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1975 Birthday Honours (New Zealand)
The 1975 Queen's Birthday Honours in New Zealand, celebrating the official birthday of Elizabeth II, were appointments made by the Queen on the advice of the New Zealand government to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by New Zealanders. They were announced on 14 June 1975. The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour. Knight Bachelor * Charles Moihi Te Arawaka Bennett – of Maketu. For public services, especially to the Māori people. * Frank Wakefield Holmes – of Wellington; professor of money and finance, Victoria University of Wellington. For public services. File:Charles Moihi Te Arawaka Bennett.jpg, Sir Charles Bennett File:Frank Holmes, 1977.jpg, Sir Frank Holmes Order of the Bath Companion (CB) ;Military division * Rear Admiral Edward Courtney Thorne – Chief of Naval Staff. Order of Saint Michael and Saint George Knight Commander (KCMG) * The Honourable Arnold Henry Nordmeyer – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth II
Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 1926 – 8 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death in 2022. She was queen regnant of 32 sovereign states during her lifetime, and was head of state of 15 realms at the time of her death. Her reign of 70 years and 214 days was the longest of any British monarch and the longest verified reign of any female monarch in history. Elizabeth was born in Mayfair, London, as the first child of the Duke and Duchess of York (later King George VI and Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother). Her father acceded to the throne in 1936 upon the abdication of his brother Edward VIII, making the ten-year-old Princess Elizabeth the heir presumptive. She was educated privately at home and began to undertake public duties during the Second World War, serving in the Auxiliary Territorial Service. In November 1947, she married Philip Mountbatten, a former prince ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Te Puni Kōkiri
Te Puni Kōkiri (TPK), the Ministry of Māori Development, is the principal policy advisor of the Government of New Zealand on Māori wellbeing and development. Te Puni Kōkiri was established under the Māori Development Act 1991 with responsibilities to promote Māori achievement in education, training and employment, health, and economic development; and monitor the provision of government services to Māori. The name means "a group moving forward together". History Protectorate Department (1840-1846) Te Puni Kōkiri, or the Ministry of Māori Development, traces its origins to the missionary-influenced Protectorate Department, which existed between 1840 and 1846. The Department was headed by the missionary and civil servant George Clarke, who held the position of Chief Protector. Its goal was to protect the rights of the Māori people in accordance with the Treaty of Waitangi. The Protectorate was also tasked with advising the Governor on matters relating to Māori and actin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larry Siegert
Air Vice Marshal Cyril Laurence Siegert, (14 March 1923 – 17 September 2007) was an air officer of the Royal New Zealand Air Force, who served as a bomber pilot during the Second World War and rose to be Chief of the Air Staff, the most senior appointment in the RNZAF, from 1976 to 1979. Early life and education Siegert was born in Fairlie, New Zealand, on 14 March 1923, the son of Lawrence Walter Siegert and his wife Juliet Ann (née Sheehan). He was educated at Fairlie District High School and St Kevin's College, Oamaru. He then attended the Victoria University of Wellington studying law, but quit his studies to enlist into Royal New Zealand Air Force on 8 March 1942, a few days before his 19th birthday. Second World War Siegert received his elementary training in New Zealand, before being sent to Canada to qualify as a pilot under the Empire Training Scheme. He was eventually sent to England and served in Nos 299 and 190 Squadrons RAF, both airborne forces squadrons, fl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chief Justice Of Samoa
The Chief Justice of Samoa ( sm, Faamasino Sili o le Faamasinoga Sili o Samoa) is the chief justice of the Supreme Court of Samoa. The qualifications and powers of the office are governed by Part VI of the Constitution of Samoa and the Judicature Ordinance 1961. The position is currently held by Satiu Simativa Perese. History Under the American–British–German condominium, the Supreme Court of Justice for Samoa was established by Article III of the Treaty of Berlin (1889), with the single judge of the court being called the Chief Justice per Section 1 of that Article. The first Chief Justice was Swedish jurist Conrad Cedercrantz, who was appointed in 1890. The position of Chief Justice was subsequently held by Americans Henry Clay Ide from 1893 to 1897 and William Lea Chambers from 1897 to 1899. Chambers' ruling in the kingship dispute between Malietoa Tanumafili I and Mata'afa Iosefo in December 1898 angered the Germans and led to the Second Samoan Civil War. After the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abel Tasman National Park
Abel Tasman National Park is a New Zealand national park located between Golden Bay and Tasman Bay / Te Tai-o-Aorere at the north end of the South Island. It is named after Abel Tasman, who in 1642 became the first European explorer to sight New Zealand and who anchored nearby in Golden Bay. History The park was founded in 1942, largely through the efforts of ornithologist and author Pérrine Moncrieff to have land reserved for the purpose. Moncrieff served on the park board from 1943 to 1974. The park was opened on the 18 December 1942 to mark the 300th anniversary of Abel Tasman's visit.Historic Event, Evening Post, Wellington, volume=CXXXIV, issue=127, 25 November 1942, Page 3 Those in attendance at the opening ceremony at Tarakohe included Charles van der Plas, as personal representative of the Netherlands' Queen, Wilhelmina. The Queen was made Patron of the park. The idea for the park had been under consideration since June 1938. The Crown set aside , comprising of pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wakapuaka
