We are recording oral history interviews as part of the wider NZ Skating History Project. In 2025-6, we will be interviewing five people about their memories of ice skating in NZ, focusing particularly but not exclusively on the period since 1980.
We would like to hear from anyone who is interested in sharing their memories about skating in New Zealand. Please use the Contact Form to register your interest in being considered for an oral history interview, and/or sharing your historical materials relating to skating.
Oral History Project Design:
We will conduct in-depth recorded oral history interviews with five people selected from those who have contacted the researchers. We will aim to select a group of people to interview who together can best provide a wide history of skating in this country, by reflecting a full range of skating experiences, across different eras, places and skill levels. If you are not selected for the recorded interview, we are still interested in any historical material you would like to share with the wider project.
The oral history project will run until May 2026.
We would like to hear from anyone who is interested in sharing their memories about skating in New Zealand. Please use the Contact Form to register your interest in being considered for an oral history interview, and/or sharing your historical materials relating to skating.
Oral History Project Design:
We will conduct in-depth recorded oral history interviews with five people selected from those who have contacted the researchers. We will aim to select a group of people to interview who together can best provide a wide history of skating in this country, by reflecting a full range of skating experiences, across different eras, places and skill levels. If you are not selected for the recorded interview, we are still interested in any historical material you would like to share with the wider project.
The oral history project will run until May 2026.
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This is Part 2 of the oral history project, and is funded by a 2025 Oral History Award from the Ministry for Culture and Heritage. In 2020, we completed Part 1 of the project which was also sponsored by a grant from the MCH, and covered memories of ice skating in NZ focusing on the period 1930s-1970s.
After Part 2 is completed, we aim to continue researching and publishing on the wider history of skating in NZ. |
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The Oral History Interview Process:
The five selected oral history interview participants will be interviewed in depth. We will have a preliminary meeting, where we get to know each other and explain the interview process. Then the main interview will take place a few days later, and we will ask you questions about your memories of ice skating. This interview will take a few hours. The interview will be recorded digitally. Participants will receive a copy of their interview recording, as well as a written summary of the contents, which they will be given to read and check before it is deposited in the archives.
We are committed to conducting Data Sovereign research. This means that your data is not stored by third-party computers/programs, and your information cannot be hacked or stolen. The interview is a confidential conversation, and your privacy is maintained at every stage of the project. We use off-line Linux computers in NZ to store the sound files and written summary of your interview. We aim to not only meet but exceed the requirements of the Privacy Act (2020). Any concerns you have will be discussed at the preliminary meeting. The digital recording and written summary of the interview will be deposited at the Oral History Centre at National Library in Wellington, and you can decide what level of access future researchers can have to your recording in conjunction with your interviewer. Once your interview material has been transferred to National Library, your information is subject to their data management policies.
The interview will not be placed on the internet by the researchers, and you agree to not share it via the internet or with anyone in any form without the interviewer's advance permission. The interview copyright will be shared with your interviewer, because we believe people own the copyright to the sound of their voice, and the words they say. Any use of your personal identifying information by researchers is up to you, and will be agreed in writing with your oral historian, who follows the Code of Ethical and Technical Practice of the National Oral History Association of NZ: www.oralhistory.org.nz/index.php/ethics-and-practice/
The five selected oral history interview participants will be interviewed in depth. We will have a preliminary meeting, where we get to know each other and explain the interview process. Then the main interview will take place a few days later, and we will ask you questions about your memories of ice skating. This interview will take a few hours. The interview will be recorded digitally. Participants will receive a copy of their interview recording, as well as a written summary of the contents, which they will be given to read and check before it is deposited in the archives.
We are committed to conducting Data Sovereign research. This means that your data is not stored by third-party computers/programs, and your information cannot be hacked or stolen. The interview is a confidential conversation, and your privacy is maintained at every stage of the project. We use off-line Linux computers in NZ to store the sound files and written summary of your interview. We aim to not only meet but exceed the requirements of the Privacy Act (2020). Any concerns you have will be discussed at the preliminary meeting. The digital recording and written summary of the interview will be deposited at the Oral History Centre at National Library in Wellington, and you can decide what level of access future researchers can have to your recording in conjunction with your interviewer. Once your interview material has been transferred to National Library, your information is subject to their data management policies.
The interview will not be placed on the internet by the researchers, and you agree to not share it via the internet or with anyone in any form without the interviewer's advance permission. The interview copyright will be shared with your interviewer, because we believe people own the copyright to the sound of their voice, and the words they say. Any use of your personal identifying information by researchers is up to you, and will be agreed in writing with your oral historian, who follows the Code of Ethical and Technical Practice of the National Oral History Association of NZ: www.oralhistory.org.nz/index.php/ethics-and-practice/