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DAVIN, Rachael interviewed by Rebecca Amundsen

 Record Group — Box: 28
Identifier: H0187
Overview In this interview, Racheal, shares her memories of her uncle, the author Dan Davin, his wife and children. She talks about her trip to the UK and the USA in 1975. She also shares memories of her father, Martin and her family.
Dates: 2013
Found in: Southland Oral History Project

DAVIS, Jane Ruby Karina interviewed by Rebecca Amundsen

 Record Group — Box: 18
Identifier: H0052
Overview This interview was recorded as part of the About Us Voices of Southland collection. Jane has lived all her life in Southland and in this interview she tells of her family history; her involvement in mutton birding, the preparation required to go to the Islands and life there. In 1989 Jane was elected to the Ngai Tahu Trust Board which later became Te Rununga o Ngai Tahu. She discusses the settlement results, involvement in conservation projects in Southland and Maori heritage and culture.
Dates: 2011
Found in: Southland Oral History Project

DAWKINS, Edward James (Eddie) interviewed by Kate Kessick

 Record Group — Box: 5
Identifier: H0081
Overview Eddie discusses his family background, home, education, and interests e.g. sports and art. He talks of his introduction to cycling, discusses training, the cyclists produced by Southland and the rise in interest in cycling with the building of the Velodrome. He looks at his career highlights, goals and mishaps.
Dates: 2011
Found in: Southland Oral History Project

DAWSON, Ailsa Ruth interviewed by Jenny Campbell

 Record Group — Box: 11
Identifier: H0265
Overview In this interview Ailsa talks about growing up in Makarewa and then Wyndham. She describes what she remembers of Wyndham growing up and her schooling and past times. Ailsa talks about the impact of WW2. She then talks of moving to Invercargill and meeting her husband through church and her parents in later life.
Dates: 2006
Found in: Southland Oral History Project

DAWSON, Henry George (Harry) interviewed by Warrick McCallum

 Record Group — Box: 17
Identifier: H0313
Dates: 2000
Found in: Southland Oral History Project

DAWSON, Ian Maurice Joseph interviewed by Judith Thomas

 Record Group — Box: 25
Identifier: H0402
Dates: 2019
Found in: Southland Oral History Project

DAWSON, James Tasman (Jimmy) interviewed by Warrick McCallum

 Record Group — Box: 12
Identifier: H0282
Overview In this interview Jimmy talks of his family history and areas around Southland that he has lived. He talks of his education and employment and details his life, training and work in the AirForce during WW2. He was posted to Canada during this time. After the war he talks of his marriage and career as a builder in Queenstown. His interests include: running, fishing, and beach combing.
Dates: 2000
Found in: Southland Oral History Project

DE CLIFFORD, Catherine Mary (Kitty) interviewed by Janice Templeton

 Record Group — Box: 13
Identifier: H0289
Overview Kitty discusses and describes her family history, growing up in Riverton, her family’s bakery business, and the social/recreational activities available. She also covers life during WW2, employment, sporting interests, marriage and the Riverton regatta.
Dates: 2001
Found in: Southland Oral History Project

DE LA MERE, William Lewis (Bill) interviewed by Janice Burton

 Record Group — Box: 61
Identifier: H0469
Overview In this, the first interview undertaken by the Southland Oral History Group, Bill gives details of his family, but then focuses on Holy Trinity Church, which is the Anglican parish in North Invercargill, and was established in 1930. Bill discusses the building, the church hall, fundraising, confirmation, communion and church celebrations.
Dates: 1997
Found in: Southland Oral History Project

DEAKER, Cyril Richard (Dick) interviewed by Morag Forrester

 Record Group — Box: 53
Identifier: H0567
Overview It was 1960 when Dick Deaker first set foot in Fiordland as a schoolboy introduced to deerhunting expeditions. Three years later, he was back on a more permanent basis having started work as a deer culler in the nearby Takitimu Mountains and the Murchison Mountains/Takahe area. It wasn't long after gaining a private pilot's licence in 1968 that he combined his two great interests — hunting and aviation. By bringing out the deer he shot in his fixed wing Piper Cub, he could sell for a relatively...
Dates: 2007
Found in: Southland Oral History Project

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