William Arthur Whitlock (1891–1977) was a notable New Zealand journalist, newspaper editor and proprietor. He was born in Nelson, New Zealand, in 1891. In 1953, Whitlock was awarded the

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. In the

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, he was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire, for services to journalism.

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