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ROBBIE, Elizabeth Ann interviewed by Cathy Macfie
Record Group
Identifier: H0591
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...
Dates:
2022
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
ROBBIE, Valerie Joan (Val) interviewed by Morag Forrester
Record Group
Identifier: H0555
Overview
Holidays in Te Anau were a regular event for Val from a very young age. As a result, she is one of a handful of people with memories of summers on a section of land just a stone's throw from Lake Te Anau which was bordered by scrub and manuka and indented by makeshift wharves and boatsheds. By the late 1930s, the family had gone upmarket after being allowed to build a 'crib' on the same section. The dwelling, which was extended and upgraded over the years, was soon one of a motley collection of...
Dates:
2005
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
Robert G Smart Collection
Record Group
Identifier: A0209
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1853 - 2009
Found in:
Invercargill City Council Archives
Robert Meredith Collection
Record Group
Identifier: A0748
Dates:
c.1890
Found in:
Invercargill City Council Archives
ROBERTS, Andrew Douglas interviewed by Chrissy Wickes
Record Group
Identifier: H0347
Overview
This interview talks about Andrew's involvement in the Kakapo Recovery Project.
Dates:
2017
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
ROBERTS, Thomas Andrew (Tom) interviewed by Morag Forrester
Record Group
Identifier: H0554
Overview
The Roberts family connections with Te Anau span almost one hundred years as it was Tom's grandfather, Captain Thomas Roberts, who first laid roots in what was a remote settlement in 1906. As skipper for the government steamer, Tawera, there is already printed documentation about Captain Roberts and his years spent in Te Anau. This interview, therefore only touches lightly on Tom's ancestors. The focus is more on the achievements made by Tom and his brother, Ted Roberts, in the local building...
Dates:
2005
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
ROBERTSON, Graeme Boyd interviewed by Warrick McCallum
Record Group
Identifier: H0307
Overview
Graeme recalls his involvement in sports including rowing and rugby, both playing and coaching. He also recounts the Riverton communities’ strong interest and support of rowing. He recalls locals e.g. Fred Smith, Bob Flutey and Dickie Wixon who received the Military Medal, and Sgt John Hinton who was awarded the Victoria Cross. Graeme talks about Rex Austin becoming a member of Parliament and describes his life. Graeme goes on to describe local industries and his employment as a postman. He...
Dates:
2006
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
ROBINSON, Judith Emily interviewed by Lee Wadds
Record Group
Identifier: H0176
Overview
In this interview recalls memories and shares extracts from letters of her parent’s full lives and interests in Natural History, Book Collections, and involvement with the Dominion Museum in Wellington. She talks of their marriage and honeymoon on Stewart Island; the war years and her own interest in painting.
Dates:
2012
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
Ronald James [Ron] McLean M.B.E.Collection
Record Group
Identifier: A0695
Processing Information
This collection is awaiting arrangement and description. Please contact Archives staff for details of collection content.
It contains correspondence, newspaper clippings, publications, newsletters, and reports in relation to Ron's work with the Save Manapouri Campaign.
It contains correspondence, newspaper clippings, publications, newsletters, and reports in relation to Ron's work with the Save Manapouri Campaign.
Dates:
Majority of material found within c. 1960 - 1980
Found in:
Invercargill City Council Archives
Ronald Manson Weston Collection
Record Group
Identifier: A0716
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This collection is awaiting arrangement and description. Please contact Archives staff for details of collection content.
Contents includes correspondence from during his time in the airforce.
Contents includes correspondence from during his time in the airforce.
Dates:
Majority of material found within c.1942 - 1947
Found in:
Invercargill City Council Archives
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