Part 1 covered 5 people’s memories of ice skating in New Zealand, focusing on the period 1930s-1970s. As such, we focused on skating in the South Island, and included outdoor skating on natural ice. The interviews focused on recreational and figure skating. Part 1 was completed in 2020, and the interviews are available at the Alexander Turnbull Library (at National Library in Wellington). Full information is in the catalogue entry here: https://tiaki.natlib.govt.nz/#details=ecatalogue.1092884
Part 2 was completed in June 2026. We asked 5 people about their memories of ice skating in NZ, focusing particularly but not exclusively on the period since 1980. This included skating in Auckland as well as in the South Island. We included 3 interviews on figure skating, 1 on ice hockey and 1 on speed skating. These interviews have been deposited at the Alexander Turnbull Library and we are awaiting the catalogue description.
We hope to be able to complete more oral histories in future.
