Overview In this, the first interview undertaken by the Southland Oral History Group, Bill gives details of his family, but then focuses on Holy Trinity Church, which is the Anglican parish in North Invercargill, and was established in 1930. Bill discusses the building, the church hall, fundraising, confirmation, communion and church celebrations.

Overview Ann talks family history, employment, interest and involvement in bag pipes and the Pipe Band, and incidents in her life that helped to form her beliefs and her commitment to being an advocate for vulnerable people. She became the first female Qualified Horticulturalist Arborist in NZ. She details her varied employment record and employers, marriage and family. Ann tells of the crippling interest rates in the 1980s and impacts on their farming. She goes on to tell of the hardships faced when...

Abstract Elizabeth Ann ROBBIEInterviewer: Cathy MacfieAbstracter: Cathy MacfieSESSION 1: 30 November 2022TRACK 1 IntroductionTRACK 2 00.06 EARLY MEMORIES: First home at STUART STREET opposite HAWTHORNDALE BOWLING CLUB. Parents bowled after children were in bed. Reference COMMUNITY.00.47 Describes primrose coloured BATHROOM FITTINGS – “quite smart”.01.03 Remembers POPES, neighbours with FURNITURE CARRYING...