Ministry of Transport Waikato
Robert [ Bob &Helen] Clarke Peterson) 1957-98
Worked in Rotorua, Oamaru,Paeroa and Auckland
Duncan Mcbride 1964-92
Ellerslie..Kaeo..Hamilton City. Huntly. Te Awamutu.Auckland Motorways
Merv Bassett 1965-74
Stationed @ Ngaruawahia and Huntly
Graeme Thompson 1966-70
Had the privilege of being the only M/C officer in a country area
Reg Williams/Tyson 1967-71
Peter Priest 1969-75
Masterton: STO Eric Marwick & Roger Tuffield. SGT.
Bruce Moore.
Huntly: STO. Mike Warren & SGT. Merv Bassett.
Doug. Radford (passed away) 1970-87
Promoted to Senior Vehicle Inspector,(later re named the position as Senior Automotive Surveyor) based in District Office.Later promoted to 1st class S.Auto.S in charge of Hamilton Testing Station.When the proposal made to join MOT to Police; took the option of early retirement, and left MOT on 5.6.1987.
Robert (Bob) Davies 1970-92
Graeme Haggerty 1970-87
SVI for17 years
Ab Mes 1971-73
Muriel Woodcock (Muriel Lawrence) 1972-77
I was a meter maid in Hamilton, the CTO was Terry Hoskins, the STOs were Barry Field, Garth Hames and then came Ian Bardsley, would like to catch up with some of the TOs i worked with back then
Colin Hastie 1973-74
STATIONED IN HAMILTON
Roland Glass 1973-75
Transfered to Tokoroa as a Car Officer working with David Dunlevey, Graeme Bryan and Bill Steadman. Promoted to Sergeant at Rotorua 1975.
Bill Atkins 1973-79
started at Hamiltion on motor cycle, barry feild ,terry hoskin, bob everard as bosses, good time
Neil Rogers 1973-92
Lynette (Lyn) Wright (Lynette (Lyn) Kerby) 1974-78
Jim Wiles 1974-92
T/O in Rotorua to 1977. RTI/STI in Te Puke/Tauranga to 1988. Driver Education 1988 to 1992. District Manager Education Tauranga, Field Co-ordinator Waikato.
Lynette de Malmanche (Lynette Katipa) 1974-83
I worked as a typist and my direct bosses were Lynne Denty, Karen Dooley, Jenny Brightwell and Barbara Hawes. Charlie Bellamy and Doug Joyce were the top bosses during my time their.
James O'Connor 1975-77
Max Newman 1975-80
Traffic Officer stationed at Te Awamutu
Brian Barlow 1975-84
Traffic Education team member:
Alex Cawley had major (positive) impact on my life
Kathy Duncan (Kathy Petersen) 1976-85
I worked in the Bureau before the merger with the police.
Kenneth Smith 1976-92
Graeme Raine 1977-77
I worked in Tokoroa and Cambrige.
Now self employed as a trainer in Perth WA.
Wrote a small book with Ex Hamilton Traffic Garth Jennens in the early 90s
Spent 18 yrs as a Ranger in WA.
Lynlee Carlyle (Lynlee Evans) 1977-83
Started out here as a Meter Maid along with Julie Heke,Julie Cufflin,Ann Oti great time as a enforcement officer left and went nursing but returned and worked here until 1983 then xfered to Auckland with the mot
Alison Parle (Alison Sloan) 1978-80
Julie Candish (Julie Heke) 1978-81
Meter maiding with Lynlee, we walked for miles and that included Frankton when it was a busy little suburb. Was a great job back then and fun too
Neville Cooper 1978-92
Traffic Sergeant Hamilton
Lance Goulsbro 1978-92
on ((and off)ouch)) the bikes in Hamilton, moved to Dargaville in 86, worked with some great people, Dave Millington (skippy), Alf Daniels, Colwyn Shortland, Robbie Campbell (dec),Roger Leaf, Norm MacIntosh, supervisors back then were, Dave Allo, Ian Bardsley, Trevor Payne (CTO), Neville Cooper,Vic Kay, Graeme Williams who took over from Vic, Brian Donkin took over from Dave Allo, Lindsay Crawford (Daffy) took Ians job ...........etc etc etc
Lynley Irvine-Hall (Lynley Irvine) 1980-82
Senior Clerk - Sole Charge at Huntly office.
