2012 Memoir and Local History Competition

SummaryAn index page of articles written for the 2012 Memoir and Local History Competition.
DescriptionThe Bay of Plenty Regional Branch of the New Zealand Society and Authors decided to run an annual Memoir & Local History Competition for many reasons. The competition is open to all New Zealanders across the nation, and we wanted to use it to:

1. Recognise the very real affection New Zealanders have for “telling their own story” and for reading the stories of others, both past and present. Penning the past, and writing based on personal, family and local history is almost a passion with many of our country”s residents and will continue to be so for as long as we grow and change.

2. Acknowledge the importance and value of the National Kete, and the many well-run local and regional variations, of which Tauranga Memories is an outstanding example. We feel we are contributing to its growth and development by encouraging young and old to “tell their tale” of people and places who have influenced them. Writing something like this doesn”t demand high literary merit, though many of the stories do display excellent skills in communicating the essence of the story. What it does do is add each year and additional range of narratives that skilfully blend scholarship and personal recollection which reflect the individual writer”s commitment to this country, its past, present and future.

3. We find this is an excellent opportunity for our professional organisation for paid and practising writers to interact with those who are writing for a different purpose, but with equal integrity. Yes, it advertises both NZSA national and our regional branch; mostly, it is a connecting link with the ambitions and achievements of ordinary and extraordinary people who know something focused and unique about our country.

In 2012 we had 94 entries, which Tauranga City Library staff are busy uploading online. Our judge was Gwyneth Jones, who is New Zealand”s foremost historical researcher on our coal-mining communities, and who has written many other stories of New Zealand”s places and people.

We look forward to running the competition again this year, opening on August 31st and closing on November 30th. Our judge this year is celebrated historian Trevor Bentley (Cannibal Jack, Captured by the Maori) and we will have an Open Category, a special Bay of Plenty prize and a Young Writers section. We hope to hit the hundred mark!

In alphabetical order:
Our Big Adventure by Lorraine AgnewWhakatane by Sheila Armstrong
Extracted by a Dozen by Zim Aunzo (https://perma. cc/3UTM-N3QW)
A Ride on H204 by Mike Beckett (highly commended)
Born in the shadow of a Zeppelin: recollections of Ynys Fraser by Alison Brown
From horse to helicopter: logging at Tikitapu, Rotorua. By Alison Brown (highly commended)
Horse logging in New Zealand plantation forestry by Alison Brown
Remembering Anne Moore: a woman before her time by Alison Brown
Bush School by Karen Peterson Butterworth
Pride by Karen Peterson Butterworth
Tauranga”s True Historian by Betty Cole

The Life of Carl Sylvius Volkner by Jocelyn Davey

Friisy”s Story - by Barbara Dobson
Okarito by Melanie Drewery
Sidetracked by a Solicitor by Vivien Edwards
Bright Ideas on a Bay of Plenty Farm (1940s) by Deirdre Eichler
Camping in our house (a Christchurch earthquake story) by John Ewen (highly commended)
A Different Kind of Life by John Ewen
Gaining Acceptance by Peter Farrell
Home is somewhere far away by Peter Farrell (highly commended)
Trouble at our place by Peter Farrell
The Slow Train to Waikouaiti by David Fahy

Beach of Bliss - Centre Island (Raroroka) by Lois Ann Fox
Brighton House: an era of grandeur, early 1900s by Lois Ann Fox
Our Sir Stephen Allen Years by Jackie Fraser
Boots 'n All by May Gaskin (3rd Prize)

Nellie the Duchess by Maureen Griffin
The Ring of Fire by Kate Gore
A Motorized Jaunt to Destiny by Bill Harrison
Revelations by the Roadside by Bill Harrison
The Thames sensation by Meghan Hawkes
Remembering Gran by Gaye Hemsley
A Taurewa Resident by Peter Henson
Fletcher's Mill by Peter Henson
The Big Celebration by Peter Henson (highly commended)
The Rimu Stump by Peter Henson
Stoves from the Back Blocks by Peter Henson
The Kaitieke Apple Tree by Peter Henson
The Mighty Waikato by Colleen Hills
Karearea Flies Over Me by Kristina Jensen
Childhood memories of the 1918 influenza epidemic by Antonia Jones (highly commended)
A Chapel for a college by Jeanette Knudsen
Quickbuild at Bethlehem College by Jeannette Knudsen
Tales of an Old-Fashioned Warrior: The George Muir Story by Barry Leabourn

