2013 Memoir and Local History Competition

Baird, Marion Pountney "Return to Kuawaea"
Baird, Marion Pountney "Summer of my Memory"
Baird, Marion Pountney "Time and Place
Batten, Garrick "Australia Day, 1983"
Batten, Garrick "It's Snow Fun" Highly commended
Batten, Garrick "Right and Wrong"
Buck, Colin "William (Bill) Gilmore: an Extra-Ordinary Kiwi Bloke"
Delgarno, Norma "Meggie Robinson" (not set submitted for uploading) Very highly commended
Dobson, Barbara "The Friis Family's War"
Doull, Margaret "Primary School" Highly commended
Doyle, Judith "Surfboards, donkeys and too much sun" Highly commended
England, Sue "Humiliation Confirmed"
England, Sue "Māpua Community Library: A Piece of Local History" Highly commended
England, Sue "The Other Side"
Fearn, Margaret "Little West Coaster"
Fearn, Margaret "Trail Blazer"
Fitz. Gerald, Jan "Hone Tuwhare, our English Teacher" Very highly commended
Francis, Rosemary "A Watery Grave: The Mystery of the Joyita" Highly commended
Francis, Rosemary "Cry Canterbury"
Francis, Rosemary "In the Wake of the Quake" Highly commended
Frater, Adrienne M. "Ada Hannam" Highly commended
Gaskin, Mary "There She Blows"
Green, Julie "Our Idyllic Holiday"
Green, Julie "Bicycle Trip to Tauranga from Matamata in 1918
Hall, Debbie "A Honeymoon on the Coast" Highly commended
Hart, Janet "Home on the Stars"
Hemsley, Gaye "The Sounds of Yesteryear"
Henson, Peter "Te Rimu Mill"
Special prize for BOP memory
Higgs, Marie "Times They Be A-Changing" (not submitted for uploading) Highly commended
Hobcroft Norah "Remembering Farmhouse Kitchens" (not yet submitted for upload) Highly commended
Horne, Linnette " Remembering Julia Jean Irwin (nee Tinling)" Highly commended
Jensen, Kristina "The Sacred Ritual of Danish Rice Pudding" Very highly commended
Jones, Antonia "Peter and Bridget Parker, A Fencible Family" Highly commended
Jones, Gwyneth "…and this was the bridge that Dad built" Highly commended
Jones, Gwyneth "Phone Frolics from the Fifties" (Not yet submitted for upload) Highly commended
Jones, Gwyneth "Tama's Revenge"
Juergens, Margaret "Family Trip to Tīmaru for Christmas"
Meyer, Enid "Hard Times and My Father" (not submitted for uploading) Very highly commended
Mc. Bride, Trish "Henry Lawson's Story" Highly commended
Mc. Bride, Trish "Tauranga in the 1950s – an Immigrant Childhood"
Mc. Bride, Trish "Yatton Park - a personal history"
Mc. Cabe, Alan "Why Choose Shoes?"
Mc. Cabe, Alan "The Watch: a Memoir"
Mc. Cabe, Alan "The Queen of Pleasant View" Highly commended
Mc. Gir, Roger "The Contest"
Mitchell, David "Samuel Mitchell’s Victoria Cross" (Not yet submitted for upload) Highly commended
Montrose, Wendy "The Island" Highly commended
Moreton, Winston "History of the Gisbourne Town Clock" Highly commended
Munro, Ruth "Getting Lost"
Napier, Jan Fitz. Gerald "Hone Tuwhare, our English teacher"
Nieuwendijk, Judy "Marino Yuretich: From Podgora to Puhata" 1st Prize
Overall, Simon "Blonde Hair and Distressed"
Overall, Simon "Rape in My Community" (explicit)
Overall, Simon "Testimony about Cambridge" (explicit)
Pates, Janet "Modern Pioneers"
Pates, Janet "Yesterday’s Schools" Highly commended
Plank, Ruth "Heritage Doll"
Plank, Ruth "The Way Home"
Pratley, Graeme "A Family Contribution to WWI"
Rutherford, Jonnie "Against the Odds"
Rutherford, Jonnie "Pursued a Dream" (not yet submitted for upload) Highly commended
Ryan, Julie "Fun and Games in Wellington, 1962 -1966" Highly commended
Ryan, Julie "The Lost Years, 1922 – 1931"
Simpson, Patricia "Pride and Punishment"
Simpson, Patricia "The Wonders and Worries of Washday" Highly commended
Smith, Barry "The Woman at the Door"
Solomon, Laura "Blood and Guts: One Woman's First Hand Experience of a Craniotomy (A Tragi-Comedy) 2nd Prize
Southam, Barry "Auckland in the Swinging 60s"
Taylor, Ivan D "Innocence of the Younger Generation: a True Story"
Taylor, Ivan D "They called me The Donkey Man"
Taylor, Ivan D "Civilian Weekend Sailors" Highly commended
Thornton, Mary Bell "Before the Act" Special prize for writer over 65
Tudor, Irene "Bananas, Sand and Fire" 3rd Prize
Viggers, Maxine "From the Moment You Set Foot in New Zealand" Highly commended
Watkins, Carl "Friday"
Wood, Beverley "Down the Garden Path" (not yet submitted for uploading) Very highly commended
Wright, Christine "The First of the Intruders"