Bob Mack 1980-87
RTI at Te Awamutu, moved into Public Health prior to amalgamation, now retired near Katikati
Wayne Holden 1980-91
Sally Fletcher 1982-85
Helen Wilhelm 1982-85
Don Derecourt 1982-91
Motorcycle Officer on North Road, based at Huntly.
Transport Licencing Officer (NTLU)as the road / rail restrictions ended
Kiwa (Matt) Matehaere 1982-92
Ian Milligan 1983-87
My first posting in Air Traffic Control. Very good start and great bunch of guys to work with.
Stan Walton 1983-92
S/Sgt Tokoroa promoted to Chief Traffic Officer South Waikato 1987 and District Manager 1987.
Trudy Brown (Trudy Collins) 1984-87
Sharon Stewart (Sharon Visser) 1984-87
Gloria McEntyre (Gloria Morris) 1985-89
Kenneth Smith 1985-92
Huntly
Debbie Grumball (Debbie Gordon) 1985-92
Worked with some of the best at Hamilton... Angus, Dave, Nick, etc etc etc! Graeme Williams was our supervisor, we learnt heaps. Thanks Graeme. Leo Tooman great boss. I went over with the merger into NZ Police and worked in other areas, but will always remember where I came from and who my mates were in those early MOT days. Thanks guys. Still treasure those friendships even after all this time.
Alison Ruru (Alison Beaumont) 1986-90
I worked in Rotorua as a Traffic Education Officer. Joel Smith was my original boss then Ian Campion was my Senior Sergeant.
Michael Cummins 1987-93
Originally a member of the education team. Continued with Land Transport Safety Authority when it was established in 1993.
Bill Atkins 1987-92
transferred from rotorua and stayed until amalgamation with police on 02/07/1992.
good team of guys.
Kay Humble (Kay Dewe) 1987-89
John Fitzgerald 1988-97
Ops CTO at Hamilton till the intergration with Police then 5 years with N Z police, retiring in September 1997.Great years.
Trever Leigh 1989-92
Dennis Nathan 1990-92
Driver Education Officer.
Bill Cronin 1991-92
Promoted to Sergeant Prosecutions in Hamilton. Brian Donkin, Sergeant and Leo Tooman, Chief
Graeme Hammond 1991-92
Shifted from Christchurch to Te Kuiti in 1991, still here and loving it. Came under "Tokoroa" back then, S/Sgt Paul Davey was the boss, and changed to "Waikato" when we took over the Police in 1992. Now on "Highway Patrol", and S/Sgt Paul Davey is still the boss.
Worked in Rotorua, Oamaru,Paeroa and Auckland
Duncan Mcbride 1964-92
Ellerslie..Kaeo..Hamilton City. Huntly. Te Awamutu.Auckland Motorways
Merv Bassett 1965-74
Stationed @ Ngaruawahia and Huntly
Graeme Thompson 1966-70
Had the privilege of being the only M/C officer in a country area
Reg Williams/Tyson 1967-71
Peter Priest 1969-75
Masterton: STO Eric Marwick & Roger Tuffield. SGT.
Bruce Moore.
Huntly: STO. Mike Warren & SGT. Merv Bassett.
Doug. Radford (passed away) 1970-87
Promoted to Senior Vehicle Inspector,(later re named the position as Senior Automotive Surveyor) based in District Office.Later promoted to 1st class S.Auto.S in charge of Hamilton Testing Station.When the proposal made to join MOT to Police; took the option of early retirement, and left MOT on 5.6.1987.
