New Zealand Memories Issue 66 - Contents
That Moment 4
The joys of camping by Beverley Newton
Milton and the French Connection 8
By shipwreck historian Bruce Collins
Kiwi Mod: Ray Columbus and the Invaders 12
Christopher Paxton takes us back to the 1960s
When Mount Tarawera Erupted 14
A letter relates the horrifying experience
By the Powers 16
S.J.C. Fenn serviced the Powers Samas machines
From the Regions : Nelson / Marlborough 19
Sound Archives Celebrate 50 Years 28
By Karen Neill
Afternoons at the Beach 30
Val Wood recalls childhood picnics
Norman (Wizard) Smith takes on Ninety Mile Beach 32
By Keith Parker
Watching Us Watching Them 36
Charleston in the 1870s
Ice Age : Scott Base Turns 50 38
Part II by Claire Duncan
The Battle of Queen Street 46
Paul Titchener recounts the 1942 clash
NAC - Kiwi Icon 48
A feature by Peter Layne
Merivale School 1957 - 2007 54
A Surburban Tauranga Primary School turns 50 by Rob Webb
From the Regions : Taranaki 58
Mailbox 66
In Print 68
Index 70
Editor’s Choice 72
One eye on the paint pot … the other on the child
Cover image:
Collection of sound effects at the New
Zealand Broadcasting Service, August
1955
Courtesy of Archives New Zealand/Te Rua Mahara
o Te Kawanatanga, Wellington Office.(Archives Ref:
AAQT6401, A41185

New Zealand Memories Issue 66 - Index

A

accident (motorcar)
24
ADAMS, Lizzie
22
air accident
50
air hostesses
1, 48
air hostesses
50
Air New Zealand
52
Air Travel (N.Z.) Limited
49
Akatore Beach
8
ALGIE, Hon. R.M. 
54
ALLEN, Mark
54
American servicemen
47
American troops
46
Antarctic Youth Scheme
45
Antarctica
38
Antarctica station
38
antimony
19
antimony mine
19
Antipodes Island
11
Anzac (racing car)
35
Arbour Day
54
ARDEN, Mr. H.H.
59
ARDERN, Marlene
54
Auckland Island
11
auction
9
aviation
1, 48
aviation (Antarctica)
42
Axemen
62
axemen’s carnivals
62
B

BACKHOUSE, Win
57
barque
9
BARRY, Jill
50
BARTLETT, Lieut. Ted
61
beach
30
Beatles, The
12
BELL, Allen
33
BEMENT, Dr. Arden
45
BIERNES, Maggie
                  Molly
22
22
Big Beat ‘65
13
BLAKE, James
44
Blenheim
19, 22
Boeing 737
51
Boer War
61
bounty Ships
11
brawl (WW II)
47
BREMNER, Mr. Joseph
10
BRIDGMAN, Mr. F.O.
10
British Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition
38
broadcasting
29
BROUGHAM, Janet
54
BROWN, Johnny
54
Bruce County Council
10
BRYERS, Ross
54
BUCHANAN, Sally
54
Buller River
23
bullock team
22
C

CAISLEY, Phil
55
CAMERON, Jan
44
CAMPBELL, Alan
41
CAMPBELL, Rae
50
camping
4
Cape Bird
41
CARTER, Wayne
54
CASEY, Con
63
CATLEY, Nora
22
Census & Statistic Dept.
16
Charleston
36
CHELLIS, Mr. W.
64
CHRISTIANSEN, Rae
                              Tony
54
54
CHRYSTALL, Francis
9
Chrystalls Beach
9
CLARK, Rt. Hon. Helen
40
CLAYDON, John
38
Cleghorn Memorial
22
clothing (Antarctica)
42
Club Columbus
12
COFFEY, Ted
61
COLUMBUS, Ray
12
Commercial Hotel (Milton)
10
Cook Strait air service
50
Cook Strait Airways
49
COOMBES, Cheryl
54
COOMBES, Mr.
10
COULSTON, Julie
54
COUTTS, Henry
61
COUZENS, Thomas
44
CRAIG, Mr. J.
64
CRANFIELD, Bill
42
Customs Dept.
18
D

dance music
12
DARBY, Marie
39
DAVIES, Richard
61
DAVIS, Prof. Peter
44
DC-3s
49
DELAMARE, Bruce
57
DELLOW, John
                   Mary
23
23
dental clinic
55
DEVLIN, Johnny
13
DOBBS, Margaret
50
dogs (huskies)
43
dolphin
6
DOWLING, Pat
1
DSIR
39
Duke of Edinburgh
1
DUNNINGHAM, Dave
12
E

