Interview with Colin Chiles

Colin Chiles born Timaru. Recalls being at school in Dunedin, Gisborne and Lower Hutt. Talks about: social life; Church Bible class; apprenticeship as printer and spending 20 years in the industry. Recalls being National Secretary of the Printers Union with reference to Ken Baxter; the Media with reference to Rupert Murdoch and Blundell Brothers, the New Zealand Herald and the Dominion.

Recalls joining New Zealand Labour Party - Princes Street Branch in Auckland. Refers to: campaign in 1966 of Michael Bassett for North Shore. Mentions Bob and Cath Tizard, Norman Kirk, John Kirk, Jonathan Hunt, Warren Freer, Mike Moore, Martyn Findlay, and George Gair. Recalls standing for Parliament against George Gair; relationship of New Zealand Labour Party with Trade Unions; Employment Contract Act and the results for the working people; State Housing and the benefits received from it; early environmentalists on the North Shore; and first meeting with Helen Clark while she was at university. Compares Helen Clark with Mike Moore. Also mentions Phil Goff, Peter Dunne, Roger Douglas, Richard Mason (CORSO), Bill Rowling, Colin Moyle, Arthur Faulkner and Jim Anderton. Talks about disillusion with the Rogernomics and leaving the Party. Recalls being Executive Director of CORSO.

Venue - Wellington

Interviewer(s) - Robert Paton

Venue - Kelvin Chambers, Wellington

Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-006034-006035

Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1.44 Hours and minutes Duration.

Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB-1355.

Original recordings not available for playback. Surrogate copies will be provided.

Alternative form available:

Listening copies are available at OHLCD-1190 and OHLCD-1191