My interviews for oral history cover a range of subjects and purposes, but most are life histories. As people interviewed gift their life stories, and they are always interesting, I like to think they will be shared. Most of the following recordings are intended to be accessible for other researchers, as indicated.
- OHP — Oral History Project
- ATL — Alexander Turnbull Library
- OHC — Oral History Centre
- NML — Nola Millar Library
- ‘Restrictions’ refers to public access at the time of completing the interviews. The Oral History Centre records the current status regarding this.
| Oral Histories at the Alexander Turnbull Library
commissioned by Theatre Archives New Zealand—Pūranga whakaari o Aotearoa: These are a series of in-depth life history interviews, all with basic indexing that includes name/keyword searching.
Current list: Bernard Esquilant and William Menlove. Founders of the Southern Comedy Players, Dunedin Yvette Bromley. Co-founder of The Court Theatre, Christchurch 2004 Raymond Boyce. Professional designer, working in theatre, opera, & ballet Ralph McAllister. Teacher of drama; director 2005 Patric Carey. Founder of the Globe Theatre, Dunedin 2006 Paul Minifie. Actor; director Raymond Hawthorne. Founder of Theatre Corporate, Auckland; actor; director Ian Mune. Actor; director; film maker; writer; teacher 2007 George Henare. Actor Martyn Sanderson. Actor; Director; founder of Downstage Theatre 2011 Bill Sheat (OBE). Lawyer; arts advocate, member on Drama Panel of the Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council; inaugural chair of the board of Toi Whakaari: NZ Drama School; inaugural chair of the Film Commission; chair of the Royal Ballet Roger Hall. Playwright; teacher 2012 Pat Hawthorne. Original staff member of Downstage Theatre. Former board member of Playmarket and Theatre Archives New Zealand 2013 Ray Henwood. Actor; co-founder of Circa Theatre Renée. Playwright 2014 Peter Vere-Jones. Actor Elric Hooper (MBE). Artistic Director of the Court Theatre, Christchurch, 1979-1999 2019 Jennifer Ward-Lealand. Actor; director; board member Michael Hurst. Actor; director Susan Wilson. Actor; director David Carnegie. Co-founder of Fortune Theatre, Dunedin; Academic Simon Prast. Co-founder ATC; Actor; Director Simon Bennett. Co-founder BATS Theatre, Wellington; Director |
South African Elections OHP (1994 – 1995) |
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| Project/ Recording Dates: 1994 – 1995 | ||||
| Commissioner: No commissioning body | ||||
| Copyright Holder: Sarah Gaitanos | ||||
| Location: Alexander Turnbull Library | ||||
| Content: 3 Interviews | ||||
| 1 | Andrew Ladley | June 1994 | Restrictions | |
| 2 | Russell Marshall | 9 August 1994 | Restrictions | |
| 3 | Bernard Grice | 1994 – 1995 | Restrictions | |
| Te Kura Toi Whakaari o Aotearoa/ New Zealand Drama School OHP (1995 – 1997) | |||||
| Project/ Recording Dates: 1995 – 1997 | |||||
| Commissioner: – | |||||
| Copyright Holder: Sarah Gaitanos | |||||
| Location: Alexander Turnbull Library & Nola Millar Library | |||||
| Content: 13 interviews (46 tapes, 13 printed abstracts, 13 online abstracts) | |||||
| 1 | Rona Bailey | 20 & 26 July 1995 | 3 tapes | No Restrictions | |
| 2 | George Webby | 21 Jul, 8 August 1995 | 4 tapes |
No Restrictions |
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| 3 | Rawiri Paratene | 6 September 1995 | 5 tapes |
No Restrictions |
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| 4 | Miranda Harcourt | 6 & 26 September 1995 | 3 tapes |
No Restrictions |
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| 5 | Peter Hambleton | 27 October 1995 | 3 tapes |
No Restrictions |
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| 6 | Ruth Graham | 16 November 1995 | 4 tapes |
No Restrictions |
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| 7 | Malcolm Murray | 16 December 1995 | 3 tapes |
No Restrictions |
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| 8 | Jane Waddell | 7 February 1996 | 3 tapes |
Restrictions |