Robert (Bob) Davies 1970-92
Graeme Haggerty 1970-87
SVI for17 years
Ab Mes 1971-73
Muriel Woodcock (Muriel Lawrence) 1972-77
I was a meter maid in Hamilton, the CTO was Terry Hoskins, the STOs were Barry Field, Garth Hames and then came Ian Bardsley, would like to catch up with some of the TOs i worked with back then
Colin Hastie 1973-74
STATIONED IN HAMILTON
Roland Glass 1973-75
Transfered to Tokoroa as a Car Officer working with David Dunlevey, Graeme Bryan and Bill Steadman. Promoted to Sergeant at Rotorua 1975.
Bill Atkins 1973-79
started at Hamiltion on motor cycle, barry feild ,terry hoskin, bob everard as bosses, good time
Neil Rogers 1973-92
Lynette (Lyn) Wright (Lynette (Lyn) Kerby) 1974-78
Jim Wiles 1974-92
T/O in Rotorua to 1977. RTI/STI in Te Puke/Tauranga to 1988. Driver Education 1988 to 1992. District Manager Education Tauranga, Field Co-ordinator Waikato.
Lynette de Malmanche (Lynette Katipa) 1974-83
I worked as a typist and my direct bosses were Lynne Denty, Karen Dooley, Jenny Brightwell and Barbara Hawes. Charlie Bellamy and Doug Joyce were the top bosses during my time their.
James O'Connor 1975-77
Max Newman 1975-80
Traffic Officer stationed at Te Awamutu
Brian Barlow 1975-84
Traffic Education team member:
Alex Cawley had major (positive) impact on my life
Kathy Duncan (Kathy Petersen) 1976-85
I worked in the Bureau before the merger with the police.
Kenneth Smith 1976-92
Graeme Raine 1977-77
I worked in Tokoroa and Cambrige.
Now self employed as a trainer in Perth WA.
Wrote a small book with Ex Hamilton Traffic Garth Jennens in the early 90s
Spent 18 yrs as a Ranger in WA.
Lynlee Carlyle (Lynlee Evans) 1977-83
Started out here as a Meter Maid along with Julie Heke,Julie Cufflin,Ann Oti great time as a enforcement officer left and went nursing but returned and worked here until 1983 then xfered to Auckland with the mot
Alison Parle (Alison Sloan) 1978-80
Julie Candish (Julie Heke) 1978-81
Meter maiding with Lynlee, we walked for miles and that included Frankton when it was a busy little suburb. Was a great job back then and fun too
Neville Cooper 1978-92
Traffic Sergeant Hamilton
Lance Goulsbro 1978-92
on ((and off)ouch)) the bikes in Hamilton, moved to Dargaville in 86, worked with some great people, Dave Millington (skippy), Alf Daniels, Colwyn Shortland, Robbie Campbell (dec),Roger Leaf, Norm MacIntosh, supervisors back then were, Dave Allo, Ian Bardsley, Trevor Payne (CTO), Neville Cooper,Vic Kay, Graeme Williams who took over from Vic, Brian Donkin took over from Dave Allo, Lindsay Crawford (Daffy) took Ians job ...........etc etc etc
Lynley Irvine-Hall (Lynley Irvine) 1980-82
Senior Clerk - Sole Charge at Huntly office.
Bob Mack 1980-87
RTI at Te Awamutu, moved into Public Health prior to amalgamation, now retired near Katikati
Wayne Holden 1980-91
Sally Fletcher 1982-85
Helen Wilhelm 1982-85
Don Derecourt 1982-91
Motorcycle Officer on North Road, based at Huntly.
Transport Licencing Officer (NTLU)as the road / rail restrictions ended
Kiwa (Matt) Matehaere 1982-92
Ian Milligan 1983-87
My first posting in Air Traffic Control. Very good start and great bunch of guys to work with.
Stan Walton 1983-92
S/Sgt Tokoroa promoted to Chief Traffic Officer South Waikato 1987 and District Manager 1987.
Trudy Brown (Trudy Collins) 1984-87
Sharon Stewart (Sharon Visser) 1984-87
Gloria McEntyre (Gloria Morris) 1985-89
Kenneth Smith 1985-92
Huntly
Debbie Grumball (Debbie Gordon) 1985-92
Worked with some of the best at Hamilton... Angus, Dave, Nick, etc etc etc! Graeme Williams was our supervisor, we learnt heaps. Thanks Graeme. Leo Tooman great boss. I went over with the merger into NZ Police and worked in other areas, but will always remember where I came from and who my mates were in those early MOT days. Thanks guys. Still treasure those friendships even after all this time.
