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McEWAN, Peggy interviewed by Judith Thomas
Record Group
Identifier: H0661
Overview
Peggy starts by describing growing up in Morton Street, siblings, friends, games and neighbours. She talks of holidays in the country, education and employment at Whitcombe and Tombs. She recalls the different departments that operated with in the store as well as a Social Club and Sports Club. Peggy recollects other staff members who became heads of departments. Peggy was the head of the magazine department and details this work. She goes onto recall other businesses that operated around...
Dates:
2024
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
McFadzien Collection
Record Group
Identifier: A0364
Dates:
1965
Found in:
Invercargill City Council Archives
McFARLANE, Nola Patricia interview by Cathy Macfie
Record Group
Identifier: H0428
Overview
In this interview Nola shares childhood memories of family, education, sports, the depression, employment, games and interests e.g., playing the bagpipes. She details meeting her husband, planning their wedding and mountaineering honeymoon. They built their first house in Joseph Street, before shifting to Otatara and building there on a life style block. Nola also shares a story of husband, Jim, joining the Nepal Expedition with Sir Edmund Hillary and an accident Jim had there and his...
Dates:
2020
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
McGHIE, James Spence (Jim) interviewed by Morag Forrester
Record Group
Identifier: H0522
Overview
In this interview, Jim recounts his family history and his early life on the West Coast. He began his working life saw milling but his passion was hunting deer. Jim then became involved in the deer culling programme in Fiordland. After an accident involving his hunting dog Jim then worked on the Doubtful Sound track and ran a passenger boat service. He built a house in Manapouri before moving to Australia for 4 years where he continued with hunting. On his return to New Zealand he took up...
Dates:
2004
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
MCGILVRAY, Madeline Rae [Self Recorded Recollections of her Nursing Career]
Record Group
Identifier: H0677
Dates:
2009
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
McINTOSH, Murray interviewed by Anne McCracken
Record Group
Identifier: H0193
Overview
Murray was born in Riverton and attended Tuatapere School. In this interview he describes and details his extensive involvement in possum hunting. He also looks at his employment, business/farms owned and books written about himself and his wife and their possuming exploits.
Dates:
2014
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
McINTRYE, Tui Heather interviewed by Patricia Conradson
Record Group
Identifier: H0459
Overview
In this interview Tui talks about her 5 decade-long career as a maternity nurse. She began her training at St Helen's and had a 14 year tenure as a maternity nurse at Dee Street Maternity Hospital. She also recounts her personal experience giving birth to her second child at the Dee Street Maternity Hospital. When her children were young Tui worked regular school hours but this changed after 5 years, in the early 1970s, when her hours were changed to 8 hours shifts in the morning or afternoon...
Dates:
2002
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
McKAY, Helen Margaret interviewed by Paula McKenzie
Record Group
Identifier: H0609
Dates:
2022
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Southland Oral History Project
McKAY, Helen Margaret Interviewed by Pamela Smith
Record Group
Identifier: H0495
Overview
This interview is one of eight undertaken by Pamela Smith and Tuatapere residents conducted as part of a thesis on social change in a rural community. The completed thesis is titled "Whatever happened to Tuatapere. Are we doing very nicely thank you?". In the interviews the participants discuss their early life, aspects of life in Tuatapere and their thoughts on the community at the time of the interview and into the future.
Dates:
2008
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
McKAY, Sydney Paul interviewed by Gordon Duston
Record Group
Identifier: H0293
Overview
Recorded as part of the Awarua Communications Museum Collection. In this interview Paul tells of his family history and life first in South Invercargill and later in Woodlands where he began his career with the Post Office where he worked in various areas e.g., switch board operator, Telegraph and Motor registration. Moving between townships eventually becoming the Post master of Riverton and Winton offices, during this time he specialised in the conversion of the Telephone Exchanges from...
Dates:
2017
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
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