Interview with Col. Bob Burt and Col. Allen Coster
Date14 November 1990Reference Number0148/19/43Description
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 Col. Bob Burt and Col. Allen Coster is one of these. It was recorded at the home of Col. Burt in Tauranga. The initial recording is 46:09 minutes and continues onto a second recording that is 10:42 minutes.
Col. Burt and Col. Coster had long military careers and were honorary Colonels of the Hauraki Regiment.
Photograph of Officers at 1992/93 Christmas function. Image courtesy of the Hauraki Regiment.
Asset Location
RoomTauranga Heritage Collection storage facility
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 Bob Burt please email Heritage.Collection@tauranga.govt.nz
Tauranga District Museum Oral History Unit, Interview with Col. Bob Burt and Col. Allen Coster (14 November 1990). Pae Korokī, accessed 28/03/2026, https://paekoroki.tauranga.govt.nz/nodes/view/20887