Abstract Peter William HayesInterviewer: Jane CraskeAbstracter: Gil BergInterview: 14 August 2014DISC 1: TRACK 100.00 Interview identification00.33 PETER WILLIAM HAYES born in 193601.10 Interview agreement01.49 Born on their property at WAIKAWA02.05 Mother from QUARRY HILLS02.17 Father born on the WAIKAWA property.02.30 Father worked in saw mills when not on the...

Overview This interview is part of the Awarua Radio Communications Museum collection. In this interview Paul and Barry recall and describe their experiences working for NZ Post Office as Radio Operators based at Awarua Radio, with some time each spent on the Chatham Islands and at Milford Sound. They also recall some of the emergency situations they were involved in e.g., distress calls from fisherman, steamships in distress and a call from a Frenchman sailing solo around the world. They describe the...

Abstract HO230PAUL JOHN COTTER AND BARRY RUSSELL MUNROInterviewer: Seona CraigAbstracter: Judith ChristieInterview: 18 June 2015(Abstractor note: It was difficult to distinguish between the two interviewees voices, and to know who was speaking. Names have been identified only when it was clear who was speaking)TRACK ONE00.00 BARRY RUSSELL MUNRO born in 1937. PAUL COTTER born in 1948.01.40 Barry joined NEW...