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Date: 1999-2000 - 29 Oct 1999 - 20 May 2002

By: Selby, Rachael Ann, 1949-; Richmond, Joanna Mary, 1946-; Thorpe, Agnes Anne, 1939-

Reference: OHColl-0673

Description: Maori and Pakeha were interviewed for this project, which looks at the history of Otaki and the lives of ten of its community. Language - mainly English but possibly some Maori within interviews by Rachael Selby Interviewer(s) - Anne Thorpe Interviewer(s) - Rachael Selby Interviewer(s) - Jan Richmond Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-011052 - 011064 Quantity: 8 C60 cassette(s). 5 C90 cassette(s). 10 printed abstract(s) and accompanying photos and material. 10 interview(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete. Several photocopies of photos accompany documentation Search dates: 1930 - 2000

Date: 27 April 2005 - 27 Apr 2005

By: McEwen, Jock Malcolm, 1915-2010; Rainey, Humphrey Barton, 1926-2015

Reference: OHColl-0763-1

Description: Jock Malcolm McEwen born 17 February 1917 in Feilding. Recalls the formation and development of the Mawai-Hakona Cultural Association in Upper Hutt. Topics talked about include the reason the club was started, its relationship to the Maori Education Foundation, Mawai-Hakona being the Maori name for Trentham, the significance of Ned Nathan of Nga Puhi to the club, moving to new premises from Trentham Army Camp, old members of Ngati Poneke, and other Maori clubs in the Wellington area. Club activites mentioned include composing their own action songs, teaching old Maori chants, oriori (lullabies), winning the Kingi Tahiwi Memorial Cup, discussions about a national competition, performing at the opening of the Sydney Opera House in 1976, teaching the use of the taiaha at Witako Prison now Rimutaka Prison, hosting overseas visitors including North American Native Indians and composers Tua Delamere, Ted Pomare and Mata Warena. Mentions members Humphrey Rainey, Ramona Mercer, Ned Nathan, Harriet Daspers, Dovey Katene Horvath. Interviewer(s) - Humphrey Rainey Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-014078 Quantity: 1 C90 cassette(s). 1 interview(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - transcript(s) available OHA-5046.

Date: 04 Jun - 17 Sep 1993 - 04 Jun 1993 - 17 Sep 1993

By: Manaena, Bernard, active 1970s-1990s

Reference: OHColl-0401

Description: Interviews with Wairarapa kaumatua about their life histories and hapu traditions Interviewer(s) - Bernard Manaena Quantity: 32 C60 cassette(s). 8 printed abstract(s). 8 interview(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete.

Date: 2002 - 2005 - 01 Jan 2002 - 31 Dec 2005

From: Nga Morehu oral history project

By: Apiti, John Whatu, 1915-2007

Reference: OHInt-0776-01

Description: Interview with Hone Apiti (Aged 89) born 1915 in Aotea. Sixth child of Te Whatu a Apiti and Raiha Paki, he was brought up by his grandparents. Refers to his grandmother being blind and knowledgeable in Maori herbal medicine. Mentions his original name Hone Paki, the ferntree house he grew up in, and the subsistance lifestyle of collecting seafood, growing vegetables and milking cows. Discusses his grandparents not speaking English and teaching them as he learnt the language at school. Describes his education including gaining a proficiency certificate and attending Maori Agricultural College. Recalls the Napier and Hastings earthquake and how it destroyed his school. Describes working in a flax mill in the Hauraki Plains. Mentions first meeting his first wife when she was 8 years old, and his second wife who was Pakeha. Discusses his disbelief in the supernatural world and taniwha and his religious beliefs. Talks about a serious accident, the operations he underwent, and his desire to complete certain jobs. Quantity: 2 videocassette(s). 1 transcript(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - transcript(s) available in English OHA-5102.

Date: 20 Jun 2002

From: TB sanatorium patients (New Zealand) oral history project

By: Crofts, Te Ruahini Elizabeth Koe, 1930-2010

Reference: OHInt-0837-09

Description: Interview with Ruahini Crofts about her experiences as a tuberculosis (TB) patient in the early 1950s. Mentions her father had died of TB when she was four. Talks about having a month-old baby when she was diagnosed and admitted to Coronation Hospital in Christchurch. Comments that the treatment was bed rest, injections of streptomycin and big pills that were hard to swallow. Refers to Dr John McLeod, Dr Enticott and Dr MacIntyre. Mentions an older Maori woman in the next bed, and the number of Maori women in the ward. Talks about nurses and patients who helped her morale, and about occupatinal therapy. Refers to her family travelling by buses from Tuahiwi to visit, but not seeing her baby for ten months. Discusses contagion, visitors, staff and volunteer helpers at the sanatorium. Refers to the privilege of getting "block leave" - being allowed to get up and go to the toilet when they wanted to. Mentions a Maori cook who collected puha and cooked boil ups for Maori patients. Comments on patients smoking secretively, mainly once they were mobile. Mentions relationships and marriages breaking up when the more mobile patients in the "upper san" got into relationships together. Talks about having relapses after the birth of her next two daughters, and "eating her way out" of hospital. Refers to having a new operation during her third period in Coronation Hospital. Describes how she was well for two years after her son was born, but then had a relapse, was sent by her priest to Hanmer Hospital where she deteriorated and was rushed back to Christchurch Hospital. Reflects on how her experiences have made her realise she is not invincible, and led her to take very good care of her family and herself. Discusses the role of the extended family in bringing up her children when she was in hospital. Talks about her later life and careers, and her children and grandchildren. Interviewer(s) - Sue McCauley Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-012731 - OHC-012732 Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 transcript(s) - printed. 1 Electronic document(s) - transcript. 1 interview(s). Physical Description: Textual file - Microsoft word Finding Aids: Abstract Available - transcript(s) available OHA-4271, OHDL-000903. Search dates: 1950 - 2002

