Bailey Anne Lovett

Recorded: Tuesday 26 April

Interviewer: Rebecca Amunsden

Abstracter: Courtney Ellison

TRACK 1

00:00 Interview identification

01:10 Parents Toni & Jason Lovett, BLUFF, INVERCARGILL – mentioned. Great grandparents – mentioned.

02:10 Childhood fishing, Oyster Festival, lolly stalls. Grandad in oyster opening, kids functions at Town Hall, Teddy Bears Picnic. Grandad works on Oysters boats, cray boats, cod boats.

03:10 Father does commercial paua diving. Flounder netting. Made boats for work and made them for family. DOG ISLAND, OREPUKI – Mentioned. Stewart Island 6-day trip.

05:20 Recreational paua diving – described. Black foot, yellow foot paua – described.

07:30 Cooking paua – explained. Paua balls, patties, sausages.

08:10 Career as marine biologist. BLUFF – mentioned. Unique opportunities – described.

09:15 Biomedical science in DUNEDIN – mentioned. AUCKLAND – mentioned. Practical and theoretical knowledge.

11:00 Teachers: Tania Lineham, Samantha York, Rosemary Skirr, other knowledge they brought to classes. Competitive person – described.

14:20 Primary School in Bluff, started at St Theresa, no girls her age, all went to what is now Bluff Community School.

TRACK 2

00:00 Shifted to Bluff Community School, left in Year 7 to be taught more. Played all the time at school. Went to James Hargest Junior Campus, then Senior Campus for rest of the school years. Bussed everyday until got drivers licence.

01:30 Reputation of the school bus, wayward kids – described. Throwing food around bus, muffin landed under break pedal.

03:20 Parents taught what was right and wrong- explained.

04:15 Change to James Hargest Junior Campus, more up to speed with other kids, horizons broadened – explained. Enjoyed school and learning – described.

05:20 Student Representative on Board of Trustees, Tutor at Number Works, respect from peers, having an impact on people – explained.

07:00 Study of Shellfish, Environment Southland helped develop project and provided supervision. Studied faecal contamination of shellfish in RIVERTON. JACOBS RIVER ESTUARY – mentioned. End of Year 12, sought advantage over other kids going to Marine Biology. Bayer Boost scholarship $3000 for 6 weeks work on project. Greg Larkin Supervisor at Environment Southland. 1 of 2 Year 12 students in country to get it.

09:55 Sampling, Riverton Rocks & 2 Jacobs River Sites, mussels and cockles - described. Hills Laboratories at CHCH – mentioned. Testing and sampling – described. High flood event, changed study, shellfish 23 times safe zone, stayed above safe level for 5 days, water level also past regulations. Environment Southland changed shell fish regulations from 2 to 5 days - explained.

13:00 Public response and interest to project. Presentation to Council and report to Bayer Boost. Sign went in at estuary to provide guidance on safe levels.

TRACK 3

00:00 Impact on Community – described.

00:30 Received Prime Ministers Scholarship, Realise the Dream National Science Fair won Supreme award and Bayer Boost Scholarship, Otago University Leadership Scholarship. Don McKinnon offered job at Museum in Auckland.

02:00 Work at Auckland Museum – described. Gobbies, ferryterns, electronic list of 400 fish families, juvenile snapper sampling, Tom Chorinsky (supervisor), shark tagging with Clinton Duffy - mentioned.

05:20 Shark tagging experience – described. Acoustic tags – described.

09:10 Research on whales, dolphins, sharks, seals – described.

10:40 Great Whites at STEWART ISLAND – described. Edwards Island, Halfmoon Bay, Seal Rocks – mentioned.

12:30 Fathers stories of swimming with sharks – described.

13:40 Ruapuke – mentioned.

14:40 University, first year – described.

TRACK 4

00:00 Home for holidays – described. Food at university, lifestyle – described.

01:20 Southland people compared with DUNEDIN, rudeness, feeling of home, familiarity in Southland – described.

03:05 Southland accent, having to repeat yourself – described.

04:10 Marine biology, conservation so it can be studied, passion for marine life, Polaris Otago University vessel – described.

05:30 Outward Bound, no urbanisation, all natural – described.

06:20 BLUFF supported by fishing, oyster industry. Seemed untouched paradise, like STEWART ISLAND. BLUFF changed with economic growth – explained.

07:30 Bluff Hill, swimming at Reservoir, Bluff Pool – mentioned.

08:50 Southern Oil Basin, taking over of economics, Bluff festival used to be cheap, now more upmarket, celebrities, changes – described.

10:20 After University plan to travel, want to visit Galapagos Islands, entered Google Science Fair. Been to ITALY, want to travel as scientist not tourist – explained.

12:00 BLUFF as a young person, lack of opportunities – described.

13:00 Proud Southlander, Bluff advocate, nominated for speaker at Academic Blues ceremony at James Hargest, speech about BLUFF – explained.

TRACK 5

00:00 Southland compared with AUCKLAND and DUNEDIN and CHRISTCHURCH, prior to earthquake – described.

01:00 Underwater Hockey – described. NZ under 18 Women’s team, went to Trans-Tasman and Southern Hemisphere tournament in TASMANIA, won Gold at both – described. Trials for final selection for NZ under 19 Women’s team, Worlds in July in NETHERLANDS. Training phases – described.

04:15 Training camps in AUCKLAND, positions in team – described. Other Southlanders in the sport – explained.

07:50 Despite negative things, BLUFF a good place to live, community – described.