Emma Vandenberg Part 1, life in Holland and New Zealand - Manawatu Conversations
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Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 5th August 2025. Part 1 of 3. Emma came to New Zealand as a registered alien from Holland in February 1960 at age 19. Her sister had been in New Zealand since 1952 and married a Dutchman who came in 1950. Rotterdam had been destroyed in the second world war. Later her husband-to-be, Frank, also came to New Zealand. They settled in Feilding. She was surprised at the different housing and the small population in New Zealand. Dance halls were quite different and so were boy/girl relationships. She became a housemaid in a Feilding hotel. She had to fill hot water bottles at night. It was a big adjustment getting used to a small town like Feilding. Compared with Holland there was a big difference in human relationships and manners in New Zealand. She is still fluent with the Dutch language but thinks in English.
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- August 5, 2025