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WILKES, June Alice and Ronald Stormont interviewed by Rebecca Amundsen

 Record Group
Identifier: H0216
Overview This interview was recorded as part of the Discovering Glengarry's Community Spirit Oral History Project. In this interview Ron talks about his memories of school where he was a first day pupil at Surrey Park School. Then he and June recall building their home in Glengarry, their neighbours and the community, which was made up mostly of young families. They recall their memories of the Glengarry Shopping Centre and a shop Ron opened there selling fruit, vegetables, milk shakes etc.
Dates: 2014
Found in: Southland Oral History Project

WILLETT, Raymond William Herbert (Ray) interviewed by Morag Forrester

 Record Group
Identifier: H0575
Overview More than fifty years ago Ray first set eyes on the Fiordland Mountains while doing a tour of his adopted homeland. As a child growing up in war-time London, he immigrated to New Zealand in 1953 on the cusp of his seventeenth birthday to work on a dairy farm in Northland. Captivated by that first visit to Te Anau and Milford Sound, Ray and his wife, Helen, have lived in the Te Anau area since 1961, with only a five-year separation from the Fiordland Mountains when they worked as managers of a...
Dates: 2009
Found in: Southland Oral History Project

WILLIAMS, Albert Ivan (Snow) interviewed by Morag Forrester

 Record Group
Identifier: H0582
Overview Born the youngest of four sons, Snow's early teens were shadowed by events in Europe. His older brothers on active service during WWII, he left school at the age of fourteen to help out on the family farm in North Otago. Post-war, he continued working as a farmhand on various properties throughout North Otago. A spell of employment with an Oamaru-based limeworks company led to his introduction to Te Anau where lime was extracted from a local site for use on the goverrnment's farm development...
Dates: 2008
Found in: Southland Oral History Project

WILLIAMS, Peter Francis Bell interviewed by Gordon Duston

 Record Group
Identifier: H0666
Dates: 2024
Found in: Southland Oral History Project

WILLIAMSON, Margery interviewed by Rebecca Amundsen

 Record Group
Identifier: H0130
Overview In this interview Margery covers family history from her Grandparents forward. She tells of her childhood, siblings, growing up, friends and education. She shares memories of school days, teachers, favourite subjects, friends and attending Salvation Army Church. Margery left school at 13 and a half and gained employment at Strang’s first making jelly then making tins and gives some detail of this. She also talks of ration books and how they worked during the war. She left Strang’s after working...
Dates: 2012
Found in: Southland Oral History Project

Willowbank School

 Record Group
Identifier: A0600
Dates: Majority of material found within 1997 - 2016
Found in: Invercargill City Council Archives

WILLS, Nancy Thelma interviewed by Warrick McCallum.

 Record Group
Identifier: H0283
Overview In this interview Nancy details family history, education, chores, sports and musical interests. She gives a snapshot of life pre to post WW2 around Orepuki during this time. Her mother died when all the children were very young and they were brought up by their father. Nancy explains how they all worked together.
Dates: 2002
Found in: Southland Oral History Project

WILSON, Alan Murray (Mick) interviewed by Lloyd Esler

 Record Group
Identifier: H0022
Overview This interview covers Mick’s many and varied life and work experiences as well as history of family business – George Wilson and Bros which his father started. Mick speaks of farming types in Southland i.e. sheep, crop, deer, and dairy. He also talks about Gold mining, oil exploration, wind turbines and the early stages of the Manapouri Hydro Project as well as discussing Apprenticeship schemes.
Dates: 2009
Found in: Southland Oral History Project

WILSON, Avis Lesley interviewed by Nancy Burnett

 Record Group
Identifier: H0380
Overview This interview was recorded as part of the Gorge Road Project.
Dates: 2018
Found in: Southland Oral History Project

WILSON, Hugh Dale interviewed by Lee Wadds

 Record Group
Identifier: H0004
Overview Born 1945, Hugh Wilson's interview contains some family background, how Hugh came to write Field Guides and his fascination with nature from young age. He describes trips to Stewart Island, University experiences, study on Stewart Island, study on Mount Cook, and putting together his books.
Dates: 2010
Found in: Southland Oral History Project

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Federated Farmers of New Zealand. Women's Division 2
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Invercargill (N.Z.). City Council 2
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McConechy, Graham Spencer 2
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Royal New Zealand Returned and Services' Association. RSA 2
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