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HENDERSON, Muriel Jane interviewed by Beth Cairns

 Record Group — Box: 38
Identifier: H0369
Overview Muriel Henderson was born in 1917. In this interview she describes her schooling. She talks about her brothers Gordon and John who were drowned at Omaui. She mentions the Riverton Rocks area and Thomson's Bush, motorbike racing, boxing, school picnics and opera. She discusses broadcasting at 4YZ radio station and mentions Bill Cherry. She describes her interest in duck shooting, the fishing hut at Awarua and rabbits and ferrets. Kauri trees were planted at Stewart Island for the brothers....
Dates: 1998
Found in: Southland Oral History Project

HENRY, Martha Cooper (Mattie) interviewed by Richard Savory

 Record Group — Box: 2
Identifier: H0128
Overview Mattie’s family lived at Hakataramea until getting a balloted farm at Beaumont around 1915. Beaumont was a thriving community until the railway closed. Grocery, butchery and bakery deliveries were once a week. Mattie describes the effects of her mother breaking her leg, her father’s ill health and her brother Alister’s war service which lead to his death in the Solomon Islands. Mattie took charge of the Post Office and Telephone Exchange. After her marriage they moved to her husband’s family...
Dates: 2009
Found in: Southland Oral History Project

Herries Beattie Ephemera from the Hauroko Burial Cave Discovery

 Record Group
Identifier: A0185
Dates: Majority of material found in 1967 - 1967
Found in: Invercargill City Libraries and Archives

HESSELIN, Alexander Reko (Mick) interviewed by Rebecca Amundsen

 Record Group — Box: 14
Identifier: H0257
Dates: 2016
Found in: Southland Oral History Project

HICKS, Robert Charles interviewed by Lewis (Lew) Boon

 Record Group
Identifier: H0667
Dates: 1986
Found in: Southland Oral History Project

HILL, Jean Lusitania interviewed by Janice Templeton

 Record Group — Box: 9
Identifier: H0018
Overview This interview covers Jeans family history and her memories of growing up and living in Merrivale Road, Scotts Gap, home on the farm, food, clothing, chores and education. She describes her working conditions as a cook. Jean talks of DT King moving their house up onto the hill. There is a commentary on the war years – conscientious objectors-, her marriage and family and living at Otahu Flat, her twins and their time at Karitane, and her religious life.
Dates: 2007
Found in: Southland Oral History Project

HILL, Ken and Catherine interviewed by Lynne Grove

 Record Group — Box: 39
Identifier: H0103
Overview This interview is a topic-based interview covering ditch digging and land drainage in Southland. Ken and Catherine talk about the recollections of a common grandfather, Ernie Coster, who was a ditch digger.
Dates: 2006
Found in: Southland Oral History Project

HINKLEY, Nalda Carolyn interviewed by Richard Savory

 Record Group — Box: 10
Identifier: H0075
Overview In this interview Nalda looks extensively at her family history in Tasmania and their settling Riverton. She details her parent’s hotel, talks of school holidays, entertainment for children at Riverton, her own education and later employment. She reflects on the outbreak of WW2, its effects, joining the army, meeting her husband and his participation in Greece with 23rd battalion. She discusses Gratuities and Rehabilitation Assistance, the building of their first home and family life.
Dates: 2009
Found in: Southland Oral History Project

Hirst Collection

 Record Group
Identifier: A0705
Processing Information This collection is awaiting arrangement and description. Please contact Archives staff for details of collection content.

Contains photographs of H & J Smith Invercargill building and van, Invercargill Operatic Society Productions, a Plunket recipe book and First Church material.
Dates: Majority of material found within c. 1950s to c. 1970s
Found in: Invercargill City Libraries and Archives

HOFFMAN, Sylvester James interviewed by Michael Roche

 Record Group — Box: 57
Identifier: H0424
Overview Sylvester Hoffman was born in Gore in 1926. Talks about origin of Hoffman name and about his mother's family, the Schultz family and their emigration from Austria to Charlton. Talks about his childhood, his father's work at a foundry, their diet, clothing, Christmases, attitude to alcohol and smoking, discipline and chores. Recalls primary school at St Mary's and high school at St Kevin's in Oamaru. Mentions sport and the strictness of the Christian Brothers who ran the school. Describes...
Dates: 1998
Found in: Southland Oral History Project

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Royal New Zealand Returned and Services' Association. RSA 2
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