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Broadcast on Manawatū People's Radio, 18 June, 2019.

Moved a bit when young, 10 schools. Remembers parents splitting when 4 years old. Effects of changing schools. Desire to finish school. Maori mother. Social background very mixed. Pregnant at 15, mother at 16, in a teen-parent unit. The child’s father. Financial and other support. Second child in 1917. Mixing with other mothers (age difference). Moved into own (rental) house at 17. Social pressures as young mother. Daughter thought of her as very old at 23. University after school. Finishing degree and working in mental health as social worker.

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COMM1565509244
Title
Gayle Moana-Johnson, life story to 25 - Manawatū Conversations
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Palmerston North
Date
June 18, 2019

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oral history,
social work,
teen pregancy,
university training,
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