Interview with Mrs Rata Roden

Date29 March 1989Reference Number0148/19/17Description

Broadcaster and Village Radio volunteer, James Hartstonge, founded the Tauranga District Museum Oral History Unit in 1988. The unit recorded 66 interviews in three years. This interview with Mrs Rata Roden (nee Lever)is one of these. It was recorded at her home in Elizabeth Street, Tauranga. The length of the initial recording is 46:16 minutes and continues onto a second recording that is 7:17 minutes.

Bessie Rata Lever (Rata) was born in 1908 to Alice and Harry Graham Lever. Rata trained as a nurse and married Alan Roden who died in WW2. She travelled widely, wrote newspaper articles and a book titled "Here There and Most Places".

CreatorTauranga District Museum Oral History UnitInterviewerJames Harstonge Last edited by: Fiona Kean

Rata Lever (Roden) in 1924. Image courtesy of Tauranga City Libraries Image 99-1078.

Asset Location

RoomTauranga Heritage Collection storage facility

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RestrictionsTo listen to this interview contact Heritage.Collection@tauranga.govt.nz or visit the Heritage and Research Team at the Tauranga City Library. A written recording agreement for this interview has not been located and may not have been completed at the time of recording. As a result, this recording is not available online. Retrospective recording agreements are being sought and if you have information regarding Mrs Rata Roden please email Heritage.Collection@tauranga.govt.nz Last edited by: Fiona Kean

Relates To

Start here:Roden, Bessie Rata née Lever, 1907-1997 (Person)Part of Audio Visual CollectionTauranga District Museum Oral History Unit

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Interview with Mrs Rata Roden