MacKenzie, Emmy (Emma)

Production date
1995
Description
Emmy (Emma) MacKenzie was born in England in 1921. At the age of 16, she began her training as a nurse and later went to Scotland to do maternity training. She describes the training and conditions of the work. While in Scotland she met her Husband Alexander (Sandy), who was in the New Zealand Navy. They married and returned to New Zealand, living on a farm in Hawera. MacKenzie continued her nursing career in New Zealand working as a district nurse.
Recorded: 5 October 1995
Interviewer: Margaret Fox
Abstraction: Mary Whiting / Mary Donald
Restriction: None

Object detail

Production date

1995

Subject person

Emma MacKenzie

Classification

oral history/(for Archives)

Collection

Oral histories - General

Item list

Part 1

Research tape

Part 2

Abstract

Part 3

Master tape

Accession number

ARC2005-269

Collection type

My shortlist

Subject place

England Great Britain Europe Scotland Hāwera Taranaki New Zealand Polynesia Oceania North Island

Subject

Nursing Health Family activities Entertainment and recreation

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