Date11 July 1990Reference Number0148/19/25DescriptionBroadcaster and Village Radio volunteer, James Hartstonge, founded the Tauranga District Museum Oral History Unit in 1988. The unit recorded 66 interviews in three years. This interview with Mr Roland Woodroffe ‘Roly’ Earp is one of these. It was recorded at his home in Te Puna. The initial recording is 46:31 minutes and continues onto a second recording that is 41:18 minutes.
Roly Earp was born in Te Puke in 1924 and was involved in the early days of the kiwifruit industry. He helped set up the Kiwifruit Marketing authority.CreatorTauranga District Museum Oral History UnitInterviewerGraham Burkett
Tauranga District Museum Oral History Unit, Interview with Mr Roland Woodroffe Earp (11 July 1990). Pae Korokī, accessed 28/03/2025, https://paekoroki.tauranga.govt.nz/nodes/view/20868