Date: 29 Apr, 6 May 2009 - 29 Apr 2009 - 06 May 2009

From: Honouring seniors oral history project

By: Gunson, Kenneth Desmond, 1926-

Reference: OHInt-0979-04

Description: Interview with Kenneth (Ken) Desmond Gunson, born in Purewa, Northland in 1926. Describes his early childhood, as the youngest of five children raised on a small farm adjacent to gumfields, by a father who was a grader driver for Whangarei County Council, and a mother who kept large gardens and maintained the family's self-sufficiency. Talks about his dislike of school, which he left at 14, and the variety of work he did from childhood, including cutting firewood, working as a farrier, blacksmith, grader driver, and sawmill worker. Talks about hunting for birds, pigs, rabbits and hares. Tells of meeting his wife at a dance in Frankton. Descibes his main job, working on county roads as a grader driver which included roadmaking and making airstrips in isolated back country of the district. Talks about his workmates, and their recreations: dancing, going to the pictures, and various sports. Discusses the family backgrounds of both parents, and their life stories. Talks about Maori history of the district, and lists names of pakeha families who settled there. Interviewer(s) - Patricia Cutforth Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHDL-001253 Quantity: 1 digital sound recording(s). 2 Electronic document(s) - abstract. 1 printed abstract(s). 1 digital photograph(s). 7 electronic scan(s) of original black and white photographic print(s). 2 electronic scan(s) of original colour photographic print(s). 1 interview(s) over 2 days. 1.43 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHDL-001262, OHA-7482. Digital photograph of Ken Gunson and family (2009). Scanned B&W or sepia photographs of: Lizzie cars gone to the beach; Ken and older brother ploughing for potatoes (1930); Gunson kids off to school on horseback (1934); Grace and Ken Gunson (1941); Ken Gunson (1949); Ken Gunson and new Whangarei District Council Cat grader (2 photos, 1965). Scanned colour photographs of: Ken Gunson - farrier demonstration (1974); Ken Gunson (2004) Search dates: 1926 - 2009

Date: 17, 24 Jul 2010 - 17 Jul 2010 - 24 Jul 2010

From: Mrs Schumacher's gems oral history project - domestic life in New Zealand from the 1940s to the 1960s

By: Luke, Hina Lucy, 1932-

Reference: OHInt-0984-10

Description: Interview with Hina Luke (nee Puketapu), born in Lower Hutt in 1932. Interviewer's summary: Topics covered in the recording include: Mother's family: farming background in Taranaki; maternal grandparents' English ancestry; values, visits to grandparents' home; grandmother lived with family. Mother: previous marriage and children; appearance; domestic life; sale of produce; preserving; budgeting; views about health; leisure. Father: education with Te Whiti and Tohu Te Raukura; Maori language; previous marriage and children; self-education; friendship with Walter Nash; community relationships; quest to build Marae after loss of land; public and private life; working life; leisure; dress; gardening; extent of domestic role. Maori language: attitude to and experience of in childhood and since beginning of Kohanga Reo movement. Childhood homes: Whites Line East house and garden; Puketapu Grove house and garden; rooms and facilities; father's design requirements for new homes in Puketapu Grove; water and bathing; gardens and crops. Childhood: education; chores; visitors; meals; food; offal; meat bones; cooking; gardening; keeping chooks; evening activities; education; gender roles; special occasions; Christmas; childhood illnesses; mother's health remedies; dances in Wellington; discipline; parents attitudes to alcohol. Sewing and dressmaking; dresses for dances; apprenticeship at Regent Gowns; taking in sewing; making quilts, cushions; mending clothes. Marriage: meeting husband; first pregnancy before marriage; wedding dress; wedding day; wedding presents; budgeting; husband's role in domestic and family life. Husband Richard Luke: employment; Maori language; role at Waiwhetu. Living with husband's family in Manaia, Taranaki: food; laundry; fish and meat offal; return to Waiwhetu. Living with parents in Puketapu Grove: furnishing room; children; domestic work. Family home at Porirua East: furniture and appliances; garden; shops; making friends. Children: preparation of layette; wool and fabric; preparations for birth; equipment; hospital stay; treatment of eczema and asthma; daily routine; clothing; meals; chores; weekend activities. Food, cooking and meals: kitchen and cooking equipment; use of fat; meat and offal; vegetables; fish and shellfish; food storage; keeping fowls; freezing and preserving; saying Grace; catering; making bread at Marae; changes since stomach stapling operation. Recipes and recipe books: manuscript book for catering information; basic muffin recipe; mother's dumplings; healthy apricot snack; macaroni pudding; instant pudding. Laundry: separate wash house at Puketapu Grove; washing by hand; drying clothes; ironing; stains; washing machine; washing at Manaia. Waiwhetu Marae: fundraising for; opening; catering at opening; role of food on marae; self's current role; daily routine; food for Kohanga Reo; food for Marae visitors; special dietary requirements; food brought for tangi; healthy food; health clinic; smoking. 28th Maori Battalion: return to Wellington; meal for returned servicemen. Current living arrangements: family home with extended family. Interviewer(s) - Pip Oldham Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHDL-001494 Quantity: 1 digital sound recording(s) digital sound recording(s). 1 Electronic document(s) (abstract). 1 printed abstract(s). 4 digital photograph(s). 7 electronic scan(s) of original colour photographic print(s). 7 electronic scan(s) of original black and white photographic print(s). 1 interview(s). 4.34 Hours and minutes Duration. Physical Description: Sound files - wave files; Textual file - Microsoft word; Image files - Tiff Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHDL-001463, OHA-7390. Colour photographs of: Hina Luke in her kitchen (2010); Hina Luke in marae kitchen (2010); handwritten recipes and cover of recipe book (2010). Scanned colour photographs of: Hina with Waiwhetu Health Centre banner; Hina and others outside Waiwhetu Marae; Hina sewing quilt; Hina sewing; Hina in Waiwhetu kitchen; Rewena baking bread; montage of photographs of Hina and Richard Luke. Scanned B&W photographs of: Hina as a child; Hina aged 17; Hina with her high school basketball team; Hina with other staff of Regent Gowns; wedding photograph with her parents; grandparents Caroline and Algenon Yeates; house at Puketapu Grove (OHDL-001464) Search dates: 1932 - 2010

