreen Brehaut Accompanying material - Digital abstract accompanied by a brief biographical document Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-016011 Quantity: 1 printed abstract(s). 1 C60 cassette(s). 2 Electronic document(s) - abstract. 1 digital photograph(s). 1 interview(s). 1 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-5774, OHDL-001405. Includes colour portrait (OHDL-001406) Search dates: 1938 - 2005

Date: 14 Jun 2006 - 6 Jul 2006 - 06 Jul 2006

From: Oral history of Cook Strait Whalers based in Tory Channel

By: Norton, John Gregory, 1935-

Reference: OHInt-0856-13

Description: Interview with John Norton, born in Picton in 1935. Discusses growing up in a large family in Picton, his schooling, and his father's fishing boat. Refers to school holidays at Te Awaiti and occasionally being taken out on whaling boats. Talks about his boatbuilding apprentiship, and leaving it when he married Myrna to work at the freezing works and whaling. Refers to a son Chris dying of cot death. Describes the construction projects he worked on after he left whaling, and having his own construction business from 1977. Refers to his marriage ending after 23 years, remarrying in 1978, and his wife Noelene dying of of a brain tumour. Mentions two of his adult sons dying in accidents. Briefly outlines being a boxer from his school days and continuing to train boys. Talks about whaling from 1958 to 1962, working as a gunner with Joe Perano. Describes the working day, starting at the lookout by daylight. Mentions the dangers of handling explosives at sea, difficulties tracking whales in rough conditions, and not wearing life jackets. Talks about the superstitions of the Peranos. Refers to some whalers being shattered by the end of whaling. Mentions being a keen member of the whale counting team at the lookout. Interviewer(s) - Loreen Brehaut Accompanying material - Digital abstract accompanied by a brief biographical document Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-016015 - OHC-016016 Quantity: 1 printed abstract(s). 2 C60 cassette(s). 2 Electronic document(s) - abstract. 1 digital photograph(s). 2 interview(s). 1.34 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-5777, OHDL-001411. Includes colour portrait (OHDL-001412) Search dates: 1935 - 2006

Date: 16 Nov 2005 - 18 Nov 2005

From: Oral history of Cook Strait Whalers based in Tory Channel

By: Huntley, Mana Witako, 1939-

Reference: OHInt-0856-09

Description: Interview with Mana Huntley, born in Wanganui in 1939. Talks about being raised in Picton by his mother's sister and her husband, Dookie and Ted Huntley Jnr, and living with his maternal grandparents Makoare (Mack) Love and Turuma Matipou during the whaling season. Mentions that his grandparents all spoke Maori and his paternal grandmother Puhi did not speak English. Refers to school holidays at Te Awaiti, holiday jobs in the freezing works or the whaling station, and training as a motor mechanic in Blenheim. Discusses working on the whalechaser Orca in 1964, first as a deckhand and later as the gunner. Mentions other boats - Rorqual, Balaena and Rorqual. Refers to the Orca being able to stay out at sea for several days, the Peranos using an aeroplane for spotting whales, and hunting sperm whales in the summer season. Talks about his life after whaling, and comments that he is happy to see humpback whales returning to the area. Interviewer(s) - Loreen Brehaut Accompanying material - Digital abstract accompanied by a brief biographical document Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-016009 - OHC-016010 Quantity: 1 printed abstract(s). 2 C60 cassette(s). 2 Electronic document(s). 1 digital photograph(s). 2 interview(s). 2.01 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-5773, OHDL-001403. Includes colour portrait (OHDL-001404) Search dates: 1939 - 2005

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: 2001

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

By: Smith, Ashley W, 1948-; New Zealand shipping gazette (Periodical)

Reference: DX-023-175

Description: The scene is the disembarkation door of the Arahanga. A bearded and cobweb- covered passenger who thought he was getting off the ship in Picton is faced with an Indian cityscape and men brandishing hammers and saws. Extended Title - Boy, Picton has certainly got cosmpolitan. Quantity: 1 digital image(s).

Date: 2013

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

By: New Zealand shipping gazette (Periodical)

Reference: DCDL-0024034

Description: Shows MP Gerry Brownlee as a meditating Buddha telling a frightened figure representing Picton shop owners to take a 'deep breath with regards to Picton's future ferry prospects' while she finds his statement 'ommminous'. Refers to Brownlee's calls for the people of Picton to remain calm regarding the possibility of moving the interisland ferry terminal from Picton to Clifford Bay. See Stuff 23 January 2013. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

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

Reference: DCDL-0027008

Description: Two cash registers dance on the beach at Picton, while overhead the dark cloud of '2 years uncertainty' is hauled away by a cable and anchor. The sun, with its nautical cap on shines brilliantly, and out at sea the ship named 'Clifford Bay' sinks. Picton business people celebrated the decision by the government not to move the interisland ferry service to Clifford Bay with a party on the waterfront on 9 December 2013. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2004

From: Ekers, Paul, 1961-:[Digital cartoons published in the New Zealand Herald and other publications]

Reference: DX-017-089

Description: Shows a man and a woman sampling some wine on board a ferry. The man behind the counter comments that the wine will have aged nicely by the time they get to Wellington due to the slow pace they are travelling at. Extended Title - Wine tasting today. 'It's a bit young, but it will age nicely by the time you get back to Wellington on the ferry.' Quantity: 1 digital image(s).

Date: 2009

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0010579

Description: Shows five men riding a cycle made for five crossing a cycle-way that has been built between Wellington and Picton. The are described as the 'Interislander'. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: Dec 2007 - Apr 2008

From: Owen, Dylan, 1958-: Photographs

Reference: PADL-000270

Description: Photographs of Kaikoura, Blenheim, Picton and Lake Grassmere buildings, 2007-2008 Arrangement: These files were originally delivered to the library within folders called "Buildings Dec 2007 to Jan 2008" and "Buildings Feb to April 2008" Quantity: 29 digital photograph(s).