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| 9 | Hone Kouka | 27 March 1996 | 3 tapes |
No Restrictions |
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| 10 | Robin Payne | 7 & 9 June 1996 | 5 tapes |
Restrictions |
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| 11 | Sima Urale | 10 July 1996 | 2 tapes |
No Restrictions |
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| 12 | Tim Balme | 4 November 1996 | 3 tapes |
Restrictions |
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| 13 | Annie Ruth | 25 & 27 November 1996 | 5 tapes |
No Restrictions |
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| Reserve Bank of New Zealand OHP (2006 – 2009) | |||||||
| Project/ Recording Dates: March 2006 – Sept. 2009 | |||||||
| Commissioner: Reserve Bank of New Zealand | |||||||
| Copyright Holder: Reserve Bank of New Zealand | |||||||
| Location: RBNZ & Alexander Turnbull Library | |||||||
| 1 | Barry Norton | 30 March 2006 | 3 tapes |
TBC |
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| 2 | Alison Scott | 21 April 2006 | 3 tapes |
TBC |
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| 3 | Sir Frank Holmes | 3 – 31 May, 8 June 2006 | 15 tapes |
No Restrictions |
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| 4 | Peter Ledingham | 10 October 2006 | 3 tapes |
No Restrictions |
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| 5 | Bruce White | 20 November 2006 | 3 tapes |
Restrictions |
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| 6 | Gerard Matthew Cook | 21 February 2007 | 3 tapes |
Restrictions |
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| 7 | Brian James Lang | 15 & 20 March 2007 | 380 mins |
No Restrictions |
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| 8 | Carol Somervell | 11 December 2008 | 126 mins |
TBC |
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| 9 | Valda Phillips | 12 December 2008 | 70 mins |
TBC |
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| 10 | Alan Bollard | Nov 2008-Sept 2009 | 12 hours |
No current access |
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| New Zealand Society of Authors/ PEN OHP (1999 – 2005) | ||||||
| Project/ Recording Dates: 1999 – 2005 | ||||||
| Commissioner: New Zealand Society of Authors/PEN | ||||||
| Copyright Holder: New Zealand Society of Authors/ PEN and some individual interviewees | ||||||
| Location: Alexander Turnbull Library | ||||||
| Content: 3 interviews, 29 C60 cassettes, 1 C120 cassettes, transcripts | ||||||
| 1 | Alistair Te Ariki Campbell | 26 Nov., 9, 15 Dec, 2004 | 6 tapes |
Restrictions |
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| 2 | Ian Cross | 28 Nov., 6, 8, 9 Dec. 2004 | 7 tapes |
Restrictions |
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| 3 | Tony Simpson | 3 March 2005 | 3 tapes |
Restrictions |
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Sir Peter Quilliam (2001 – 2002) |
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| Project/ Recording Dates: 2001 – 2002 | ||||
| Commissioner: Private commission | ||||
| Copyright Holder: Peter Quilliam | ||||
| Location: Peter Quilliam Estate | ||||
| Content: 1 Interview, transcribed, edited and published as desktop publication. | ||||
| 1 | Sir Peter Quilliam | Dec 2001 – Jan 2002 | 4 tapes |
Public access not yet applicable |
| Nola Millar OHP (2002 – 2003) | |||||||
| Project/ Recording Dates: July 2002 – 18 March 2003 | |||||||
| Commissioner: Sarah Gaitanos for Nola Millar Biography | |||||||
| Copyright Holder: Sarah Gaitanos | |||||||
| Location: Alexander Turnbull Library | |||||||
| Content: 10 interviews (16 C60 cassettes) | |||||||
| 1 | John Batstone | ||||||
| 2 | Beverly Calvert | ||||||
| 3 | Felicity Day | ||||||
| 4 | Catherine Downes | ||||||
| 5 | Jenepher Glue | ||||||
| 6 | Kay Goodburn | ||||||
| 7 | Ray Henwood | ||||||
| 8 | Ralph McAllister | ||||||
| 9 | Colin McColl | ||||||
| 10 | Rangimoana Taylor | ||||||
(Most interviews for this project are not listed here. They are held by Sarah Gaitanos.)
