Interview with Peter Harwood

Peter Keith Harwood backgrounds his career in social work, starting it in residential care in Stamford House London while overseas in the 1960s and recalls using Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) during that period. On returning to New Zealand completed some academic qualifications at Victoria University. Recalls involvement in the establishment of Otara in the early 1960s. Outlines career in social work, becoming President of the New Zealand Association of Social Workers. Recalls being Assistant Manager to the Owairaka Boys Home. Backgrounds involvement in the setting up of the Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) in Ponsonby ca 1969. Discusses the issues being presented, the main one being housing. Mentions Annie Tia, Fred Ellis and Coral Lavu?. Also refers to [Sir Robert] Muldoon. Recalls that in the early days there was much concentration on getting things in place, eg constitutions, standards, reporting systems, training processes and notes that being a voluntary organisation there was little funding.

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Interviewer(s) - Ian Dougherty

Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-009634

Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). 1 transcript(s). 1 Hours Duration.

Finding Aids: Abstract Available - transcript(s) available OHA-3125.

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