The Bullocky's Daughter by Kay Marsh
Southshore, a Community not a Suburb by Michele McCormack
Summer, as we saw it by Vanessa Mellor
Down Memory Lane by Enid C. Meyer
First Memories by Enid C. Meyer
Memories of School by Enid C. Meyer
My Green Valley by Doreen Oldfield
Matters Religious, William G. Orange
Waipiro: Ruatoria, Summer, 1975: By Peter Francis O”Halloran
Crossings by Janet Pates (highly commended)
New World by Janet Pates
Dam Memories by Deryn Pittar

Tauranga”s first strawberry grower - by Deryn Pittar
A Proper Kiwi by Ruth Plank
Holidays at Raglan in the Kopua Motor Camp during the 1950s by Irene Polkinghorne
A Journey of Discovery by Peter Pratt

Sawyer's Bay by Graeme Pratley (highly commended)
Te pēne Māori by Vaughan Rapatahana
The Battle for Ruapekapeka Pa by Jonnie Rutherford
Whangamomona celebrates by Jonnie Rutherford (First Prize)

Note: This article was originally part of the Tauranga Memories website (2011-2020). It was created by Tauranga City Libraries staff (Harley Couper) on May 23, 2013 and uploaded to the New Zealand Society of Authors Bay of Plenty section, at http://tauranga.kete.net.nz/new_zealand_society_of_authors_bay_of_plenty/topics/show/1317.

This article above underwent 19 edits. Editors included Tauranga City Libraries staff (site administrator). The original license on Tauranga Memories was: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 New Zealand License. Please note that articles on Tauranga Memories were often uploaded on behalf of a member of the public, meaning sometimes the author is misattributed to a library staff member. Please contact us if this is the case for an article you authored.Date of Event2012

Stories - People

Matters Religious: the Orange Family by William G. Orange

A New Life in a New Country by Ivan D. Taylor

Nellie the Duchess by Maureen Griffin

Tauranga’s first strawberry grower by Deryn Pittar

A Taurewa Resident by Peter Henson

Allan and Jess North by Etheljoy Smith

Born in the shadow of a Zeppelin: Early recollections of Ynys Fraser

Who was Red Travers? by Chrissie Ward

The Life of Carl Sylvius Volkner by Jocelyn Davey

Sister Olga Meston by Etheljoy Smith

Turkish Delight by Irene Tudor

Remembering Gran by Gaye Hemsley

Just an ordinary woman by Etheljoy Smith

Our Sir Stephen Allen Years by Jackie Fraser

Friisy’s Story by Barbara Dobson

Oliver Macey Quintal: Sidetracked by a Solicitor by Vivien Edwards

Kate Haultain: A woman of courage and determination by Joan Stanley

Stories - Places

Waiotahi Images by Tony Walsh

Fletcher's Mill by Peter Henson

Dam Memories by Deryn Pittar

The Mighty Waikato by Colleen Hills

From horse to helicopter: Logging at Tikitapu, Rotorua

Bright Ideas on a Bay of Plenty Farm (1940s) by Deirdre Eichler

Beach of Bliss: Centre Island (Raroroka) by Lois Ann Fox

Road to the Rainbow (1960) by Tony Walsh

Southshore: A Community not a Suburb by Michele McCormack

Quickbuild at Bethlehem College by Jeannette Knudsen

A Chapel for a College by Jeanette Knudsen

Sawyer’s Bay by Graeme Pratley

Stories - Events

Pride by Karen Peterson Butterworth

Bush School by Karen Peterson Butterworth

Stories - Organisations

Te pēne Māori by Vaughan Rapatahana

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PeopleTauranga’s True Historian by Betty ColeEventsTauranga Memories (2011-2021) - Events

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2012 Memoir and Local History Competition