Ed Perry (2003) |
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| Project/ Recording Dates: March 2003 | |||||
| Commissioner: Private commission | |||||
| Copyright Holder: Ed Perry | |||||
| Location: Ed Perry Estate | |||||
| Content: 1 Interview, transcribed. | |||||
| 1 | Ed Perry | March 2003 | 2 tapes | Access not applicable | |
| New Zealand Theatre Archive Puranga Whakaari o Aotearoa OHP (2003 – 2007) | |||||
| The emergence of professional theatre in post World War II New Zealand | |||||
| Project/ Recording Dates: 2003 – 2007 | |||||
| Commissioner: New Zealand Theatre Archive | |||||
| Copyright Holder: New Zealand Theatre Archive | |||||
| Location: Alexander Turnbull Library | |||||
| Content: 10 interviews (28 C60 cassettes, 2 digital sound recordings, 3 DVDs, 9 abstracts, 1 transcript | |||||
| 1 | Bernard Esquiliant, William Menlove | 21 October 2003 |
No Restrictions |
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| 2 | Yvette Bromley | 23 October 2003 |
No Restrictions |
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| 3 | Raymond Boyce | 9 & 16 November 2004 | 5 tapes |
No Restrictions |
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| 4 | Ralph McAllister | 23 February 2005 | 2 tapes |
No Restrictions |
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| 5 | Patric Carey | 16 & 17 October 2005 |
No Restrictions |
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| 6 | Raymond Hawthorne | 5 & 6 July 2006 | 6 tapes sides |
Restrictions |
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| 7 | Paul Minifie | 6 July 2006 | 3 tapes sides |
Restrictions |
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| 8 | Ian Mune | 1 and 7 July 2006 | 7 tapes sides |
Restrictions |
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| 9 | Martyn Sanderson | 8,9,20,22 August 2007 | 10 hrs 48 min |
No Restrictions |
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| 10 | Bill Sheat | 20, 23, 30 Dec. 2011 | 4 hrs |
No restrictions |
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| Clarice Nancy Coory (nee Abernethy) (2005 – 2006) | |||||
| Project/ Recording Dates: 16 May 2005 – 13 January 2006 | |||||
| Commissioner: Claudia Coory | |||||
| Copyright Holder: Claudia Coory | |||||
| Location: Family holds recordings and documentation. Agreement allows eventual deposit in ATL. | |||||
| Content: One interviewee, 25 interview sessions, transcribed and edited. | |||||
| 1 | Clarice Nancy Coory | 16 May 2006 — 13 January 2006 | 20 tapes |
access not yet applicable |
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| Horokiwi Community Association OHP (2005 – 2007) | |||||
| Project/ Recording Dates: 23rd September 2005 – 27th February 2007 | |||||
| Commissioner: Horokiwi Community Association | |||||
| Copyright Holder: Horokiwi Community Association | |||||
| Location: Deposited with Horokiwi Community Association (with agreement to be deposited into the Oral History Centre at the Alexander Turnbull Library) | |||||
| Content: 9 interviews | |||||
| 1 | Graeme Houston | 23, 25 Sept 2005 |
TBC |
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| 2 | Lenora Kibble | 11 Oct 2005 |
No Restrictions |
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| 3 | Frances Holey | 30 Oct 2005 |
No Restrictions |
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| 4 | Bette Haig | 7 March 2006 |
TBC |
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| 5 | Mary Margaret Roil | 3 April 2006 |
No Restrictions |
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| 6 | Eric John Roil | 3 April 2006 |
No Restrictions |
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| 7 | Keitha Booth | 11 Dec 2006, 20 Jan 2007 |
No Restrictions |
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| 8 | Carole Hartney | 30 Jan. 2007 |
Restrictions |
