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 manual to automatic. He goes onto describes the split of the Post Office into Post Bank, NZ Post and Telecom. On retirement he became involved with the Awarua Communication Museum and details the work involved in getting this Museum established and its journey to its present site at Awarua.