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Te Roroa Maori life stories project

Date: 1997 - 01 Jan 1997

By: Hooker, Garry, 1939-2022

Reference: OHColl-0568

Description: Life history interviews with seven members of Te Iwi o Te Roroa Interviewer(s) - Garry Hooker Quantity: 20 C60 cassette(s). 2 C120 cassette(s). 7 printed abstract(s). 7 interview(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete.

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New Zealand Association of Psychotherapists: Conference recordings

By: New Zealand Association of Psychotherapists

Reference: OHColl-0572

Description: Includes conference addresses, recordings of the Association's AGM in February 1986 and of a meeting with early members. Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). 8 C90 cassette(s). 7 event(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - no abstract(s) available.

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New Zealand Historical Atlas Seminar, 17 June 1989

Date: 17 Jun 1989

By: Phillips, John Oliver Crompton, 1947-

Reference: OHColl-0659/1

Description: A meeting organised by Jock Phillips, Chief Historian in the Historical Branch of Department of Internal Affairs, to discuss the proposed New Zealand Historical Atlas. A cross-section of historians, geographers, social scientists and Maori interested parties attended. Principal speakers at the meeting were: Dr. Jack Camm, Editor of The Australians; Jim Milroy and Dr. Sydney Melbourne of Maori Studies, University of Waikato; Mrs Te Aue Davis of Department of Survey and Land Information; Miria Simpson, Assistant Editor Dictionary of New Zealand Biography; Bill Buxton, Arts and Cultural Heritage, Department of Internal Affairs. Sponsored by - Preliminary funding by New Zealand Lottery Grants Board Venue - Stout Research Centre, Victoria University, Wellington Quantity: 1 printed abstract(s). 3 C90 cassette(s). 1 event(s). 3.45 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA 3856.

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Interview with Tony Batley

Date: 28 Mar 1994 - 14 Apr 1994

From: The Men in Our Lives oral history project

By: Batley, Robert Anthony Leighton, 1923-2004

Reference: OHInt-0406-06

Description: Tony Batley outlines his family history going back to 1863 when his grandfather joined the crew of the `Royal Bride` which sailed to New Zealand and anchored off the coast at Napier (Paytoney) where a local gale blew the vessel over. Local Maori formed a living chain and saved the crew - Grandfather was thirteen years old with no possessions. Was hired for a couple of years by Sir Donald McLean who had a sheep station at Marae Kakako. Evenually in 1882, after several jobs, grandfather returned to Moawhango and opened a store with his brother Thomas Snelling and in 1883 opened a post office. He acted as interpreter for the Maori Land Court held in Moawhango in 1894. Discusses his life in Taihape, apart from 4 years in the Airforce, which included a course in firearms in Levin and Ohakea camp before duty in the Solomon Islands, arriving in Guadacannal on his 21st birthday. Recalls the RNZ Airforce camp called `Bloody Knoll on Ridge' had been a scene of heavy fighting in 1942. Describes the tension. Refers to Ventura bombers, the S Brauning Machine guns and depth charges. Describes the impact of returning to Moawhango and the Taihape district and how it re-awakened his interest in the history of the area and in 1946 he began to abstract his grandfather's diaries and relates extracts from them. Describes many interests. He was on the Council of the Polynesian Society; was a Board Member of the New Zealand Historic Places Trust; Chairman of the Kaimanawa Kaueha Forest Park Advisory Committe; President of the New Zealand Archaeological Society and currently on the New Zealand Historic Places Trust Regional Committee, Wanganui. Discusses the peopling of inland Patea by Tamtea and his descendants. Notes that Ngati Hotu were the original iwi. Discusses Winiata marae and the Moawhango and Orua Matua carved houses. Tells the story of Ngatarua and land given to Ngati Hinemanu. Abstracted by - Susan Hawes Interviewer(s) - Susan Hawes Recorded by - Susan Hawes Venue - The Homested, Moawhango Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-006749-006755; OHLCD-1295-1300 Quantity: 7 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 6.30 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-1530. 5 photographs

