Christchurch (N.Z.)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
DONALDSON, John Malcolm interviewed by Morag Forrester
Record Group — Box 52
Identifier: H0562
Overview
In 1965, as Te Anau faced a surge in population due to two major government construction projects in the district, John Donaldson saw an opportunity to set up his own pharmacy business in the town. A lean-to built onto another shop on the main street was the start of a 31-year tenure as Te Anau's pharmacist during which time he was also involved in the community's first ambulance service as well as its high school and local council. All of these topics are discussed through the interview during...
Dates:
2006
MATTHEWS, Judith Dorothy (Judy) interviewed by Morag Forrester
Record Group — Box 55
Identifier: H0583
Overview
Brought up on a farm in Canterbury in the 1950s and 60s, Judy was well-versed in the changing seasons of a rural lifestyle. So it was with some equanimity that not long after she married her farmer husband she was ready to leave the rolling midCanterbury plains for the more rigorous climate and terrain of Northern Southland followed by the remote, uncultivated soils of the Te Anau Basin. As new settlers of the Long Valley Block — part of the government's farm settlement scheme in the Basin — in...
Dates:
2008
Soldiers at swimming school in Yaldhurst, c.1942
Item
Identifier: S287900004
Scope and Contents
Photo of WWII soldiers at swimming school in Yaldhurst, outskirts of Christchurch and Burnham. Photos from Herbert Leon Bailey.
Dates:
c.1942
Soldiers at swimming school in Yaldhurst
Digital Image
Identifier: D287900004
Dates:
c.1942
Found in:
Invercargill City Council Archives
Soldiers playing in swimming pool at Yaldhurst
Digital Image
Identifier: D287900005
Dates:
c.1942
Found in:
Invercargill City Council Archives
Soldiers playing in swimming pool at Yaldhurst, c.1942
Item
Identifier: S287900005
Scope and Contents
Photo of WWII soldiers at swimming school in Yaldhurst, outskirts of Christchurch and Burnham. Photos from Herbert Leon Bailey.
Dates:
c.1942