John Kneebone

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John Thomas Kneebone (1935 – 28 June 2020) was a New Zealand farming leader. He was elected as president of Federated Farmers in 1974.[1] He was appointed to the Waitangi Tribunal in 1989.[2] He was the inspiration behind the National Agricultural Fieldays in 1969.[3]

In the 1988 New Year Honours, Kneebone was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George, for public services and services to agriculture.[4]

He died in Cambridge on 28 June 2020, aged 84.[5]

References

  1. "Kneebone, John". Auckland Star. 9 November 1974. http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/dbtw-wpd/exec/dbtwpub.dll?AC=PREV_RECORD&XC=/dbtw-wpd/exec/dbtwpub.dll&BU=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aucklandcity.govt.nz%2Fdbtw-wpd%2Fnzcardindex%2F&TN=NZcardindex&SN=AUTO12369&SE=1488&RN=4&MR=9&TR=0&TX=1000&ES=0&CS=1&XP=&RF=ReportWeb&EF=&DF=Display+card+info&RL=0&EL=0&DL=0&NP=2&ID=&MF=WPEngMsg.ini&MQ=&TI=0&DT=&ST=0&IR=188987&NR=11&NB=0&SV=0&SS=1&BG=&FG=&QS=search2&OEX=ISO-8859-1&OEH=ISO-8859-1. Retrieved 30 June 2020. 
  2. "Kneebone, John". New Zealand Herald: 20. 14 March 1989. http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/dbtw-wpd/exec/dbtwpub.dll?AC=NEXT_RECORD&XC=/dbtw-wpd/exec/dbtwpub.dll&BU=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aucklandcity.govt.nz%2Fdbtw-wpd%2Fnzcardindex%2F&TN=NZcardindex&SN=AUTO12369&SE=1488&RN=4&MR=9&TR=0&TX=1000&ES=0&CS=1&XP=&RF=ReportWeb&EF=&DF=Display+card+info&RL=0&EL=0&DL=0&NP=2&ID=&MF=WPEngMsg.ini&MQ=&TI=0&DT=&ST=0&IR=188987&NR=13&NB=0&SV=0&SS=1&BG=&FG=&QS=search2&OEX=ISO-8859-1&OEH=ISO-8859-1. Retrieved 30 June 2020. 
  3. Bain, Mike (8 June 2018). "Kneebone connected to the backbone of Fieldays". Waikato Times. https://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/life-style/104463460/kneebone-connected-to-the-backbone-of-fieldays. Retrieved 30 June 2020. 
  4. No. 51173. 31 December 1987. p. 33. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/51173/supplement/33 
  5. "John Kneebone death notice". New Zealand Herald. 30 June 2020. https://notices.nzherald.co.nz/obituaries/nzherald-nz/obituary.aspx?n=john-thomas-kneebone-cmg&pid=196416852. Retrieved 30 June 2020.