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Interview with Bill Waiwai

Date: 15 Nov 1988

From: NZOHA Electricity Centenary Oral History Project Stages I, II and III

By: Waiwai, Te Wiremu Ngahere Enoka, 1924-1998

Reference: OHInt-0003/30

Description: Bill Waiwai talks about origins of names; ancestors; some of his ancestors' history; reference to Waikaremoana; Waikato Land Wars; Horako; Ruatahuna; Te Kooti; grandfather, Enoka; Te Wiremu Ngahere of Ngati Manawa; Tengaroahiahi Tanaroa; father, Unuhia Ngahere; Murupara; the Tuhoe Tribes; Kahungungu; canoe Horouta. Describes family background; mother, Tengaroahiahi Tanaroa; father, Haami Enoka Waiwai; Maori language; seasonal work parents engaged upon; discipline; early memories of the building of Tuai Hydro Station; religion, Ringatu Church; contact with Pakeha; school at Kokako Native School; punishment for speaking Maori as school; cadet training; music; Tuhoe traditions, tribal folklore, Mataatua Canoe. Recalls first job at Cobb Power Scheme, Takaka, 1938; the hotels; details of sandblasting work; as linesman on Zig Zag Transmission Line, details of clearing bush between Canvastown and Nelson; work on an oil tanker for eight months to Santiago, South America; service for the Maori Battalion, 2nd NZEF during World War II in Middle East and Italy. Recalls working as labourer at the construction of the Kaitawa Hydro Station; overseer, Laurie Stevenson; training as a diver (problems with leaks at lake outlet); work at Kaituna Hydro Scheme; rigger / labourer at Mangakino, Waikato River Projects, 1949-1961; type of work as a rigger; describes Mangakino Camp; sly grogging at camp; gambling; reference to fights between Maori, Polynesians, Pakeha; headed Maori Wardens' Association in district, describes roles; politics on the marae; food at the camp; racial discrimination between Maori and Pakeha in relation to alcohol, Lodges. Discusses use of historic Maori land for hydro schemes; conflict over tangi leave; burial grounds under water; reference to construction superintendents, Bob Brown and Colin Lennon; engineers, Jim Macky and Colin McLeod; marriage; sport, especially golf; work as overseer at Matahina Hydro Project, 1960s; the dangers of tunnelling; reference to Bill Robins, Construction Superintendent, Jack Chesterman and Allan Howarth; work as overseer at Tongariro (Geothermal) Power Scheme; details of canals dug into Lake Rotoaira; environmental concerns about the scheme. Gives summary of career; discusses lack of Maori in senior positions; lack of opportunities given; work as overseer at New Plymouth Thermal Power Station; engineers and practical information and experience; work as Construction Superintendent at Ohaaki Geothermal Power Station, 1983-1988; the delegation of authority; hiring and firing; as active member of New Zealand Workers' Union (before going onto staff); reasons for early retirement. Access Contact - oral history librarian Venue - Cambridge Interviewer(s) - Hugo Manson Venue - Mr Waiwai's home at 85 Thompson Street, Cambridge Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-001870 - OHC-001873 Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 interview(s). 3 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB 291. Search dates: 1924 - 1988 Processing information: Access conditions updated 16 November 2023.

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Interview with Sanoubar Ali

Date: 13 Dec 2009

From: New New Zealanders oral history project

By: Cottrell, Anna, active 1996-2003; Ali, Sanoubar, 1987-

Reference: OHInt-1039-06

Description: Interviewer(s) - Anna Cottrell Quantity: 1 digital sound recording(s) digital sound recording(s). 1 printed abstract(s) OHA-7658. 1 interview(s). 1.48 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete.

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Interview with Mahen Mahendran

Date: 17 Oct 2009 and 7 Nov 2009

From: New New Zealanders oral history project

By: Cottrell, Anna, active 1996-2003; Mahendran, Thurairatnam, 1938-

Reference: OHInt-1039-07

Description: Interviewer(s) - Anna Cottrell Quantity: 1 digital sound recording(s) digital sound recording(s). 1 printed abstract(s) OHA-7659. 1 interview(s). 2.37 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete.

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Interview with Adam Awad

Date: 15 Feb 2010

From: New New Zealanders oral history project

By: Cottrell, Anna, active 1996-2003; Awad, Adam, 1966-

Reference: OHInt-1039-09

Description: Interviewer(s) - Anna Cottrell Quantity: 1 digital sound recording(s) digital sound recording(s). 1 printed abstract(s) OHA-7661. 1 interview(s). 2 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete.

