Women clothing workers

Date: [ca 31 Aug 1981]

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

By: Mackley, Ian Chappell, 1928-2016

Reference: EP/1981/2965-F

Description: Women clothing workers from Rixen Manufacturing Company, Levin, being read messages of support for their sit-in protest regarding redundancy pay. All images include Clothing Workers' Federation secretary Mr Frank Thorn. Three images also include mechanic, Norman MacFarlane, and Clothing Workers' Federation president, Mrs Joyce Hawe. Photographs taken circa 31 August 1981 by Evening Post staff photographer Ian Mackley. Source of descriptive information - Evening Post caption from 31 August 1981, attached to back of EP/1981/2965/13a. Historical note from Global Peace And Justice Auckland Newsletter #53 from http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0402/S00092.htm accessed July 2009. Workers occupied Rixen Manufacturing after they were given one weeks notice of closure with no redundancy payment. Quantity: 2 b&w original negative(s) strip with 6 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negatives, 35mm

Date: 1906-1907

From: New Zealand. Department of Labour :Photograph albums for the International Exhibition, Christchurch, 1906-1907

By: Muir and MacKinlay (Firm); New Zealand. Department of Labour

Reference: PA1-o-367

Description: Photographs taken for the N Z International Exhibition, Christchurch, 1906-7, by various photographers Interior and exterior photographs of various factories and businesses, showing employees at different activities. Other Titles - N.Z. Department of Labour Other Titles - Factories and workrooms, Wellington Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with tan leather cover, entitled `N.Z. Department of Labour. Factories and workrooms, Wellington. N.Z. International Exhibition, Christchurch, 1906-7'; 25.5 x 31.0 cm

Date: ca1970-ca1980

From: Reed Publishing :Photographs relating to New Zealand mostly 1950s-1970s

By: Reed Publishing (NZ) Ltd; Schofield, Bernard, active 1970s

Reference: PAColl-4871-04

Description: Quantity: 45 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 07 Jan 1992

From: Sound recordings about Ngati Poneke

By: Warren, Frances Benny Watson, active 1935-1991; Grace, Patricia Frances, 1937-; Ramsden, Irihapeti Merenia, 1946-2003

Reference: OHInt-0600-05

Description: Frances Warren was born in Westport. Mentions her father's death from the influenza epidemic on return from World War II. Discusses tribal links with Ngai Tahu, Ngati Apa, Rangitane, how her mother was a Mahuweka, and her father Rihari Watson and grandmother Heni Turoa. Mentions that at home the adults spoke Maori, but English to the children. Mentions writing to a Maori trust board on land rent issues for her mother. Mentions her whanau in the McDonald, Watson, Matai, Fitzgerald, and Te Awiawi whanau. Describes moving to Wellington, work at Levy's tailoring, poor pay, and a Newtown boarding house. Mentions Mrs Grey, Lady Pomare, Henry Ngata, Jock McEwan, Bill Parker, the Sinclairs and her friend Lucy Gunson. Recalls meeting people and whanau at Poneke Club nights. Mentions Club elders and leaders such as Mrs Heketea, Dovey Katene, Kingi, the Bennetts. Talks about singing lessons with Mrs Potiki, and monthly church services. Mentions Apriana Ngata, Pakeha interest in the Club, and talks about Ngati Raukawa predominence. Recalls Tahiwi family, Bella Winiata, and Sammy Tahiwi, and playing hockey for the Club. Mentions the Club's original name, 'Poneke' and the original committee members, costumes and fund raising. Mentions entertaining the troops in World War II songs, action songs and poi, and being the first group to use electric light bulbs on the long fishing poi. Interviewer(s) - Patricia Grace Interviewer(s) - Irihapeti Ramsden Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). 1 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - transcript(s) available OHA-3651; MSDL-0153 (files Warren.doc, Warren2.doc).

Date: 16 Sep 1991

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: EP/1981/3131-F

Description: Rixen Manufacturing Company, Levin, during a staff protest regarding redundancy pay. Comprises six images: three images of factory exterior with a sign reading: "Blame the system Not the victim", and three images taken inside the factory with women clothing workers, Federation of Labour president Jim Knox, Federation of Labour secretary Ken Douglas, and Clothing Workers' Union secretary Frank Thorn. Photographs taken 16 September 1981 by an unidentified Evening Post staff photographer. Source of descriptive information - Evening Post caption from 31 August 1981, attached to back of EP/1981/2965/13a. Historical note from Global Peace And Justice Auckland Newsletter #53 from http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0402/S00092.htm accessed July 2009. Workers occupied Rixen Manufacturing after they were given one weeks notice of closure with no redundancy payment. Quantity: 2 b&w original negative(s) strip with 6 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negatives, 35mm

