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DAWSON, Ian Maurice Joseph interviewed by Judith Thomas
Record Group
Identifier: H0402
Dates:
2019
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
DAWSON, Ian Moyle interviewed by Rebecca Amundsen
Record Group
Identifier: H0711
Dates:
2025
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
DAWSON, James Tasman (Jimmy) interviewed by Warrick McCallum
Record Group
Identifier: H0282
Overview
In this interview Jimmy talks of his family history and areas around Southland that he has lived. He talks of his education and employment and details his life, training and work in the AirForce during WW2. He was posted to Canada during this time. After the war he talks of his marriage and career as a builder in Queenstown. His interests include: running, fishing, and beach combing.
Dates:
2000
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
DE CLIFFORD, Catherine Mary (Kitty) interviewed by Janice Templeton
Record Group
Identifier: H0289
Overview
Kitty discusses and describes her family history, growing up in Riverton, her family’s bakery business, and the social/recreational activities available. She also covers life during WW2, employment, sporting interests, marriage and the Riverton regatta.
Dates:
2001
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
DE LA MERE, William Lewis (Bill) interviewed by Janice Burton
Record Group
Identifier: H0469
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.
Dates:
1997
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
DEAKER, Cyril Richard (Dick) interviewed by Morag Forrester
Record Group
Identifier: H0567
Overview
It was 1960 when Dick Deaker first set foot in Fiordland as a schoolboy introduced to deerhunting expeditions. Three years later, he was back on a more permanent basis having started work as a deer culler in the nearby Takitimu Mountains and the Murchison Mountains/Takahe area. It wasn't long after gaining a private pilot's licence in 1968 that he combined his two great interests — hunting and aviation. By bringing out the deer he shot in his fixed wing Piper Cub, he could sell for a relatively...
Dates:
2007
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
Deep Cove Hostel Committee
Record Group
Identifier: A0044
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1978 - 1983
Found in:
Invercargill City Council Archives
DENNY, Philip John (Phil) interviewed by Morag Forrester
Record Group
Identifier: H0557
Overview
Farm development was a major government policy in the 1950s and 1960s and the Te Anau Basin underwent the largest South Island scheme across four decades. Although a new kid on the Long Valley Block in 1968, Phil had previously gained stock management experience on a stud farm in Mid-Canterbury. Before that, he had worked on farms across Southland and in Canterbury as a shearer as well as a general hand. In this profile, Phil talks about some of that work experience and focuses on the...
Dates:
2005 - 2006
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
DEVON, Lavinia Te Rua Huihui interviewed by Rebecca Amundsen
Record Group
Identifier: H0270
Overview
This interview is part of the Grand Hotel Project. Lavinia worked at the Grand Hotel from 1959 to 1962. She became the second cook under Mrs Dickson.
Dates:
2016
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
DICKIE, Ronald Stevenson interviewed by Richard Savory
Record Group
Identifier: H0378
Overview
In this interview, Ron recounts his upbringing on a family farm at Tuturau, Southland, his schooling at Gore High School, and his experiences during the Second World War era. Although unable to serve because of health issues, he describes wartime farming, military call-ups, and the impact of the war on family and community. The interview traces his long career in high-country sheep farming across Otago and Southland, including mustering, station management, and rural life. Dickie also reflects...
Dates:
2018
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
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