Crossan, Diana Buchanan, 1949-

Date: 10 June 1994 - 10 Jun 1994

From: Roy McKenzie Foundation Oral History Project

By: Crossan, Diana Buchanan, 1949-

Reference: OHInt-0147/3

Description: Diana Buchanan Crossan born Akaroa 1949. Outlines family background - both parents were teachers. Recalls earliest memories of school and polio injections. Gives political background. Refers to Arowhenua Maori School, Temuka. Recalls being passionate about women's issues as a young girl; being accepted for American Field Scholarship and going to Roxboro, North Carolina, USA in 1967; American family and biculturalism. Mentions `Blacks' in North Carolina. Reference to biological inferiority; Watts Riots 1967; Martin Luther King; Bobby Kennedy; Duke University and Stokeley Carmichael. Talks about involvement in American Field Scholars Returnee's Group; experience as a probation officer and time at Swansea College (UK) to gain qualification in social work. Recalls, while in Swansea meeting husband, Selahattin Soylemezoglu Metallurgis who was Turkish, marriage 1977 and separating in 1989. Recalls starting Employment Centre at Taupo 1979 with reference to application for money to the Roy McKenzie Trust. Set up Equal Employment Opportunities Unit at State Services Commission in 1986. Discusses involvement with the Roy McKenzie Foundation and positions held. Explains Roy McKenzie's open approach to life. Gives details of Capital Discovery Trust Board. Compares Roy McKenzie Trust with other trusts. Reference to Adult Literacy; Second Chance Education. Mentions Todd Foundation, McKenzie Education Foundation and Edwina Mountbatten Scholarship for Commonwealth students. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Venue - Wellington Interviewer(s) - Hugo Manson Accompanying material - Newspaper article (with photograph) from Christchurch Star, Sept 10 1976 by Diana Crossan Kiwis `don't know their rights' Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 2 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB-1306. One photograph of Diana Buchanan Crossan

Date: 1999-2004

By: Future New Zealand Charitable Trust

Reference: MS-Group-2146

Description: Administrative papers of FUNZ and its project to set up a national saving scheme for families with the particular intention of providing funds for future students with a tertiary education. Includes Diana Crossan's notes, correspondence with government officials and financial institutions, associations and individuals, working papers, appraisals of the scheme by Price Waterhouse and other papers. Includes electronic documents providing a background to FUNZ and its history - "The FUNZ project - A great big kiwi idea" Source of title - Supplied by Library A non-profit trust, Future New Zealand, known as FUNZ, was set up in 2000 to advocate for a nationwide family savings plan, primarily to fund the tertiary education of future students in place of the Student Loan Scheme. The main movers of FUNZ were Tur Borren, an Auckland businessman, and Diana Crossan, a financial planner. Quantity: 32 folder(s). 1374 Electronic document(s). 1 digital sound recording(s). 0.50 Linear Metres. Processing information: Digital component of collection is currently being processed by staff

Date: 2010

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0016291

Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip. The PM won't consider raising the retirement age because he has been looking forward to the minister's retirement. The Retirement Commissioner Diana Crossan says the age of entitlement for New Zealand Superannuation needs to be raised from 65 to 67 to ensure it remains affordable over the long term. There is no longer a mandatory retirement age in New Zealand. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0018129

Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip. The minister's adviser tells him that the Retirement Commissioner wants him to fund financial literacy classes which will allow the minister to go to the classes for free. Context - Diana Crossan, the Retirement Commissioner, who has become an internationally recognised crusader for financial literacy, openly challenged New Zealand banks to take the lead in tackling "dumb debt" by amending credit card policies and statements to show the long-term costs of borrowing on a minimum repayment basis. She also issued a separate challenge to Government: to free up money to make financial literacy an entrenched part of the New Zealand curriculum. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0018304

Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip. The minister's aide hands him the Retirement Commissioner's recommendations; she says the minister should retire. Context - The Retirement Commissioner Diana Crossan says that 'Politicians are putting their own agendas ahead of planning for the country's future when it comes to the affordability of New Zealand Superannuation'. The Commission's recent Review of Retirement Income Policy recommended that the age be raised to 67 years by two months a year until 2033. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).