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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
CHARTRES, Susan interviewed by Lynley Soper
Record Group — Box: 33
Identifier: H0250
Overview
In this interview Susan talks about family history, the purchase of their farm and her schools in detail. She covers subjects such as social occasions in the woolshed the food served and the music that was played. Susan recalls local history around The Key, Te Anau and Manapouri including: live deer recovery by helicopter and fishing.
Dates:
2016
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
Harold Clarke Collection
Record Group
Identifier: A0685
Overview
Harold Clarke, 24/02/1923 - 02/06/2001. No. 1235722 L.A.C., R.A.F. WWII.Postmaster, Deep Cove Manapouri Power Scheme, 1965 - 1975, Custodian, Takaro Lodge, 1975 - 1984Harold Clarke started on the Manapouri Hydro Scheme as the Postmaster at West Arm/Deep Cove and worked through various parts of the project culminating in becoming the Administration Manager/Secretary on the Te Anau Lake Control Project. This collection contains records from the Manapouri Hydro...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1939 - 2002
Found in:
Invercargill City Libraries and Archives
HUTCHINS, Olive Doreen interviewed by Morag Forrester
Record Group — Box: 51
Identifier: H0550
Overview
For about twenty years, Olive was a member of the Board of Directors of Real Journeys (formerly trading as Fiordland Travel Ltd), one of New Zealand's largest tourist operators. Her late husband, Les Hutchins, was instrumental in shaping and developing tourism in Fiordland from small beginnings in 1954 to the multi-million dollar industry it has become in 2005.
In this profile, Olive describes the changes she has witnessed from life on a farm in Myross Bush, bringing up a young family on the...
Dates:
2005
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
MOORE, John Hollingsworth interviewed by Philip Hoskin
Record Group — Box: 61
Identifier: H0588
Dates:
2022
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
MURRELL, John Robert (Jack) interviewed by Morag Forrester
Record Group — Box: 51
Identifier: H0553
Overview
As Jack explains through the interview, his connection with Manapouri reaches back several generations. His great grandfather, (Old Bob) Robelt Murrell arrived at Bluff in 1863 and settled at Balloon Loop (by the Waiau River) two years later. The Murrell family is one of first explorers, farmers, tour guides and accommodation providers in the Te Anau Basin. In this profile, Jack is historian and raconteur. He also gives a personal account of growing up in an area that has undergone enormous...
Dates:
2004
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
SHAW, Hunter John Douglas interviewed by Morag Forrester
Record Group — Box: 52
Identifier: H0556
Overview
Hunter's first encounter with the forests and lakes of Fiordland occurred when his parents shifted south from Auckland bringing him and his younger brother with them. From an early age the allure of the bush stayed with him and by his late teens he knew it was where he wanted to live and work. For the next twenty-five years, Hunter became a professional deer hunter setting up his own base in the Back Valley of Manapouri. Taking knowledge from older bushmen and hunters, he rebuilt former cattle...
Dates:
2005
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
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