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Interview with Jack Stevens

Date: 07, 10 Feb 2008 - 07 Feb 2008 - 10 Feb 2008

From: Methven Heritage Project - RSA and Arable oral history project

By: Stevens, Jack Harrison, 1925-

Reference: OHInt-0920-16

Description: Interview with Jack Stevens. Born in 1925 in Christchurch in family of 11 children. Backgrounds parents Jack Stevens and Alice Stevens (nee Harrison) and childhood on dairy farm, Brookside, near Lake Ellsemere. Describes house, trip to Brookside Primary school on governess cart, rural mail delivery, hens, fruit orchard and vegetable garden. Says his father bought 120 acres at Killinchy, Rakaia, Canterbury plains. Mentions impact of Selwyn River flooding. Recalls playing hockey on stilts, football and biking. Describes milking process prior to electricity, using oil to drive milking engines. Says he worked for his father, and then at Seddon doing milking, gardening and driving teams for three years before he was called up for army service during World War Two. Refers to being in army January to September 1945, then manpowered for 18 months, working at freezing works, army harvest camp and for Arnold Campion at Greenfields, Methven. Says enlisted to go to Japan in 1947 as part of 3rd Battalion, J-Force. Talks about basic training at Burnham and Papakura, and voyage on 'Dunera' ship via Fiji to Kure Harbour, Japan. Recalls catching train to Yamaguchi that went through Hiroshima. Describes conditions at Yamaguchi naval barracks (known as Canterbury Camp). Talks about his jobs in Japan, a typical soldier's day and being in charge of the laundry. Refers to going to Tokyo for guard duty. Expands on life in Japan, public bath houses, gardens, snow, rice fields, shrines and relations with Japanese people. Says lived in American camp. Mentions leave at Beppu, Kobe, Tokahama beach, horse racing at Tokyo and Kyoto temples. Refers to Anzac parade in Tokyo and King's birthday parade. Mentions New Zealand Field Punishment jail, and fear of Korean invasion. Reflects on being in occupation army. Mentions one suicide while they were in Japan. Talks about trip home in December 1947 on the 'Westralia' ship, landing in Auckland. Mentions wharfies were on strike. Says worked for his brother Bert Stevens post war. Refers to experiences of his family who had been in World War Two. Refers to time at Lincoln College. Says he returned to Seddon where he met Helen Gluyas who he married in 1954. Refers to working for 11 years for Alex Gunn on cropping farm. Talks about getting rehabilitation money to purchase Barhill farm on Accommodation Road, and other blocks of land. Discusses using Roundup to deal with twitch and raising soil fertility with superphosphate and lime. Says he ran Stud Ayrshire cows, sheep, pigs and grew wheat, barley, potatoes. Refers to using rainwater for the house and race water for stock. Recalls his machinery, Massey 101 Junior and Fordson Powermajor tractors and an Allis Chalmers drag header. Comments on VFM (Valuation and Farm Management) workers on his farm from Lincoln College. Mentions his interest in Clydesdale horses and governess carts. Talks about being and inaugural member of Methven Jaycees, President of Methven Lions Club and fundraising projects, particularly the Methven Floral Festival. Abstracted by - Nicola Robertson Interviewer(s) - Kathryn McKendry Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-016776 - OHC-016777 Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 2 Electronic document(s). 1 interview(s). 2 Hours Duration. Physical Description: Textual files - Adobe PDF Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-6038, OHDL-001833. Search dates: 1925 - 2008

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Charlie Hovell; Coromandel Maori; Item by the Brown sisters

Date: 1947

From: Radio New Zealand Sound Archives Mobile Unit sound recordings

Reference: OHC-007623

Description: Charlie Hovell continues an account of his life, Riki Kereopa talks about Paerere the tohunga, Maori reaction to the visit of the ship `Coromandel', James Mackay and Maori opposition to miners. Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s).

