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McDonald Family History

 Record Group
Identifier: A0654
Overview Processing Note: This collection is awaiting arrangement and description. Please contact Archives staff for details of collection content.
Dates: Majority of material found within 1850 - 2000

McDONALD, Ruth Lillian interviewed by Ailsa Dawson

 Record Group
Identifier: H0450
Overview Ruth McDonald was born in Hawera in 1911. In this interview, Ruth gives details of her father's family, the Dews. She recalls schooling at Ruawai, moving as a result of her father's occupation as cheese factory manager and living at Kakapuku (near Te Awamutu). She married William McDonald in 1930 and drove from the King Country to Southland to live. She lived at Wrights Bush cheese factory and then at Lochiel, managing the Northope dairy factory. She describes the closing of these factories...
Dates: 1998

McDOWELL, John Stuart (Boggy) interviewed by Nancy Burnett

 Record Group
Identifier: H0061
Overview This interview was recorded as part of the About Us Voices of Southland collection. In this interview John discusses and describes his family history, life on the farm at Boggy Burn, his education- particularly at Central Southland College, sporting interests and interest in music. After talking with the careers advisor John decided on a career in Radio. He talks of his career, which started in Dunedin, his return to Invercargill, his views on Southland and life here and the Southland Music...
Dates: 2011

McEWAN, Peggy interviewed by Judith Thomas

 Record Group
Identifier: H0661
Overview Peggy starts by describing growing up in Morton Street, siblings, friends, games and neighbours. She talks of holidays in the country, education and employment at Whitcombe and Tombs. She recalls the different departments that operated with in the store as well as a Social Club and Sports Club. Peggy recollects other staff members who became heads of departments. Peggy was the head of the magazine department and details this work. She goes onto recall other businesses that operated around...
Dates: 2024

McFadzien Collection

 Record Group
Identifier: A0364
Dates: 1965

McFARLANE, Nola Patricia interview by Cathy Macfie

 Record Group
Identifier: H0428
Overview In this interview Nola shares childhood memories of family, education, sports, the depression, employment, games and interests e.g., playing the bagpipes. She details meeting her husband, planning their wedding and mountaineering honeymoon. They built their first house in Joseph Street, before shifting to Otatara and building there on a life style block. Nola also shares a story of husband, Jim, joining the Nepal Expedition with Sir Edmund Hillary and an accident Jim had there and his...
Dates: 2020

McGHIE, James Spence (Jim) interviewed by Morag Forrester

 Record Group
Identifier: H0522
Overview In this interview, Jim recounts his family history and his early life on the West Coast. He began his working life saw milling but his passion was hunting deer. Jim then became involved in the deer culling programme in Fiordland. After an accident involving his hunting dog Jim then worked on the Doubtful Sound track and ran a passenger boat service. He built a house in Manapouri before moving to Australia for 4 years where he continued with hunting. On his return to New Zealand he took up...
Dates: 2004

McINTOSH, Murray interviewed by Anne McCracken

 Record Group
Identifier: H0193
Overview Murray was born in Riverton and attended Tuatapere School. In this interview he describes and details his extensive involvement in possum hunting. He also looks at his employment, business/farms owned and books written about himself and his wife and their possuming exploits.
Dates: 2014

McINTRYE, Tui Heather interviewed by Patricia Conradson

 Record Group
Identifier: H0459
Overview In this interview Tui talks about her 5 decade-long career as a maternity nurse. She began her training at St Helen's and had a 14 year tenure as a maternity nurse at Dee Street Maternity Hospital. She also recounts her personal experience giving birth to her second child at the Dee Street Maternity Hospital. When her children were young Tui worked regular school hours but this changed after 5 years, in the early 1970s, when her hours were changed to 8 hours shifts in the morning or afternoon...
Dates: 2002

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Invercargill City Council Archives 723
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Oral history 638
School records 323
Southland (N.Z.) 313
Invercargill (N.Z.) 232
Eastern Southland (N.Z.) 149
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Photographs 122
World War, 1939-1945 121
Western Southland (N.Z.) 94
Fiordland (N.Z.) 87
Riverton (N.Z.) 74
Te Anau (N.Z.) 71
Farm life 69
In the Wake of the Pioneers: Fiordland Museum Trust Oral History Project 63
Central Southland (N.Z.) 54
Northern Southland (N.Z.) 47
Sheep Farming 43
Church records and registers 42
Otago (N.Z.) 41
Sports -- Clubs 39
Voluntarism 38
Nursing 36
Societies and clubs 35
Education 31
Bluff (N.Z.) 30
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Retail Trade 30
Stewart Island/Rakiura (N.Z.) 30
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Music 28
Tourism 28
Sawmills 24
West Otago Oral History Collection, 2010 - 24
Friendly societies 22
Otautau (N.Z.) 22
Tapanui (N.Z.) 22
Telecommunications 22
Women -- Societies and clubs 22
Discovering Glengarry's Community Spirit Oral History Project, 2014 21
West Otago (N.Z.) 21
Dairy Farming 20
Winton (N.Z.) 19
Awarua Communications Museum Oral History Collection, 2014- 18
Coal mines and mining 18
Depressions -- 1929 18
Manapouri (N.Z.) 18
Deer Farming 17
Nature Conservation 17
Nightcaps (N.Z.) 17
Rugby Union football 17
Southland (N.Z.) -- Flood, 1984 17
Wyndham (N.Z.) 17
Rabbits -- Control 16
"About Us Voices of Southland" Oral History Project, 2011 15
Gore District 15
Gore District Historical Society Oral History Collection 15
Lumsden (N.Z.) 15
Mataura (N.Z.) 15
Service clubs 15
Wildlife conservation 15
1984 Southland Flood Oral History Project, 2009 14
Cattle Farming 14
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Flax Industry 14
Gorge Road (N.Z.) 14
Religion 14
Women's Suffrage Oral History Project (Celebrating 125 years), 2018 14
Edendale (N.Z.) 13
Gold mines and mining 13
Otatara (N.Z.) 13
Queenstown (N.Z.) 13
World War, 1914-1918 13
Boats and boating 12
Dairy factories 12
Woodlands (N.Z.) 12
Agricultural Machinery 11
Makarewa (N.Z.) 11
Maps 11
Ohai (N.Z.) 11
Central Otago (N.Z.) 10
Gorge Road Oral History Collection, 2014- 10
Waikawa (N.Z.) 10
Catlins District (N.Z.) 9
Construction Industry 9
Deer -- Control 9
Forests and forestry 9
Fortrose (N.Z.) 9
Genealogy 9
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Milford Sound (N.Z.) 9
Riverton Hospital Oral History Project, 2016 9
Sheep-shearing 9
"Dr Elder Book Project" 2022-2023 8
Grand Hotel Oral History Project, 2016 8
Meat industry and trade 8
Mossburn (N.Z.) 8
Music -- Societies, etc. 8
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Names
Amundsen, Rebecca 71
Forrester, Morag 62
Campbell, Jenny 46
Templeton, Janice 44
Burnett, Nancy 35
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Church of England 34
Ruddenklau, Edith 34
Thomas, Judith 25
Duston, Gordon Thomas 20
Macfie, Cathy 14
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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