Overview Sadie May LeitzeInterviewer: Joy LeitzeAbstractor: Barbara GillamFirst Interview: 20th April 2011TRACK 1 00.00 Recording information00.57 Born in 1923 at HIGHCLIFF on the OTAGO PENINSULATRACK 200.24 Sadie was fourth child in a family of 6 children. 2 Younger brothers, 1 older and 2 sisters.00.40 Father was a small dairy farmer at Highcliff.01.55 Not sure of acreage of...

Overview This interview forms part of the 1984 Southland Flood Collection and is a topic based interview and was recorded following the 25th anniversary of the flood. Daphne undertook a support roll through Red Cross. There is a description of the history and purpose of Red Cross. She covers the collection and distribution of food, clothing and bedding as well as describing the daily Civil Defense meetings. Brian was a Housing Corp Building inspector and assessed damage to the flooded homes and he gives...

Overview This interview covers Betty's early life in Dunedin and then South Invercargill from the age of 3. Betty talks of her involvement in sports, particularly cricket and basketball at a national level, her involvement with the Women's Auxillary Air Force during World War II and her involvement in local politics, and her particular interest in the rejuvenation of South Invercargill.

Overview In the first interview Sadie talks of her early life, education, health and family on a dairy farm on the Otago Peninsula. After leaving school Sadie attended Dunedin Tech and studied art, English, and maths for 2 years. Her family moved to Burke where Sadie found employment. During the war years Sadie joined the NZ Women’s Land Service where she worked in Omarama and Kelso. When in Kelso she met her husband. She goes onto to talk about her family and involvement in the women’s section of...

Overview Sadie when she worked in the Women's Land Service at Tara Hills Station, Omarama during the war.

Overview The Lietze Family - Gordon, Sadie, Stuart, Clive, Bruce, Bill, Juliette.