Publication - "Southern People"


"Southern People", according to it's cover, is "A dictionary of Otago Southland Biography".
It was published to commemorate the 150th Anniversary of Otago and Southland.

Published in 1998 by Longacre Press it contains over 550 pages and includes articles on quite a number of ham radio operators in the ZL4 region.    Unfortunately you have to be a 'silent key' to get in the publication.
Some of those mentioned:

  • Howard Boddy ZL4GG

  • Brenda Bell

  • Frank Bell ZL4AA

  • Brenda Shore ZL4OQ

  • Myrtle Earland ZL4GR

  • James Passmore

  • The Kirby girls,
    Peggy Cameron ZL4CL,
    Kath Collett ZL4DT,
    Nancy Egan ZL4FN


  • Toots Mitchell
    Broadcast radio

  • Dr Robert Jack
    Early Broadcast Radio

  • John Bilton
    Private radio station in Cromwell

  • Fred O'Neill
    1816-1957 of 4YA fame
Plus others I've yet to find (or add).