Abstract Interviewee: Cyril Richard (Dick) Deaker Date: 9 July 2007Interviewer: Morag ForresterAbstractor: Morag ForresterTape counter: Sony TCM 939Tape 1 Side A007: States he is CYRIL RICHARD DEAKER, born in 1944 at BALCLUTHA adding that his MOTHER’S (ENID) family has been connected to the BULL CREEK area near MILTON for more than ninety years. 017: His FATHER (PERCY), he says, was brought up in the...

Abstract Interviewee: Vernon Albert (Vern) Thompson Date: 30/June/2007Interviewer: Morag ForresterAbstractor: Morag ForresterTape counter: Sony TCM 939Tape 1 Side A 006: States he is VERNON ALBERT THOMPSON born in 1944 in INVERCARGILL, but grew up on a 1000-acre farm in the ORAWIA area of WESTERN SOUTHLAND. 021: Originally part of MERIVALE STATION, he says that when his PARENTS first moved there from the city,...

Overview Errol first arrived in Te Anau from Auckland to work as a ranger for the Fiordland National Park Board in the mid-1960s. He soon discovered that commercial deerhunting, a job for which he had previously gained experience as a Forest Service culler in the North Island, was a more lucrative option. At about the same time, the first helicopter assisted meathunting began in the Te Anau Basin and it wasn't long before Sir Tim Wallis invited Errol to join his deer recovery operation, Luggate Game...