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BROTHERSTON, Peter Alexander interviewed by Morag Forrester
Record Group — Box: 50
Identifier: H0544
Overview
Peter's immediate environment, as a young child, was the granite, tree-covered mountains and clear waters of the Hollyford Valley. As a youth and into early adulthood it was the tussock country of the Te Anau Basin that he frequented. He was also among the early contract staff to carry out the initial task of levelling swathes of shrub and bush so that it could become productive agricultural soil. Leaving for a few years to live further south, Peter returned and worked for the Fiordland...
Dates:
2005
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BROWN, Carol Ann interviewed by Morag Forrester
Record Group — Box: 53
Identifier: H0569
Overview
The face behind the voice, Carol Brown, has spent the last thirty-five years being the personal link for crews working on helicopter venison recovery or commercial fishing in the Sounds and Fiordland hinterland. From the relative comfort of her kitchen in Te Anau, Carol kept in daily contact with Alpine Helicopters staff when she first accepted the role of radio co-ordinator on a voluntary basis in 1973. Eventually, her input was recognised financially and she continues to provide radio contact...
Dates:
2007
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Southland Oral History Project
BROWN, Errol Albert interviewed by Morag Forrester
Record Group — Box: 53
Identifier: H0570
Overview
Errol first arrived in Te Anau from Auckland to work as a ranger for the Fiordland National Park Board in the mid-1960s. He soon discovered that commercial deerhunting, a job for which he had previously gained experience as a Forest Service culler in the North Island, was a more lucrative option. At about the same time, the first helicopter assisted meathunting began in the Te Anau Basin and it wasn't long before Sir Tim Wallis invited Errol to join his deer recovery operation, Luggate Game...
Dates:
2007
Found in:
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BRUNTON, Kenneth Evan interviewed by Morag Forrester
Record Group — Box: 54
Identifier: H0578
Overview
Evan's boyhood interest in deer hunting around Waimate led him, at the age of twenty-one, to apply for a job as government culler in the Te Anau Basin. Two seasons for the Forest Service were followed by several years as a shooter involved in the venison recovery industry in southern New Zealand. For almost a decade, he and his wife and children were based at Martins Bay on the Fiordland west coast before moving, in 1983, to start a new deer farm on the outskirts of Te Anau. This recording...
Dates:
2008
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
BUCKINGHAM, Rhys Phillip interviewed by Chrissy Wickes
Record Group — Box: 18
Identifier: H0325
Overview
In this interview Rhys talks of his interest and passion for discovering kakapo and kokako in Fiordland and on Stewart Island. He details various expeditions and the work that he has done and the many people he has worked alongside. Telling of their strengths and passion for what they were doing and the successes he and others had.
Dates:
2017
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
BURNBY, Carley Jean interviewed by Morag Forrester
Record Group — Box: 48
Identifier: H0531
Overview
In this interview Carley talks about growing up in Gore and her first experiences visiting Fiordland from the age of 10. Carley talks about her nursing training and meeting husband George, who she married in 1951. Not long after their marriage they moved to Fiordland and lived at Cascade Creek. They moved into Te Anau so that their eldest son could attend primary school and Carley started a Bed and Breakfast. George took up fishing and was away a lot so Carley got a job as a radio operator....
Dates:
2004
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
BURROWS, Harold Charles (Snow) interviewed by Morag Forrester
Record Group — Box: 48
Identifier: H0534
Overview
"Snow" Burrows is the eldest child of one the founding members of the Fiordland Travel Company, Lawson Burrows. A book by Lawson entitled "Te Anau Anchorage" gives a personal history of what led to the creation of the company in its early years before it was sold in 1966. In this interview Snow gives his own account of living and working in Te Anau and Fiordland from the 1940s to the present day.
Dates:
2004
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
CAMPBELL, Vernon Barry interviewed by Phil Hoskin
Record Group — Box: 46
Identifier: H0460
Dates:
2020
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Southland Oral History Project
CAMPBELL, Wilson Cameron interviewed by Morag Forrester
Record Group — Box: 48
Identifier: H0530
Overview
In this interview, Wilson recounts his early life in the Catlins and Balcultha. Wilson started his first business at the age of 16, selling fruit and produce from Central Otago to retailers in Gore. Wilson then recounts his time in the air force during WWII. At the end of the war Wilson and his wife Verna moved to Te Anau. Wilson became involved in local tourism. He describes a plan he came up with for a ski field on Mt Luxmore. He recalls how he and Lawson Burrows discovered the glow worm...
Dates:
2003 - 2004
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
CARDNO, Frana Grace interviewed by Cathy Macfie
Record Group — Box: 15
Identifier: H0223
Overview
Frana had a full and interesting life which she shares in this detailed interview. Frana talks of her family, career as a Kindergarten teacher, marriage, children, life in Te Anau, and her creation of a private Kindergarten. She looks at her passion for Fiordland and being part of the campaign to save Lake Manapouri and Te Anau from Hyrdro power development. She saw a need for a Public Library in Te Anau and lead to her being elected to the Wallace County Community Board, which lead to her...
Dates:
2014
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
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