earthquake
15
EAST, Paul
44
EDWARDS, Arthur
57
Egmont Village
61
Eltham
62
Eltham Axeman’s Carnival
63
Eltham Cup
64
emigration
58
employment (office)
16
Endeavour Inlet
19
ENDERBY, Charles
61
Enterprise (racing car)
32
eruption
15
ETHERIDGE, Jan
1
EVE, Charlie
22
F

fashion (1960s)
12
FAULKNER, Susan
54
fieldcraft (army)
61
Fifeshire Rock
26
FINLAY, Grace
22
fishing
5
FITNESS, Dorothy
54
FLAY, Jenny
54
flight tickets
53
flooding
26
flying boat
49
FORBES, Jocelyn
22
french ship
9
FUCHS, Vivian
40
funding
44
G

GALE, Capt. David
1
GERAGHTY, John
54
GIBBS, Eric
43
GLEESON, Annie
22
GOBLE, Trooper
61
goldmining
23
goldmining town
36
GOOSMAN, Stanley
50
GORE, Joan
54
Govt. Departments
16
GRAY, Gael
54
guitars
12
GUNN, Suzanne
50
H

HAGUE, Patricia
54
HAINES, Dolly
22
hairstyles (men)
12
HANNA, Mavis
57
HARDY, Fred
63
HARKNESS, Don
33
HARPER, Fran
50
HARRISON, John
13
HARRISON, John
54
HARROWFIELD, David
41
Hatherton Geosciences Laboratory
39
HATHERTON, Trevor
39
Havelock
24
Hawera
60
Hawera Light Horse
61
Hawera Mounted Rifles
60
HEAPHY, Charles
58
HENNESSEY, Anne
54
HILL, Jimmy
12
Hillary Field Centre
39
HILLARY, Sir Edmund
39
Hislop Cup
64
hockey team (Renwick)
22
Hokianga Harbour
5
holidays
5
Hopkins & Geddes
10
horsemanship
61
horses (mounted)
61
Hukatere
33
HUTTON, Charlie
63
HUTTON, Mrs.
10
I

INGALL, Graham
54
Inglewood
61
International Geophysical Year
38
Invaders, The
12
IRVING, Capt. G.
1
J

JAMIESON, Mac
13
JOHNSON, Doug
64
JUIHO, Yoe
9
K

Kaitaia Aero Club
33
Kaitaia Motor Cycle Club
33
Kaitoke Railway Station
61
KAY, Delores
50
KELLS, George
61
KELLY, Diane
50
King Edward Park
61
KIRK, Dr. Bob
41
KRISSANSEN, Ron
54
KRISTIAN, Billy
12
L

LAISON, Pauline
54
LARKIN, Jack
63
LAWRENCE, Karen
54
LEE, Betty
1
LEE, Dinah
12
levy (shipwreck cargo)
10
liquor licensing
26
logo (school)
54
Loxene Golden Disk
13
M

MARKS, Capt.
10
Marlborough Sounds
19
MARTIN, Delcie
57
MARTIN, Josiah
15
MATEPARAE, Jerry
44
MATTHEWS, Russell
54
MAYER, Corrine
54
McCAULEY, George
63
McCORK, Jerry
15
McIsaac, Doris
22
McLEAN, Mr. W.
23
McMILLAN, Gary
54
McMurdo Sound
40
Merivale
54
Merivale School
54
MILEY, Charlie
63
military
61
MILLER, Ian
10
Milton
9
Milton Fire Brigade
10
MININUI, Helen
54
MIRABAUD, Jacques
11
MITCHELL, Jimmy
61
MITCHELL, Kevin
54
MOORE, Gary
44
MORRISON, Mr. G.
64
MORRISON, Wilson
61
Mount Tarawera
15
mounted infantry
61
MOXHAM, Jillian
54
Mt. Egmont
58
Mt. Erebus plane crash
44
Mt. Taranaki
58
MUIR, William
61
MURPHY, Darrell
50
music
12
music charts
12
musketry
61
N

N.Z. Axemen’s Association
63
N.Z. National Airways Corp. Act
49
N.Z. Shipwreck Relief Soc.
10
NAC 
1, 48
NAC baggage labels
53
National Airways Corp.
1, 48
National Airways Corp.
48
National Science Foundation
45
Nelson College
26
NELSON, Mr. J.
10
New Plymouth
58
New Zealand Broadcasting Service
29
New Zealand on Air
29
NEWPORT, Terry
44
newspaper reporting
47
Nga Taonga Korero
29
Ninety Mile Beach
32
Norfolk Island
48
NORRIS, Baden
43
O

