Interview with Mrs Violet Simons

Broadcaster 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 Mrs Violet Simons is one of these. The initial recording is 45:38 minutes and continues onto a second recording that is 28:24 minutes.


Rebecca Violet Simons (Vi) was the granddaughter of George Crabbe who owned the store in Cameron Road. Her father Charles Crabbe married Rebecca Johnston daughter of Noble Johnston one of the Katikati settlers. Vi married Samuel L. Simons. She owned a private hospital and practiced as a midwife for many years. She was a member of many organisations in Tauranga and a life member of the Historical Society and a volunteer with the Tauranga District Museum.