Interview with Mr Arthur Huia Honeyfield

Date22 July 1990Reference Number0148/19/41DescriptionBroadcaster 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 Arthur Honeyfield is one of these. It was recorded at his home in Kauri Point, Western Bay of Plenty. The length of the recording is 31:49 minutes.

Arthur Honeyfield was born in 1903 to Mary and Charles Honeyfield. Arthur married Edith Scheele in 1938
and they had two children. Honeyfield was successful in many fields including establishing the second commercial planting of avocados in New Zealand. During WW2 he organised the supply of food to 400,000 American servicemen in the Pacific. After the war he helped to raise the loans to finance the development of the Port of Tauranga.CreatorTauranga District Museum Oral History UnitInterviewerGraham Burkett Last edited by: Fiona Kean

Arthur Honeyfield in 1991. Photograph courtesy of the Honeyfield family, Tauranga Heritage Collection.

Asset Location

RoomTauranga Heritage Collection & Ngā Wāhi Rangahau Tauranga Public Library

Usage

RestrictionsTo listen to this interview contact Heritage.Collection@tauranga.govt.nz or visit the Heritage and Research Team at the Tauranga City Library. A written recording agreement for this interview has not been located and may not have been completed at the time of recording. As a result, this recording is not available online. Retrospective recording agreements are being sought and if you have information regarding Mr Arthur Honeyfield please email Heritage.Collection@tauranga.govt.nz Last edited by: Fiona Kean

Relates To

Part of Audio Visual CollectionTauranga District Museum Oral History Unit

Start typing here to find a location	Latitude	Longitude	Zoom	Actions

loading google map....

Save Cancel

Menu

Interview with Mr Arthur Huia Honeyfield