Date: 15 April 2000

From: Riverboat stories from the Whanganui River oral history project

By: Teki, Polly, 1908-2002

Reference: OHInt-0490-09

Description: Polly Teki talks about her birth in 1908, attending Turakina Maori Girls' College in 1924 and being taken from school to live in Ranana by her father, who died in 1932 from pneumonic influenza. Speaks of her large family, doing a man's job and hard farm work. Mentions the riverboat Whakapai, its bar and items sold on board, the passengers. Refers to land being 'dry' - alcohol free. Talks of deckhands, Temo Ponga, Captains Anderson and Robinson, the riverboat accidents when Bob Gray and Captain Anderson died. Describes Pipiriki House, its dinners, concerts and why it burnt down. Mentions Ranana Post Office, the telephone exchange and mail transported by riverboat. Mentions the catholic nuns' work. Topics discussed include the opening of the road and the cessation of the boat service with some unemployment as a result. Refers to Pipiriki and Gurneys Store, the Waimarie restoration, the voyages up the length of the river and timtables. Recalls bus drivers. Talks of Maori spoken in Ranana and her use of the language. Mentions Mrs. Jack Reweti, the Governor-General, James K. Baxter's Jerusalem commune and Julie Felix's visit. Mentions the transportation of cream and milk by river in 1930's, talks of 27 farmers in the area. Describes milking by hand and later machine with a diesel engine not electricity in 1932. Describes Sir Apirana Ngata's development scheme. Refers to church attendance, social life, dances and concerts with the nuns. Recalls Mr. Marumaru's advice to her about the house and farm. Interviewer(s) - David Charteris Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-008401 Quantity: 1 C90 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1. 1.30 interview(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-2617.

Date: 18 May 2001

From: Anglo-Indian lives oral history project

By: Leckey, Richard Edward, 1937-

Reference: OHInt-0562/07

Description: Richard Leckey was born in Gazaiabad in 1937. Explains that his father worked for the railways, talks about his transfers and recalls memories of Kotri, railway houses and servants. Mentions his brothers and step-sisters, his own schooling at Lawrence College. Recalls his experiences of partition. Talks of his sister living in New Zealand, followed by the rest of the family, and his father's money in India. Talks of his carpentry apprenticeship in Auckland and describes his various jobs with hydro schemes. Mentions his wife's work on a psychiatric ward, his work in the same hospital and at a freezing works. Mentions his returned serviceman's loan, wanting to buy land. Talks of Maori associations, his genealogy, the SAS in New Zealand and why he left it. Explains the changes in his religions and mentions Indian religions. Talks of his family in Australia, Pakistan and England, school uniform, western clothes, mealtimes and games played and mixing with Muslim children. Mentions club membership and cultural differences. Talks of his drinking habit, settling in New Zealand and outlines the differences in lifestyle. Talks about his property in Karamea, and interest in forestry, his carpentry and building. Awards/funding - Project received an Oral History Grant Interviewer(s) - Dorothy McMenamin Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-008512, OHC-008513 Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 transcript(s). 1 interview(s). 2 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - transcript(s) available OHA-2645.

