Skip to main content Skip to search results

Showing Collections: 1271 - 1280 of 1280

WRIGHT, Donald William interviewed by Janice Templeton

 Record Group — Box: 18
Identifier: H0200
Overview In this interview Donald details his family history, shares memories and stories covering a variety of subjects e.g., saw milling, his education, interests, employment, war years, marriage, local identities and community from around Riverton and Western Southland.
Dates: 1999
Found in: Southland Oral History Project

Wright Stephenson Co Ltd

 Record Group
Identifier: A0513
Overview PROCESSING NOTE: This collection has a large amount of material awaiting to be arranged and described. Please contact Archives Staff for additional details of collection content.
Dates: Majority of material found within 1953 - 1970
Found in: Invercargill City Libraries and Archives

WYLIE William John (Jack) interviewed by Lynne Grove

 Record Group — Box: 7
Identifier: H0044
Overview In this interview Jack tells of his early education and transport to school, early farming, implements/machinery, animals and seasonal cropping. He also looks at the import of cattle breeds, the transfer of milk to the factory and his employment at the cheese factory and what this entailed. During the war years he served with the Tiger Regiment in Italy.
Dates: 2006
Found in: Southland Oral History Project

Wyndham Anglican Parish

 Record Group
Identifier: A0583
Dates: Majority of material found within 1897 - 1982
Found in: Invercargill City Libraries and Archives

Wyndham District High School

 Record Group
Identifier: A0457
Dates: Majority of material found within 1924 - 1954
Found in: Invercargill City Libraries and Archives

Wyndham School

 Record Group
Identifier: A0481
Dates: 1883 - c.1990; Majority of material found within 1883 - 1923; 1931; c.1990
Found in: Invercargill City Libraries and Archives

YATES, Robert John (Bob) interviewed by Morag Forrester

 Record Group — Box: 49
Identifier: H0539
Overview In this interview Bob describes growing up in Christchurch and Kaikoura. After a brief stint in the NZRAF Bob went into farming and in 1960 he and his young family moved to Te Anau where he took on a role as a farm manager for Lands and Survey. In his first position he ran the Kakapo Block. After a stint in Canterbury, Bob and his family returned to Te Anau, this time as a field officer on the Takatimu Block. Bob talks about the development of farming in the Te Anau Basin, the ballot system and...
Dates: 2004
Found in: Southland Oral History Project

YORKE, Jessie interviewed by Edith Ruddenklau

 Record Group — Box: 44
Identifier: H0374
Overview In this interview, commissioned by Women's Division of Federated Farmers for a project entitled Pioneer Women, Mary looks at her family history, her education and qualifying as a teacher after which she moved to Quarry Hills School as sole charge teacher. She met her husband Harold and lived at Waikawa for 60 years. Her children were educated through Correspondence School. Mary also describes growing up, domestic chores, social activities and farming practices of the time.
Dates: 1990
Found in: Southland Oral History Project

YOUNG, Suzanne Blanche (Sue/Suzie) Interviewed by Edith Ruddenklau

 Record Group — Box: 59
Identifier: H0509
Dates: 1998
Found in: Southland Oral History Project

ZIMMERMAN, Walter interviewed by Janice Templeton

 Record Group — Box: 12
Identifier: H0172
Overview In this interview Walter tells of his family history, religion, his father’s various occupations and his own education including learning to play the piano. He looks at how as a child having two paper runs and becoming a milk boy saving every cent enabled him to purchase 2 quarter acre sections at the age of 12. Walter has led a very varied and interesting life which has seen him attend Lincoln College, become a shearer, own his own farms, become involved in community work which included: The...
Dates: 2007
Found in: Southland Oral History Project

Filter Results

Additional filters:

Repository
Invercargill City Libraries and Archives 700
Southland Oral History Project 580
 
