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Civilian life in New Zealand during the Second World War oral history project
- Date
- Jan 2007 - May 2008
- By
- New Zealand. Manatū Taonga Ministry for Culture and Heritage; Parr, Alison, 1953-; Fowke, Susan, 1944-2017
- Reference
- OHColl-0980
- Description
Interviews with 18 people, Maori and Pakeha, about their lives in New Zealand during World War II. It includes men who did not serve overseas and conscientious objectors. Interviews cover family life, rationing and making do, separation from loved ones, the presence of American troops, readjustment problems after the War, the long-term impact of war service, and the grief of loss. Interviewees are Marion Beech, Marjorie Browne, Mae Carson, Ross Cooper, Nancy Earle, Nancy Gillespie, Joyce Harrison, Joyce Hay, Derek Hume, Connie Katae, Dot Kelly, Joyce Maclean, Margaret Prain, Nancy Raymond, Geraldine Sharp, Thora Simpson, Sheila Smith and Riria Utiku.
Publication - Home : civilian New Zealanders remember the Second World War, by Alison Parr (Pengiun, 2010)
Abstracted by - Alison Parr, Erin Flanigan
Interviewer(s) - Alison Parr, Susan Fowke
Quantity: 18 printed abstract(s). 46 C60 cassette(s). 18 interview(s).
Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete.
- Use/Reproduction
- Public use requires the written permission of the donor and the written permission of individual interviewees. Copyright: Ministry for Culture and Heritage
- Access restrictions
- Restricted - Content cannot be accessed without permission - Access to the collection requires written permission of the donor
- Format
- 18 printed abstract(s), 46 C60 cassette(s), 18 interview(s), Oral histories
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Interview with Joyce Harrison, printed abstract
Date: 28 Jun 2007
From: Civilian life in New Zealand during the Second World War oral history project
Reference: OHA-7330
Description: Interviewer(s) - Alison Parr Quantity: 1 printed abstract(s). Photocopy(?) of a black and white photograph of Joyce Harrison (c 1940); printout of a colour photograph of Joyce (2007)
Interview with Connie Katae, printed abstract
Date: 13 Jun 2008
From: Civilian life in New Zealand during the Second World War oral history project
Reference: OHA-7333
Description: Interviewer(s) - Susan Fowke Quantity: 1 printed abstract(s). Photocopy(?) of a black and white photograph of Connie with son Douglas and daughter Anne (1940); printout of a colour photograph of Connie (2008)
Interview with Nancy Gillespie, printed abstract
Date: 26 Sep 2007
From: Civilian life in New Zealand during the Second World War oral history project
Reference: OHA-7329
Description: Interviewer(s) - Alison Parr Quantity: 1 printed abstract(s). Photocopy(?) of a black and white photograph of Nancy Gillespie (c 1943-44); printout of a colour photograph of Nancy (2007)
Interview with Nancy Raymond, printed abstract
Date: 23 Feb 2007
From: Civilian life in New Zealand during the Second World War oral history project
Reference: OHA-7337
Description: Interviewer(s) - Alison Parr Quantity: 1 printed abstract(s). Photocopy(?) of a black and white photograph of June Fleming (aka Nancy Raymond) (1942); printout of a colour photograph of Nancy (2007)
Interview with Joyce Hay, printed abstract
Date: 12, 14 Feb 2007
From: Civilian life in New Zealand during the Second World War oral history project
Reference: OHA-7331
Description: Interviewer(s) - Alison Parr Quantity: 1 printed abstract(s). Photocopies(?) of black and white photographs of Joyce Hay (late 1930s), Joyce Hay with husband (?c 1945); printout of a colour photograph of Joyce Hay (2007)
Interview with Dorothy Kelly, printed abstract
Date: 11 Jun 2007
From: Civilian life in New Zealand during the Second World War oral history project
Reference: OHA-7334
Description: Interviewer(s) - Alison Parr Quantity: 1 printed abstract(s). Photocopy(?) of a black and white photograph of Dot and Bill Kelly on their wedding day (1946); printout of a colour photograph of Dot (2007)
Interview with Derek Hume, printed abstract
Date: 20 Feb 2007
From: Civilian life in New Zealand during the Second World War oral history project
Reference: OHA-7332
Description: Interviewer(s) - Alison Parr Quantity: 1 printed abstract(s). Photocopy(?) of a black and white photograph of Derek Hume (1942); printout of a colour photograph of Derek (2007)
Interview with Margaret Prain, printed abstract
Date: 22 Feb 2007
From: Civilian life in New Zealand during the Second World War oral history project
Reference: OHA-7336
Description: Interviewer(s) - Alison Parr Quantity: 1 printed abstract(s). Photocopy(?) of a black and white photograph of Margaret Prain in her nurse's uniform (1942); printout of a colour photograph of Margaret (2007)
Interview with Joyce Maclean, printed abstract
Date: 5 Jun 2007
From: Civilian life in New Zealand during the Second World War oral history project
Reference: OHA-7335
Description: Interviewer(s) - Alison Parr Quantity: 1 printed abstract(s). Printout of a scanned tinted photograph of Joyce McLean on her wedding day (1930); printout of a colour photograph of Joyce (2007)
Interview with Sheila Smith, printed abstract
Date: 28 Sep 2007
From: Civilian life in New Zealand during the Second World War oral history project
Reference: OHA-7340
Description: Interviewer(s) - Alison Parr Quantity: 1 printed abstract(s). Photocopy(?) of a black and white photograph of Sheila Smith with fiance Ken (c1943); printout of a colour photograph of Sheila (2007)