Culture diffusion

Date: 30 Jun 1996

From: CORSO 50th anniversary oral history project

By: Stocker, Dulcie, 1921-1999

Reference: OHInt-0504/22

Description: Dulcie Stocker (nee Watson) born Christchurch 1921. Describes parents, father's work as a cabinet maker, the depression and decline of cabinet making. Recalls doing commercial course at Digby's College, maternity training at Essex Maternity Home and practical training at Waikari and Rangiora. Undertook brief district nursing course and was sent to Kaitaia and describes life as a district nurse and being informed about protocol. Refers to lack of training in cultural practices. Compares differences between Maori/Pakeha relations in Kaitaia and Tologa Bay where she later did district nursing. Recalls being shocked when war was declared and talks about emotion of people coming back from War [World War II]. Refers to American soldiers. Recalls sailing for Britain ca 1949 and describes nursing experience in London, including brief period looking after father of Kathleen Ferrier. Recalls meeting future husband, grandson of Archdeacon Stocker from Invercargill. Details feelings about pacifism and alcohol. Refers to adoption of two children. Discusses support for CORSO and being involved in clothing drive and Vietnam and Springbok protests. Mentions visit of Bishop Tutu; GATT ; Taitua project; Rogernomics; growth of multinationals and involvement with Amnesty International. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Interviewer(s) - Cecily McNeill Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-011246-011248 ; OHC-005528-005530 Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 3 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-3927. 5 coloured photographs: 3 of [Dulcie Stocker, 1996?] and one of Dulcie and Peter Stocker with grandchildren, Aug '65 and one Jan '86.

Date: Nov 1995 to Aug 1997

By: Foley, Jacqueline, 1951-

Reference: OHColl-0437

Description: Project talks to emigrants from Northern Ireland about their lives there, the reasons they left and about life in New Zealand. Both Catholics and Protestants of a wide range of ages were interviewed. Interviews with Joan Cowdy, Robert Fenton, Shelia O'Malley, Jim McGeown, Fiona Thornton, Ann McGeown, Brian Hartley, James Gover, Jack Watt, Father Leo Doyle, Brendan O'Malley, Joseph Hart, Maureen Howard and Eleanor McDonald. Interviewer(s) - Jacqueline Foley Quantity: 50 C62 cassette(s). 14 printed abstract(s). 14 interview(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete. Processing information: Interview and item records for this collection were unpublished on 19 July 2022. For further information, please contact Curator Oral History & Sound.

Date: 1999

By: Scott, Thomas Joseph, 1947-; Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: H-587-022/043

Description: Political cartoons. Jack Elder tries to explain his innocence in awarding a travel grant to a school cultural group containing colleagues' daughters. NZ First waken from political death in time to campaign for the 1999 General election. A green lipped muscle reads scary stories from the book 'Tales from the Lab' to his children. Refers to research into cancer cures. Infant looks suspiciously at mother's nipple and opts for the scrambled egg if there's any chance of the milk having been genetically modified or irradiated. NZ and Australian Ministers of Health have declared war on depression. A drepressed man says over the breakfast table, when politicians start slashing their wrist in large numbers, then he'll cheer up. Over a beer two men discuss All Black coach, John Hart's performance. Police warn the public of an IBM fugitive. Refers to the IBM scoop of public money for a Police computer main-frame that never eventuated. Politicians avoid the responsibility of the INCIS Police computer fiasco. Media woman interviews state minister on the tit for tat shooting down of Indian and Pakistan military planes. She suggests there may be a risk of it leading to nuclear war. The minister says they'll cross that bridge when they come to it. Helen Clark and Jenny Shipley battle it out in the preferred Prime Minister Polls. Shows the Statue of Liberty with a gun to her head. The caption says, 'tighten up the gun laws America, or the lady gets it...' Boris Yeltsin appoints his 5th Prime Minister in 17 months. The new Prime Minister looks distincly uneasy as his chair sits on a trap-door. Shows and elephant (IBM) being sting by a bee (Bill Birch). Refers to the Police INCIS computer fiasco. Earthquake rocks Turkey, they call for help. Academics discuss the government's five-step knowledge-based economy plan to restore NZ's stand of living. One says, 'Sounds fabulous, except that you can't take two steps across an abyss...' New Zealand Black Caps beat the English cricket team. World athletics is shackled by the weight of the illegal use of performance enhancing drugs. Mike Moore leaves government politics with a sense of freedom at last. Possible outcome of mixing human genes into cows. Petrol Companies hold motorists to ransom with higher petrol prices. The shadow of violence hangs over voting in East Timor. Derek Quigley steers the select committee looking into decommissioning NZ's air-strike capability. National are alarmed as they thought Quigley was on their side. Quantity: 22 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: B5 size bromides.