Subject
Oral history 573
School records 324
Southland (N.Z.) 312
Invercargill (N.Z.) 209
Eastern Southland (N.Z.) 144
∨ more
World War, 1939-1945 117
Photographs 112
Western Southland (N.Z.) 95
Fiordland (N.Z.) 85
Riverton (N.Z.) 69
Te Anau (N.Z.) 67
In the Wake of the Pioneers: Fiordland Museum Trust Oral History Project 62
Farm life 61
Central Southland (N.Z.) 53
Northern Southland (N.Z.) 45
Church records and registers 42
Otago (N.Z.) 41
Sheep Farming 40
Sports -- Clubs 38
Societies and clubs 34
Nursing 31
Voluntarism 31
Agriculture 29
Gore (N.Z.) 28
Stewart Island/Rakiura (N.Z.) 28
Bluff (N.Z.) 27
Music 27
Tourism 27
Hunting 26
Tuatapere (N.Z.) 25
Education 24
Retail Trade 23
Friendly societies 22
Women -- Societies and clubs 22
Discovering Glengarry's Community Spirit Oral History Project, 2014 21
Otautau (N.Z.) 21
Telecommunications 21
Dairy Farming 19
Sawmills 19
Manapouri (N.Z.) 18
Winton (N.Z.) 18
Awarua Communications Museum Oral History Collection, 2014- 17
Coal mines and mining 17
Nature Conservation 17
Nightcaps (N.Z.) 17
Southland (N.Z.) -- Flood, 1984 17
Deer Farming 16
Depressions -- 1929 16
Wyndham (N.Z.) 16
"About Us Voices of Southland" Oral History Project, 2011 15
Gore District Historical Society Oral History Collection 15
Mataura (N.Z.) 15
Rugby Union football 15
Wildlife conservation 15
1984 Southland Flood Oral History Project, 2009 14
Gorge Road (N.Z.) 14
Rabbits -- Control 14
Service clubs 14
Women's Suffrage Oral History Project (Celebrating 125 years), 2018 14
Cattle Farming 13
Fishing 13
Lumsden (N.Z.) 13
Otatara (N.Z.) 13
World War, 1914-1918 13
Edendale (N.Z.) 12
Queenstown (N.Z.) 12
Agricultural Machinery 11
Boats and boating 11
Dairy factories 11
Flax Industry 11
Makarewa (N.Z.) 11
Maps 11
Ohai (N.Z.) 11
Woodlands (N.Z.) 11
Gorge Road Oral History Collection, 2014- 10
Religion 10
Deer -- Control 9
Forests and forestry 9
Fortrose (N.Z.) 9
Gold mines and mining 9
Milford Sound (N.Z.) 9
Riverton Hospital Oral History Project, 2016 9
Waikawa (N.Z.) 9
"Dr Elder Book Project" 2022-2023 8
Catlins District (N.Z.) 8
Construction Industry 8
Genealogy 8
Grand Hotel Oral History Project, 2016 8
Horse racing 8
Meat industry and trade 8
Sheep-shearing 8
Theatre 8
Tokanui (N.Z.) 8
Art -- Societies, etc. 7
Balfour (N.Z.) 7
Central Otago (N.Z.) 7
Cultural societies 7
Flower gardening 7
Isla Bank (N.Z.) 7
Lawn bowls 7
∧ less
 
Names
Amundsen, Rebecca 71
Forrester, Morag 61
Campbell, Jenny 43
Templeton, Janice 43
Burnett, Nancy 34
∨ more
Church of England 34
Ruddenklau, Edith 27
Thomas, Judith 19
Duston, Gordon Thomas 17
Savory, Richard 13
Macfie, Cathy 11
McCallum, Warrick Linn 11
Craig, Seona 10
McDonald, Avis Jennifer 10
Esler, Lloyd 9
McCracken, Anne 9
Wadds, Lee 9
Grove, Lynne 8
Hoskin, Harold Philip (Phil) 8
Irving, Margaret Ann 8
Dawson, Ailsa Ruth 7
McKenzie, Paula 7
Smith, Pamela 7
Wickes, Chrissy 7
Cairns, Beth 6
Craske, Jane 6
Bailey, Vanya 5
Henderson, Virginia 5
Lietze, Joy 5
Poplur, Gill 5
Conradson, Patricia 4
McCallum, Merren 4
Presbyterian Church 4
Smith, Tessa 4
Wilks, Maree 4
Dixon, Ngarita Helen 3
Faul, Alva Mary 3
Lampitt, Chrissy 3
McDougall, Margaret 3
McFarland, Paulette 3
McGilvray, Madeline 3
Miller, Elizabeth Carolyn (Liz) 3
Redhead, Valmai 3
Ayson, Peter Leicester 2
Bailey, Mae Florence 2
Baxter, Sylvia Muriel Mathilde 2
Booth, Vincent Paul 2
Chisholm, Robert John 2
Donaldson, John Malcolm 2
Favel, Annie Keturah 2
Federated Farmers of New Zealand. Women's Division 2
Fordyce, Shona 2
Goldup, Renee 2
Harvey, Joan 2
Invercargill (N.Z.). City Council 2
Macdonald, Angus David 2
McConechy, Graham Spencer 2
McKay, Helen Margaret 2
McKenzie, Ann 2
Milnes, Dickon John, Dr 2
Nuttall, Louis Norman (Lou) 2
Pritchard, William John (Jack) 2
Royal New Zealand Returned and Services' Association. RSA 2
Stoddart, Edith Anne 2
Thompson, Margaret Evelyn 2
Tou, Lisa Essetera 2
Warburton, Warren Gilbert 2
Ward, Patricia Kay 2
West, Victor Clyde 2
Williamson, Wendy 2
Adams, Fiona Melissa 1
Allan, Margaret 1
Allan, Robert Bruce (Carter) 1
Allison, Thomas 1
Amos, Rubina Mary (Ruby) 1
Anderson-Horrell, Ruth 1
Arnett, Jane Mere 1
Arnold, Mary isabel Patterson 1
Aronsen, Gwenith Dawn (Gwen) 1
Ashby, Ronald William (Ron) 1
Ashwell, Harold Francis 1
Ashwell, Reginald George 1
Aspinall, Phyllis May 1
Aurik, Johanna (Hanny) 1
Austin, William Rex 1
Ayson, Peter Douglas Giffen 1
Bailey, Maureen Dorothy 1
Baker, Alexander Donald (Donny) 1
Baker, Russell Victor 1
Balan, Virgina Elena (Gina) 1
Ballantyne, Colin Stewart 1
Barker, John Charles 1
Barnes, Clifford Henry (Cliff) 1
Barnes, Irene Rosslyn 1
Bates, Isobel Helen 1
Batt, Dorothy Joan (Joan) 1
Batt, Harold Ernest Norman (Ernie) 1
Beaton, Sumaria Maureen 1
Beck, James Harry (Jim) 1
Beck, Russell Joseph 1
∧ less
 

Request an Item | |