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Manapouri (N.Z.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 19 Collections and/or Records:

Alister McDonald Papers

 Record Group
Identifier: A0633
Overview Processing Note: This collection is awaiting arrangement and description. It contains notes on the Proposed Haast - Milford Road, The Save Manapouri Campaign and Deep Cove Water Proposal. Includes an 8mm film titled "Manapouri". Please contact Archives staff for furhter details of collection content.
Dates: Majority of material found within 1964 - 2002

BARNES, Clifford Henry (Cliff) interviewed by Morag Forrester

 Record Group — Box 52
Identifier: H0559
Overview The son of a shearer who worked in the Te Anau Basin during the 1940s, Cliff's first introduction to the district was in 1945. Since then he has developed extensive knowledge of the deer-run hinterland as well as the craggy coastline of the southern fiords where he spent many years both as fisherman and tourism operator. In this interview, Cliff remembers traditional skills such as blade-shearing and oyster-catching as well as forming a small tourism business in Doubtful Sound. He also talks...
Dates: 2006

BARNES, Irene Rosslyn interviewed by Morag Forrester

 Record Group — Box 52
Identifier: H0560
Overview A resident of Manapouri for more than forty years, Irene has played an active role in the community, initially because of her parental involvement in the local schools and later as a local government representative. In addition to bringing up their five children, Irene also worked alongside her husband during the years he operated his own charter boat tour guide business in Doubtful Sound. Latterly, as well as local government issues she was also a representative on the Guardians of the...
Dates: 2006

CHARTRES, Susan interviewed by Lynley Soper

 Record Group — Box 33
Identifier: H0250
Overview In this interview Susan talks about family history, the purchase of their farm and her schools in detail. She covers subjects such as social occasions in the woolshed the food served and the music that was played. Susan recalls local history around The Key, Te Anau and Manapouri including: live deer recovery by helicopter and fishing.
Dates: 2016

Harold Clarke Collection

 Record Group
Identifier: A0685
Overview Harold Clarke, 24/02/1923 - 02/06/2001. No. 1235722 L.A.C., R.A.F. WWII.Postmaster, Deep Cove Manapouri Power Scheme, 1965 - 1975, Custodian, Takaro Lodge, 1975 - 1984Harold Clarke started on the Manapouri Hydro Scheme as the Postmaster at West Arm/Deep Cove and worked through various parts of the project culminating in becoming the Administration Manager/Secretary on the Te Anau Lake Control Project. This collection contains records from the Manapouri Hydro...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1939 - 2002

HUTCHINS, Olive Doreen interviewed by Morag Forrester

 Record Group — Box 51
Identifier: H0550
Overview For about twenty years, Olive was a member of the Board of Directors of Real Journeys (formerly trading as Fiordland Travel Ltd), one of New Zealand's largest tourist operators. Her late husband, Les Hutchins, was instrumental in shaping and developing tourism in Fiordland from small beginnings in 1954 to the multi-million dollar industry it has become in 2005. In this profile, Olive describes the changes she has witnessed from life on a farm in Myross Bush, bringing up a young family on the...
Dates: 2005

LINDSAY, Gloria Margaret interviewed by Morag Forrester

 Record Group — Box 49
Identifier: H0538
Overview Gloria has lived in Manapouri for nearly sixty years. One of only a handful of residents, she left Dunedin to join her husband, George Lindsay, who worked for several years as guide and launchmaster for Les Murrell's small tourism operation on Lake Manapouñ and Doubtful Sound. It was eventually taken over by Les Hutchins and became the starting point for the successful company, Fiordland Travel Ltd. In her interview Gloria tells of her early life in Dunedin and what it was like moving to...
Dates: 2004

Manapouri District High School

 Record Group
Identifier: A0290
Dates: Majority of material found within 1966 - 1976

Manapouri School

 Record Group
Identifier: A0289
Dates: Majority of material found within 1906 - 1977

Manapouri Stock Agent Account Books

 Record Group
Identifier: A0079
Overview Processing Note: This collection is awaiting arrangement and description. Please see Archives Staff for details.
Dates: Majority of material found within 1869 - 1906