Date: 4 April 1997 - 04 Apr 1997

From: NZ Nursing Education and Research Foundation : the transfer of nursing education from hospitals to polytechnics

By: Dixon, Alison Joy, 1948-

Reference: OHInt-0520/31

Description: Alison Dixon recounts reasons for becoming a nurse and gives educational background - did a PhD at Flinders University. Recalls first encounter with Nursing Council of New Zealand. Discusses the pattern of juggling nursing with family. Refers to the Carpenter Report. Backgrounds involvement in the transfer of nursing education in Otago. Mentions Leonie Clent and Janet Davidson. Notes that the whole of the first year of the Comprehensive nurse was community focused. Discusses affirmative action for male and Maori students initially - all having to meet the criteria for entry. Refers to Maori population of Ngai Tahu. Discusses on-going problems related to comprehensive nursing - working to create a framework for post graduate educational programmes. Mentions comprehensive nurses prescribing and refers to her paper C.A.P.E. last year on the future of nursing. Discusses own research in relation to the difference between the roles of the registered nurse and the enrolled nurse. Discusses cultural safety in relation to the Otago programme and notes Taha Maori was already a feature of nursing education in Otago. Refers to Chris Rimene (Ngai Tahu), a student who worked with the student unit. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Interviewer(s) - Yvonne Langridge Venue - Wellington Polytechnic Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-006553; OHLC-002507 Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-1969.

Date: 19 December 1996 - 19 Dec 1996

From: NZ Nursing Education and Research Foundation : the transfer of nursing education from hospitals to polytechnics

By: Sherrard, Isabelle, 1938-

Reference: OHInt-0520/36

Description: Isabelle Sherrard trained as a nurse at Christchurch Hospital ca 1956. Discusses orientation to the hospital and the programme. Recalls marrying ten days after sitting State exams. Explains how career was subsequently influenced by husband's work and education, taking her to Northern Ireland in 1962 where she spent 6 months in a geriatric hospital on the outskirts of Belfast before moving to Houston, Texas, working in Intensive Care Unit, and later to Anne Arbour Michigan, working at the University of Michigan in the Burns Unit. Discusses different kinds of nursing education / training in the States. Recalls return to New Zealand with two children and fitting in part time work at the Chalet Hospital, Dunedin Hospital, and in 1976 settling in Auckland. Mentions Carpenter Report and its effect on nursing in New Zealand. Mentions undertaking nursing courses at Massey University, gaining a BA in Education. Discusses appointment as tutor at ATI (Auckland Technical Institute), with reference to Yvonne Shadbolt, Lani Kelliher and Sue Otto. Commenced at Carrington Polytechnic (1985) and discusses involvement in employing staff and setting up Advisory Committee, with reference to male dominated hierarchy. Discusses curriculum and demands of clinical and theoretical components of the programme; student selection and criteria; Maori and Pacific Island applicants; cultural safety, with reference to Paul Spoonley and Irahapete Murchie, cultural awareness and Treaty of Waitangi. Mentions Judy Kilpatrick at the Nursing Council. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Interviewer(s) - Yvonne Langridge Venue - Carrington Polytechnic Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-006558-006559 Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 2 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-1974.

