Also here is a link about New Zealand for more information: Aotearoa.
Ny nana was born in Hamilton, New Zealand.
She lived on a farm with a kind, loving family
farm dogs.
She was bought up as an anglian.She went
to sunday school and was in the church choir.
Her thoughts on how life was different are
it is easier to learn about news/information now and
she is a lot more aware of her health
My mum was born and grew up in Waimate which
is in the South Island.
There were 5 living in their house, including
3 children. They also had 1 cat and 1 dog.
Their family heard about the news by watching T.V
and the newspaper. Hey grandparents were very
nurturing and loving and they spent
a lot of time together.
My mums thoughts on how life is different now
that it is much faster and stressful. Also that
there is more expectation of everybody.
My dad was born in Auckland then moved to melbourne
for 5 years beofore returning back here.. Their were 4
of them and they lived on a big section in Mt Wellington.
All of my Dad's siblings including himself were adopted.
His earliest memory was picking up his adopted sister when he was 5.
One thing that suprised me about my dad was that
he worked in the underground mines.
He worked in 3 different places: