Episode Playlist
Manawatu Conversations 21-03-2023 - Episode 253 - David Bertram Part 2 of 3( 0:28:42)
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David Bertram, Part 2 of 3. Record keeping in schools, the “brown card”. School reports, attendance, parent-teacher interviews. Balancing the rolls. Pupil turnover. Assessing teacher performance by student marks. Streaming. Teachers supporting each other. Management units. Pay structure, country service, bonding. Changes in teacher training. PN Teachers College merged into Massey University.
Published: 21/03/2023 3:00:00 p.m.
Manawatu Conversations 14-03-2023 - Episode 252 - David Bertram Part 1 of 3( 0:27:53)
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David Bertram, Part 1 of 3. Started at an intermediate school in Palmerston North, 1967. Surnames only, workbooks, extent of syllabus prescription, bulletins, School Journals. Manual periods, woodwork, etc.. Free periods, relieving. Discipline. Bullying not an issue. Small schools and mixing over ages. Bullrush, climbing trees, risk taking and learning limits. Blowing a bird’s egg. Pupils different in later teaching years, rights, social differences. Migrant children. Single parent homes.
Published: 14/03/2023 3:00:00 p.m.
Manawatu Conversations 08-03-2023 - Episode 251 - Jensine Jepsen Krogh Part 3 of 3( 0:26:22)
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Jensine Krogh, Part 3 of 3. Horowhenua College top stream, wanted to be a teacher and a florist. Competitive class. 2nd stream more relaxed. Mixed ethnicity school, Maori, Pakeha, Chinese. Planting and monitoring the weather at primary school. Teachers College. Changes in teaching. Use of phonetics. Monrad and PNINS, then relieving for primary schools.
Published: 7/03/2023 3:00:00 p.m.
Manawatu Conversations 28-02-2023 - Episode 250 - Jensine Jepsen Krogh Part 2 of 3( 0:29:35)
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Rural life in Otaki, neighbours, change of interests. Handling horses. Moving onto own farm. Father’s gardening using the moon for planting times, commercial flower growing. Mowing lawns. Sunday School feasts. 10 years at Ohau until married at 21. Phone messages for neighbours. Limits of large classes. An oral history interview looking at the past and present of Palmerston North and the Manawatū, produced by Manawatū People's Radio with the support of New Zealand On Air.
Published: 28/02/2023 3:00:00 p.m.
Manawatu Conversations 24-01-2023 - Episode 245 - Diana Steffert, Part 1 of 2( 0:28:9)
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To Palmerston North in 1965, husband at Vet School. Built a house in new housing area and still there. Rural area. Riverdale School opened previous year. Slacks Road seen as far out of town. Grew up in Park Road. 2 car family in 1966, Heralds popular among vets. Family involvement in vet work. School as a centre for the area. School pool. Sailing at Foxton Beach. Holidays at the beach. 2 sons back here, one in US. 60th wedding anniversary.
Published: 24/01/2023 3:00:00 p.m.
Manawatu Conversations 03-01-2023 - Episode 242 - Margie Dennis, Part 2 of 4( 0:27:45)
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. Working in Pakistan, 1969-. Why not married until much later. Secretary to the Principal of Kinnaird College in the University of the Punjab. Adjusting to the environment. Evacuated due to Bangladesh Liberation War (1971). Returned for 4 more years. “Missionary zeal”. Religion. Poverty, comparison with New Zealand. Mother bought her an expensive outfit.
Published: 3/01/2023 5:44:00 p.m.
Manawatu Conversations 27-12-2022 - Episode 241 - Margie Dennis, Part 1 of 4( 0:27:45)
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Margie Dennis, Part 1 of 4. Came to PN from Afghanistan 16 years ago to support her family. Earliest memories. Travelling alone at 4 years old. Children more independent then. Public transport in 1940s and 50s. Auckland in the 1950s. Mt Roskill High School, significant male teachers. Work as a magistrates’ court clerk for 11 years. Too young for teachers’ college. The Children’s Court and Family Court. Alien registration. Drugs and alcohol.
Published: 27/12/2022 3:00:00 p.m.
Manawatu Conversations 20-12-2022 - Episode 240 - Milton Wheeler, Part 2 of 2( 0:23:31)
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Milton Wheeler, Part 2 of 2. Studying welding. Father set up a welding business in Rongotea. Cattle stops from railway tracks. Eventful trips to Wellington. Welding jobs. Wheeler Engineering. Moved into town working for Wrightson Grain. A wire less radio. Interest in tractors. David Browns. Haymaking business.
Published: 20/12/2022 3:00:00 p.m.
Manawatu Conversations 13-12-2022 - Episode 239 - Milton Wheeler, Part 1 of 2( 0:24:44)
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Milton Wheeler, Part 1 of 2. Born in Palmerston North. Family farmed in Glen Oroua. Walked to school, 1945, no shoes. Conflict with lady teachers. The strap. Desks, inkwells. Biked to Rongotea School. Lunchbox caught in bike. Getting up to mischief. Lunch from the bakery. Rongotea in 1945. Occasional trips to town (PN). Bread and meal delivered. Chores. Several dairy factories. From horse and cart to truck. Drinking fresh milk. [Second audio file…] Cleaning drains. Radio in the evenings.
Published: 13/12/2022 3:00:00 p.m.
Manawatu Conversations 06-12-2022 - Episode 238 - John Hornblow part 2 of 2( 0:28:6)
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All Saints Church after the fire. Earthquake strengthening issues. Considerations with the Square, alcohol ban, events. Wide streets and tree planting. Walking trails and wind farms around Palmerston North. Mountain biking tracks. Growth of PN. The Esplanade railway. Wildbase. Cherry blossoms in the Esplanade. Lack of bridges.
