Date27 August 1992Reference Number0148/19/70DescriptionBroadcaster 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 Jack Merrick is one of these. It was recorded at his farm. The length of the recording is 41:10 minutes.
John Merrick (Jack) was born in Tauranga on 25 October 1908. His parents, Margaret and William Thomas, lived at Omokoroa in a property on Station Road. Jack was a farmer, bush worker and quarry contractor.CreatorTauranga District Museum Oral History UnitInterviewerReginald Spence
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 Jack Merrick please email Heritage.Collection@tauranga.govt.nz
Tauranga District Museum Oral History Unit, Interview with Mr John Merrick (27 August 1992). Pae Korokī, accessed 18/04/2025, https://paekoroki.tauranga.govt.nz/nodes/view/20914