Abstract H0356 ELIZABETH MAREE JENKINSInterviewer: Gordon DustonAbstracter: Judith ChristieInterview: 12 July 2018 TRACK ONE00:00 Interview identification00.50 Born in 1954. 02.00 Born in TUATAPERE, moved to PUKERAU at age 2 and attended PUKERAU SCHOOL and GORE HIGH SCHOOL. Worked in SOCIAL WELFARE in Invercargill on leaving school for three months in 1970, then applied for a job at the POST OFFICE. Opening at AWARUA...

Overview This interview is part of the Awarua Radio Communications Museum collection. In this interview Elizabeth details her training and work at Awarua Radio where she was the second female to work. Once she was trained, she was a Radio Technician. Her work took her to various places including: Dog Island, Centre Island and Puysegar Lighthouse. She talks about the lighthouse family on Puysegar i.e., how the children were educated and how the family got their weekly supplies. Elizabeth highlights...

Overview In this interview Dorothy recalls her father working on the Railways, living a Waihoaka and shifting to a farm at Pahia, her education at Pahia School, working at home to help with the milking and to look after her mother and then working in the local store. Their farm was self sufficient with cows, sheep hens and a large vegetable garden. Dorothy goes on to tell of her siblings and their occupations, school life, social life and sporting interests. She tells of her marriage to Don and their...

Abstract H0362 DOROTHY CLARE MCPHERSONInterviewer: Janice TempletonAbstracter: Judith ChristieInterview: 16 August 2018TRACK ONE00:00 Interview identification.End of Track OneTRACK TWO00.00 BORN in 1927. PARENTS were born in New Zealand and lived in RIVERTON until after marriage. Father served in WWI. FATHER worked on RAILWAY. Sister CONNIE born, moved to ORAWIA. Moved to WAIHOKA. Self four when family...

Overview In this interview Jennifer looks at her family history including: her fathers time in the Air Force during WW2 and both parents’ employment. She recalls her mother taking in boarders and some of their occupations. They had four at any one time. Jennifer goes on to detail her education through to completing a secretarial course. She had an interest in music, learning the piano and to sing and going on to teach both of these with Sister Cecil at St. Catherine's High School. Jennifer tells of her...

Overview This interview is part of the Awarua Radio Communications Museum collection. In this interview Peter recalls his work at Awarua Radio Station as a technician before moving to Wellington to work in a radio lab. He then joined the broadcasting service and this interest combined with sound engineering eventually led to working in television at Avalon Studios. He describes getting around Wellington on a Vespa Scooter as well as the various shifts he worked. While working for Awarua Radio he...