Johnston, Christine, 1950-

Date: 1998

From: Whitehead, Gillian, 1941- : Collection

By: Creative New Zealand; Johnston, Christine, 1950-

Reference: fMS-Papers-11893-27

Description: Pencil score for Act 2 (first half) of Outrageous Fortune, a chamber opera in two acts, for taonga puoro (Maori instruments) one or two players, flute, oboe, clarinet, trumpet, trombone, piano, percussion, 2 violins, viola, 2 cellos, double bass; 6 singers (soloists). Taonga puoro which feature in this part of the score include koauau koiwi tangata, koauau pounamu, koauau kuri, and putorino. Commissioned by the Otago Commemorative Opera Group - Te Atamira Whakamaumahara - to commemorate the sesquicentenary of the found of the City of Dunedin and the Province of Otago in 1848, with funding from Creative New Zealand. This section of the full score is page 1 through to page 113 of the first half of Act 2). It includes stage directions, and some photocopied parts pasted in. Language - Some of the text is written in Maori Language - some of the text is written in English Language - Some of the text is written in Chinese Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holograph

Date: 1998

From: Whitehead, Gillian, 1941- : Collection

By: Creative New Zealand; Johnston, Christine, 1950-

Reference: fMS-Papers-11893-29

Description: Pencil score for Act II, part 3, of Outrageous Fortune, a chamber opera in two acts, for taonga puoro (Maori instruments) one or two players, flute, oboe, clarinet, trumpet, trombone, piano, percussion, 2 violins, viola, 2 cellos, double bass; 6 singers (soloists). Taonga puoro included in this part of the score include purerehua, puharakeke (written as pupu harakeke), karanga manu, and putorino. Commissioned by the Otago Commemorative Opera Group - Te Atamira Whakamaumahara - to commemorate the sesquicentenary of the found of the City of Dunedin and the Province of Otago in 1848, with funding from Creative New Zealand. This section of the full score is page 125 through to page 246. It includes stage directions, and some photocopied parts pasted in. This script is dated at the end "Sydney, July 17, 1998". Language - Some of the text is written in Maori Language - some of the text is written in English Language - Some of the text is written in Chinese Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holograph

Date: 1998

From: Whitehead, Gillian, 1941- : Collection

By: Creative New Zealand; Johnston, Christine, 1950-

Reference: fMS-Papers-11893-28

Description: Pencil score for Act II, part 2, of Outrageous Fortune, a chamber opera in two acts, for taonga puoro (Maori instruments) one or two players, flute, oboe, clarinet, trumpet, trombone, piano, percussion, 2 violins, viola, 2 cellos, double bass; 6 singers (soloists). Taonga puoro which feature in this part of the score include puharakeke, porotiti, poi awhiowhio, koauau (various types including koiwi tangata, maire, pounamu and koiwi kuri), tangi manu, karanga manu and putatara. Commissioned by the Otago Commemorative Opera Group - Te Atamira Whakamaumahara - to commemorate the sesquicentenary of the found of the City of Dunedin and the Province of Otago in 1848, with funding from Creative New Zealand. This section of the full score is page 1 through to page 124, of the second half of Act 2. The remaining section of the second half of Act 2 is in the following folder (fMS-Papers-11893-29). The ms includes stage directions, and some photocopied parts pasted in. Language - Some of the text is written in Maori Language - some of the text is written in English Language - Some of the text is written in Chinese Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holograph

Date: 1998

From: Whitehead, Gillian, 1941- : Collection

By: Creative New Zealand; Johnston, Christine, 1950-

Reference: fMS-Papers-11893-25

Description: Pencil score for Act I, part 1, of Outrageous Fortune, a chamber opera in two acts, for taonga puoro (Maori instruments) one or two players, flute, oboe, clarinet, trumpet, trombone, piano, percussion, 2 violins, viola, 2 cellos, double bass; 6 singers (soloists). The taonga puoro which feature in this part of the score include putatara, poi awhiowhio (written poi awhiuwhiu in the score), koauau, tumutumu, koiwi ponga ihu (written as iwi ponga ihu), pakuru (sometimes written as panguru in the score), and pu kaea. The score also includes a karanga. Commissioned by the Otago Commemorative Opera Group - Te Atamira Whakamaumahara - to commemorate the sesquicentenary of the found of the City of Dunedin and the Province of Otago in 1848, with funding from Creative New Zealand. This section of the full score is page 1 through to page 126 of Act 1. It includes stage directions, and some photocopied parts pasted in. Language - Some of the text is written in Maori Language - some of the text is written in English Language - Some of the text is written in Chinese characters and romanised Chinese text Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holograph

