Category: Born & Raised

Ron Morgan is a beloved member of the Whitianga community and an ex-teacher at Mercury Bay Area School. Ron has been contributing to Coromind magazine since issue 1, bringing stories of locals who currently live, or have had meaningful life experiences, overseas. The Coromind team loves receiving forwarded emails from Ron, sent by the lovely people he contacts to be a part of our magazine. Their words of praise and memories of the good times they had when they were young and got to connect with teacher Ron are always heartwarming. To celebrate this collaboration and highlight the importance of educators in our community, Coromind had a chat with Ron so you can get to know more about this local legend!

What are your family links with Mercury Bay?
My mum, Anne, is one of the local Whitianga mosaic artists who is pretty involved in the local art scene. My dad, Laurie, used to be the local auto electrician for years here in town until his old apprentice Dallas bought the business off him. While my parents moved to Whiti in the early 90s, my granddad had bought a plot of land out near Cooks Beach back in the 50s, and his brother and sister-in-law, Dan and Edith Hansen (my great uncle and aunty), started Wilderland not long after.

I grew up in Whitianga and Matarangi from the time I was born until I was 15 years old. My Dad, Mike, is still living in Whitianga. You can probably find him at the rugby club or at Smitty’s.

I’ve been living in London since 2008, most recently in the north-east, not far from Stratford where the Summer Olympics were held in 2012.