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Interview with Lindsay Poole

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Date

27 Dec 2006

By

Poole, Alick Lindsay, 1908-2008

Reference

OHInt-0830-12

Description

Interview with Lindsay Poole, born Whatatutu 1908. Recalls his schooling which included Whakarewarewa School and Kings College, Auckland. Describes how he began his forestry career at the Rotorua Forestry Conservancy which was headed by H.A. Goudie. Refers to working in the nursery at Whakarewarewa, looking after the seed store, and seed-collecting trips. Recalls jobs in the forestry service disappearing during the Depression. Mentions working for the Botany Division of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, and shifting to Wellington to work for the DSIR, where he met Dr Leonard Cockayne. Recalls the authorities enticed Cockayne to Wellington by buying and setting up Otari. Discusses the death of Cockayne, construction of his grave at Otari, and the erection of a boulder tombstone. Comments on Otari's importance in demonstrating the vegetation available in Wellington and its global ecological importance.

Interviewer(s) - Jonathan Kennett

Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-015381

Quantity: 1 printed abstract(s). 1 C60 cassette(s). 38 Minutes Duration.

Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-5572.

Search dates: 1908 - 2006

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

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Public use may require the written permission of the copyright holder or the interviewee Copyright: Copyright is held by the National Library of New Zealand

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