Date: 23 Jan 2001

From: Upper Hutt Uniting Parish Millennium Project

By: Buchanan, Carol Maree, 1966-

Reference: OHInt-0593/11

Description: Carol Buchanan relates joining the Iona Centre of the co-operating parish, the history of the Iona Island community, mentions her Catholic background, faith influences when considering an abortion on health grounds. Talks of drug control of her epilepsy. Discusses her father's teaching in Maori schools, her own experience in teaching the Maori language, the issues of non-teaching of religious instruction in schools. Discusses the social interaction in the uniting parish and at Catholic churches, interdenominational marriages and communion. Mentions the Iona Centre float in Christmas parades and the church's profile in the community. Interviewer(s) - Elaine Bolitho Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-009247 Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). 1 transcript(s) - printed. 1 Electronic document(s) - transcript. 1 interview(s). 50 Minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - transcript(s) available OHA-2974, OHDL-000931. Portrait photograph of Carol Buchanan

Date: 23 Apr 2008 - 24 Apr 2008 - 01 May 2008

From: Otago District Law Society oral history project

By: Sutton, Richard John, 1938-2009

Reference: OHInt-0888-03

Description: Interview with Richard Sutton, born in London in 1938. Outlines his family background and moving to New Zealand in 1949. Refers to his parents' attitude to education and their religious and political views. Talks about his schooling in England and New Zealand. Discusses his interest in chess and winning the NZ chess championship three times. Mentions his mother Eve took up writing children's books in 1960. Refers to marrying Kensie Longman in 1965. Discusses his decision to study law, graduating with BA LLB and then LLB Hons from Auckland University. Talks about working part-time in a law office and how this was part of his legal education. Refers to studying at Harvard University and the high standard of teaching there. Talks about returning to an academic career in Auckland, teaching Restitution, Creditors Remedies, Equity, and Economic Regulations. Mentions a new LLB course was developed 1972 while he was a senior lecturer, and compares the present system of legal education to the old system he experienced. Talks about a sabbatical at Oxford in 1973 where he wrote articles about Economic Duress and the Law of Mistake, which led to his later work in law reform. Discusses cases involving the law of Fiduciary Duty including Coleman v Meyers, his role in it, and its importance in bringing to light the duty of disclosure. Comments on the importance of a strong Bench in commercial cases, and on how the case influenced his teaching. Refers to the advent of large law firms and their ability to "discourage legislation by the little people". Describes becoming Professor of Law at Otago University in 1980 and Dean of the Faculty in 1981-1985. Comments on having no administrative assistance as Dean, and the low status of the Faculty within the university affecting staff recruitment and promotion. Reflects on how the limitation on student enrolments from 1985 had a good effect. Talks about the establishment of a Community Law Centre, a student led exercise that was opposed by some staff. Refers to the strong relationships between the Faculty and the legal profession, and his involvement in the Otago District Law Society. Talks about returning to Otago University in 1998 and the establishment of a Maori Lectureship in the Faculty. Comments on his publications during his career and since he retired in 2004. Refers to his involvement with the government Contracts and Commercial Law Reform Committee and the Property Law and Equity Law Reform Committee, which served to rephrase problematic sections of common law. Reflects on the demise of the committee system and why he feels the Law Commission does not manage to involve the legal profession to the same extent. Mentions that his involvement with law reform was curtailed while he was at Otago University. Discusses taking leave from the university to be a Law Commissioner 1992-1997, his role as Commissioner, other commissioners, specific projects he worked on, and the slow progress of legislation. Recalls in detail the establishment of the Te Matahauariki Project at Waikato University and his involvement in it over 1997-2007. Backgrounds the project on Maori Succession, visits to marae and encounters with Maori processes. Comments that projects on Law and Maori are challenging. Discusses political changes in New Zealand during the 1960s and later, lawyers being "expected to provide a cost analysis of every reform" they proposed, and how the Law Commission served the function "of bringing the government face to face with the rule of law". Refers to judges' attitudes to law reform and recalls outstanding law reformers in New Zealand. Comments on the influence of his religious faith on his work in Law, with issues related to same-sex relationships as an example. Interviewer(s) - Helen Frizzell Accompanying material - Curriculum Vitae (14 p.); photocopy of an article about his mother Eve writing children's books; photocopy of an article "Coleman and others v Myers and others" (New Zealand Law Review, 1977, p 225-227); photocopies of five articles from the Otago Daily Times about Richard Sutton (two on chess); printout of his profile as Emeritus Professor of Law from the University of Otago website printed 25 June 2008 (3 p.). Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHDL-000090 Quantity: 1 digital sound recording(s) digital sound recording(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 Electronic document(s). 1 interview(s). 8.46 Hours and minutes Duration. Physical Description: Sound files - wave files; Textual files - Microsoft word Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHDL-000091, OHA-5921. Prints of three colour photographs including Richard Sutton (1987, 1990, 2006); print of a scanned B&W photograph of Richard Sutton at a chess tournament (1978). Search dates: 1938 - 2008