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| 9 | Elizabeth R. Maunsell – Cox | 26 Feb. 2007 |
No Restrictions |
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| Archives New Zealand OHP (2007) | |||||
| Project/ Recording Dates: 23 March 2007 – 31 May 2007 | |||||
| Commissioner: Archives NZ and The Ministry of Culture and Heritage | |||||
| Copyright Holder: Archives NZ | |||||
| Location: Deposited with Archives NZ (with agreement to be deposited into the Oral History Centre at the Alexander Turnbull Library) | |||||
| Content: 6 interviews | |||||
| 1 | Judith Sidney Hornabrook | 23 March 2007 | 2hrs, 15mins |
No Restrictions |
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| 2 | Pamela S. Hall (nee Cocks) | 5 April 2007 | 4hrs, 6mins |
No Restrictions |
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| 3 | Raymond Frank Grover | 20, 23 April 2007 | 5hrs, 5mins |
No Restrictions |
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| 4 | Rosemary Collier | 11 May 2007 | TBC |
TBC |
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| 5 | Michael Hodder | 18 May 2007 | 3hrs, 10mins |
TBC |
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| 6 | Stuart Strachen | 31May 2007 | 3.7hrs |
TBC |
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Peter William Milne (2007) |
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| Project/ Recording Dates: 29August 2007 | |||||
| Commissioner: Private commission by Joanne Elizabeth Rusk | |||||
| Copyright Holder: Joanne Elizabeth Rusk | |||||
| Location: Joanne Elizabeth Rusk, agreement held to deposit files in OHC | |||||
| Content: 1 Interview | |||||
| 1 | Peter William Milne | 29 Aug. 2007 | 1hr, 56min | Access not yet applicable | |
Statistics New Zealand OHP (2007 – 2008) |
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| Project/ Recording Dates: September 2007 – January 2008 | |||||
| Commissioner: Statistics New Zealand | |||||
| Copyright Holder: Statistics New Zealand | |||||
| Location: Statistics New Zealand, agreement held to deposit files in OHC | |||||
| Content: 2 Interviews | |||||
| 1 | David Benjamin Archer | 12, 13 Sept 2007 | 4hrs, 6mins |
TBC |
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| 2 | Leonard (Len) Cook | 27 Nov, 3, 18 Dec. 2007, 17, 18 Jan 2008 | 9.7 hrs |
Restrictions |
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| IPPNW NZ OHP (2008) | |||||
| Project/ Recording Dates: 29th November 2008 | |||||
| Commissioner: IPPNW NZ | |||||
| Copyright Holder: Russell Tregonning for the IPPNW NZ Branch | |||||
| Location: Alexander Turnbull Library | |||||
| Content: 1 interview (digital sound recording on DVD containing abstract and photograph) | |||||
| 1 | Dr. Ian Ambury Prior | 27 Mar, 1, 8 April 2008 | 99 mins |
No restrictions |
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Judith (Judy) Williams (2009) |
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| Project/ Recording Dates: January and February 2009 | |||||
| Commissioner: New Zealand Portrait Gallery | |||||
| Copyright Holder: New Zealand Portrait Gallery | |||||
| Location: Oral History Centre, ATL. | |||||
| Content: 1 Interview | |||||
| 1 | Judith (Judy) Williams | 27 January & 2 February 2009 | 190 mins | No Restrictions | |
| Clare Galambos Winter biography | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Project/ Recording Dates: 2005-06 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Commissioner: — | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Copyright Holder: Sarah Gaitanos | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Location: Sarah Gaitanos. Agreements signed for eventual depositing at ATL | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Content:30 tapes + digital interviews recorded as WAV files. | |||||||||||||||||||||
(Other interviews for this project were not recorded as oral history)
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