Oral History at Home – Our Stories Project

Record a story at home

Every story matters. This tool helps you interview someone you know — and share their story with the world.

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Tell us who you are and who you're interviewing.
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Get a set of suggested questions — or write your own.
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Record the conversation right here in your browser.
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Download your recording and send it to Our Stories.

All recordings shared under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike

Step 1 of 4

Who's asking the questions?

Tell us a little about yourself.

Your name

Your relationship to the interviewee

Step 2 of 4

Who's sharing their story?

The more context you give, the better the question suggestions will be.

Their name

Approximate age or generation

Where are they from / where did they grow up?

What topics or eras do you want to focus on?

Any other context? (optional)

Step 3 of 4

Your interview questions

Tick the questions you want to use. Add your own, or remove any that don't fit. These will show up as prompts while you record.

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Ready to record

Current question

Your selected questions will appear here during the recording.

Step 4 of 4

Review and save

Listen back before you submit. Add a title and location, then download and/or send to Our Stories.

Recording title

Location or place

Date recorded

Your email (so we can follow up)

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⏱ Recording length:

By submitting, you agree that this recording may be used by Our Stories Project Trust under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike licence.

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Ngā mihi maioha

Thank you. Your recording has been sent to Our Stories Project.

Every story we collect makes our community stronger and our history richer. We'll be in touch soon.

What happens next?
Our team will listen to your recording, add it to our collection, and — where possible — map it to the place where the story happened, so others can discover it too.

Learn more at ourstoriesproject.org