I o Tatau Hapori : The Voice and the People of Our Neighbourhood

This playlist supports an exhibition on display for August 2023 at the Franklin Hub.

Oral histories often include great family history content and interesting social history. In these clips we hear some examples of different types of memories and recording.

0”45 – 2”05

The first recording was made in 1961 and is read as part of her family story by Elizabeth Duncan.

2”05 – 6”15

Susan Carpenter sat down recently with her elderly mother to record some family stories and her mother’s experience of growing up in Pukekohe. In this clip we hear a lovely recollection of time spent with Nana in town and going to the Milk Bar in Newmarket in the late 1940s.

6”15 – 8:34

When asked to discuss her free time as a child, Mere Thompson recalls the games she and her sisters played including hopscotch, skipping and playing shops.

Image:

'Four generations', Drury, 1994. "Tui Hall celebrating her 90th birthday with her granddaughter Angela Deane (right), her great-grand-daughter Lisa Deane and her great-great-grandson Dylan Deane". Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections Footprints 03422