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BRAND, Esther Mary interviewed by Margaret Ann Irving
Record Group — Box: 8
Identifier: H0236
Dates:
2004
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
BUCKINGHAM, Greta Margaret interviewed by Tessa Smith
Record Group — Box: 43
Identifier: H0457
Dates:
2021
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
BUCKINGHAM, Kenneth James interviewed by Kathryn Summers
Record Group — Box: 33
Identifier: H0251
Overview
In this interview Kenneth talks of his family history and Grandparents journey to NZ in the 1860s and eventually settling in the Waikawa Valley. He talks of the importance his grandfather put on education and details the education of his father and himself and his love of playing sport. He goes on to discuss travel he has undertaken and farming methods of the time e.g., dairying, the use of horses and gelignite. He talks of living conditions and how his father had the only car in the district...
Dates:
2016
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
BURGESS, Katherine Randall (Kitty) interviewed by Edith Ruddenklau
Record Group — Box: 62
Identifier: H0501
Overview
In this interview Kitty recalls family history, her education which included being one of the first pupils at Owaka District High School, a school that her father and the local Doctor fought to get started. On leaving school Kitty trained to be a teacher. She also details memories of marriage and children and the new home they built after her mother-in-law’s house burnt down. It cost £750.00 to build. Kitty reflects on services, communication and leisure activities of the time in the 1930s e.g....
Dates:
1994
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
CHARTRES, Sheila Mary Jean interviewed by Morag Forrester
Record Group — Box: 47
Identifier: H0525
Overview
In this interview Jean describes her early life in Waipukurau, meeting her husband Harold and moving to Manapouri Station. She talks about home life on the farm and raising a family. Jean was involved in setting up the first school at Mararoa. She goes on to describe life in the district, the people and social activities, the arrival of electric power, and farming. Harold and Jean moved to Te Anau in 1974 and she concludes the interview talking about the changes she has witnessed and the...
Dates:
2004
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
CHISHOLM, Robert John interviewed by Ann McKenzie
Record Group — Box: 28
Identifier: H0190
Overview
In this interview Robert tells of his family history, his earliest memories of home aged 2 years, family life, education as well as local history around the Tokanui/Waikawa area. His first job was driving a tractor aged 14. He became ill with rheumatic fever. He goes on to tell of marriage, children and working for a carrying company, Southland County – Roading – and engineers Jones-Graham Hyde. He also talks about Chisholm Bros., and his work on constructing roads in the area. His interests...
Dates:
2013
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
DUFFY, Catherine Mary interviewed by Nancy Burnett
Record Group — Box: 22
Identifier: H0264
Overview
This interview is part of the Gorge Road Collection. In this interview Mary talks of her family history and immigration from Ireland. Her family moved to a farm close to the Waituna Lagoon. She describes Kapuka South School, transport to school, classroom setup and general school day of the era. The family had an orchard in Roxbourgh. Mary began playing the piano when at secondary school and details her various experiences playing in the community. She goes on to describe the family farm,...
Dates:
2016
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
FAVEL, Annie Keturah interviewed by Dickon John Milnes
Record Group — Box: 57
Identifier: H0618
Overview
Annie Favel was born in Edendale in 1909. Gives details about the history and location of her family farm and other dairy farms in the area. Mentions dairy factories at Seaward Downs and Edendale. Describes the Ayrshire cows, the milking process, the milking season, milking both by hand and with machinery and making butter. Describes the effect of World War I and the Depression on the farm and community. Describes the house, gardens, farm buildings, farm equipment and windmills on the farm....
Dates:
1998
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
FERGUSON, Wendy Patricia Evelyn by Cathy Macfie
Record Group — Box: 41
Identifier: H0419
Overview
This interview covers Wendy's family's history in Otatara and her upbringing on a farm. Wendy talks about her husband and his accidental death in a car crash. She also talks about the Otatara community throughout her life.
Dates:
2020
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
FOSTER, William Russell (Bill) by Gordon Duston
Record Group — Box: 43
Identifier: H0442
Dates:
2021
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
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