Overview This interview is part of the Awarua Radio Communications Museum collection. Marie talks of family history and happy family life at Awarua where her father was the Station Agent. They lived in a railway house there. She tells of her education, employment and marriage. She and her husband built a house in Dipton Street. Her husband was a technician with the Post Office for 40 years. Marie worked for an accounting firm and when her husband retired she recalls the extensive overseas trip they had.

Abstract HO239 MARIE OLIVE OSBORNEInterviewer: Shona CraigAbstracter: Judith ChristieInterview: 26 November 2015TRACK One00:00 Born in 1929 in QUEENSTOWN.01.40 Moved from Queenstown, where father worked for the RAILWAYS on the EARNSLAW, to LYTTLETON when a child. Then family moved to MCNAB (near GORE) where father worked for railways. Moved from there to AWARUA at around five or six years old, where FATHER was the STATION AGENT....

Overview In this interview Bill describes his work in the Boiler House at Riverton Hospital e.g. powering the boiler, shifts and hours of work, and some of the people he worked with e.g. Don Wells, Ken Stevens and Brian Stewart. Maureen worked as a physiotherapist at the hospital.

Overview This interview is part of the Awarua Radio Communications Museum collection. In this interview June recalls her time in a live in position at the hostel at Awarua Radio in the late 1950s. She discusses in detail her duties which included catering for the men’s breakfasts and dinners as well as organising the laundry to go off site to be processed. She describes the cottages that were built by German Prisoners of War.

Overview H0254 JUNE STRONGInterviewer: Seona CraigAbstracter: Judith ChristieInterview: 23 June 2016TRACK One00:00 Interview identification. Born in 1925.01.50 When DIVORCED, self and sons went to LIVE WITH MOTHER. Then had a LIVE IN POSITION at the HOSTEL at AWARUA RADIO in the late 1950s. Cooked for all the single men, and some of the married men at lunch times. Cooked for up to 20 people.03.00 Was employed during...

Overview This interview is part of the Awarua Radio Communications Museum collection. John discusses and describes his work with the Post Office Line Gangs around Southland. In particular to talks about the opening of the Hedgehope exchange and work down on Stewart Island exchange describing the laying of the cable for the new exchange. He goes onto to tell of his shift into the planning of the cable network. He worked for 42 years and recalls life after retirement and his involvement with the...

Abstract H0234JOHN THOMAS HALLInterviewer: Seona CraigAbstracter: Judith ChristieInterview: 16 August 2015 TRACK One00:00 Interview identification00:45 Self born in 1929. 01.20 Started at the POST OFFICE 6 September 1946. Didn’t know much about telephone cables or telephones. Not so many phones around. Started on cables on NORTH ROAD, when cables got wet. 02.30 Sent to a course at BURNHAM...