Moeroa

Date: 1960-1961

From: Kendrick, John Lisle, 1922-2013: Interviews, recordings, photographs primarily relating to natural sound recording

Reference: PA12-6447

Description: Paeroa Range Thermal area. The Maungaongaonga thermal area. Trampers camp, Paeroa Range. Kaimai Range behind Te Aroha. Views over countryside from ranges behind Te Aroha. Te Aroha Trig. Trampers at Hardy's Hut near Waiorongomai. Chasm on Kaimai Range. Old mine Kaimai Range. John Rowe and peak of Maungatewharau. Views from Maungatewharau. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies in cardboard and plastic mounts.

Date: 15 Jul, 3 Aug 2009 - 15 Jul 2009 - 03 Aug 2009

From: Honouring seniors oral history project

By: Flyger, Noel Plummer, 1919-

Reference: OHInt-0979-03

Description: Interview with Noel Plummer Flyger, born in Wanganui in 1919. Describes family circumstances when he was born: father was working on a difficult, uneconomic rehab block, two hours drive from Eltham, Taranaki. Refers to hardships, but also the benefits of a self-sufficient, isolated life. Explains family's shift to a farm owned by his paternal grandfather, at Mata, south of Whangarei. Talks about evidence of earlier Maori occupation of the land which had two pa sites on it. Describes challenges of the run-down dairy farm, and outlines the mechanics of milking cows before electricity came to the district. Mentions the importance of the horse - as a means of transport, and for preparing pasture - and also pigs, which consumed the skimmed milk and subsidised the income from the farm. Talks about the acquisition of the first tractor in the village, and the subsequent opportunities for jobs on other farms. Discusses situation in World War II when many of his mates left to serve overseas, while he was manpowered to keep the farm going. Talks about his marriage to Draja Radich, from a Yugoslav family, and their early years living in a cottage on his father's farm. Describes the different rocks of the the Mata area, quarrying for road metal, and also explains the different types of drains, and techniques used to bring clay soils into productive pasture. Discusses the range of contract work he did after he stopped milking cows, and gives details of the families and farms in the Mata community where he lived from 1936 until the mid 1970s. Interviewer(s) - Patricia Cutforth Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHDL-001252 Quantity: 1 digital sound recording(s). 2 Electronic document(s) - abstract. 1 printed abstract(s). 3 electronic scan(s) of original black and white photographic print(s). 1 interview(s) over 2 days. 1.33 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-7481, OHDL-001260. Scanned B&W photographs of: Wedding, Noel and Draga Flyger (1943); Flyfer farm; White quarry, Flyger farm Search dates: 1919 - 2009

Date: 1959-1962

From: Kendrick, John Lisle, 1922-2013: Interviews, recordings, photographs primarily relating to natural sound recording

Reference: PA12-6446

Description: The road to Moeroa. Patea River. Abandoned buildings, Moeroa. Views across the countryside. Paeroa Range thermal area. Mud volcanoes, hot pools, boiling mud, and coloured lakes. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies in cardboard and plastic mounts.