118525
Greig, Allan Herbert, 1921-2012 (Person)
SummaryBorn in Taranaki, 'brought up in the King Country', Allan Greig raised his family in Tauranga.
Main Body
SourcesBay of Plenty Times. (1974, February 27). Invention of a type of solar heater.
Bay of Plenty Times. (1979, September 15).
Bay of Plenty Times. (1980, March 5).
Bay of Plenty Times. (2012, September 22). Allan Greig: a true issues champion. By Rebecca Cawston.
Death announcement. (2012, September 4). SunLive. Greig, Allan Herbert.
New Zealand Government. Birth record. 1921/14664. Greig, Allan Herbert.
New Zealand Government. Death record. 2012/22361. Greig, Allan Herbert.
Tauranga City Council. Cemeteries search. Greig, Allan Herbert. 30022.
Main BodyPolitics: 1978 stood as United candidate against Prime Minister in Tāmaki. 1980 contested Tauranga seat as United Party candidate. Involved with the Social Credit political party.
Employment: He set up Velma Mushroom Farm (Auckland). Also worked as a labourer, with a talent for woodwork. Was involved with a family-run small baby accessory business (based in Christchurch).
Innovations:
- Mini-cot, patented and the creation noted in the newspapers at the time.
- Solar heater. Bay of Plenty Times, 27 February 1974.
Interests:
- Seismology and volcanology - sparked by his experience aged 10 in Whanganui of the 1931 Napier earthquake.
- Writing letters to newspapers.
- Proof that New Zealand has deposits of on-shore oil proven by early shallow wells in Taranaki, says A.H. Greig. 'It is my contention that below the Kapuni field must lie substantial reservoirs of crude oil - deep drilling will release it!'. Bay of Plenty Times, 15 September 1979.
SourcesBay of Plenty Times. (1974, February 27). Invention of a type of solar heater.
Bay of Plenty Times. (1979, September 15).
Bay of Plenty Times. (1980, March 5).
Bay of Plenty Times. (2012, September 22). Allan Greig: a true issues champion. By Rebecca Cawston.
Death announcement. (2012, September 4). SunLive. Greig, Allan Herbert.
New Zealand Government. Birth record. 1921/14664. Greig, Allan Herbert.
New Zealand Government. Death record. 2012/22361. Greig, Allan Herbert.
Tauranga City Council. Cemeteries search. Greig, Allan Herbert. 30022.
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Personal Information
First Name(s)Allan Herbert
SurnameGreig
Also Known asA.H. Greig
GenderMale
Date of Birth3 March 1921
Place of BirthPātea, Taranaki
Date of Death3 September 2012
Place of DeathTauranga Hospital, Tauranga
Date of Burial/Cremation3 September 2012
Place of Burial/CremationTauranga Presbyterian Cemetery (18th Avenue)
SurnameGreig
Also Known asA.H. Greig
GenderMale
Date of Birth3 March 1921
Place of BirthPātea, Taranaki
Date of Death3 September 2012
Place of DeathTauranga Hospital, Tauranga
Date of Burial/Cremation3 September 2012
Place of Burial/CremationTauranga Presbyterian Cemetery (18th Avenue)
Whānau
MotherWard, Sadie Christina
FatherGreig, Allan Mathew
FatherGreig, Allan Mathew
Admin
AuthorTe Ao Mārama - Tauranga City Libraries
Type of ContributionLibrary authority
TaxonomyStories | People
Type of ContributionLibrary authority
TaxonomyStories | People
Te Ao Mārama - Tauranga City Libraries, Greig, Allan Herbert, 1921-2012 (Person). Pae Korokī, accessed 23/04/2026, https://paekoroki.tauranga.govt.nz/nodes/view/118525