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Milton Pipe Band; Milton memories

Date: 9 Nov 1948

From: Radio New Zealand Sound Archives Mobile Unit sound recordings

Reference: OHC-007631

Description: Items performed by the Milton Pipe Band. James Armstrong Stewart and James Bridgeman Gray of Milton discuss place names, buildings, businesses, the flour mill and other aspects of Milton's history. Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s).

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Settlement of Waikouaiti; Waikouaiti Maori; Johnny Jones

Date: 1948

From: Radio New Zealand Sound Archives Mobile Unit sound recordings

Reference: OHC-007630

Description: H.A.S. Orbell speaks about his family's arrival in Waikouaiti in 1849. Dick Tekau and E. Parata discuss the origins of Waikouaiti Maori. A. Eccles of Matakana , grandson of Johnny Jones, tells the story of his early life, whaling days and settlement in Otago. Selection of items performed by the Karitane Maori Choir. Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s).

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Interview with Yola Swindells

Date: 11 & 16 June 1999 - 11 Jun 1999

From: Institutional change in New Zealand science

By: Swindells, Yola Elsie, 1926-

Reference: OHInt-0412-6

Description: Yola Elsie Swindells, born ca 1925 in Portsmouth, England. Describes family background, a first generation New Zealander, parents from England. Talks about growing up in Whangarei, and talks about how parents' interest in nutrition and a variety of diets fuelled her interest. Talks about studying physics at a boys' high school in the upper sixth grade. Talks about studying home science and chemistry at Otago University, and how she was encouraged to do a masters, in the utilisation of ascorbic acid, under Dr Elizabeth Gregory. Talks about teaching nutrition and textile industry, becoming a lecturer in 1956, and Marion Robinson joining the Department. Talks about spending two years at University of Edinburgh, gaining her PhD in 1962. Discusses her PhD research, studying metablolism in relation to energy expenditure and weight in people, and talks about furthering this upon returning to New Zealand. Talks about becoming a senior lecturer in 1963, and supervising masters students. Talks about researching the way nutrition was taught in different parts of the world, and visiting many academic institutes in these countries. Discusses gender issues and status at the faculty. Notes there are few women professors, and that Medical School staff got more easily promoted than staff at the School of Home Sciences. Mentions the battle to get nutrition as a subject into the Science Faculty. Talks about helping to establish the Nutrition Society of New Zealand. Major issues were fluorodation, the iodisation of salt and the labelling of foods. Talks about the need to prevent quackery in nutrition, and the growth of the Dietetic Association. Discusses being Co-Head of Department with Marion Robinson from 1963 for ten years. Talks about developing the meat loaf and icecream diet. Talks about receiving Nuffield research grants in 1971 and 1972. Describes how gender issues weren't as much a issue for her as for newer staff who had studied overseas under a broader approach. Interviewer(s) - Ruth Barton Accompanying material - Interview information, curriculum vitae, publications list Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 transcript(s). 2.30 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - transcript(s) available OHA-2638.

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Interview with Mrs Leah Wineera

Date: 1981 - 01 Jan 1981

By: Wineera, Ria Moheko, 1899-1995; Baylis, Margaret E, l926-

Reference: OHColl-0573-01

Description: Leah Wineera was interviewed by Margaret Baylis on behalf of Margaret's brother Murray Patterson who was researching material for a book about his his great-grandparents and settlers of Lakeside, Sedgemere and Taumutu Districts near Lake Ellesmere. Margaret Baylis talks about the research and asks Leah Wineera about her memories of people and places of the Districts. Publication - Interview by sister of Murray Patterson, as preparation for his book 'In sight of the lake & sound of the sea : a narrative of the life and times of my great grandparents, James and Agnes McIlaith, David and Ann Marshall, John and Margaret Patterson, and the other pioneer settlers of the lakeside Sedgemere Taumutu Districts, to whom the present generation owe so much.' Christchurch, M. Patterson, 1998. Interviewer(s) - Margaret Baylis Accompanying material - 2 photos, one marriage notice in the Ellersmere Guardian. Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). 1 folder(s) - accompanying materials. 1 interview(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - other OHA-2696 (folder). 2 photos: One of Margaret Baylis and Leah Wineera, taken at 19a South Belt, Lincoln, 8152 on the 18 June 1981. One of Auntie Leah Wineera of Porirua beside Auntie Magie (?) nee Taiaroa of Wanganui, at the opening of the dining room at Rehua Marae, Christchurch.