O’NEIL, Father
10
O’ROURKE, Charlie
63
OLSON, William
60
Omapere
5
Opo the Dolphin
6
Opotiki
15
Oriental Ballroom
12
Owen River
23
Owen River Hotel
23
Owen River Tavern
23
OWEN, Len
23
Owens River Hotel
23
OXHAM, John
                 Mary
23
23
Oxleys Hotel
21
P

PAGE, Capt. L.
1
PALMER, Sid
61
Papararaumu
50
Park, Reynolds & Co.
10
PARKER, Ken
41
PARKES, Alf
64
parliamentary term
26
PARSONS, Gwen
22
PATTERSON, Doug
52
PAYNE, Trooper
61
PEARCE, Mrs. H.
10
PECK, Bill
63
PETTIGREW, Les
                        Nigel
54
54
PETTIT, Mr. J.
63
PHILLIPS, Anne
50
picnics
30
Picton
19
PINFOLD, Mr. F.M.
57
planes
1, 48
polio
30
postage stamps
44
Powers machines
16
Powers Samas
16
PRETTY, Dan
63
Prince Charles
1
Princess Anne
1
prize money
64
PUKEKURA, Mark
54
punch cards
16
Q

Qantas
50
Q-tol sunscreen
30
Queen Elizabeth II
1
Queen Street (Auckland)
46
Queenstown
1
R

racing car
33
radio
29
radio archive
29
Radio Hauraki
29
RANFURLY, Lord
63
Ray & the Drifters
12
Ray Columbus & The Invaders
12
RAYNEL, Graham
54
records (music)
13
referendum
26
Renwick
22
retail (1870s)
36
RICHARDSON, Johnnie
63
RICHMOND, Ken
54
RILEY, Mr.
63
RINGROSE, Brian
13
RNZAF pilot
42
rock ‘n roll
12
rock bands
12
Rongotai Airport
50
Ross Sea Party
40
ROWNTREE, Naomi
1
Royal Family
1
Royal Tour
1
RUSSELL, Dave
12
S

salvage
10
SANSON, Lou
44
sawing (competitive)
63
sawyers
63
schooldays
54
SCHRADER, Capt. Warren
1
scientific research
38
Scott Base
38
Scott Base Anniversary
44
SCOTT, Capt. Robert
43
SCOTT, Wally
12
SHACKLETON, Ernest
45
shipping
Anjou
HMNZS Endeavour
Lutterworth
Marguerite Mirabaud
Monowai
Motu
President Felix Faure
SS Waiwera
11
40
26
9
10
33
11
61
shipwreck
8
Shiralee
12
SHREWRY, Ned
62
SILVESTER, Ian
54
Sir Charles Wakefield Trophy
35
SMITH, Norman
32
Social Security Dept.
16
Solent flying boats
50
SOLOMON, Puni
13
SORRENSEN, Dayle
57
sorting machines
16
sound archives
29
sound effects (radio)
28
South African War
61
South Taranaki
61
sporting carnivals
63
STEWART, Fred H.
32
SULLIVAN, Mr. A.E.
63
SULZBERGER, Mr. A.T.
63
Sunderland flying boat
49
SYKES, Jeremy
44
T

tabulating machines
17
Taranaki
58
Tarawera
15
TATTEVIN, Capt. Georges
9
Taumata Park
63
TAYLOR, George Washington
63
TEAL
50
television
12
temperature (Antarctica)
42
tents
5
The Jive Centre
12
THOMSON, Capt.
10
THOMSON, Robert
38
THRUPP, Pauline
54
TINETTI, Jan
57
TITO, Ramon
44
tourism
19
TRELOAR, Geoffrey
54
troopers
61
TROWER, George
23
U

uniforms (aviation)
1, 48
Union Airways
49
Union Steam Ship Co.
49
V

VALENTINE, Bugler
61
VARCOE, Garth
44
verifier machines
17
Vickers Viscounts
51
Viscount (plane)
51
volunteer soldiers
61
VORBACH, Druscilla
22
voting
26
voting papers
26
W

WALKER, Brian
54
WARD, Peter
13
WARNER, Eric
64
WATERS, Donald Mirabaud
10
WATSON, Blanche
22
WATSON, Edith
22
Waverley Hotel (Auckland)
46
WEBB, Rob
54
WEMYSS, Phyllis
22
WEST, Tom
63
Whangamomona
65
WHITE, Graham
44
WILSON, Stephen
54
WILTSHIRE, Kathleen
54
wine barrels
11
WINTERS, Gary
54
Wizard Smith
32
WOLFE, Harry
63
wood chopping competitions
63
WOODSFORD, Raima
50
WW II
46
X

Y

YOUNG, Pamela
39
Z