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Wildlife conservation

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:

BRUNTON, Kenneth Evan interviewed by Morag Forrester

 Record Group — Box 54
Identifier: H0578
Overview Evan's boyhood interest in deer hunting around Waimate led him, at the age of twenty-one, to apply for a job as government culler in the Te Anau Basin. Two seasons for the Forest Service were followed by several years as a shooter involved in the venison recovery industry in southern New Zealand. For almost a decade, he and his wife and children were based at Martins Bay on the Fiordland west coast before moving, in 1983, to start a new deer farm on the outskirts of Te Anau. This recording...
Dates: 2008

BUCKINGHAM, Rhys Phillip interviewed by Chrissy Wickes

 Record Group — Box 18
Identifier: H0325
Overview In this interview Rhys talks of his interest and passion for discovering kakapo and kokako in Fiordland and on Stewart Island. He details various expeditions and the work that he has done and the many people he has worked alongside. Telling of their strengths and passion for what they were doing and the successes he and others had.
Dates: 2017

CARTER, William Jeffrey (Jeff) interviewed by Morag Forrester

 Record Group — Box 54
Identifier: H0572
Overview From an early age, Jeff Carter's driving ambition was to spend his time hunting deer, rabbits and possums that roamed the hills and mountain passes of southern New Zealand. Despite being cajoled into taking up a more stable occupation in motor mechanics, it was hunting that proved the enduring option especially as it developed into a financially lucrative one in the early 1970s. Bounty was to be had in the venison recovery industry in Fiordland and the reserves and basins adjacent to the...
Dates: 2007

COX, Andrew (Andy) interviewed by Chrissy Wickes

 Record Group — Box 22
Identifier: H0394
Overview This interview looks at Any Cox's involvement in the early days of kakapo recovery programme in Stewart Island and Fiordland and elsewhere.
Dates: 2019

CROMPTON, Mark Bryan interviewed by Chrissy Wickes

 Record Group — Box 33
Identifier: H0256
Overview In this interview Mark talks of his interest weather and expeditions he has undertaken as a result of this interest. He worked at the Campbell Island Weather Station and describes in detail the layout of the base e.g., housing, streets, supplies, life, people and interactions on the base. When he returned to New Zealand, he was employed by Noxious Weeds Authority as well as running a small deer farm on Banks Peninsula. He enjoyed the isolation of the Island and returned to Campbell Islands as...
Dates: 2016

MACKENZIE, Malcolm David interviewed by Rebecca Amundsen

 Record Group — Box 1
Identifier: H0108
Overview In this interview, Malcolm talks about his family background and farm life on Heatherlea Farm (East Limehills, Southland), as well as physical details of the farm. He describes roles of family members in farm and household work; rabbit control activities during childhood; owners of neighboring farms; changes in farming practices and in the farming community; attendance at Limehills School and Browns School; father’s illness and early death; background on Otapiri Hall and Otapiri Dance Club;...
Dates: 2013

MCCALLUM, Warrick Linn interviewed by Robert Guyton

 Record Group — Box 39
Identifier: H0139
Overview In this interview Warrick describes his early life in Woodend and Tisbury. He talks about his work as a butcher and later moving to Riverton. He talks about his involvement in racing and local government and his interest in conservation.
Dates: 2007

MUNN, Allan Kenneth interviewed by Chrissy Wickes

 Record Group — Box 19
Identifier: H0323
Overview This interview focuses on the kakapo recovery project in which Allan was involved. In this interview Allan details his work for NZ Wildlife Service in particular with Kakapo. The catching of the birds on Rakiura and their release on Little Barrier Island, as well as the ongoing work to increase numbers. He talks about the harm caused by predators e.g., cats as well as the areas throughout NZ the birds can be found and the people involved in saving them.
Dates: 2017

ROBERTS, Andrew Douglas interviewed by Chrissy Wickes

 Record Group — Box 36
Identifier: H0347
Overview This interview talks about Andrew's involvement in the Kakapo Recovery Project.
Dates: 2017

SODERSTROM, Violet Elizabeth (Peggy) interviewed by Edith Ruddenklau

 Record Group — Box 59
Identifier: H0475
Overview This interview was commissioned by Women's Division of Federated Farmers for a project entitled Pioneer Women. Violet Elizabeth Peggy Soderstrom was born Torquay, England. In this interview Peggy gives her family background - father a teacher at Torquay School of Art. She describes her education at a Convent School run by French Nuns, her first employment and her enlistment as a WREN in 1916 at Torquay. She gives her reasons for coming to New Zealand and mentions the Victorious Scheme for the...
Dates: 1990