Agriculture - New Zealand - West Coast Region

Date: [1930s], 1966-1967

By: O'Brien, Clarence T, active 1966

Reference: MS-Papers-1142

Description: Comprises radio scripts done for broadcasting on NZBC; stories about goldmining in the Buller district during the 1930s depression; a Roa coal mine; a Maori in the Mackenzie country; the Haast air service and Rimu Farm Settlement titled `The Haast Air Service', `The Amateur', `The Minstrel', `The Rimu Farm settlement', and `They gave me a gold mine' Source of title - Supplied title Quantity: 1 folder(s) (5 pieces). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescripts

Date: 2005

From: Farrell, Damer, 1943-: Photographs of the West Coast

Reference: PADL-000310

Description: Photographs of New Zealand Sharemilker of the Year competition award presentation, 2005 in the West Coast Region. Arrangement: These files were originally delivered to the library within a folder called "Farming (sharemilker 05)" Quantity: 10 digital photograph(s).

Date: [ca 1939]

From: Kent, Thelma Rene, 1899-1946 :Prints and negatives of New Zealand wildlife and scenery

Reference: 1/2-009094-F

Description: Rural scene with cattle and paddocks in foreground, and Fox Glacier in the background, West Coast region. Photograph taken circa 1939 by Thelma Kent. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 2000-2003

From: Farrell, Damer, 1943-: Photographs of the West Coast

Reference: PADL-000309

Description: Photographs of farming in the West Coast. Includes photographs of the Young Farmers of the Year competition, award presentations, Arrangement: These files were originally delivered to the library within a folder called "Farming" Quantity: 115 digital photograph(s).

Date: [193-?]

From: Kent, Thelma Rene, 1899-1946 :Prints and negatives of New Zealand wildlife and scenery

Reference: 1/2-009087-F

Description: Rural scene with sheep, a shed, and surrounding hills, Fox Glacier district, West Coast region. Photograph taken in the 1930s by Thelma Kent. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Date from PA-Group-00400. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: [ca 1930s]

From: Kent, Thelma Rene, 1899-1946 :Prints and negatives of New Zealand wildlife and scenery

Reference: 1/2-010041-F

Description: Back country sheep station photographed from Docherty Creek, circa 1930s by Thelma Kent. Mount Elie de Beaumont is in the distance. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 5 September 2013

From: West Coasters Club oral history project

By: Tokona, Valda Theresa, 1937-

Reference: OHInt-1064-05

Description: Interview with Valda Tokona by Julie Benjamin, recorded on 5 September 2013 at the Devonport Library. Supporting images provided with the interview include: Tokona at the time of the interview; and Tokona and her family and friends circa 1950s. Topics covered in the interview include: family; childhood home; animals on farm; Westport; World War Two; fishing; neighbours; bike group; netball; Māori heritage; whitebait; teaching; Christmas and New Year traditions; Buller River; and visiting Westport. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 9 digital image(s). 4 digital sound recording(s). 1 Electronic document(s). 1 Interview(s). Search dates: 2013-09-05

Date: 29 August and 1 September 2013

From: West Coasters Club oral history project

By: Rountree, Agnes Nellie, 1942-

Reference: OHInt-1064-04

Description: Interview with Agnes Rountree by Julie Benjamin, recorded on 29 August and 1 September 2013 at her home in Glenfield, Auckland. Supporting images provided with the interview include: Rountree at the time of the interview; Rountree and her family and friends circa 1950s and 1960s; and a street map of Westport. Topics covered in the interview include: family; childhood home; Westport; moving to farm; abattoir; farmhouse; whitebaiting; neighbours; education; Sergeants Hill; Christmas and New Year traditions; horse racing; netball; friends; holidays; Gibson's and Maire tearooms; moving to Auckland; marriage; visting Westport; and overseas travel. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 18 digital image(s). 8 digital sound recording(s). 1 Electronic document(s). 1 Interview(s). Search dates: 2013-08-29 - 2013-09-01

Date: 23 and 27 November 2012

From: West Coasters Club oral history project

By: Byrne, Eila Grace, 1924-

Reference: OHInt-1064-01

Description: Interview with Eila Byrne by Julie Benjamin, recorded on 23 and 27 November 2012 at her home in Takapuna, Auckland. Supporting images provided with the interview include: Byrne and her husband Alan at the time of the interview; Byrne as a child; and landmarks on the West Coast discussed during the interview. Topics covered in the interview include: family; sawmills; childhood on farm; relationship with grandparents; Murchison earthquake, 1929; farm house; neighbours; pets; Cape Foulwind; Buller River; Cape Foulwind to Westport railway line; Okari river; whitebaiting; education; Postie Plus; friends; dances; Westport; coal and gold mines; Charleston; bike group; Buller Gorge; Depression and World War Two; nursing; marriage; moving to Auckland; involvement with the West Coasters Club; visting the West Coast; and Denniston. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 8 digital image(s). 13 digital sound recording(s). 2 Electronic document(s). 1 Interview(s). Search dates: 2012-11-23 - 2012-11-27

Date: 17 Dec 1995 to 15 Feb 1998 - 17 Dec 1995 - 15 Feb 1998

By: Bradshaw, Julia, active 1995-1998; Hutching, Megan Alannah, 1957-; West Coast Historical Museum

Reference: OHColl-0419

Description: Life history interviews with older residents of the Haast district in the South Island, many of whom are descended from the first Pakeha settlers who arrived in the 1870s and 1880s. Discusses living in an isolated area, medical emergencies, farming, fishing, deer shooting, local identities, schooling, the development of the air service and problems of getting in and out of the district. Interviews Betty Eggeling, Desmond Nolan, Bernard Cowan, Alan Cron, Mary Jones, Ruth (Ruby) Hill, Myra Cowan, Ted Buchanan, Henry Buchanan and Ann Mackey. Publication - The far downers : the people and history of Haast and Jackson Bay (University of Otago Press, 2001) The district was not connected by road to the rest of New Zealand until 1965 when the road from Wanaka to Haast was joined to the road from Haast to Hokitika. Abstracted by - Julia Bradshaw Awards/funding - Award in oral history Interviewer(s) - Julia Bradshaw Quantity: 24 C60 cassette(s). 10 printed abstract(s). 10 interview(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete. Search dates: 1920 - 1990