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BAKER, Russell Victor interviewed by Morag Forrester
Record Group — Box: 53
Identifier: H0568
Overview
The Baker family's connections with the Te Anau Basin go back more than half a century when Russell's father worked on the electrical supplies during the last stages of the Homer Tunnel construction. By 1964 Te Anau had become the family's permanent home and it wasn't long before Russell combined two of his favourite pastimes deer-hunting and aviation. In the late 1960s he was involved in venison recovery as a meathunter and after passing his commercial pilot's licence in 1975 he used fixed...
Dates:
2007
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BALAN Virginia Elena (Gina) interviewed by Rebecca Amundsen
Record Group — Box: 5
Identifier: H0056
Overview
This interview was recorded as part of the About Us Voices of Southland collection. This interview tells of family history, life and education under communist system in Romania. It describes the 1989 revolution and the road to democracy. Virginia discusses the process of leaving Romania in 2001 and resettling in NZ/Invercargill becoming an NZ Citizen.
Dates:
2011
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
BALLANTYNE, Colin Stewart interviewed by Rory Sweetman
Record Group — Box: 25
Identifier: H0392
Dates:
2019
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BARKER, John Charles interviewed by Morag Forrester
Record Group — Box: 54
Identifier: H0571
Overview
From a young age, John Barker developed a keen interest in deer hunting around the Gisbome district in which he grew up. But it was the lure of hunting the bigger Fiordland wapiti that inevitably drew him to a job at Milford Sound where his spare time was spent shooting deer and hybrid wapiti in the Fiordland mountains. Not long before his arrival, helicopters had started being used in the venison recovery industry in the same area and by the early 1970s John formed a business partnership which...
Dates:
2007
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
BARNES, Clifford Henry (Cliff) interviewed by Morag Forrester
Record Group — Box: 52
Identifier: H0559
Overview
The son of a shearer who worked in the Te Anau Basin during the 1940s, Cliff's first introduction to the district was in 1945. Since then he has developed extensive knowledge of the deer-run hinterland as well as the craggy coastline of the southern fiords where he spent many years both as fisherman and tourism operator. In this interview, Cliff remembers traditional skills such as blade-shearing and oyster-catching as well as forming a small tourism business in Doubtful Sound. He also talks...
Dates:
2006
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
BARNES, Irene Rosslyn interviewed by Morag Forrester
Record Group — Box: 52
Identifier: H0560
Overview
A resident of Manapouri for more than forty years, Irene has played an active role in the community, initially because of her parental involvement in the local schools and later as a local government representative. In addition to bringing up their five children, Irene also worked alongside her husband during the years he operated his own charter boat tour guide business in Doubtful Sound. Latterly, as well as local government issues she was also a representative on the Guardians of the...
Dates:
2006
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
BATES, Isobel Helen interviewed by Vanya Bailey
Record Group — Box: 46
Identifier: H0490
Dates:
2021
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BATT, Harold Ernest Norman (Ernie) and Joan interviewed by Richard Savory
Record Group — Box: 5
Identifier: H0072
Overview
This interview looks at Ernie’s early life growing at Waimatuku, joining the army, training at Papakura and disembarking for Egypt. He gives a description of training in Egypt and Greece with 5th Field Regiment; Describes fighting in Greece-Crete. Ernie ecame a prisoner of war (POW) in Stalag 8b and discusses his time there. He met Joan when he returned to England. After the war they settled in Winton where he started his own contracting business and Joan was very involved in Plunket, Croquet,...
Dates:
2008
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
BAXTER, Sylvia Muriel Mathilde interviewed by Maree Wilks
Record Group — Box: 27
Identifier: H0408
Dates:
2019
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
BEATON, Sumaria Maureen interviewed by Rebecca Amundsen
Record Group — Box: 35
Identifier: H0327
Overview
This interview was recorded as part of a project to celebrate of 125 years of Women's Suffrage in New Zealand.
Dates:
2018
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
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