Processing Information This collection is awaiting arrangement and description. It contains correspondence and documents relating to the proposed large scale mining of lignite in and around Morton Mains and Waituna, Southland, during the 1980s.

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Processing Information This collection is awaiting arrangement and description. It contains records relating to Southland Community Wastebusters Trust, Scottish Hall Trust, Otapiri Dance Committee, Otapiri Hall Committee, and Forest Hill Foundation Trust. Please contact Archives staff for further details of collection content.

Overview In this interview Robert recounts his early memories of living in Indonesia until the age of 8 when his family returned to the Netherlands. He recalls his education, his father’s work and details life in the Netherlands during the German occupation of WW2. His father was shot by collaborators. Robert goes onto recall his education after the war and studying welding. At the age of 23 he came to NZ. He describes his journey on the Southern Cross and later his trip to Invercargill by train. He...