Date: 14 July - 2 Oct 1993

Reference: OHColl-0619/1

Description: E korero ana a Bubbles mo nga ahuatanga noho i te wa i a ia e tipu ake ana i Whakarewarewa, te reo pakeha, mo tetahi pakiwaitara o Te Arawa me tetahi ano e pa ana ki te putake o nga wahi ngawha. E whakamarama ana ia mo tana mahi kaiarahi, mo te mana whakahaere o nga kaiarahi i tona wa me mua atu o te tau 1938, mo nga ture me nga tikanga raupapa mo nga kaiarahi, e korero ana hoki mo te 'hinengaro' Maori, mo o ratau kakaku mahi, te whakaingoatanga i nga ngawha me nga puna me te nehu tupapaku i nga wahi pera i a Whakarewarewa. E maumahara ake ana ki tetahi kohimuhimu 'not much of a guide is she', mo wetahi ahuatanga o te arahi turuhi, mo te rahuitanga i te rohe potae o nga ngawha o Whakarewarewa me te tuwheratanga i te kura whakairo. Nga korero mo Millie, Sophia, Bella, Maggie Papakura, Alf Warbrick, Dick Tom, me Mike Moore. Nga turuhi i haramai ma runga tima, te wa e nui ana te mahi, te whakatipu rakau, te tiaki tamariki, nga wahine ki te tiaki i nga kainga. Sophia me te wa i pahu ai a Tarawera, he whakamarama mo te hanga piupiu, ana whakatau kia ratau e ahei ana ki te arahi turuhi. Bubbles talks about life in Whakarewarewa, learning English, Te Arawa waka region and a legend about how the thermal regions came to be. Discusses how she became a guide, management of guiding 1938 and prior, 'native intelligence' from mentors, uniforms, male guides, naming of geysers and hot pools. Describes burials in the geothermal area. Recalls experiences with tourists, describes tour tracks and time it took to take a group, group numbers per guide. Talks about their uniforms and payment, rules, discipline and regulations, the government and private reserves, the Carving School. Mentions guides Millie and Bella, Guide Sophia, Maggie Papakura, Mike Moore, Alf Warbrick and Dick Tom and the tourists from cruise ships. Refers to time of no unemployment, forestry, childcare and women keeping the home fires burning. Talks about Guide Sophia and the Tarawera eruption, some of the processes for making piupiu and a message to those considering guiding as a vocation. Interviewer(s) - Dr Keith Dewar Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s).

Date: 27 Nov 2001

From: The Leniston Family Oral History Project

By: Leniston, Elizabeth Theresa, 1926-2017

Reference: OHInt-0607-01

Description: Betty Leniston was born in 1926 in Island Bay. Relates her maternal Irish background, refers to emigrant ships and Irish songs. Explains how Aunty Frances Cunningham met her future husband, Will McGruddy, sheepfarmer of Eketahuna and describes their house, talks of their farm workers, cousins helping with shearing, the train set, Mercedes Benz cars. Mentions her mother's laughter, singing, social work, working as a buyer at a drapery store and at the St. Vincent de Paul soup kitchen, buying a section of land. Describes her cooking techniques, her hospitalisation and death following childbirth. Relates that her brother was cared for by the Home of Compassion and explains how she and her siblings coped after mother's death. Recalls her stepmother and housekeepers, and being in an orphanage. Explains her father's background and surname, mentions the family sweet factory in Lyttelton, his job as a clerical worker at Army Headquarters, his long service medal, working for the Post Office. Recalls family picnics at Happy Valley and Wilton Bush. Describes soap making and the making of a clothes drying rack. Talks about her brother Joe, a favourite with grandmother, his poliomyelitis and Maori medicinal treatment, Scouts membership, his work as messenger boy with DIC department store, buying a new coat on hire purchase. Recalls the polio epidemic and the infant vaccine. Mentions the deaths of schoolmates from pneumonia, scarlet fever and tuberculosis. Explains making up stories, her enjoyment of reading and music. Discusses homework, sport, religion and confession in convent schools. Talks of values taught by nuns. Mentions contraception. Talks of her children's role in leaving the catholic church, joining the Christian Family Movement. Explains that she left school to look after her stepmother's first child who changed family relationships. Relates that her sister worked at Mecca Tearooms, talks of the minimum wage. Gives reasons for leaving home, describes being a nurse-aide, training at Masterton Hospital, talks about career options. Recalls meeting Johnny Leniston, his Fleet Air Arm and Army service, details war experiences, having a rehabilitation farm on his return from war, exploitation by a farmer at Awakino. Mentions kindly neighbours. Talks of pre-war engagement and post-war marriage, with a consent obtained from a magistrate. Explains the system of post war employment for returned servicemen. Describes living in army huts with a luxurious bath, country life, coping with stoves. Talks of her best friend losing her baby, childbirth, having her own children, explains their names, talks of a visit by the Plunket nurse, treatment for vomiting, mentions miscarriages. Names Dr. de Castro, Dr. Grantly Dick. Talks of the childbirth rate at Wainuiomata in 1950s. Explains the influence of Kate Harcourt on child rearing. Describes the Maori population at Awakino River area, the Maori Work Scheme at Mahanui and mentions the moko, pipe smoking and segregation. Explains the rise in land prices in 1950s, describes their time spent farming, water shortages, Johnny Leniston's poisoned arm causing the farmer to give notice, the move to Lower Hutt and his crash teaching course. Talks of managing on a trainee teacher salary, family benefits, state housing at Avalon, market rents. Recalls milk delivery at Happy Valley and the five bakeries at Island Bay. Details registration conditions of first car, a Chevrolet, insurance of a Vauxhall J, a van with built in benches loaned by a friend, and later owning a small bus. Explains how they gathered camping equipment together. Describes help with the children and later with Johnny Leniston's father from Assumption Sisters and neighbours. Explains extension to house before being offered 31 Glenbervie Terrace (The Moorings) and describes the state it was in, and talks of help in cleaning it. Relates the reaction of those around her when Johnny went to Perth, Australia for six months during the mineral boom with son Matthew. Describes her children and their various abilities. Interviewer(s) - Judith Fyfe Accompanying material - E-mails from Margaret Leniston to Judith Fyfe, sprigs of dried lavender, notes from preliminary interview Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 Electronic document(s) - abstract. 1 interview(s). 3 Hours Duration. Physical Description: Textual file - Microsoft word Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-3858, OHDL-001230. Search dates: 1926 - 2001