Date: 28 December 1995 - 28 Dec 1995

From: NZ Nursing Education and Research Foundation : the transfer of nursing education from hospitals to polytechnics

By: Allen, Natali Ruth, 1940-

Reference: OHInt-0520/19

Description: Natali Ruth Allen born Te Awamutu. Recalls: training as a nurse at Auckland in 1961, one of the first group of students under what was then the `new curriculum'; experience as a staff nurse, Auckland Paediatric and infectious disease units; obstetric training; experience as a midwife at a Presbyterian Mission Hospital north of Delhi (now Haryana) - predominantly Hindu, with some Sikh and some Muslim; experience in the East End of London; study for Diploma in Tropical Medicine at London University College Hospital, and return to India as a senior midwife for two and a half years. Mentions six young Tibetan refugees, the first group to be trained under a Western system and her work with refugee children, with reference to incidence of tuberculosis (TB). Comments on the way Tibetan women worked together. Describes return to Middlemore Hospital, Auckland and study at SANS (School of Advanced Nursing Studies), followed by study at Victoria University, joining Bachelor of Nursing programme with Chris Ives, Anne MacDonald and Mrs Fieldhouse who taught curriculum development. Mentions Lorna McDonald, Miss Hoskings, Yvonne Shadbolt and Desma Campbell. Refers to the Carpenter Report. Appointed leader of the nursing programme at Waikato Polytechnic and describes the first intake of nursing students to the Polytechnic course, with reference to male students. Mentions Maori student scholarships. Aspects of the course discussed include: public response from farming community in the Waikato; National Council of Women and NZNA support; doctors' wishes to participate in the nursing programme; social change for women at this time; Maori women and involvement of marae. Interviewer(s) - Yvonne Langridge Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-006538-006539; OHLC-002505-002506 Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 2 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-1957.

Date: 8 Feb 2000 - 08 Feb 2000

From: Nursing biographies - Wellington Polytechnic, 1973-1998

By: Cooper, Marion Allen, 1946-; Kay, Margaret, 1942-

Reference: OHInt-0599/03

Description: Marion Cooper born Hampshire, England, 1946. Describes nursing background in England before coming to New Zealand ca 1973. Talks about settling into different areas of New Zealand and experience in nursing in New Zealand. Recalls working in Ward 12 at Wellington Hospital and refers to mix of midwifery and gynaecological nursing patients. Mentions experience at Elderslea Maternity Unit in Upper Hutt. Recalls sponsorship in 1983 to undertake Advanced Diploma in Nursing (ADN) at Wellington Polytechnic. Recalls the debate and mixture of tutorial type learning and the high standard. Talks about the challenges of the ADN course and the awareness of different cultures. Talks about research on breast feeding. Describes year at special care baby unit, Hutt Hospital after completing ADN course. Recalls working as an Educator in the undergraduate programme at Wellington Polytechnic. Discusses studying as an extra-mural student from Massey University, completing her BA in Education and completing Masters. Refers to her Thesis - `Towards the Professionalisation of New Zealand Midwifery 1840-1941'. Margaret Kay who was born Guildford, Surrey, England 1942 talks about her life in a religious teaching order before training as a nurse in London 1974-1977. Recalls spending a year in Israel as a volunteer nurse in a hospital which catered for Arab and tourist clients before coming to New Zealand. Talks about difficulty in obtaining admission and refers to her Obstetric Nursing Certificate. Recalls going to Wellington Hospital, spending two years with District Nursing, before doing the ADN (Advanced Diploma in Nursing) course at Wellington Polytechnic. Talks about her experience in developing teaching skills in the community and refers to Eve Brister (ADN Lecturer). Also talks about experiences in the community with people from different cultures and the culture that prevailed in the hospital. Refers to Penicillin injections for Rheumatic fever. Talks about research experience with reference to topic `Falls and the Elderly'. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Interviewer(s) - Yvonne Langridge Venue - Massey University Wellington Campus Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-009761-009762 Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1.30 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-3243.

Date: 2001

From: Hodgson, Trace, 1958- :[9 original political and social cartoons drawn for Metro magazine ca 1995-2001].

Reference: A-129-114

Description: Cartoon shows a globe in space, possibly representing Earth, but covered with an American flag whose red stripes are starting to drip like blood, into space. Inscriptions: Recto - top right - 33 Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and gouache, on sheet 420 x 297 mm.