Date: 1998

From: Whitehead, Gillian, 1941- : Collection

By: Creative New Zealand; Johnston, Christine, 1950-

Reference: fMS-Papers-11893-26

Description: Pencil score for Act I, part 2, of Outrageous Fortune, a chamber opera in two acts, for taonga puoro (Maori instruments) one or two players, flute, oboe, clarinet, trumpet, trombone, piano, percussion, 2 violins, viola, 2 cellos, double bass; 6 singers (soloists). The taonga puoro featured in this part of the score include pupurangi harakeke, koauau, tumutumu, porotiti, putorino, and pukaea. Commissioned by the Otago Commemorative Opera Group - Te Atamira Whakamaumahara - to commemorate the sesquicentenary of the found of the City of Dunedin and the Province of Otago in 1848, with funding from Creative New Zealand. This section of the full score is page 127 through to page 255, of the second half of Act 1. It includes stage directions, and some photocopied parts pasted in. Language - Includes a small amount of Maori text in this section, and also many Maori instrument names. Language - some of the text is written in English Language - Some of the text is written in Chinese characters, and romanised Chinese text Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holograph

Date: [1997]

From: Whitehead, Gillian, 1941- : Collection

By: Johnston, Christine, 1950-

Reference: fMS-Papers-11893-38

Description: Original vocal score for Outrageous Fortune, a chamber opera in two acts, for taonga puoro, six singers, and instrumental ensemble. Language - Some of the text is in Maori Language - Some of the text is in English Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holographs

Date: 1997-5 May 1998

From: Whitehead, Gillian, 1941- : Collection

By: Whitehead, Gillian Karawe, 1941-; Johnston, Christine, 1950-

Reference: MS-Papers-6575

Description: Penultimate vocal score for `Outrageous fortune' Quantity: 1 folder(s) (two pieces), 114, 113 pages. Physical Description: Holograph (photocopy) annotated Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - (A99-096) Donated by Ms G Whitehead, Dunedin

Date: 27 Sep 1993

From: Convent girls oral history project

By: Johnston, Christine, 1950-

Reference: OHInt-0634/05

Description: Christine Johnston born Dunedin 1950. Talks about her book `Blessed Art Thou Among Women' and how the idea of the book originated. Discusses the mentality of each religion in thinking it had the monopoly on the key to heaven and how attitudes have changed since the 1960s. Talks about bigotry against catholics in employment in positions of authority in State Schools in Dunedin. Talks about catholic tradition, communism and socialism. Recalls memories of her years at St Dominic's Girls College, Dunedin - the importance of being `ladylike' and the constant inspection of uniforms; discipline; non-existence of science as a subject; saints as role models eg Marie Goretti; rituals and societies, eg, Children of Mary; hierarchies within the Church; attitudes to sex instruction, contraception, abortion and natural family planning. Talks about life at university, meeting people with variety of views and areas of conflict. Mentions difference between girls who had been to single-sex schools as opposed to those who attended co-educational schools. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Interviewer(s) - Jane Tolerton Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-010474 - OHC-010475 Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 transcript(s). 1 Electronic document(s). 1 interview(s). 2 Hours Duration. 127 kilobyte(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - transcript(s) available OHA-3592, OHDL-000288. Search dates: 1950 - 1993

Date: 1995

By: Unilever New Zealand Ltd

Reference: Eph-D-BOOK-AWARDS-1995-01

Description: Poster showing head and shoulder portrait photographs of authors and illustrators in the finals of the Children's Book Awards competition for 1995, including the name of the book for which they were nominated: Junior fiction: Jack Lasenby, Joy Cowley, Maurice Gee, Pauline Cartwright, Fleur Beale Senior fiction: William Taylor, Sherryl Jordan, Christine Johnston, James Norcliffe, Norman Bilbrough Non-fiction: Pat Quinn, Sandra Morris, Andrew Crowe, Betty brownlie Picture books: Lynley Dodd, Diana Noonan, Elizabeth Fuller, Chris Gaskin, Philip Temple, Alspeth Alix Batt, Lino Nelisi Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print, 420 x 595 mm. Provenance: Donated by the New Zealand Book Council in 2011.