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Greig, Allan Herbert, 1921-2012 (Person)
SummaryBorn in Taranaki, 'brought up in the King Country', Allan Greig raised his family in Tauranga.
Main BodySourcesBay 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.Photographs
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First Name(s)Allan HerbertSurnameGreigAlso Known asA.H. GreigGenderMaleDate of Birth3 March 1921Place of BirthPātea, TaranakiDate of Death3 September 2012Place of DeathTauranga Hospital, TaurangaDate of Burial/Cremation3 September 2012Place of Burial/CremationTauranga Presbyterian Cemetery (18th Avenue)
SurnameGreigAlso Known asA.H. GreigGenderMaleDate of Birth3 March 1921Place of BirthPātea, TaranakiDate of Death3 September 2012Place of DeathTauranga Hospital, TaurangaDate of Burial/Cremation3 September 2012Place of Burial/CremationTauranga Presbyterian Cemetery (18th Avenue)Whānau
MotherWard, Sadie ChristinaFatherGreig, Allan Mathew
FatherGreig, Allan MathewAdmin
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Type of ContributionLibrary authorityTaxonomyStories | PeopleTe 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
