The history of the Association of Administrative Professionals NZ (AdmiNZ) over the last 50 years.
7 Aug 2023
Bonus Episode Govt Typists Strike
Government Typists took action in 1985, after a stalled negotiation between the PSA, the public servants union, and the State Services Commission.
31 Jul 2023
Episode 7 The Public Service & Women’s Work
How the standards, bureaucracy, and culture of NZ Public Service shaped the working lives of many typists, and a broader view of women’s work through the eras.
23 Jul 2023
Episode 6 The Impact of Technology
Delve into the evolution of typewriter technology, the introduction of computers, and what impact that had.
17 Jul 2023
Episode 5 Life in the Typing Pool Part 3
How careers progressed, moving into senior or supervisory roles, moving into other areas of Govt work, or leaving the Public Service all together.
Then we put the spotlight on the only typing pool that still exists today, that of the Medical Typists and Transcriptionists in hospitals.
10 Jul 2023
Episode 4 Life in the Typing Pool Part 2
Stories about the day-to-day operations of the typing pool - the physical layout, how work was submitted, distributed and checked plus some ‘tricks of the trades’ that typists used to cover up mistakes.
3 Jul 2023
Episode 3 Life in the Typing Pool Part 1
The different pathways that led typists to getting their first job - first days and expectations, new colleagues and interesting characters.
26 Jun 2023
Episode 2 The Role of Education Part 2
Stories of discrimination and struggles with bias that girls, and young women, had to overcome, to gain an education.
7 Jun 2023
Episode 1 The Role of Education, Part 1
Interviewees experiences of secondary education, and the impactful influence of parents and teachers.
6 Jun 2023
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Keystrokes Per Minute, a limited series podcast about the women in the New Zealand Public Service Typing Pools from 1945 til the present day. This NZ Podcast is themed around the topics of education, life in the typing pool, the public service and women’s work, and the impact of technology on the profession. Stories from the typing pool include typing hacks of the day, rubbish bins set on fire and some of the characters found inside, and outside the typing room.
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