Wakapuaka is a small township lying to the north of Nelson, New Zealand. It lies on inland from the northern end of Nelson Haven, between Marybank and Hira. The road to Glenduan Glenduan is a small township lying to the north of Nelson, New Zealand. It lies on the shore of Tasman Bay / Te Tai-o-Aorere between the northern end of Boulder Bank and Pepin Island. The settlement's main park, Glenduan Reserve, is a public bea ... joins SH 6 at Wakapuaka. Parks Wakapuaka Sandflats Esplanade, a local public park area, is located in Wakapuaka. Demographics Wakapuaka is part of the Nelson Rural statistical area. References Suburbs of Nelson, New Zealand Populated places in the Nelson Region Populated places around Tasman Bay / Te Tai-o-Aorere {{Nelson-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pérrine Moncrieff
Pérrine Moncrieff (née Millais; 8 February 1893 – 16 December 1979) was a New Zealand writer, conservationist and amateur ornithologist. Biography She was born in London, England in 1893 as Pérrine Millais. She was the grand daughter of the painter Sir John Millais, one of the founders of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. She spent her early life living in London, Brussels and in Perthshire in Scotland. She married Captain Malcolm Moncrieff, a veteran of the Boer War, in 1914. They moved from Britain to New Zealand after the end of the First World War where they settled at Nelson, having originally planned to move to Canada. She was the first female President of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union (RAOU), 1932–1933. She first joined the organisation in 1923 and two years later published ''"New Zealand birds and how to identify them"''. The book was a success, with six editions published from 1925 through to 1961. She is credited with being almost single-handedly r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ōtorohanga
Ōtorohanga is a north King Country town in the Waikato region in the North Island of New Zealand. It is located south of Hamilton and north of Te Kūiti, on the Waipā River. It is a service town for the surrounding dairy-farming district. It is recognised as the "gateway" to the Waitomo Caves and as the "Kiwiana Town" of New Zealand. Until 2007, Ōtorohanga held a yearly 'Kiwiana Festival.' History Early history Until the 1860s Ōtorohanga was a Ngāti Maniapoto village, with several whare (houses), peach trees and a flour mill. Huipūtea is a 300-year-old kahikatea tree, just to the south east of Ōtorohanga, which was the site of a skirmish in 1822 between Ngāti Maniapoto and Ngāpuhi. The village was abandoned after the invasion of the Waikato, except for Lewis Hettit's (or Hetet) farm. The area remained insecure, with Hettit's store being robbed by Te Kooti in 1869, but a meeting with Donald McLean later that year signalled moves towards peace. John Will ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Jones (public Administrator)
Michael Rotohiko Jones (14 September 1895 – 24 January 1978) was a New Zealand interpreter, land agent, sportsman, private secretary, public administrator and broadcaster. Early life Rotohiko was born in Poro-o-Tarao, King Country, New Zealand, on 14 September 1895. Rotohiko's mother, Pare Te Kōrae was descended from the Ngāti Maniapoto iwi. His father, David Lewis, was a Pākehā storekeeper at Poro-o-Tarāo of Jewish descent. They had two sons, Michael Rotohiko, known as 'Mick', and Pei Te Hurinui Jones, who was born in 1898. Lewis did not return to New Zealand after the Second Boer War. Pare Te Kōrae remarried to David Jones, of Nga Puhi, and both sons adopted their step-father's surname. They moved to Te Kawakawa, where Pare Te Kōrae died in 1915. Jones attended primary school at Ongarue and Te Kuiti and proceeded to secondary education at Wesley Technical College in Auckland, and the Maori Boys' Agricultural College at Manunui, near at Taumarunui. In World ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bishop Of Polynesia
The Diocese of Polynesia, or the Tikanga Pasefika serves Anglicans in Fiji, Tonga, Samoa and the Cook Islands, within the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia. The diocese's first bishop was consecrated in 1908. The diocese's cathedral is Holy Trinity Cathedral in Suva, Fiji. Polynesia is a diocese, and its Bishop is automatically accorded the style ''archbishop'' and the formal prefix ''Most Reverend''. Under the new model of leadership now adopted by the Anglican Church in New Zealand, the Bishop of Polynesia is automatically one of the three co-presiding bishops and archbishops. Each of these three is metropolitan archbishop to his respective ''tikanga'', and informally they also share the primacy, although in practice they are required to elect one of their number to be the formal Primate, and serve on the international Anglican Communion Primates' Meeting. Bishops Bishops of Polynesia * 1908–1921: Clayton Twitchell * 1922–1962: Stanley Kempthorne * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bishop Of Waikato
The Diocese of Waikato and Taranaki is one of the thirteen dioceses and ''hui amorangi'' (Maori bishoprics) of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia. The diocese covers the area from the Waikato to the area surrounding Mount Taranaki in the North Island of New Zealand. The diocese was established in 1926 as the Diocese of Waikato, with Cecil Arthur Cherrington being the first bishop. In 2010, the name of the diocese was changed to the Diocese of Waikato and Taranaki. This reflects the structure of the diocese (since the passage of the ''Shared Diocesan Episcopacy Statute 2007''), with two bishoprics and two co-ordinary (presiding) bishops. That statute was amended in 2017 (before Hartley's translation) to clarify that when one See is vacant, the other bishop also holds that See as sole diocesan bishop — as has been the case since 2018. With the diocese unable to afford two bishops, Richardson established a commission in December 2018 to review the du ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Holland (bishop)
John Tristram Holland (31 January 1912 – 9 October 1990) was an Anglican bishop in New Zealand in the 20th century. Holland was born into an ecclesiastical family, his father being St Barbe Holland, Bishop of Wellington and then Dean of Norwich. John was educated at Durham School and University College, Oxford. Having trained at Westcott House, Cambridge, he was ordained deacon in 1935 and priest in 1936, he was a curate at St Peter's Huddersfield. Following his father's appointment as Bishop of Wellington in 1936, he then moved to New Zealand and held incumbencies at Featherston, Upper Riccarton and New Plymouth before being appointed the Bishop of Waikato in 1951, a position he held for 18 years. He was consecrated a bishop on 1 May 1951. In 1969 he was translated to the Diocese of Polynesia. He retired in February 1975, and was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
