| Title | Oral history interview with Dhiru (Pat) Kika, 2015. |
| Creator | |
| Collection | |
| Date created | 15 May 2015 |
| Description Summary | Track 1: Talks of growing up in Grey Lynn above Indian parents' fruit and veg shop; grandfather visiting N.Z. (1920); parents later moving to N.Z.; Indian migrants' aspirations for their children; University of Otago Dental School.
Track 2: University of Otago; Hutt Hospital; hockey; meeting future wife Nina, marrying; travelling overseas. Setting up home dental practice in Royal Heights (177 Royal Road) and raising first child there; community involvement; Royal Heights Shopping Centre; what makes a good dentist; selling the practice but continuing to work there.
Track 3: Family's move to State Highway 16; establishing full dental practice at 177 Royal Road; building up the business; staff; school dental services; how dentistry has served him, and how he has served the community. |
| Subjects | |
| Keywords | Friendship; Surrey Crescent; fruit shop, veg shop, fruit and veggie shop; hockey; family life; overseas travel; Indian community; immigrants; market gardening; teeth; diet; childhood; Murray Sinton; Hutt Hospital; racial discrimination; |
| Time span | 1950s-2015 |
| Language | English |
| Copyright Holder | Auckland Libraries |
| Access Rights | Contact the West Auckland Research Centre, Waitakere Central Library in Henderson, to listen to recording or view abstract. Not available for loan. |
| Original medium | Audio; digital, external drive |
| Duration | Track 1: 23 minutes and 46 seconds Track 2: 34 minutes and 16 seconds Track 3: 17 minutes and 26 seconds Total duration of recording: 75 minutes and 28 seconds |
| Supporting materials | Photograph. |
| Contributor | |
| Oral History ID | OH-1240-004 |
