Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 20th May 2025. Part 2 of 2. Born and educated in Fiji. Graduated as a dietician in 1973 and worked for Fiji government for 30 years. Moved to New Zealand in 2003 with family because of political...
Creator: Stuart Birks
Place: Palmerston North
Date: May 20, 2025
Broadcast on Manawatu People’s Radio, 31st October 2023. Flew to New Zealand, 1963. First few days in NZ. Sent to PN, first impressions. Settling in, basketball and surfing. Married, transferred to Wellington. Managing Boots in Dunedin, then in PN...
Creator: Vicki-Marie Buchanan
Date: October 31, 2023
Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 28th May 2024. Part 1 of 2. Tania is involved with a project called “Untold Stories – World War II Displaced Persons Who Settled in Palmerston North” It is focused on national and local history ...
Creator: Stuart Birks
Place: Palmerston North
Date: May 28, 2024
Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 4th June 2024. Continues from Part 1 interview about displaced European people from World War II and a developing project called “Untold Stories – World War II Displaced Persons Who Settled in P...
Creator: Stuart Birks
Place: Palmerston North
Date: June 4, 2024
Palmerston North City Councillor Lorna Johnson hosts "Making Palmy Home", a Manawatū People's Radio series interviewing migrants about their journeys to Palmerston North. This episode features Frank Boulton. Frank is a life-long human rights activ...
Creator: Manawatū People's Radio
Date: October 6, 2021
Palmerston North City Councillor Lorna Johnson hosts "Making Palmy Home", a Manawatū People's Radio series interviewing migrants about their journeys to Palmerston North. This episode features fellow City Councillor Renee Dingwall. Born in Samoa, ...
Creator: Manawatū People's Radio
Date: October 20, 2021
Palmerston North City Councillor Lorna Johnson hosts "Making Palmy Home", a Manawatū People's Radio series interviewing migrants about their journeys to Palmerston North. This episode features Raza Nayeel and covers his life in Afghanistan, role a...
Creator: Manawatū People's Radio
Date: April 14, 2021
Palmerston North City Councillor Lorna Johnson hosts "Making Palmy Home", a Manawatū People's Radio series interviewing migrants about their journeys to Palmerston North. This episode features Haifa.
Creator: Manawatū People's Radio
Date: April 7, 2021
Palmerston North City Councillor Lorna Johnson hosts "Making Palmy Home", a Manawatū People's Radio series interviewing migrants about their journeys to Palmerston North. This episode features fellow City Councillor Dr. Zulfiqar Butt.
Creator: Manawatū People's Radio
Date: March 31, 2021
Palmerston North City Councillor Lorna Johnson hosts "Making Palmy Home", a Manawatū People's Radio series interviewing migrants about their journeys to Palmerston North. This episode features Wajeha.
Creator: Manawatū People's Radio
Date: March 24, 2021
Palmerston North City Councillor Lorna Johnson hosts "Making Palmy Home", a Manawatū People's Radio series interviewing migrants about their journeys to Palmerston North. This episode features Shabbir.
Creator: Manawatū People's Radio
Date: March 17, 2021
Palmerston North City Councillor Lorna Johnson hosts "Making Palmy Home", a Manawatū People's Radio series interviewing migrants about their journeys to Palmerston North. This episode features Kanchana Seneviratne. Kanchana is the friendly face gr...
Creator: Manawatū People's Radio
Date: November 3, 2021
Palmerston North City Councillor Lorna Johnson hosts "Making Palmy Home", a Manawatū People's Radio series interviewing migrants about their journeys to Palmerston North. This episode features Ahmed Obaid. He talks about his experiences of startin...
Creator: Manawatū People's Radio
Date: November 17, 2021
Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 10 August 2021. Part 3 of 4. NZ growing seasons compared to Cornwall. Gardening in NZ. Jackie’s first home in NZ, a batch in Muriwai, lifestyle, 6 o’clock swill. NZ pubs in the 1960s, not like in UK. ...
Creator: Stuart Birks
Place: Feilding
Date: August 10, 2021
Palmerston North City Councillor Lorna Johnson hosts "Making Palmy Home", a Manawat? People's Radio series interviewing migrants about their journeys to Palmerston North. This episode features and interview with Pooja - orginally from the state of...
Creator: Manawat? People's Radio
Place: Palmerston North
Date: March 2022
Palmerston North City Councillor Lorna Johnson hosts "Making Palmy Home", a Manawatū People's Radio series interviewing migrants about their journeys to Palmerston North. This episode features three young people from the Karen community, Sar, Muha...
