Overview Mattie’s family lived at Hakataramea until getting a balloted farm at Beaumont around 1915. Beaumont was a thriving community until the railway closed. Grocery, butchery and bakery deliveries were once a week. Mattie describes the effects of her mother breaking her leg, her father’s ill health and her brother Alister’s war service which lead to his death in the Solomon Islands. Mattie took charge of the Post Office and Telephone Exchange. After her marriage they moved to her husband’s family...

Overview Murray reflects on his education at Waituna and Marist Schools, the need to run the family farm at the age of 15 when his father became ill, his marriage and employment on the sale of the family farm. He also looks at living and working around Kapuka/Gorge Road; Mentioning some of the local identities e.g. Andy Barker and Lionel Lobb as well as looking at some of the local history. Murray tells of setting up O’Connor Contracting giving a description of the sort equipment required and being...

Overview In this interview Veda describes, details and recalls her musical family with her father as a singer and conductor and her mother who taught piano and singing. She goes on to tell of her own musical achievements in singing and piano and as a music teacher. She pursued this interest through Trinity College London and was eventually being awarded with a Fellowship of Trinity School London. Veda went on to become a music teacher and over the years received many awards including becoming a Fellow...

Abstract Veda May KellockInterviewer: Gill PoplarAbstracter: Amanda Corrigan Interview date: 09 July 2014 Track 100:00 Interview identification00:51 VEDA MAY KELLOCK born in 193100:59 Interviewer confirms interviewee’s understanding of conditions and restrictions of recording agreement01:43 Self born in DUNEDIN – lived there for first 8 years – in 1939 family moved to GORE – FATHER was a SINGER and CONDUCTOR –...

Abstract TRACK 100:00 Interview identification01:24 Born in Invercargill in 1945 Educated at Waituna School Siblings, two sisters and a brother.02:20 Travelled to school on horse back and then a horse and dray and finally by push bike on a gravel road. Head master Graham Elder for all his time at that school. He played the hand saw-description.03:22 Marist High School, Invercargill for 18 months. Had to leave school at 15 to run farm as father was...