Manapouri (N.Z.)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 20 Collections and/or Records:
Maureen and Aaron Fox Collection
Record Group
Identifier: A0645
Overview
Processing Note: This collection is awaiting arrangement and description. Please contact Archives staff for details of collection content.Material relating to the teaching career of Maureen Fox M.B.E. who taught at Southland Girls' High, Southland Technical College, James Hargest High School, and was Principal at Kingswell High School. Includes material from her time with the Historic Places Trust, including copies of cemetery records from Balfour,...
Dates:
Majority of material found within c.1879 - c.2009
McGHIE, James Spence (Jim) interviewed by Morag Forrester
Record Group — Box 47
Identifier: H0522
Overview
In this interview, Jim recounts his family history and his early life on the West Coast. He began his working life saw milling but his passion was hunting deer. Jim then became involved in the deer culling programme in Fiordland. After an accident involving his hunting dog Jim then worked on the Doubtful Sound track and ran a passenger boat service. He built a house in Manapouri before moving to Australia for 4 years where he continued with hunting. On his return to New Zealand he took up...
Dates:
2004
MOORE, John Hollingsworth interviewed by Philip Hoskin
Record Group — Box 61
Identifier: H0588
Dates:
2022
MURRELL, John Robert (Jack) interviewed by Morag Forrester
Record Group — Box 51
Identifier: H0553
Overview
As Jack explains through the interview, his connection with Manapouri reaches back several generations. His great grandfather, (Old Bob) Robelt Murrell arrived at Bluff in 1863 and settled at Balloon Loop (by the Waiau River) two years later. The Murrell family is one of first explorers, farmers, tour guides and accommodation providers in the Te Anau Basin. In this profile, Jack is historian and raconteur. He also gives a personal account of growing up in an area that has undergone enormous...
Dates:
2004
Roger Sutton with Professor Alan Mark at the Unveiling of the Manapouri Saved Plaque
Digital Image
Identifier: DH03450005
Dates:
1998
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
Roger SUTTON with Professor Alan Mark at the Unveiling of the Manapouri Saved Plaque, 1998
Item — Box 19
Identifier: H03450005
Dates:
1998
Ron McLean Collection
Record Group
Identifier: A0695
Processing Information
This collection is awaiting arrangement and description. Please contact Archives staff for details of collection content.
It contains correspondence, newspaper clippings, publications, newsletters, and reports in relation to Ron's work with the Save Manapouri Campaign.
It contains correspondence, newspaper clippings, publications, newsletters, and reports in relation to Ron's work with the Save Manapouri Campaign.
Dates:
Majority of material found within c. 1960 - 1980
SHAW, Hunter John Douglas interviewed by Morag Forrester
Record Group — Box 52
Identifier: H0556
Overview
Hunter's first encounter with the forests and lakes of Fiordland occurred when his parents shifted south from Auckland bringing him and his younger brother with them. From an early age the allure of the bush stayed with him and by his late teens he knew it was where he wanted to live and work. For the next twenty-five years, Hunter became a professional deer hunter setting up his own base in the Back Valley of Manapouri. Taking knowledge from older bushmen and hunters, he rebuilt former cattle...
Dates:
2005
SUTTON, Roger Robertson interviewed by Beth Cairns
Record Group — Box 19
Identifier: H0345
Overview
In this interview Roger recalls his childhood memories and his strong interest in wild life/local history. He goes on to describe his war years and where he was posted. On returning home he details his work the protection of wild life through numerous organisations including: the Southland Acclimation Society, QE 11 National Trust, Catchment Board, Fisheries and Wildlife Management and details the Manapouri Power Station Project.
Dates:
2000