Date: 4 Dec 1984 - 04 Dec 1984

From: New Zealand Post Office Oral History Project

By: Stuart, Wilhelmina Magdalene, 1895-1985

Reference: OHInt-0070/17

Description: Min Stuart recalls family background, childhood, education, early job as dressmaker at Brown Ewings in 1911, working conditions, hours, wages, going to Post Office Girls' Telegraph School in Dunedin during World War I, colleague Vera Pringle, morse training, need for good hearing and writing, styles of sending, work in the main office in Dunedin, being only woman in telegraph room, the multiplex system, clothing, discipline, working hours, mistakes, secrecy, telegrams, teleprinters, women prohibited from becoming supervisors, the influenza epidemic of 1918, the night shift, attitude of men to women in telegraph job, Post and Telegraph Association, her appeal for equal pay which she won in 1944 and its effect, retirement in 1951, Knox Church, entertainment, reasons for not marrying. Venue - Dunedin Interviewer(s) - Judith Fyfe Venue - Min Stuart's home at David Street, Dunedin Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-000752 - OHC-000753 Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1.52 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB 128. Search dates: 1895 - 1984

Date: 24 February 1993 - 24 Feb 1993

From: Otago Women and Work - Paid and Unpaid Oral History Project

By: Whyte, Ethel Amelia, 1898-1995; Green, Joy, active 1992

Reference: OHInt-0148/03

Description: Ethel Amelia Whyte born 1898 and has spent most of her life in the family home in Oamaru. Describes childhood, family background in detail and work as a seamstress at the Polytechnic Department Store in Oamaru where she worked from 1913 to 1958. Gives details of the store and comments on fashion of the day and on current fashion. Mentions Mr Grocott (Office manager) and Mr Robert and Mr Charles Brown (sons of the owner). Access Contact - see oral history librarian Venue - Oamaru Interviewer(s) - Joy Green Venue - Oamaru Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-004965; OHLC-002540 Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 Electronic document(s). 1 Electronic document(s) recording information form. 1 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-0958 and OHDL-000737.

Date: 8, 12 November 1999 - 12 Nov 1999 - 08 Nov 1999

From: Trade union oral history project

By: Attenberger, Judith, 1938-

Reference: OHInt-0478/11

Description: Judith (Judy) Attenberger born Panmure. Outlines family background - Irish Catholic working class family. Recalls that when parents divorced, mother held three jobs. Describes Panmure. Refers to Howick orphanage known as Star of the Sea. Left school at the age of 16 and did voluntary work at Panmure Convent before getting a job at Holeproof (textile mill) as a machinist. Refers to their good child-care centre which was affordable. Recalls joining union and was elected to executive. Mentions lack of encouragement for women - was the only woman in the union federation. Discusses amalgamation with Dairy Workers Union. Mentions Paddy O'Flanagan and Ray Potroz. Recalls dairy workers breaking away and Textile Union amalgamating with National Distribution Union in 1992. Mentions positions held with Auckland Textile Union. Mentions Equal Pay and reaction of male union members. Recalls evaluation system for skill payments. Recounts time on women's committee and discusses work of the committee; first to get six months maternity leave (1973); improving women's self esteem; promotion of Working Women's Charter; Working Women's Resource Centre. Outlines impression of compulsory unionism and National Award System. Recalls involvement with health and safety. Explains how bargaining strategy has changed since the 1991 Employment Contracts Act (ECA). Discusses national collective agreements. Mentions example of Cavalier and Bendons. Recalls strikes and disputes with reference to UEB strike over redundancy (early 1970s), Hilton Bonds redundancy strike (1990), Mosgiel and Milton strike and lockout of Alliance workers in Milton which caused divisions that `may never heal in that town'. Mentions involvement in the tariff question and support from employers and from Textile and Apparel Federation. Interviewer(s) - Shaun Ryan Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-007480-007483; OHLC-003565-003568 Quantity: 4 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 3.10 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-1888.

Date: 14, 16 September 1999 - 14 Sep 1999 - 16 Sep 1999

From: Trade union oral history project

By: Hawe, Joyce Christina, 1930-

Reference: OHInt-0478/16

Description: Joyce Christina Hawe (nee Smith) born Wellington 1930, moved to Rotorua 1936 and back to Wellington in 1947. Gives a little family history. Recalls apprenticeship in dressmaking with Regent Gowns. Worked for Progress Manufacturing in Porirua with brand name `Dreamland' and describes factory work. Discusses shift of clothing and textile industry to Porirua. Mentions Levies. Recalls joining union movement and refers to Alex McDonald (organiser). Recalls Frank Thorn joining Clothing Workers Union. Mentions Labour Department and Factory's Act. Describes progression through the union. Refers to redundancy at Kilbirnie Clothing Factory. Other unions mentioned include: Laundry Workers Union; Furniture Workers Union; Theatrical Workers Union; Jewellers Union and Ice Cream Workers Union. Discusses typical female clothing worker and describes composition of the Clothing Workers Union. Discusses compulsory unionism. Talks about Equal Pay and Paid Parental Leave. Discusses amalgamation with Northern Laundry Workers Union and time as Secretary of North Island Clothing and Laundry Discusses Rixon Dispute and details arrangements for a sit-in. Discusses NZCTU. Discusses Industrial Relations Act and effects of the 1991 Employment Contracts Act (ECA). Other topiecs mentioned include: Marsden Point Dispute; Springbok Tour; Trades Hall (Marjory Banks Street building); Rosebowl garment awards; jealousy within the union movement; Rogernomics; and changes within the Union Movement. Interviewer(s) - Shaun Ryan Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-007484-007486; OHLC-003573-003575 Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 2.26 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-1893.

