Keystrokes Per Minute Podcast

A limited series podcast about the Women in the New Zealand Public Service Typing Pools, from 1945 til the Present Day.

Trailer – Keystrokes Per Minute

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.

Listen to Producer Meg Melvin’s chat with Radio NZ Nights host, Mark Leishman, about the Keystrokes per Minute podcast, recorded 4 October 2023.

New Podcast shines light on typing pool life > (16 mins)

Keystrokes Oral History Project

The Keystrokes Per Minute Podcast is only possible thanks to the work of a team of researchers from the Keystrokes Per Minute Oral History project.

Listen the background of the how the podcast came to life and hear from each of the Research team members about their motivations and purpose.

Article featured in the Institute of Public Administrators New Zealand (IPANZ) Winter 2024 Journal

Dr Judith Aitken contributed an article to the History of the Public Service section of the IPANZ Winter Journal.

Read Judith’s article ‘Keystrokes Per Minute: Women of the Public Service Typing Pools‘ online or download a PDF version (140kb).

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