Women's Suffrage Oral History Project (Celebrating 125 years), 2018
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:
ANDERSON-HORRELL, Ruth Mary interviewed by Rebecca Amundsen
Record Group
Identifier: H0337
Overview
This interview was recorded as part of a project to celebrate of 125 years of Women's Suffrage in New Zealand.
Dates:
2018
BEATON, Sumaria Maureen interviewed by Rebecca Amundsen
Record Group
Identifier: H0327
Overview
This interview was recorded as part of a project to celebrate of 125 years of Women's Suffrage in New Zealand. In this interview, Sumaria talks of growing up in Bluff where she played a lot of sports and would go out with her father on his fishing boat. When she moved from Bluff to Sydney for work she recalls the shock of the big city and contrasts the two places. On returning to NZ, she worked on Treaty Settlements for Ngai Tahu and details this work. She returned to Bluff and worked at the...
Dates:
2018
CHERRINGTON, Christian Anne (Mata) interviewed by Rebecca Amundsen
Record Group
Identifier: H0339
Overview
This interview was recorded as part of a project to celebrate of 125 years of Women's Suffrage in New Zealand. In her interview, Mata tells of her family history and background coming from a bicultural family, her parents’ employment and combined work in Te Reo. Her mother taught Te Reo and it was her fathers first language. Both parents were involved in community work and her father was a Kaumatua who supported many organisations. She recalls family outings eeling and her education and her...
Dates:
2018
CHEYNE, Tracey Lee interviewed by Rebecca Amundsen
Record Group
Identifier: H0329
Overview
This interview was recorded as part of a project to celebrate of 125 years of Women's Suffrage in New Zealand. In her interview, Tracey recalls family history, her education and the lack of expectation that a girl should get an education. She notes her interest in sports. Tracey left school and home and got married to her first husband at a young age. She goes onto discuss her experience at Outward Bound and how this would influence her life going forward. Tracey discusses her varied employment...
Dates:
2018
CLARK, Rebecca Jane interviewed by Rebecca Amundsen
Record Group
Identifier: H0330
Overview
This interview was recorded as part of a project to celebrate of 125 years of Women's Suffrage in New Zealand. In this interview Rebecca tells of her family coming to live in Edendale from Palmerston North, her parent’s occupations, the birth of her younger brother, and her education. Rebecca went onto study for her BA at Otago University followed by Post Graduate work in Museum Heritage, eventually becoming an archivist full time. She returned to Invercargill as an archivist. She recalls...
Dates:
2018
FORBES, Carla interviewed by Rebecca Amundsen
Record Group
Identifier: H0328
Overview
This interview was recorded as part of a project to celebrate of 125 years of Women's Suffrage in New Zealand. In this interview Carla describes her early life born in Cromwell and Queenstown in a family environment that fostered confidence, resilience, and empathy. She pursued a career in writing and marketing, later relocating to Invercargill where she published a regional visitor’s guide and became a strong advocate for Southland. As founder and Creative Director of Market South, she leads a...
Dates:
2018
GRABER, Kari Ann interviewed by Rebecca Amundsen
Record Group
Identifier: H0338
Overview
This interview was recorded as part of a project to celebrate of 125 years of Women's Suffrage in New Zealand.
Dates:
2018
HOPGOOD, Shani interviewed by Rebecca Amundsen
Record Group
Identifier: H0326
Overview
This interview was recorded as part of a project to celebrate of 125 years of Women's Suffrage in New Zealand. In this interview Shani shares her interests and passions as a child growing up in Invercargill and how her interest in art lead to her vocation as a Florist. She shares her journey starting with an after school job at Tudor House Florist, to going to Wellington where she took exams and took part in competition work. She returned to Invercargill where she eventually purchased her own...
Dates:
2018
KNOWLES, Amanda Jane interviewed by Rebecca Amundsen
Record Group
Identifier: H0336
Overview
This interview was recorded as part of a project to celebrate of 125 years of Women's Suffrage in New Zealand. In this interview Amanda gives a background to her family history, business and parents occupations as well as her education. She then describes her employment history starting as an office junior at Southern Fresh Milk and her journey through various occupations before becoming the Head of a faculty at the Southern Institute of Technology and what this entailed. A restructue in 2014...
Dates:
2018
LINDSAY, Tara interviewed by Rebecca Amundsen
Record Group
Identifier: H0333
Overview
This interview was recorded as part of a project to celebrate of 125 years of Women's Suffrage in New Zealand. In this interview Tara speaks of her education, playing sports and working on the family farm at Drummond. She attended Southland Girls High School and after a year at SIT studying nursing became a ‘Rousie’ with a shearing contractor which led to the opportunity for her to shear in the UK. On her return she was settled in Winton. Tara then worked in retail, working her way to become a...
Dates:
2018
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