SUSAN CHARTRES

Interviewer: Lynley Soper

Abstracter: Robyn Powley

Interview: 27 June 2016

00:36 Interview Introduction – Identification – SUSAN CHARTRES – born 21/01/63 – Recording agreement

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TRACK 2

00:09 MOTHER -? MARY JEAN ANAND – born at WAIPUKURAU – HAWKES BAY – FATHER – HAROLD JOHN CHARTRES – born at CASTLEROCK – LUMSDEN – SUSAN born at LUMSDEN MATERNITY HOME - Details

00:46 SUSAN – grew up MANAPOURI STATION – 32Km from TE ANAU – TWO OLDER BROTHERS – TWO OLDER SISTERS – Details

01:17 Recalls – earliest memory – ‘On the farm’ – TRUCK – JEEP – around the STOCK – in the WORKSHOP with BROTHERS – CARS – TRACTORS – GO-CARTS to SCHOOL – about 1KM to the SCHOOL BUS – if RAINING DAD took her in the CAR – CATTLE and SHEEP FARM – HEREFORDS – SIMMENTALS CROSS

03:03 Recalls – FATHER bought the FARM – 1946 – from his FATHER – SOLD 9000 (acres) to the GOVERNMENT – helped pay for the FARM – ACCIDENT – BROTHERS ‘took over’ – left with 5000 acres – 5KM from the KEY

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TRACK 3

00:07 Recalls – at THE KEY – MARAROA SCHOOL – started 1968 – two CLASSROOMS – two TEACHERS – later third CLASSROOM – ROLL about 60 children – MISS PEARCE (sp) first teacher – (Susan) LEFT-HANDED – had to keep her HAND in her POCKET – BLACKBOARDS on WALLS – ‘worst memory at school’

02:22 Recalls – BARRY and JOY CLARK (sp) – ‘nicer teacher’ – MUSIC – RECORDER – XYLOPHONE – HANGI – LONG SLIDE – FLYING FOX – learnt to SWIM - MARAROA RIVER – BULLDOZER – MOTHER/FATHER – FUNDRAISERS for a POOL – DOG TRIALS – fed the MEN – BURWOOD STATION

04:46 Recalls – next teacher BARRY CLARK – FOUR ‘my year’ – BRIDGET SPEIGHT (sp) – RULERS -got the STRAP

05:56 Recalls – had a PLAY SHOP – ‘coolest memory at school’ – DRESSING UP – SCHOOL BUS – Mother drove behind it on FIRST DAY of SCHOOL – Knew everyone – SCHOOL JOURNALS – JANET and JOHN BOOKS – MAGELLAN – CAPE HORN – BLACK BOARD – screeching fingernails – POT BELLIES – jobs to do – LINO

08:43 Recalls – TECHNOLOGY in the SCHOOL – RECORD PLAYER – SQUARE DANCING – SINGING – learning programme – playing ‘WHAT’S THE TIME MR WOLF’ – BULLRUSH – CRICKET – NETBALL – played TE ANAU SCHOOL – ‘MAGGOTS’ and ‘TUFFY’S’

12:22 Recalls – SOCIAL STUDIES – READING – MUSIC – SINGING – Maths Cards

13:22 Recalls – GAMES inside – sliding in SOCKS on LINO – CONCERT at end of year – ‘Musical Teacher’ – in WOODSHED – ‘DEBAR’? – PRIZE GIVING – OPERETTA – THE MARQUIS of CARABAS – SUZANNE SPEIGHT (sp)

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TRACK 4

00:01 Recalls – SUZANNE and SUSAN – DUET – in the TE ANAU HALL – TE ANAU SCHOOL watching – COSTUME – a FELT HEADDRESS – supposed to be boys – very scary

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TRACK 5

00:17 Recalls – first SCHOOL - MANAPOURI STATION – in the HOMESTEAD - ELMWOOD STATION – in the GARAGE – then ‘PROPER’ SCHOOL HOUSE – SCHOOL HOUSE at THE KEY corner – old school house became a LIBRARY

01:55 Recalls – GILLESPIE ROAD – LAND CORP – farms balloted – FATHER sold land to the GOVERNMENT – split into BLOCKS – PARTIES – strong COMMUNITY SPIRIT – MOTHER made the PUNCH – ELMWOOD STATION – MRS GARLAND (sp) – WOOLSHED FLOOR – cleaned – TALCUM POWDER – TYRES – cut in half – painted WHITE – hung on the walls – FLOWERS and FLAX