Date: 11 Mar 1999 - 18 Mar 1999 - 25 Mar 1999

From: NZ CCS Otago Inc oral history project

By: Menzies, Ethel May, 1915-2005

Reference: OHInt-0468/09

Description: Ethel Menzies was born in Dunedin in 1915. Describes how her father was killed when she was six and she and her brothers lived in a children's home for two years when their mother was unwell. Recalls helping with chores. Comments briefly on school and becoming a machinist apprentice at a knit wear factory, D H Blackie. Discusses her work, the impact of the Depression and giving most of her earnings to her mother. Describes meeting Ian Menzies, who fought in World War II, and their marriage in 1945. Discusses dissatisfaction with the care at the public maternity hospital when her son was born in 1947 and a decision to have her next child at another maternity hospital. Describes damage to her daughter Karen at birth causing cerebral palsy. Comments that she believes medical staff were responsible and she was not told of the disability for some time. Describes Karen Menzie's disabilities when she was young, an unsuccessful operation to help her to walk and physiotherapy. Recalls beginning contact with CCS when Karen attended the CCS kindergarten. Mentions that she cared for her mother in addition to her family. Comments on the involvement of both husband Ian and son Bryan in CCS. Recalls work done by the family on the Gertrude Powley Holiday House in Roxburgh. Describes Karen's attendance at the Cerebral Palsy School in Waverley and then the CCS adult care centre. Discusses her feelings of responsibility for Karen. Comments on their relationship and how caring for her has affected her life. Mentions hysterectomy. Discusses some CCS services and staff. Discusses transport and an incident with a bus driver. Mentions that Karen is now living in the CCS Residential Care Unit (hostel). Interviewer(s) - Helen Frizzell Accompanying material - Copies of photos of Ian and Ethel Menzies; photos of the Menzies family; photos of Karen Menzies in various CCS group photos; newspaper articles featuring Karen Menzies at the Mosgiel Abilities Resource Centre and obituary of Ian Menzies Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 3 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-2575.

Date: 1976-2001

From: Franks, Peter Langdon, 1950- : Papers and photographs

Reference: MS-Papers-11694-01

Description: The bulk of the papers relate to the deregistration of the Boilermakers' Union in 1976. Also notes relating to the Auckland Carpenters' Union, 1983 and a precis of `New song of the shirt? - A history of women in the clothing industry in Auckland, 1890-1939' a MA thesis written by L C Duncan, University of Auckland, 1989 Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [ca 1 Apr 1998]

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

By: Giblin, Ross, active 1980s-2000s

Reference: EP/1998/1371-F

Description: Women textile workers rally against tariff cuts. They hold signs that read: "Keep Tariffs" and "Save jobs protect industry". Photographs taken circa 1 April 1998 by Evening Post staff photographer Ross Giblin, probably in the Wellington region. Quantity: 2 colour original negative(s) strips with 6 images. Physical Description: Dye coupler negatives, 35mm

Date: [ca 10 Mar 1960]

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: EP/1960/0854-F

Description: Miss Louie Kuiti at Lane's Hosiery, Levin, operating a 'looper' machine for children's stretch-nylon socks. Photograph taken circa 10 March 1960 for the Evening Post by an unidentified staff photographer. Other - Published in the Evening Post newspaper, 10 March 1960. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 5.6 x 5.6 cm

From: Burt, Gordon Onslow Hilbury, 1893-1968 :Negatives

Reference: 1/1-015463-G

Description: Shows women sitting around a work table making hats. The table is covered with the tools of their trade, such as irons, measuring tapes etc. Photograph taken by Gordon Burt. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: [ca 1910]

By: Zachariah, Joseph, 1867-1965

Reference: 1/2-032262-F

Description: Unidentified clothing factory with women workers at machines, circa 1910. Photograph taken by Joseph Zachariah. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 25 Sep 1990

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: EP/1990/3381/6-F

Description: Opposition leader Jim Bolger with Rachael Hirini, an employee of clothing clothing manufacturer L R Wishart Ltd, Levin, during Bolgers visit to Wishart's on 25 September 1990. Photograph taken by Evening Post staff photographer Jon Hargest. Publication note - Published in the Evening Post, 26 September 1990. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print including caption from Evening Post 26 Sepember 1990. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) (Individual image on negative strip). Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm Finding Aids: File print in Evening Post illustrations file at cabinet 9, drawer 2, at Industry-Clothing.