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Tuatapere (N.Z.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 31 Collections and/or Records:

ERSKINE, Hugh Armstrong Interviewed by Pamela Smith

 Record Group — Box 60
Identifier: H0496
Overview This interview is one of eight undertaken by Pamela Smith and Tuatapere residents conducted as part of a thesis on social change in a rural community. The completed thesis is titled "Whatever happened to Tuatapere. Are we doing very nicely thank you?". In the interviews the participants discuss their early life, aspects of life in Tuatapere and their thoughts on the community at the time of the interview and into the future.
Dates: 2008

FAULKNER, Robin John Interviewed by Pamela Smith

 Record Group — Box 60
Identifier: H0497
Overview This interview is one of eight undertaken by Pamela Smith and Tuatapere residents conducted as part of a thesis on social change in a rural community. The completed thesis is titled "Whatever happened to Tuatapere. Are we doing very nicely thank you?". In the interviews the participants discuss their early life, aspects of life in Tuatapere and their thoughts on the community at the time of the interview and into the future.
Dates: 2008

HUGHES, Milton (Minty) interviewed by Madeline McGilvray

 Record Group — Box 63
Identifier: H0449
Overview Minty Hughes was born in Otautau in 1911. In this interview Minty discusses his father and his work in the flax mill at Pukemaori and his mother's home near Monkey Island, Orepuki. He describes travelling by steamer to Port Craig in 1923 and attending school there. Minty talks about the sawmills at Port Craig, transporting the logs, the Percy Burn viaduct, loading the boats with timber, a brief history of the Craig family and how the settlement got its name. He mentions his job as whistle boy...
Dates: 1998

McINTOSH, Murray interviewed by Anne McCracken

 Record Group — Box 29
Identifier: H0193
Overview Murray was born in Riverton and attended Tuatapere School. In this interview he describes and details his extensive involvement in possum hunting. He also looks at his employment, business/farms owned and books written about himself and his wife and their possuming exploits.
Dates: 2014