Gordon Lawson

1986 was a momentous year for Eltham – Its town council ceased to exist. The council was forced to amalgamate with the Eltham county to become the Eltham District Council and then finally to become part of the South Taranaki District Council in 1989.

The Town Clerk at the time was Gordon Lawson – he had been raised in Taranaki and in this audio history Gordon talks about his upbringing in Stratford – his early life in local government and how he came to be in the pivotal job in Eltham at the time of it’s council’s demise …….Gordon Lawson …the last town clerk of Eltham …. This is his story.

The Taranaki Heritage Series, copyright 2008.

A Sound Snapshot Production – produced and narrated by Hamish Guthrie.