Date: 2 Mar 2000 - 02 Mar 2000

From: Government House oral history project Stage II

By: Reeves, Paul Alfred (Right Rev Hon Sir), 1932-2011

Reference: OHInt-0642/5

Description: Sir Paul Reeves was born in Wellington in 1932. Mentions the friendship of his grandparents with the Freyberg family and his uncle Alfred Reeves being in the Maori Pioneer Battalion in World War I. Talks about his Maori maternal grandmother Roka Te Hei Marama and the links kept with Waikawa marae, Taranaki. Recalls racism at school, dealing with his Maori background and his mother's attitude. Discusses the effects of the world wars on his father and brother. Describes how his father did shift work on the tramways in Wellington. Recalls the family's Newtown home and neighbours. Describes the family's support of the Labour Party. Comments on returning to Newtown as Governor-General. Recalls going to church with his grandmother and the importance in his life of St Thomas' Church in Newtown. Gives details of his education at South Wellington School and Wellington College. Mentions his feelings of class awareness and the difficulty of being Maori at Wellington College. Describes attending Victoria University of Wellington and its socialist, radical tradition at Victoria. Recalls J C Beaglehole, Ian Gordon, James Bertram, James K Baxter, Anton Vogt and Louis Johnson. Gives details leading to his going to St Johns College, the training there and going to the Tokoroa parish. Mentions applying for and getting the Sir Apirana Ngata Memorial Scholarhip and marrying Beverley Watkins before going to Oxford, England on the scholarship. Describes life as a student there, being ordained at Christchurch Cathedral in Oxford and being in parishes in Lowestoft and London. Recalls returning to New Zealand and a parish at Okato, Taranaki in 1964. Comments on the growing Maori consciousness in New Zealand. Describes teaching at St Johns in 1966, becoming Director of Christian Education and being elected Bishop of Waiapu in 1971. Comments on his relationship with the clergy. Discusses involvement in the Citizens for Rowling campaign and the response to his political stance. Discusses the nature of poverty. Gives a background to his appointment as Archbishop. Discusses his attitude to the Springbok Tour. Recalls his decision to go on the 1984 hikoi to Waitangi and the role of Governor General Sir David Beattie. Describes the unexpectedness of being offered the position of Governor-General. Comments on the Maori perspective and awkward situations which arose during his term. Mentions lessons in Maori from Huirangi Waikerepuru. Comments on divisions within New Zealand society and his desire to help bridge them as Governor-General. Recalls his relationship with Sir Robert Muldoon. Describes travelling widely, trying to attend Maori events and preparing speeches with relevance. Mentions Cindy Beavis. Mentions open days and Maori staying at Government House. Discusses Government House staff including Paul Canham, Official Secretary and Norm Richardson, the Comptroller. Recalls meetings of the Executive Council and the gradual lack of cohesion of David Lange's Labour government. Discusses assistance from Solicitor General John McGrath. Comments on Michael Bassett, Richard Prebble and Roger Douglas and the inability of David Lange to stop the development of a market driven free-fall economy. Mentions reaction to an article he wrote in the `Listener' on the economy. Mentions other incidents including trouble from the Malaysian government after comments about Lorraine and Aaron Cohen and the pig-killing ritual in Vanuatu. Talks about discussions with Sir Tipene O'Regan, Georgina Kirby and Sir James Henare. Discusses the Treaty of Waitangi and claims. Gives his impressions of visiting the Queen and encouraging her involvement in the 1990 Treaty celebrations. Comments on his agenda and aims as Governor-General and on earlier Governors-General. Mentions his work in New York on leaving Government House. Comments on the Church as an institution and the trend towards it being conservative, charismatic and evangelical. Interviewer(s) - Hugo Manson 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-3406.