Published: 6/12/2022 3:00:00 p.m.
Manawatu Conversations 29-11-2022 - Episode 237 - John Hornblow part 1 of 2( 0:26:6)
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John Hornblow, Part 1 of 2. First elected in 2001 after some previous attempts. Attitude towards the staff. Perspectives as deputy mayor. A big flood. Local Maori. City as a distribution hub and public sector activity in PN. Recognizing local war dead. Windfarms. Recycling. Events and festivals. Parks and Reserves. Sister City Missoula, Montana.
Published: 29/11/2022 3:00:00 p.m.
Manawatu Conversations 22-11-2022 - Episode 236 - Ross Cassells, part 3 of 3( 0:25:7)
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Ross Cassells Part 3 of 3. Leaving DoC. To Massey University to do development studies. Different perspective in the social sciences. Fieldwork in the Solomon Islands. Living in a leaf house. Pidgin English. Experiencing the local culture and knowledge. Mosquitos. Masters Thesis comparing commercial and subsistence forestry. High subsistence value of forests. Use of funds from commercial forestry.
Published: 22/11/2022 3:00:00 p.m.
Manawatu Conversations 15-11-2022 - Episode 235 - Ross Cassells, part 2 of 3( 0:24:11)
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Ross Cassells Part 2 of 3. Transition from NZ Forest Service to DoC. Setting up a DoC district office. Recreation facilities, tracks, huts. The Manawatu Gorge track. The Rangiwahia hut. Scenic reserves. Old man’s beard. Birds and predator control. Pros and cons of restructuring. Mishandling pine forests.
Published: 15/11/2022 3:00:00 p.m.
Manawatu Conversations 08-11-2022 - Episode 234 - Ross Cassells, part 1 of 3( 0:34:31)
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To Palmerston North in 1985, a forester with NZ Forest Service. Description of training and type of work. Living in forestry huts. Erosion. Effects of deer and possums. Importance of undergrowth in indigenous forests. Management plans. Introduction of computers. 1985 restructuring, Ross moved to Department of Conservation. Resources forester. Sand dune forests. Riparian buffer zones. [Forest clearing, alternative approaches, machinery]
Published: 8/11/2022 3:00:00 p.m.
Manawatu Conversations 01-11-2022 - Episode 233 - Ivan and Muriel Allott, part 2 of 2( 0:27:56)
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Ivan and Muriel Allott, part 2 of 2. Recollections of Compulsory Military Training. Badminton at Ohakea. Social activities. Barracks. Hearing a Wurlitzer organ in Auckland. Under 21, so no drinking (officially). Allowed home at weekends. Issue and care of uniforms, developing good habits. Social mixing. Military service for young people now? QEC’s service academy. Benefits of CMT. No assault courses. No non-military service options. Ivan’s pharmacy apprenticeship. How he chose pharmacy.
Published: 1/11/2022 3:00:00 p.m.
Manawatu Conversations 25-10-2022 - Episode 232 - Ivan and Muriel Allott, part 1 of 2( 0:27:57)
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Ivan and Muriel Allott, part 1 of 2. Ivan’s Compulsory Military Training experience in 1957, final intake. 14 weeks in air force. Had been in Air Training Corps at PNBHS. Choice of a trade after initial square bashing. Great air force food. Chose medical trade option. Hobsonville for initial training, then Ohakea. Description of the barracks. Aircraft - Vampires and Devons. Testing for diabetes. Training disrupted by the 1957 flu epidemic, several cases at the air base. Treating people for flu.
Published: 25/10/2022 3:00:00 p.m.
Manawatu Conversations 11-10-2022 - Episode 230 - Ivan and Muriel Allott, David and Margaret Beere, David Bertram( 0:28:23)
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Listening to the radio in the 1950s. Aunt Daisy, Children’s Hour, Lone Ranger. Reception problems. 2ZA locally, Garners and shopping reporters. Song requests, hit parades. In the Bag, Selwyn Toogood. Wedding announcements. Housewives listening to radio. Local participation. Crystal sets. Tangiwai disaster radio coverage. Crime serials in evenings, Randy Stone. Sport coverage. News bulletins. Valve radios. Listen with Mother. Reception issues. Teenagers and music. Overseas music.
Published: 11/10/2022 3:00:00 p.m.
Manawatu Conversations 04-10-2022 - Episode 229 - Ross Allen Part 2 of 2( 0:26:20)
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Ross Allen Part 2 of 2. Joined the railways in 1963. Shunting and local trips. Got boiler ticket, then fireman’s ticket. In Woodville to 1969, trips as far as Wellington, diesel. Goods carried, including stock. A bull in a wagon. Delivering petrol in drums. Switch to diesel engines. Maintaining train wheels. A fireman on a diesel train. Became a train driver. How to drive a train. An incident with a train load of lucerne. Air brakes, “charging up” the wagons. Birds nesting in the engine.
Published: 4/10/2022 3:00:00 p.m.
Manawatu Conversations 27-09-2022 - Episode 228 - Ross Allen Part 1 of 2( 0:25:47)
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Ross Allen Part 1 of 2. Born in Otaki maternity home. To Foxton when 6 years old (1951). Father’s work and health problems. Life in Foxton in 1950s. Early interest in trains. Grandfather was a stationmaster. Staff leaving railways in 1950s. Shiftwork. Working in Woodville. Getting steam up in an engine, steps in the process. Using wood and coal. The railway in Foxton. Flax carpets.
Published: 27/09/2022 3:00:00 p.m.