Eddie Eggers, educational psychologist - Manawatū Conversations
First broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 11 June, 2019. Working in the education psychology field 1974 to 2003. Scope of work in early years. Requests from... Read More
Rosaline Putu, Part 1 - Manawatū Conversations
Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 28 May 2019. Rosaline Putu, part 1 of 2. Scandinavian origins, born in Palmerston North 1938, married a Maori in 1960. H... Read More
Rosaline Putu, Part 2 - Manawatū Conversations
Broadcast on Manawatū People's Radio, 4 June, 2019. Rosaline Putu, part 2 of 2. Early life in Kairanga (1940s). Moved onto a farm when very young, stayed unti... Read More
Joe Hollander, Palmerston North Defence Heritage Advisory Group part 2 - Manawatu Conversations
Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 19th May 2020. Part 2 of 2. Palmerston North Defence Heritage Advisory Group activities. Anniversaries and commemorati... Read More
Joe Hollander, Palmerston North Defence Heritage Advisory Group part 1 - Manawatu Conversations
Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 12th May 2020. Part 1 of 2. Defence Heritage work since 2015. Coordinating defence heritage activities, ANZAC Day, Mil... Read More
Brian Hunter - Part 1 of 3. Early childhood, father’s war experience - Manawatu Conversations
Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio 5th November 2019. Part 1 of 3. Born 1940, father away during the war. Early years in Rewa. Father severely wounded in I... Read More
Keith Clark, Part 3, Marriage and teaching in Palmerston North and Blenheim - Manawatu Conversations
Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 6th October 2020. Part 3 of 5. Marriage, parents approval, wedding and reception. Moving to Palmerston North, teaching... Read More
Robin Coleman and Jackie Sayers 1, UK childhoods, coming to NZ - Manawatu Conversations
Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 27 July 2021. Part 1 of 4. Jackie came to NZ in 1958. Wanted a country without a class system. Experience of system. ... Read More
Jim Oliver and Dave Marshall Part 2, Careers as steam engine drivers - Manawatu Conversations
Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 3rd November 2020. Part 2 of 4. Working in the Palmerston North railway yards, 1950s and 60s. Railway through the Squ... Read More
Jim Oliver and Dave Marshall Part 1, Careers as steam engine drivers - Manawatu Conversations
Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio 27th October 2020. Part 1 of 4. Railway driving, appeal of steam. Training. Shifts. Yard work. Fun and games, drinking ... Read More
Robin Coleman and Jackie Sayers 4, Study and work as a social worker - Manawatu Conversations
Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 17 August 2021. Part 4 of 4. Worked as a social worker from 1980. Early days of university-qualified social workers. 4... Read More
Eileen Curd Part 1, Coming to NZ, UK wartime childhood - Manawatu Conversations
Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 11th January 2022. Part 1 of 2. Eileen just turned 90. Came to NZ from UK in 1953, 10 pound Pom. Went to NZ for 2 year... Read More
Darroch Ball Part 1, Early life and time as an MP - Manawatu Conversations
Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 25th May 2021. Part 1 of 2. Grew up in Auckland, university then army officer for 7 years, logistics officer. Why left... Read More
John Waldon Part 3, Proposed Maori health reforms, 2021 - Manawatu Conversations
Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 6th July 2021. Part 3 of 3. Aims of reforms to health services for Maori. Not necessarily just used by Maori, but diff... Read More
Grant Hadfield Part 1, Family background, farming in the 1980s, A&P Shows - Manawatu Conversations
Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio 8th June 2021. Part 1 of 2. Long family history in NZ, 1823 Henry Williams arrived, later translated the Treaty of Waitan... Read More
Stuart Birks, Iola Haggarty, Alison Mildon, Part 1, local government - Manawatu Conversations
Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 8th February 2022. Part 1 of 2. Local government responses to Covid and other disasters. Voluntary networks, ethnic com... Read More
Pam Hansen Part 1 - Young mother and dentist’s wife in 1960s Palmerston North - Manawatu Conversations
Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 14th Janary 2020. Part 1 of 2. Came to Palmerston North in 1960. Dentist husband, Mike. Grew up in Wellington, Univer... Read More
Raylee Murphy, living with polio, Part 2 - Manawatū Conversations
Broadcast on Manawatū People's Radio 9 July, 2019. Raylee Murphy, Part 2 of 2. Overcame early effects of polio. Polio support group, on the board, learning ab... Read More
Chris Morton - Aircraft instrument fitter - Manawatū Conversations
Broadcast on Manawatū People's Radio, 10th September 2019. Early life. Airforce cadetship. 1 year initial training at Woodburn. Further year at Wigram, then per... Read More
Trish Keiller, Caccia Birch House - Manawatū Conversations
Broadcast on Manawatū People's Radio, 7 May, 2019. Trish Keiller on the history of Caccia Birch House, interviewed by Alison Mildon. Sound of cicadas in the bac... Read More