Date: 07 Jun 2000

From: Women's Studies Association feminist oral history project

By: Ormsby, Mary Louise, 1947-

Reference: OHInt-0556-08

Description: Mary Louise Ormsby, known as Lou, was born in Hamilton in 1947. Describes parents, talking about her father's iwi affiliation with Nga Puhi, and her mother's Irish Catholic ancestry. Discusses childhood, cultural differences between Maori and Pakeha relatives, and Catholic education, including boarding school. Talks about study at Otago University, meeting husband Maurice Ormsby, marriage and birth of two children. Discusses motherhood, and being involved in the issues of the 1960s, including the Vietnam War protests. Mentions move to Wellington and then to Oxford in 1970, and describes the English class structure, discovering feminism, inspiring feminist writers, the Women's Liberation Movement and Oxford's liberating social environment. Discusses being an activist, and the movement's aims of equal pay, equal educational opportunites, free contraception, abortion on demand, and 24 hour childcare. Talks about living in Samoa as a diplomat's wife, and describes Samoan culture and the role of Samoan women. Describes work on her return to Wellington, including being part of the 'Herstory Diaries' collective and working as a researcher in the 1990s, and mentions Phillida Bunkle's support. Describes living in Iran 1986-88, and the culture and the position of women. Comments on the impact of feminism on her children, the gains made by feminism, and the lack of 24 hour childcare. Comments on the contemporary women's movement, and changes within the movement by the end of the 1970s. Describes her current research project on relationships between Maori women and Pakeha men pre-1900. Interviewer(s) - Jill Abigail Accompanying material - Curriculum Vitae Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 Electronic document(s) - abstract. 1 interview(s). 3 Hours Duration. Physical Description: Textual files - Microsoft word Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-2656, OHDL-001005.

Date: 4 March, 5 May 1992 - 04 Mar 1992 - 05 May 1992

From: Maniapoto Archives Oral History Project: He Taonga Tuku Iho

By: Davis, Arthur Wharetotara, 1921-1998; Carnachan, Nikki, active 1992; Paahi, Te Waitere Jason, active 1992

Reference: OHInt-0085-03

Description: Arthur Wharetotara Davis details his whakapapa, tribal affiliation to Ngati Maru, Ngati Paoa, Uekaha and Ngati Maniapoto and his family history. Details his local schooling and notes that there was no speaking Maori at the school. Talks about sports, local picture theatre, his teenage memories including memories of the Maniapoto Rugby Club before World War II, his Army career and his World War II experiences in the Italian Campaign. Talks about injuries sustained during the war, loss of friends and notes the names of the Returned Servicemen in the Waitomo and Te Kuiti area. Details his work history building dams for 27 years. Talks about the loss of land at Waitomo, the creation of scenic reserves and of Waitomo Caves being taken into government hands. Describes in detail the history, name, carvings, poukai, associated families and buildings of his marae, Toki Kapu. Notes that the carvings were carved by Mr Maha Hetet. Talks about the sacred places of the area. (Note - some of this part of the interview takes place inside the Wharepuni at Toki Kapu Marae). Language - English and Maori Venue - Waitomo Abstracted by - Nikki Carnachan, Matiu Love and Robin Whanga Recorded by - Place of recording Nikki Carnachan Interviewer(s) - Nikki Carnachan Interviewer(s) - Jason Paahi Venue - Davis Homestead, Waitomo; Toki Kapu Marae Accompanying material - Printed abstract contains background information about the project, the project symbol and karakia. Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-004449, OHC-004450 Quantity: 2 C90 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 2.40 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-0746.

