Interview with Mr Eric Lees Faulkner

Date27 July 1990Reference Number0148/19/48DescriptionBroadcaster 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 Eric Lees Faulkner is one of these. It was recorded at his home in Tauranga. The length of the initial recording is 46:32 minutes and continues onto a second recording that is 20:06 minutes.

Eric Faulkner was a grandson of early Tauranga trader and settler John Lees Faulkner and his second wife Elizabeth Humphries. He was the son of Arthur Lees and Gladys Faulkner. On returning from WW2 he entered the grocery trade and founded the New World Supermarket in Cameron Road. He was a prominent sportsman including yachting and shooting.
He was a commander in the St John’s Ambulance and a city councillor then Mayor of Tauranga.CreatorTauranga District Museum Oral History UnitInterviewerReginald Spence Last edited by: Fiona Kean

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Interview with Mr Eric Lees Faulkner, part one

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RoomTauranga Heritage Collection storage facility

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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 Eric Faulkner please email Heritage.Collection@tauranga.govt.nz Last edited by: Fiona Kean

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Part of Audio Visual CollectionTauranga District Museum Oral History Unit

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Interview with Mr Eric Lees Faulkner