Date of birth

7 November 1922 at Wellington

Parents

John Robert McKenzie and Annie May McKenzie

Married

Shirley Elizabeth Howard 1949

Children

Two sons and one daughter

Education

• Cathedral Grammar School Christchurch
• Timaru Boys’ High School
• Otago University
• Victoria University

Military service

• Royal New Zealand Air Force 1943-46

Career

• Director numerous public and private companies
• Benefactor of many charitable and educational organisations

Author

• The Roydon Heritage (50 years of racing and breeding)

Honours

• Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) 1989
• Honorary Doctor of Literature Massey University 1992
• Member of the Order of New Zealand 1995
• Life Member and Patron Birthright New Zealand
• Patron:

- Outward Bound Trust Patron New Zealand Foundation for Women’s Refuges
- New Zealand Federation of Specific Learning Disabilities Foundations
- Seabrook McKenzie Trust
- Disturbed Children’s Aid Movement
- Cystic Fibrosis Society
- New Zealand Music Therapy Society
- Parent to Parent
- New Zealand Association of the Deaf

• President Wellington Harness Racing Club
• Vice President New Zealand Standardbred Breeders’ Association
• Captain New Zealand Ski Team 1949, 1951 and at Oslo Winter Olympics 1952

Last updated: 16 Sep 2021