The Roy Pilkington Collection

Collection SummaryK. Roy Pilkington (1906-1991) was an amateur filmmaker who lived much of his life in Te Puke, before retiring to Mount Maunganui. He was an avid bowler, a member of the Te Puke Chamber of Congress and owned a furniture, and then furnishings shop in Te Puke. Roy and wife Una (Eunice?) née Higgins, didn't have any children. In 1999 Tauranga Library deposited three of his films with Ngā Taonga. In 2021 the Tauranga City Libraries' Heritage and Research team began to arrange for these films to be digitised at high quality.CreatorPilkington, Kenneth Roy, 1906-1991LevelCollectionExtentThre 16mm filmstrips

Audio Visual Files

Opening of Taurua Marae in Rotoiti

Te Ao Mārama - Tauranga, 1962

The Big Te Puke Flood - June 1962

Mr Roy Pilkington (left) in 1967. Photo gca-16530

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The Roy Pilkington Collection