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MACKENZIE, Donald Blair interviewed by Ann McKenzie
Record Group — Box: 1
Identifier: H0104
Overview
In this interview Donald recalls family history dating back to Great Grandparents and the history of their/his property at Greenbush, his own early life and family life and education. After leaving school he went to shearing school and took over the running of the family farm with his brother Robert. He tells of the various farming practices during this time. The family was eventually sold to his son Scott.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 2012-2013
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
MACKENZIE, Malcolm David interviewed by Rebecca Amundsen
Record Group — Box: 1
Identifier: H0108
Overview
In this interview, Malcolm talks about his family background and farm life on Heatherlea Farm (East Limehills, Southland), as well as physical details of the farm. He describes roles of family members in farm and household work; rabbit control activities during childhood; owners of neighboring farms; changes in farming practices and in the farming community; attendance at Limehills School and Browns School; father’s illness and early death; background on Otapiri Hall and Otapiri Dance Club;...
Dates:
2013
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
PALMER, Margaret Robina interviewed by Tessa Smith
Record Group — Box: 39
Identifier: H0454
Overview
This interview covers Robina's early life in Glenham where she was born and raised on a small dairy farm. Robina recounts memories of farming life, her move to Roxburgh when she was eighteen, and her time living in Invercargill as a married woman. Robina details her family's history, living through WWII and her memories of D-Day, and other memories of her childhood.
Dates:
2021
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
PIRIE, Ewen Alexander interviewed by Rebecca Amundsen
Record Group — Box: 26
Identifier: H0111
Overview
In this interview Ewen describes his family history in detail, dating back to his grandfather’s journey to NZ via goldmining in Australia and the establishing himself in farming in NZ. He refers to a book ‘One Hundred Years at Morton Mains’ which records his grandparents and their descendants. He discusses his relationship with his father and their religious beliefs. Ewen goes on to discuss tractors and their advancement in farming, deer stalking and culling, joining the army, friendships...
Dates:
2012
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
RIDDELL, Florence May interviewed by Edith Ruddenklau
Record Group — Box: 44
Identifier: H0471
Overview
In this interview Florence talks about her family history and her education. She recalls farming life when she was growing up and how produce from the farm was sold from her father’s milk cart. She recalls memories of the flu (“black plague”), childhood activities and the Jersey Stud she and her husband started: her stud was the Fairfax Royal Stud and her husbands’ was the Oreti Park Stud. Florence became a judge for A&P shows.
Dates:
1993
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
SAUNDERS, John Armstrong and Frances Gloria interviewed by Janice Templeton
Record Group — Box: 11
Identifier: H0153
Overview
In this interview John and Francis share a comprehensive and detailed look into their lives from childhood and family history; through to meeting, their marriage, family and their family’s education and achievements; the purchase of their farm and farming life. Among their operations on the farm was their decision to go into growing grain which they cover with some detail. They also tell of their lives during the war years, their involvement in community organisation’s, their interests,...
Dates:
2008
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
STUART, Alice May interviewed by Valerie Miller
Record Group — Box: 13
Identifier: H0285
Overview
In this interview Alice covers subjects such as her family arriving from the UK in 1864 and how they established their lives in Southland. She describes life on the farm in the early part of the 20th century. She goes on to recall her memories of attending Gummies Bush School and special activities she attended in holiday time e.g., 1924 Exhibition in Dunedin, Riverton Regatta each year and the Riverton Carnival. She discusses activities in her teenage years which included: sports, debating,...
Dates:
1999
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
WILLETT, Raymond William Herbert (Ray) interviewed by Morag Forrester
Record Group — Box: 54
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
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