Date: 30 Sep - 4 Oct 1991 - 30 Sep 1991 - 04 Oct 1991

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

By: Warren, Louisa Takuna, 1906-1995

Reference: OHInt-0017/6

Description: Louisa Warren describes her mother's dreams and her father's authoritarianism; Joe Walker's background; being kicked out of school; school holiday activities; chores; brother, Jim Elkington; Whareatea; Whangarae; mentions Elder Mackelby, Pirihira and Rauenata Kohe, Fanny Kawharu, William Kawharu; eldest brother, James Elkington; father's occupation; how the Nikau home was burnt; reason for leaving Tinui; mentions Toro Romas' (grandfather) farm; Issac Rei and family, their land at Whareatea; Turi and Huirangi Ruruku; match marriage of Arthur Elkington and Ao Manuirirangi; bride's dowry; removal of house in Whangarae to Whareatea; match marriage of Hahi Kawharu to Pauline Elkington; Pirihira Kohe's death; memories of Huirangi Ruruku; children who attended school at Whareatea; eeling at Moawhango; chores; moving to Haukawakawa. Recalls legend of Turongo and Whatihua; courtship, betrothal and marriage of Turongo and Mahinarangi, their whakapapa; relates the legend of how Tupahau became known as Toa Rangitira; mentions Tamure and their expertise in Tuturu Tohunga; relates legend of Kaiapa and Puhanga; mentions Te Hope, Whareiaia; sacking of Kaiapas' pa; speculates as to why Ngati Koata left Kawhia; recites whakapapa from Kaiapas to her grandmother, Maria Tuo (Hukaroa) and from Te Hope and Puhanga to great grandfather, Te Ruruku; talks of connection between Apihai and Potatau Te Wherowhero; describes an encounter with Te Rauparaha; the taking of Rei Uhiwaeroa by Ropooma; marriage of Te Ruruku and Rei Uhiwaeroa, their children Matiu Te Ruruku and Roma Te Ruruku; mentions Ian Matiu Ruruku, Arthur Elmsley, Wallace Webber; describes French Pass; French Pass dances; Bill Turner; how Ngati Koata gained possession of land; Stephens Island Lighthouse; Te Rauparaha's invasion of Whakapuaka; the wrecking of the 'Delaware'; mentions Kauhoe and Huria Matenga; various iwi in area; granting of land by Koata to Kauhoe; the meeting of Whata Green and Dovey Katene. Talks about death of Waihaere; previous occupants of D'Urville Island; feelings of Ngati Kuia people for Ngati Koata; holidays in Blenheim with Titi McDonald; John McDonald; origin of Patete, mentions wife Ruihi Takuna; mentions her (Louisa Warren's) grandmother; mother's chores; proposal by Jim Hemi; mentions Sarah Hemi; Tom Simons; match between Joe Elkington and Charlotte Kohe; elopement of Joe Elkington and Titi McDonald; mustering with husband; cravings for shandy; living at Port Hardy after her marriage; mentions Hemi Walker, Percy Kotua; details meeting first husband; friendship with Issac Walker. Describes birth of first child; husband's personality; Tony Walker; move to Canvastown; describes home; the burning of Toro Pou's home; cooking facilities; the local pub; Joe Hippolites, Toro Riria; connection to Darby Smith; mother's spiritual experience around death of Raniera Kawharu; the Hautai Cemetery; Toro Pou and Tere Smith; attending Paki reunion; recalls second husband's employment; marriage of Tom Tupaea; Mary Maaka; the return to Waepeke; visiting sister at Mohaka; memories of local taxi driver, John Ruru; mentions Bob Hippolite, Tony Walker; illness and death of first husband from tuberculosis (TB); funeral arrangements of Kotua baby; death of Joe Rene; tangi at Whangarae; her baby's death; death of Snow Hemi; mentions closing of cemetery; Turi and Roma Elkington; sister Polly; Sophie Kotua; Lucy and Rangi Elkington: Jo-Jo Warren; Manu Walker; Ben Hippolite; moving back to Madsen Bay; catching mutton birds; loneliness when children go to Wharariki; her physical ability during the shearing season; Hazel Ruruku and Nui Elkington. Accompanying material - whakapapa sheet Venue - Hamilton Interviewer(s) - Josephine Paul Venue - 95c Tramway Road, Hamilton Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-004481 - OHC-004486 Quantity: 6 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 6 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB 767.

Date: 8 Dec 2008 - 08 Dec 2008

By: Tuhakaraina, Te Ahuroa Raymond, 1938-2013; Priestley, Dinah, 1938-

Reference: OHColl-0968-1

Description: Interview with Butch Tuhakaraina, born in Waharoa in 1938, on memories of Ngati Haua. Discusses his family and forebears including Teeri Tuhakaraina (grandfather), Teraha Tuhakaraina (grandmother), Te Kihirini Manauri Wirihana (King) and Titipo (grandmother). Describes the house he grew up in and the horse riding and pig hunting life style of his early days. Talks about the Walton School, the mainly Pakeha children there, and what history was taught at school. Comments on playing rugby including in the 1962 Waikato Maori team. Refers to his grandfather taking an interest in whom he married, and his marriage to Yvonne uniting the Ngati Haua and the Tu Wheretoa. Refers to the characters of his nine children. Talks about the character and astuteness of Te Waharoa and his right hand man Te Ahuroa (his great great grandfather). Refers to the conversion of Wiremu Tamihana Tarapipipi, Waharoa's second son, who rode endlessly between Waikato and Taranaki during the land wars trying to keep the peace. Confirms the story of Tamihana going to Wellington after the land wars [NZ Wars] and offering to play various politicians at draughts for the Waikato. Talks about Josiah Firth, the man who appropriated much of Wi Tamihana's land after his death. Discusses the Runanga, how they dovetailed in with the king's wishes, and how the king maker Tamihana often had the final say. Interviewer(s) - Dinah Priestley Quantity: 1 digital sound recording(s). 1 folder(s) printed summary, forms. 1 interview(s). 1.40 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - other summary available OHA-7208. Search dates: 1938 - 2008

Date: 2014

From: Moreu, Michael, 1969-: [Digital cartoons published in the Christchurch Press and Fairfax Media]

Reference: DCDL-0029904

Description: Two versions of a cartoon showing Chris Finlayson, Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations, confronting a man who is shredding a document labelled 'New Zealand history' in a large paper shredder labelled, 'Waitangi Tribunal'. In one version, the man at the shredder appears to be Maori, and in the other version, the man appears to be Pakeha. The cartoons reference Finlayson's response to He Whakaputanga me te Tiriti The Declaration and the Treaty: The Report on Stage 1 of the Te Paparahi o Te Raki Inquiry. (See the Northland Age, 18 November 2014) Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2014

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

Reference: DCDL-0029621

Description: Shows a couple watching television. The television newsreader annouces "A Wananga is being investigated for financial irregularites...". The man comments "Good grief! Some simply can't help themselves". His wife replies "I think the problem is they can... and they do". Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).