Abstract H0235LESLIE JAMES (LES) COSTIGANInterviewer: Seona CraigAbstracter: Judith ChristieInterview: 17 September 2015TRACK One00:00 By the time attendees passed out at Trentham, able to type 60 telegrams an hour by touch typing. Typed on to paper ribbon, five holes across ribbon and able to read alphabet. Describes01.15 Two positions available, one at Wellington Radio and one at Awarua. Preferred Wellington, but...

Overview This interview is part of the Awarua Radio Communications Museum collection. In this interview Les tells of his employment at the Awarua Station where he lived in the hostel. He describes having to practice Morse code, the receiving and transmitting processes on older radio equipment, and receiving messages from ships all over the world. His job included manning the disaster watch for large ships using Morse code to provide safety for life at sea. He also describes Mayday calls. In 1974 he...

Overview This interview was recorded as part of the Gorge Road Project. Cyril starts his interview recalling family history, his parents and how they met and travelled to New Zealand in 1919. They first lived around Winton before shifting to Gorge Road when Cyril was 5 years old. Cyril describes the layout of Gorge Road township. He goes on to talk about the preparation of the land for crops after they have been used for dairying. He tells of milking by hand and storing the milk cans in the creek...

Overview This interview is part of the Awarua Radio Communications Museum collection. Bruce tells of family history and father’s employment as a morse code operator at Awarua and their life at the station. He recalls his memories of the Home Guard and times when enemy craft were close to the NZ coastline. There were large staff members during WW2 with workers working 6-hour shifts around the clock. He recalls leisure activities at the station which included: rabbit shooting, tennis, snooker and rugby....

Abstract H0262 BRUCE ARNOLD GREANEYInterviewer: Gordon DustonAbstracter: Judith ChristieInterview: 18 August 2016TRACK One00:00 Interview identification. Born in 1939.01.30 Self’s FATHER ARNOLD GREANEY worked at AWARUA in 1930 and RETIRED in 1958. Lots of changes during that time. Before that, father worked for POST OFFICE, starting as a telegraph messenger boy in HOKITIKA in 1917 with salary of £40.00 per annum. Positions in...