04:28 Recalls – the FOOD – amazing – ACCORDIAN - MRS TURNBULL – HASTEY (sp) – PIANO – MR TURNBULL – on the broom handle – KIDS played outside for hours – played in the CARS – ‘in the morning wake up in someone else’s bed’

06:03 Recalls – COMMUNITY gifted the HALL from the GOVERNMENT – ‘excess woolshed’ – DOG TRIALS – SOUP – BREAD – CHOPS on BBQ - SPUDS

07:21 Recalls – SALES at CASTLEROCK – food sold – FUNDRAISER for the SCHOOL

07:52 Recalls – SKIING – watching people skiing down OUR HILL – BROTHERS – SISTERS and their FRIENDS – NOVEMBER – the BONFIRE – all the COMMUNITY – FIRE – DRINK – hand burnt by SPARKLER

09:21 Recalls – BREAD, BUTTER and MARMITE SANDWICHES – MUM cooked MEAT “ate a lot of meat” – MUTTON – COAL RANGE – SCONES – PIKELETS – metal plate on top of range – ELECTRICITY

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TRACK 6

00:07 Recalls – BALLOT BLOCKS – the KEY – GROCERY SHOP – POSTAL SERVICE – PRIVATE BAG – School lunches delivered – TELEPHONE EXCHANGE – HAYES (sp) LIME WORKS – GEORGE and JEAN VERNON – ELMWOOD CREEK – parties –

03:10 Recalls – LANDS and SURVEY PROPERTIES – no extra staff – GROCERIES delivered from MOSSBURN – WEEKLY – RAWLEIGH’S MAN – delivered ART – DOCTOR in LUMSDEN – MR OLDS (sp) – GORGE HILL – SNOW – three FIRES in HOUSE – COAL RANGE – ‘felt remote’ – MORRIE BARRET (sp)

06:46 Recalls – CARS - MOTHER - MARK 3 ZEPHYR – lemon – DAD - MERCEDES – red

07:28 Recalls – moved to TE ANAU – Mum and Dad RETIRED – brothers ‘took over the FARM’ – ‘big metropolis’ – SHOPS – DOCTOR at MANAPOURI – bike to get FISH and CHIPS – DAD chopped down the FRONT FENCE – MOTHER - months to get over TRAFFIC – DAD ‘quite liked it’ – close to the PUB

09:49 Recalls – DAD played SNOOKER – NEW BUSINESS with COMBINE HARVESTER – KEY SEEDS – TE ANAU DOWNS – AUNTY JOAN – EGLINGTON VALLEY – KNOBS FLAT – deposits from GLACIATION

10:59 Recalls – MANAPOURI – time at the PUB with brothers and sisters – HYDRO VILLAGE – MANUAL and HOME ECONOMICS – COOKING – SEWING – TUCK SHOP at the HIGH SCHOOL – 5 cents K BARS – BOYS climbed in CEILING – spied on GIRL’S TOILETS - MANUAL TEACHERS – LUMSDEN – MR and MRS LITTLE – big NETBALL/TENNIS COURTS

14:04 Recalls – MUM – CENSUS – hit a SHEEP – delivering CENSUS papers – driving ‘DAD’S CAR’

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TRACK 7

00:34 Recalls – ‘Everyone knew everyone else’s business’ – FIRST DAY PUPIL at the HIGH SCHOOL – MANAPOURI DISTRICT HIGH closed –

01:28 Recalls – Hydro Village – ‘them and us’ – TWIZEL – some houses to TE ANAU – ‘Save the Lake’ CAMPAIGN – LES HUTCHINS –

03:04 Recalls – SCHOOL – PURPOSE BUILT – FIRST DAY PUPIL – Exciting – No Trees – No Grass – Some new teachers

04:00 Recalls – DEER RECOVERY – came to TE ANAU – 1974 – ‘the height of the Deer Recovery’ – HELICOPTERS – shooting deer – LIVE RECOVERY – DEER NETS – huge crochet hook to make, or fix the nets

06:16 Recalls – going to the PUB – full of HELICOPTER PILOTS – FISHERMEN – SHEARERS – FARMERS

07:07 Recalls – AIR SHOWS – HELICOPTERS/PLANES – ‘leap frog with the helicopters’ – OLD CHARACTERS – BILL BLACK – chasing deer – deaths

09:23 Recalls – FISHERMEN – ‘two friends lost at sea’ – one friend killed on MILFORD ROAD – CRAYS – DOUBTFUL SOUND – ‘A sad time – left young families’

10:42 End of the intervie