Interview with Barry Parker, Board Chairman of the Co-op from 1982. Interviews were made during the Reunion of former staff members. Interviewer Lee Matthews, reporter for the Manawatu Evening Standard. Length: 25 minutes
Interview with Arthur Bartlett, General Manager of the P.D.C./ Co-Op 1972 -1980, and Maureen Patchett, Director of Consumers' Co-Op, during the time of the 50th jubilee of the Co-Op. Arthur Barlett talks of the history of the Co-Op movement and Palmerston North involvement, and Maureen Patchett largely talks about the Co-Op from the women's angle.
Interviewer Philip Liner for National Radio "Roundabout" programme.
Length: 9 minutes
Interview with Arthur Bartlett, General Manager of the Co-op/P.D.C. 1972 - 1980. Interviews were made during the Reunion of former staff members. Interviewer Lee Matthews, reporter for the Manawatu Evening Standard. Length: 26 minutes
An oral recording of "An Evening in the Archives" meeting at the Palmerston North Public Library (on the corner of Main Street and The Square). Talk is about the archives, and the Consumers' Co-Operative Society (Manawatu) Ltd and their records which are donated to the City Archives. Speakers include Ian Matheson (archivist), Barry Parker (Board Chairman of the Co-Op), Paul Rieger (Mayor of Palmerston North), and Margaret Tate (lecturer at the College of Education) who introduces a video on the history of Palmerston North.At this meeting Barry Parker also handed a cheque to the Mayor for the preservation of the Co-Op archives.
Interview with past employees of the Consumers' Co-Operative Society in Palmerston North at the time of the 50th jubilee of the Co-Op. Talking are: Edna Hoseason, worked at PDC from 1966 - 1988 (17 minutes); Jane Freeman, Share Registrar of the Co-Op (7 minutes); Peter Pitman, Display Manager 1950s - 1962 (6 minutes); Jim Ryan, 1949 - 1984 (17 minutes); Murial McDonagh, Board member and member of the Co-Ops Women's Guild - mainly about women's involvement. Interviewer: lee Matthews, reporter for the Manawatu Evening Standard Length: 41 minutes, 25 seconds
Interview with Bill Roach, MBE. He worked for the Co-Op from 1971 - 1985 and retired as Chairman of the Board. Interview took place at the time of the 50th jubilee of the Co-Op in 1992.
Interviewer: Lee Matthews, reporter for the Manawatu Evening Standard
Length: 56 minutes and 30 seconds