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Interview with Desmond Nolan

Date: 17, 31 Mar 1996 - 17 Mar 1996 - 31 Mar 1996

From: Haast oral history project

By: Nolan, Desmond Joseph, 1920-2001

Reference: OHInt-0419/01

Description: Des Nolan was born in Hokitika in 1920. Describes how his paternal grandparents arrived in Jackson's Bay from Ireland. Comments that the community was a `fiasco' and they moved to Okuru. Recalls growing up in the homestead there, his father's vegetable garden, eating wood pigeon, and his first schooling at home being taught by his cousin. Recalls fishing and playing music for entertainment. Describes high school education at St Kevin's in Oamaru. Recalls riding out to Haast on a horse and then going by bus and train to Oamaru. Mentions that prior to this he had been out of Haast once to Hokitika on the `Gael' (boat) to go to the dentist. Notes that the `Gael' came up the Okuru River about every two months. Mentions that mail was by pack horse every fortnight and the priest and minister came every few months. Comments on trips made over the Paringa Saddle when people were sick and had to leave the area. Mentions that Mrs Nolan and Mrs McPherson helped with births. Comments on the difficulty for women moving in to the area. Describes changes with the air service which meant that conditions such as appendicitis were no longer so dangerous. Mentions Dr Jean McLean. Describes meeting and marrying Eileen in Hokitika and their honeymoon in Christchurch. Mentions movies once a week at Haast and occasional dances. Describes cattle farming as their main livelihood. Discusses the cattle being driven along the Paringa Track to market. Describes mustering. Mentions cattle were originally driven to Whataroa and later to Cromwell. Mentions the butter and cheese factory, cheesemaking and their 160 cows. Describes the difficulty of weather conditions and drownings in the area. Mentions the local roadmen and swaggers during the Depression. Describes the need to be a jack of all trades. Mentions the steam engine which ran the sawmill. Discusses local settlers including the Cron family, Donald and Jimmy McPherson and the Harris family on the Turnbull River, the Nisson family, and Mrs Cowan at the Okuru store and post office. Recalls Arawata Bill. Describes the beginning of the whitebait industry and his father's purchase of canning machinery in Australia. Recalls catching 130 kerosene tins of whitebait one day in 1944. Discusses the `whitebait wars', learning to fly and flying whitebait out for a number of years. Mentions his Tiger Moth and Miles Messenger aeroplanes. Describes stopping flying in 1970 after the road went through. Mentions that his wife Eileen nursed in Hokitika, ran a whitebait buying business and a motel in Okuru after the road went through. Comments on the benefits of the road. Interviewer(s) - Julia Bradshaw Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 3 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-2905.

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Interview with Alan Vause

Date: 03 May 2005

From: MOTAT Volunteers oral history project

By: Vause, Alan Edward, 1917-2005

Reference: OHInt-0899-08

Description: Interview with Alan Vause, born in Wellington in 1917. Talks about growing up near Rongotai Aerodrome, developing an early interest in aviation, and building and flying model aeroplanes. Refers to being introduced to pilots by an uncle, and meeting Kingsford Smith when he visited New Zealand. Discusses the early days of aviation in the 1920s and 1930s. Comments on helping with aeroplanes at Rongotai as a teenager and sometimes being taken for rides. Describes working as ground staff at the Wellington Aero Club and the role of the Club at Rongotai in training pilots and providing ground support. Refers to his involvement with the Dominion School of Aeronautics, a programme set up by the government to train a civil reserve force, which used aero clubs to train pilots. Mentions taking an international correspondence course in aircraft engineering. Recalls meeting George Bolt through the club and later working for his Cook Strait Airways until 1938 when he returned to the Aero Club at Rongotai to work on aircraft maintenance. Describes how the Club's planes were all taken to Blenheim at the start of World War II for pilot training, and working at the de Havilland factory at Rongatai assembling imported aircraft during the war. Mentions joining the Air Force where he worked modifying civil aircraft into reconnaissance planes and bombers for use around the coast and in the Pacific. Discusses working for Union Airways after the war, first in Palmerston North and then at Mangere where he helped in establishing Aircraft Service Limited with Doug Wright and others. Comments on running the workshop and converting Air Force aircraft for civil use. Talks about the introduction of aerial topdressing in 1949 which revolutionised farming. Mentions becoming a shareholder and director in Aircraft Service Limited and converting aircraft for topdressing. Comments on leaving the company in 1956 and having various jobs subsequently. Mentions wanting to be a pilot when he was young but lacking the education needed to train, and getting his licence later. Refers to his experience with gliding which began in 1938 in Wellington, his later involvement with the Auckland Gliding Club at Ardmore, and eventually becoming responsible for certifying airworthiness of gliders in New Zealand. Discusses the Walsh Brothers Memorial Trust which funded the Walsh Memorial Library at the Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT) and also made regular donations to MOTAT. Refers to his involvement with MOTAT, working occasionally on aircraft but not being a member. Interviewer(s) - Rosemary Deane Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-016572 - OHC-016573 Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 Electronic document(s) - abstract. 1 interview(s). 1.56 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-5962, OHDL-000435. Black and white photocopy or print of a photograph of Alan Vause, 2005 Search dates: 1917 - 2005