Alison Ruru (Alison Beaumont) 1986-90
I worked in Rotorua as a Traffic Education Officer. Joel Smith was my original boss then Ian Campion was my Senior Sergeant.
Michael Cummins 1987-93
Originally a member of the education team. Continued with Land Transport Safety Authority when it was established in 1993.
Bill Atkins 1987-92
transferred from rotorua and stayed until amalgamation with police on 02/07/1992.
good team of guys.
Kay Humble (Kay Dewe) 1987-89
John Fitzgerald 1988-97
Ops CTO at Hamilton till the intergration with Police then 5 years with N Z police, retiring in September 1997.Great years.
Trever Leigh 1989-92
Dennis Nathan 1990-92
Driver Education Officer.
Bill Cronin 1991-92
Promoted to Sergeant Prosecutions in Hamilton. Brian Donkin, Sergeant and Leo Tooman, Chief
Graeme Hammond 1991-92
Shifted from Christchurch to Te Kuiti in 1991, still here and loving it. Came under "Tokoroa" back then, S/Sgt Paul Davey was the boss, and changed to "Waikato" when we took over the Police in 1992. Now on "Highway Patrol", and S/Sgt Paul Davey is still the boss.
Warwick Bruce 1965-66
A motorcycle cop in Hamilton City (Great fun) Graeme Lawrence was my boss
Raewyn Simmons (Raewyn Bankier) 1973-73
Robert (Bob) Davies 1973-79
Worked Sole Charge in Otorohanga. Sergeant's (based at Te Awamutu) were Dave Allo, Ken Price, and Warren Stewart. My Off-siders in Te Kuiti were Howard Baker, and Dave Walker.
Robert [ Bob &Helen] Clarke (Robert [ Bob &Helen] Peterson) 1974-89
Stationed at Paeroa.
Andrew Baucke 1981-86
Thomas Bowater 1984-87
Road Traffic Instructor in Tokoroa
Karen Thomson (Karen Stonehouse) 1993-93
Debtors and Creditors Clerk
A motorcycle cop in Hamilton City (Great fun) Graeme Lawrence was my boss
Raewyn Simmons (Raewyn Bankier) 1973-73
Robert (Bob) Davies 1973-79
Worked Sole Charge in Otorohanga. Sergeant's (based at Te Awamutu) were Dave Allo, Ken Price, and Warren Stewart. My Off-siders in Te Kuiti were Howard Baker, and Dave Walker.
Robert [ Bob &Helen] Clarke (Robert [ Bob &Helen] Peterson) 1974-89
Stationed at Paeroa.
Andrew Baucke 1981-86
Thomas Bowater 1984-87
Road Traffic Instructor in Tokoroa
Karen Thomson (Karen Stonehouse) 1993-93
Debtors and Creditors Clerk
Robert [ Bob &Helen] Clarke (Robert [ Bob &Helen] Peterson) 1957-98
Worked in Rotorua,Oamaru,Paeroa, Morningside, and Counties Manukau Police District.
Barry McPherson 1962-68
Based at Timaru, Hawera, Paekakarekei, Levin Rotorua
Frank Ross Supt
Neville Cooper 1973-78
Traffic Officer i/c Ohakune
Alex Cawley 1975-88
Brian Donkin 1978-92
Senior sergeant in Hamilton City
Malcolm Collins 1984-92
Worked in Rotorua,Oamaru,Paeroa, Morningside, and Counties Manukau Police District.
Barry McPherson 1962-68
Based at Timaru, Hawera, Paekakarekei, Levin Rotorua
Frank Ross Supt
Neville Cooper 1973-78
Traffic Officer i/c Ohakune
Alex Cawley 1975-88
Brian Donkin 1978-92
Senior sergeant in Hamilton City
Malcolm Collins 1984-92