Growing Up In NZ

Part 10 – Nowhere Far From The Sea Four Fishermen – 19/01/01 You can read the previous part in the Growing up in New Zealand 1925 – 1950 series here, or read the articles from the original Growing Up in New Zealand series. As Basil Dowling said in one of his poems, wherever you are…

Article and photos by Verna Morris – 19/01/01 A Farmer’s Wife Looks Back On Life In Central Otago In The 1950s And 1960s I was a schoolgirl when I first visited the Maniototo district in Central Otago to stay on an uncle’s farm at Teviot. We visited neighbours three or four miles further on at…

Part 7 – Home Schooling And Freedom On The Home Farm Foster Abilities An interview with Jackie Steincamp, Dorothy – 15/12/00 You can read the previous parts in the Growing up in New Zealand 1920 – 1950 series here, or read the articles from the original Growing Up in New Zealand series. What sort of…

Part 4 – Primary Education For Children In The Towns Dorothy – 22/11/00 You can read the previous part in the Growing up in New Zealand 1925 – 1950 series here, or read the articles from the original Growing Up in New Zealand series. Preschool education Most children did not have pre-school education. A few…

Part 2 – Roles And Routines At Home Dorothy – 25/10/00 You may wish to read the first part in the Growing up in New Zealand 1925 – 1950 here. Or read the articles in the original Growing Up in New Zealand series. Gender roles clearly differentiated There were clearly defined roles for men and…

Part 1 – Household Economies And Food Dorothy – 7/4/00 People who grew up in New Zealand in the second quarter of the twentieth century noticed many changes in daily life as they shared their memories for this series of articles. Household economies We could all remember our mothers’ economical housekeeping. Either we remembered the…