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Chapman Tripp 125th anniversary oral history project

Date: 2000

By: Chapman Tripp Sheffield Young (Firm); Fyfe, Judith Mildred de Visme, 1944-

Reference: OHColl-0948

Description: This project is a collection of the personal views, experiences and memories of the various law firms that make up the firm of Chapman Tripp in 2000, by some of the key people associated with their histories from the 1940s to the 1980s. This includes information about the various acquisitions, mergers, partnerships, changes and progress during that period. Most of the interviewees recorded their recollections of well known Chapman Tripp identities. The material provides an insight into the shift from a predominantly common law practice with the development of commercial and corporate law practice by Chapman Tripp & Co in Wellington and Sheffield & Young in Auckland. Interviewees are Sir Thomas Eichelbaum, Neil Gray, Tim Blennerhassett, Joe Sheffield, Arthur Young, Colin Carruthers and Michael Walls. Interviewer(s) - Judith Fyfe Arrangement: Original recordings: OHC-017143 - OHC-017166 Abstracts: OHA-6167 - OHA-6174 (OHA-6167 contains background material) Tape numbers - OHC-017143 - OHC-017166 Quantity: 7 interview(s). 24 C60 cassette(s). 7 printed abstract(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-6167 - OHA-6174 (OHA-6167 contains background material). Search dates: 2000 Number of interviews/events: 7 Processing information: Interviews not yet described

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Interview with Huia Hapi-Smith

Date: August 1995

From: Kahungunu Kaumatua of the late 1900s

By: Hapi-Smith, Huia, active 1995-

Reference: OHInt-0591/13

Description: He korero mo te Mahia Talks about te Mahia Quantity: 15 Minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - no abstract(s) available.

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Interview with Bob Rarere and Cambridge Pani

Date: August 1995

From: Kahungunu Kaumatua of the late 1900s

By: Rarere, Bob, active 1995; Pani, Cambridge Tipene, 1919-1995

Reference: OHInt-0591/15

Description: E korero ana mo nga hitori e pa ana ki a Rakaipaaka me te Mahia Talks about the histories of Rakaipaaka and te Mahia Quantity: 13 Minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - no abstract(s) available.

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Greater Green Island oral history project

Date: 1994-1995

By: Whittington, Glenys, active 1995; Rule, Grant, active 1995; Green Island Oral History Memory Bank

Reference: OHColl-0616

Description: Interviews with elderly residents of the Green Island area in Dunedin. The area includes the suburbs of Concord, Burnside, Green Island, Abbotsford, Fairfield, Waldronville, Ocean View and Brighton. Noteworthy aspects of the area are the strong Scots Presbyterian background and the large amount of industry carried out in the area at one time. Accompanying material - `The green and the gold : the story of greater Green Island' volumes one and two by Kathleen Healey Interviewer(s) - Glenys Whittington, Grant Rule Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-010048 to 010149 Quantity: 102 C60 cassette(s). 44 printed abstract(s). 1 videotape(s) Videocassette. 44 interview(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete.

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