Maori woman from New Zealand talks about growing up in Taupo. They didn't have power or water and rode horses to school. Lived off the land. Tells a story about going pig hunting when she was 8. Talks about her about her tattoo. Talks about being Maori. Talks about her family, including her kids.

New Zealand, Maori, pig, hunting, land, lake, Taupo, hiding, tattoo, horses, kids, freezer works

 

Helen talks about something she heard on the radio about Gorbachev and policies in New Zealand vs Australia, including complusory indemnity insurace.

Darwin, Australia, Gorbachev, Soviets, New Zealand, policies, indemnity insurance

30 year old New Zealand Maori Female talks about her tattoo, spirituality, and telepathy.

Maori, New Zealand, Female, 30 Years Old, 1min, Maori Heritage, tattoo, spirituality, telepathy, 

Young man talks about his book about travel, energy, and globalization. 

Darwin, Australia, writer, energy, travel, globalization

Maori, Middle aged male, 30s. They talk about how children today are spoiled and entitled. They have a chip on their shoulder and have nothing to aspire to.

New Zealand, Maouri, parenting, entitled

A 40 year old Tasmania man talks about getting a hose for a water line for the garden and lawn. It was rolled and on his back and when he set it up the hose sprayed water all over. Now he needs to roll it up and take it back.

Tasmania, Australia, hose, water, sprayed, garden, lawn, roll up

Tasmanian woman talks about how she's never traveled alone and is nervous to do so and has to psyche herself up, but will be fine after she's done it once. She talks about how her and her partner don't stop each other from doing what they want to do, even if the other person isn't interested. For example, she finds other things to do when he's watching motor racing. She also talks about the view.

Tasmania, Australia, traveling, alone, pysche, confidence, partner, motor racing, view, Sheffield

 

Tasmanian woman talks about her cattle and how she spent days searching the bush for a missing calf, which she never found. She later found it it was stolen, and that other people had had calves stolen as well.

Tasmania, Australia, cattle, calf, calves, stolen, bush, search, missing

 

Two little girls talk about and sing bird songs, "Rockin' Robin" and "Chicken Dance"

Darwin, Australia, girls, bird, songs, rockin' robin, chicken dance, singing

A white New Zealand Maori couple talk about younger generations being entitled and given everything. Also, includes a previous audio sample about the mother who took her girls out to the bush to learn how to survive and live off the land. Also talk about different dialects around the area and where to find them and unique sights to see.

Young kids, entitlement, reality check, aspire, bush, mud, Survivor, national park, Ruatahuna, caverns, patterns, ridges, carved, symbols, race. 

A middle aged, white, New Zealand Maori mother talks about how she up and moved her and her young daughters (10 & 8 years old) into the bush so that they would learn how to survive in the world and because she did not want them growing up spoiled and entitled. She describes how the girls had to bathe in the river and hunt their food to live day to day.

Spoiled, girls, survive, Xbox, computer, pig, uncles, bathe, river, mud.

Darwin man discusses politics. Woman talks about going to a store/market in the background.

Darwin, Australia, Politics, liberal, labor, lawyer, prime minister, Kroger, Abbot, government, market, store, ambitious

 

Darwin woman talks with and about children., icluding breast feeding. Daughter asks if she can play on the hill. Woman asks if she wants a snack, tuna. 

Darwin, Australia, children, breast feeding, snack, hill, tuna

Black Male 55, Darwin Australia, Tribal.  Singing "Kingston Town" only as Darwin Town.  Recorded 1995

 Left, little girl, darwin town, singing, tribal, conversation

White woman, 30's, Darwin, Australia. Talks about places to check out, such as London, Basketball practice, kids, and what to check out. 

 travel, basketball, dinner, london, kids, learn, card

Jill and Vinesa are around 40 years old who both work at the library.  Jill is a Invercargill native and has not really traveled around much.  Vinesa is from a neighboring town, Winton, and has traveled a bit. Her dad is Scottish and you can hear the influence of his accent in her speech.  They both talk about childhood memories.

years, traveled, vinesa, talk, south, memories, central, childhood, zealand, women, nvercargill, speech, coast, scottish, native, neighboring, invercargill, library, work, town, winton, influence, hear, accent

 

Young woman named Jessia Lineham, 16 years old and won first place at science fair.  She is a Invercargill native and an aspiring pharmacologist. This is her 3rd win at a science fair.  Both of her parents are involved in the school too.  Her dad is the PE teacher and her mom is head of the science department.

 

Woman, about 70 years old. Born in Timaru, NZ, but mainly grew up on the North Island. Interview is done at a senior center where this woman joins her bowling club for tea.  Club name, the Invercargill Bowling Club and comprised of all senior citizens. She talks about raising her granddaughter.