Date: 1987

From: University of Canterbury. Department of Education : Records of the first joint AARE/NZARE conference, Christchurch

Reference: 89-012-05

Description: Also `Collaborative writing and micro-cultures: a question of both oracy and literacy,' by Susan Groundwater-Smith and Raymond F Smith; `Being methodical in educational research: science or artful practice?,' by John R Hall; `Towards a more adequate epistemology for participant observation in educational research,' by Susan H Hall; `The Politics of educational research from a philosopher's point of view'; `The Media as a source for school economics curriculaum' by Alan Gregory; `Converting subject reactivity from bane to boon' by James E Heald; `For reasons political and scientific; the background to, and aims of, the 1930 conference of representatives of employment research organizations and research officers in youth-adult employment in Australia' by Allyson P Holbrook Also `Teacher age-structures; implications for research and policy' by Geoff Howse; `Dimensions of young children's conceptions of the fraction one half' by Robert P Hunting; `Reconceptualising the demonstration lesson' by Trevor Hutchins, Robert Boyd and David Symington Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1986

From: Hodgson, Trace, 1958- :[Original cartoons drawn in 1986, mainly for the New Zealand Listener].

Reference: C-133-124

Description: Shows United States President Ronald Reagan watching television. First he watches his favourite, "Miami Vice". He changes channel once Muammar Qaddafi appears, and goes to another favourite "The Equalizer". Later, when he sees David Lange speaking on television, he asks, "Who's this fat guy?" This cartoon was published in the New Zealand Listener on 10 May 1986. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing 395 x 605 mm. Provenance: Purchased in 2003.

Date: 1960-1976

From: Awatere, Arapeta (Lieutenant-Colonel), 1910-1976 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-6735-07

Description: Colonel Awatere describes the term culture in relation to the two distinct cultures in New Zealand; Maori and Pakeha. He also brings into the equation other factors which impact upon this new definition of culture such as evolution and also the changing status of women and equality. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescript

Date: 1992 - 1993

From: Eales, Stan 1962- :[Art work for front and back cover, and pages 3-32, of "The great New Zealand cartoon book". ca. 1994].

Reference: A-302-070

Description: Shows a Maori family confronting a group of businessmen. Made for "The Great New Zealand cartoon book", published 1993. Inscriptions: Recto - centre - [Title] Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing, 145 x 205 mm, backed on sheet, 223 x 300 mm.

Date: 1967 - 1969

By: Taylor, Alan, 1933-2016; Rennie, Heughan Bassett, 1945-

Reference: A-341-052

Description: Shows a Maori couple with three children, grimly standing in their living room, with television. The son wears a football jersey with the number 13. There is artwork on the wall showing the father crucified, and a portrait of the mother in traditional costume with moko. Originally designed for publication in "Focus" magazine, edited by Hugh Rennie. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing on paper, 205 x 115 mm. Provenance: Donated by Hugh Rennie in 1999.

Date: 1958

From: [Various cartoonists including Sir Gordon Minhinnick 1902-1992] :[Newspaper clippings of cartoons from New Zealand newspapers. 15 December 1948 to 5 September 1972.]

By: Scales, Sydney Ernest, 1916-2003

Reference: E-549-q-12-127

Description: Shows an extremely busy street scene in Dunedin. A man wearing a tam-o-shanter tells his companion that he used to get a Shiel Hill bus at this corner. He is standing beside a signpost with names like 'East 72nd Street, Iron Av., and 'Little Wall Street' on it - all names with an American flavour. Passing by are huge 'Nevis Oil' tankers and a jeep full of Americans with 'U.S. Forces Deep Freeze' on their number plate careen round the corner grinning at a pretty young woman. Refers to American influence in the city. Quantity: 1 newspaper clipping. Physical Description: Newspaper clipping, 130 x 160 mm

Date: 2000

By: New Zealand. Office of the Race Relations Conciliator

Reference: Eph-C-RACIAL-2000-01

Description: Shows a graphic design of three pairs of linked hands, one above the other, in red, yellow, black and white. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on poster. Physical Description: Photolithograph, on poster 420 x 297 mm.