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DAVIS, Jane Ruby Karina interviewed by Rebecca Amundsen

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

DAWSON, Ian Maurice Joseph interviewed by Judith Thomas

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

DAWSON, James Tasman (Jimmy) interviewed by Warrick McCallum

 Record Group
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
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
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
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

Deep Cove Hostel Committee

 Record Group
Identifier: A0044
Dates: Majority of material found within 1978 - 1983
Found in: Invercargill City Council Archives

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World War, 1939-1945 121
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In the Wake of the Pioneers: Fiordland Museum Trust Oral History Project 63
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Discovering Glengarry's Community Spirit Oral History Project, 2014 21
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"About Us Voices of Southland" Oral History Project, 2011 15
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1984 Southland Flood Oral History Project, 2009 14
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Women's Suffrage Oral History Project (Celebrating 125 years), 2018 14
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World War, 1914-1918 13
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"Dr Elder Book Project" 2022-2023 8
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Amundsen, Rebecca 71
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Thomas, Judith 25
Duston, Gordon Thomas 20
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McCracken, Anne Elizabeth 14
Savory, Richard 13
Hoskin, Harold Philip (Phil) 12
McCallum, Warrick Linn 11
Craig, Seona 10
Irving, Margaret Ann 10
McDonald, Avis Jennifer 10
Wadds, Lee 10
Esler, Lloyd 9
Grove, Lynne 8
Bailey, Vanya 7
Dawson, Ailsa Ruth 7
Lietze, Joy 7
McKenzie, Paula 7
Smith, Pamela 7
Wickes, Chrissy 7
Cairns, Beth 6
Craske, Jane 6
Henderson, Virginia 5
Poplur, Gill 5
Conradson, Patricia 4
McCallum, Merren 4
McGilvray, Madeline Rae 4
Presbyterian Church 4
Smith, Tessa 4
Wilks, Maree 4
Young, Lynette 4
van der Linden, Elizabeth Anne (Liz) 4
Dillner, Jennifer Jane (Jenny) 3
Dixon, Ngarita Helen 3
Faul, Alva Mary 3
Glennie, Diane Marjorie 3
Lampitt, Chrissy 3
McDougall, Margaret 3
McFarland, Paulette 3
Miller, Elizabeth Carolyn (Liz) 3
Redhead, Valmai 3
White, Senga 3
Ayson, Peter Leicester 2
Bailey, Mae Florence 2
Baxter, Sylvia Muriel Mathilde 2
Booth, Vincent Paul 2
Chisholm, Robert John 2
Donaldson, John Malcolm 2
Favel, Annie Keturah 2
Federated Farmers of New Zealand. Women's Division 2
Fordyce, Shona 2
Goldup, Renee 2
Harvey, Joan 2
Invercargill (N.Z.). City Council 2
Macdonald, Angus David 2
McConechy, Graham Spencer 2
McHutchon, Gloria Elaine 2
McKay, Helen Margaret 2
McKenzie, Ann 2
Milnes, Dickon John, Dr 2
Nuttall, Louis Norman (Lou) 2
Piercy, Geoffrey Thomson (Geoff) 2
Pritchard, William John (Jack) 2
Royal New Zealand Returned and Services' Association. RSA 2
Smith, Rosalyn Mary Murray 2
Stoddart, Edith Anne 2
Thompson, Margaret Evelyn 2
Tou, Lisa Essetera 2
Warburton, Warren Gilbert 2
Ward, Patricia Kay 2
West, Victor Clyde 2
Williamson, Wendy 2
Woller, Steven (Steve) 2
Adams, Fiona Melissa 1
Adamson, Ruth Maud May 1
Allan, Margaret 1
Allan, Robert Bruce (Carter) 1
Allison, Thomas 1
Amos, Rubina Mary (Ruby) 1
Anderson-Horrell, Ruth 1
Arnett, Jane Mere 1
Arnold, Mary isabel Patterson 1
Aronsen, Gwenith Dawn (Gwen) 1
Ashby, Ronald William (Ron) 1
Ashwell, Harold Francis 1
Ashwell, Reginald George 1
Aspinall, Phyllis May 1
Aurik, Johanna (Hanny) 1
Austin, William Rex 1
Ayson, Peter Douglas Giffen 1
Bailey, Maureen Dorothy 1
Baker, Alexander Donald (Donny) 1
Baker, Russell Victor 1
Balan, Virgina Elena (Gina) 1
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