Born in Christchuch and grew up in Wellington. Historian, author and interviewer for oral history project on state housing. Taught urban and public history at Victoria University of Wellington, and also worked at Manatū Taonga Ministry of Culture and Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga. Was a member of the Professional Historian' Association of New Zealand/Aotearoa (PHANZA). Author of "We call it home: a history of state housing in New Zealand" published 2005 and "The Big Smoke: New Zealand Cities 1840-1920" published 2016.
Schrader, Ben, 1965?-2024
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We call it home; State Housing history project
Date: 29 Apr 2003 to 26 Aug 2003 - 29 Apr 2003 - 26 Aug 2003
By: Schrader, Ben, 1965?-2024
Reference: OHColl-0872
Description: Interviews undertaken by Ben Schrader for a publication on the history of state housing in New Zealand. The interviews cover life living in state houses and recollections from an architect and a builder of state houses. Interviewees are Joan Bowman, Heather Cass, Raewyn Clarke, Wendy Crane and Adrienne Nicholls, Catherine Fitzsimmons, Jeffrey Holman, Rex Holswich, Len Home, Patrick Kaka, Susan MacDonald, Bronwyn McGovern, Pat Northey, John and Winnie Nysse, Fatima Omar, Bruce Orchiston, Tofa Paniani, Lindsay and Bill Purvis, Bryan Snellgrove, Georgie Thompson, Samuel Tongi and John Wren. Publication - "We call it home: a history of state housing in New Zealand, Ben Schrader; photography by Victoria Birkinshaw. Auckland: Redd Publishing, 2005" Interviewer(s) - Ben Schrader Accompanying material - Article by Ben Schrader in New Zealand Journal of History, 40, 2 (2006) "The Other Story: changing perceptions of stae housing" Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-015628 to OHC-015671 Quantity: 45 C60 cassette(s) (plus listening copy tapes). 17 transcript(s) partial, edited and annotated by interviewer and interviewees. 21 interview(s) (2 are joint interviews). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete Abstract Available - no abstract(s) available for Raewyn Clarke, Jeffrey Holman, Len Home and Bruce Orchiston.