Worked at Zenith Fruit Co, Manners Street, Wellington (family business). Later a dietitian working at Wellington Hospital (late 1960s-1970s).
Wong, June, active 1961-2018
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Wong, June :Photographs of Zenith Fruit Co, Manners Street, Wellington
Date: 1961
By: Wong, June, active 1961-2018
Reference: PAColl-2590
Description: Photographs of the interior of Zenith Fruit Co, 25 Manners Street, Wellington, taken in 1961 by an unknown photographer. Arrangement: Photocopies on shelf at PAColl-2590 Quantity: 5 b&w copy negative(s). 5 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate copy negatives 10 x 12.5 cm
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Interview with June and Kirsten Wong
Date: 16 June 2018, [before 27 July 2018]
From: Stories of Chinese New Zealanders oral history project
By: Wong, June, active 1961-2018; Wong, Kirsten, active 1988-2018
Reference: OHInt-1574-13
Description: Interview with June and Kirsten Wong by Lisa Yung recorded on 16 June 2018. Also includes: an edited version of the interview, which was broadcast on Wellington Access Radio on 27 July and 3 August 2018 as part of the 'Stories of Chinese New Zealanders' radio programme; and an electronic document advertising the broadcast. Summary in advertisement reads: "June Wong is a second generation Chinese in New Zealand. Her father Chun Yee Hop was from Baishi Village (pronounced Bark Shek in the local dialect), Zengcheng (pronounced Jung Seng) County, Guangdong Province and came to Wellington in 1895. He operated a number of fruit shops and was a long-time Wellington president of the Chinese Masonic Society, Chee Kung Tong. June is the youngest of the 18 children of mother Wan Chu-Lin and the only one to attend university. She studied dietetics at Otago University and worked at Wellington Hospital. June’s daughter Kirsten grew up in a large extended family that sparked her ongoing interest in her family history. She is involved in the New Zealand Chinese Association S.S. Ventnor project, the ship that was en route to China with 499 Chinese miners’ coffins which sank off the Hokianga Heads in 1902. " Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 interview(s). 4 digital sound recording(s) original interview audio.. 1 digital sound recording(s) edited broadcast audio.. 1 Electronic document(s) broadcast advertisement.. Search dates: 2018 Number of interviews/events: 1