Creator: Manawatū People's Radio
Date: July 7, 2021
Palmerston North City Councillor Lorna Johnson hosts "Making Palmy Home", a Manawatū People's Radio series interviewing migrants about their journeys to Palmerston North. This episode features Ali Muhammad from Afghanistan. Ali completed a Bachelo...
Creator: Manawatū People's Radio
Date: November 10, 2021
Palmerston North City Councillor Lorna Johnson hosts "Making Palmy Home", a Manawatū People's Radio series interviewing migrants about their journeys to Palmerston North. This episode features Imtiyaz. Originally from India, he came to Palmerston ...
Creator: Manawatū People's Radio
Date: September 29, 2021
Palmerston North City Councillor Lorna Johnson hosts "Making Palmy Home", a Manawatū People's Radio series interviewing migrants about their journeys to Palmerston North. This episode features Maria Loureiro. Maria is originally from Brazil. She c...
Creator: Manawatū People's Radio
Date: September 22, 2021
Palmerston North City Councillor Lorna Johnson hosts "Making Palmy Home", a Manawatū People's Radio series interviewing migrants about their journeys to Palmerston North. This episode features Doris, who moved to New Zealand from Nigeria.
Creator: Manawatū People's Radio
Date: August 18, 2021
Palmerston North City Councillor Lorna Johnson hosts "Making Palmy Home", a Manawatū People's Radio series interviewing migrants about their journeys to Palmerston North. This episode features Sita Venkateswar. She moved here after completing her ...
Creator: Manawatū People's Radio
Date: August 11, 2021
Palmerston North City Councillor Lorna Johnson hosts "Making Palmy Home", a Manawatū People's Radio series interviewing migrants about their journeys to Palmerston North. This episode features Elaine Reilly who moved to Palmerston North from Scotl...
Creator: Manawatū People's Radio
Date: July 28, 2021
Palmerston North City Councillor Lorna Johnson hosts "Making Palmy Home", a Manawatū People's Radio series interviewing migrants about their journeys to Palmerston North. This episode features Helen King. Helen is from Widnes in the United Kingdom...
Creator: Manawatū People's Radio
Date: July 21, 2021
Palmerston North City Councillor Lorna Johnson hosts "Making Palmy Home", a Manawatū People's Radio series interviewing migrants about their journeys to Palmerston North. This episode features Meriam Findlay. Meriam migrated from the Phillipines, ...
Creator: Manawatū People's Radio
Date: July 14, 2021
Palmerston North City Councillor Lorna Johnson hosts "Making Palmy Home", a Manawatū People's Radio series interviewing migrants about their journeys to Palmerston North. This episode features Kari Highstead. Originally from Texas, she and her hus...
Creator: Manawatū People's Radio
Date: June 30, 2021
Palmerston North City Councillor Lorna Johnson hosts "Making Palmy Home", a Manawatū People's Radio series interviewing migrants about their journeys to Palmerston North. This episode features Dr Kavitha Kongara, a Senior Lecturer at Massey Univer...
Creator: Manawatū People's Radio
Date: June 23, 2021
Palmerston North City Councillor Lorna Johnson hosts "Making Palmy Home", a Manawatū People's Radio series interviewing migrants about their journeys to Palmerston North. This episode features Catherine Richardson. Catherine moved from Wales and w...
Creator: Manawatū People's Radio
Date: June 9, 2021
Palmerston North City Councillor Lorna Johnson hosts "Making Palmy Home", a Manawatū People's Radio series interviewing migrants about their journeys to Palmerston North. This episode features Ranudi Dissanayake, a student at Palmerston North Girl...
Creator: Manawatū People's Radio
Date: June 2, 2021
Palmerston North City Councillor Lorna Johnson hosts "Making Palmy Home", a Manawatū People's Radio series interviewing migrants about their journeys to Palmerston North. This episode features Volker Schröter from Germany, who has been in Palmerst...
Creator: Manawatū People's Radio
Date: May 26, 2021
Palmerston North City Councillor Lorna Johnson hosts "Making Palmy Home", a Manawatū People's Radio series interviewing migrants about their journeys to Palmerston North. This episode features Nina's story of settling in New Zealand and how she go...
Creator: Manawatū People's Radio
Date: May 19, 2021