Overview In this interview Rosie tells of life as a nurse at Riverton Hospital discussing: hours of work, uniforms, working conditions, training and routines. She tells of the Matrons role, social life, meeting her husband, returning to nursing after having her children and retiring in 1990.

Overview Rosie trained in Christchurch and after marrying a Southlander came to work at Riverton Hospital. In this interview she tells of the running of Riverton Hospital and staffing e.g. nurses and domestic staff, routines and procedures, various buildings, facilities and equipment, and the process of retaining nursing registration. She does a short comparison between the old hospital and Longwood/Bupa

Overview In this interview Bill describes his work in the Boiler House at Riverton Hospital e.g. powering the boiler, shifts and hours of work, and some of the people he worked with e.g. Don Wells, Ken Stevens and Brian Stewart. Maureen worked as a physiotherapist at the hospital.

Overview This interview is part of the Awarua Radio Communications Museum collection. In this interview June recalls her time in a live in position at the hostel at Awarua Radio in the late 1950s. She discusses in detail her duties which included catering for the men’s breakfasts and dinners as well as organising the laundry to go off site to be processed. She describes the cottages that were built by German Prisoners of War.

Overview H0254 JUNE STRONGInterviewer: Seona CraigAbstracter: Judith ChristieInterview: 23 June 2016TRACK One00:00 Interview identification. Born 30 June 1925.01.50 When DIVORCED, self and sons went to LIVE WITH MOTHER. Then had a LIVE IN POSITION at the HOSTEL at AWARUA RADIO in the late 1950s. Cooked for all the single men, and some of the married men at lunch times. Cooked for up to 20 people.03.00 Was employed...

Overview This interview is part of the Awarua Radio Communications Museum collection. John discusses and describes his work with the Post Office Line Gangs around Southland. In particular to talks about the opening of the Hedgehope exchange and work down on Stewart Island exchange describing the laying of the cable for the new exchange. He goes onto to tell of his shift into the planning of the cable network. He worked for 42 years and recalls life after retirement and his involvement with the...

Abstract H0234JOHN THOMAS HALLInterviewer: Seona CraigAbstracter: Judith ChristieInterview: 16 August 2015 TRACK One00:00 Interview identification00:45 Self born 14 August 1929. 01.20 Started at the POST OFFICE 6 September 1946. Didn’t know much about telephone cables or telephones. Not so many phones around. Started on cables on NORTH ROAD, when cables got wet. 02.30 Sent to a course at BURNHAM...