BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20220902T054500Z DTEND:20220902T103000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Waikato Business Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony & Gala Dinner 2022 DESCRIPTION:We are pleased to present to you the Waikato Business Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony and Gala Dinner!\n\n\n\nFor the first time\, the induction will take place as a separate event. Be part of the excitement at this prestigious black-tie event as we induct Sir Robert Mahuta and Sir Dryden Spring into the Waikato Business Hall of Fame.\n\n\n\nSpeakers for the evening include Jim Bolger\, New Zealand Prime Minister 1990-97\, and outgoing Auckland Chamber CEO Michael Barnett.\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the inductees\n\n\n\nSir Robert Mahuta\n\n\n\nSir Robert Mahuta was the director of Maori Studies and Research at the University of Waikato from 1972 to 1977\, and served as a Treaty of Waitangi fisheries commissioner\, chairman of the Maori Development Corporation and chairman of the Tainui Maori Trust Board. For his services to Maori\, he was appointed a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 1996.\n\n \n\nSir Dryden Spring\n\n\n\nSir Dryden Spring's name is synonymous with New Zealand's dairy industry. He was chairman of the New Zealand Dairy Board from 1989 to 1998\, and of the New Zealand Dairy Group from 1982 to 1987\, as well as chairman of ANZ New Zealand from 2007 to 2012. He was also a member of the APEC Eminent Persons Group. His achievements in the dairy industry and service to New Zealand were recognised with a Knight Bachelor in 1994.\n\n\n\n \n\nAbout the Waikato Business Hall of Fame\n\n\n\nOrganised by the Waikato Chamber of Commerce\, the Hall of Fame was introduced in 2016 and showcases achievers in the Waikato who have excelled nationally and internationally. \n\n\n\nFormer inductees include Brian Perry and Bernie Crosby (2016)\, Bill Gallagher Snr and Sir Patrick Hogan (2017)\, Mary Jane Innes and the Mowbray Family of Zuru Toys (2018)\, the New Zealand National Fieldays Society (2019)\, and Arthur Porter and the Gallagher Brothers\, Sir William and John Gallagher (2020). X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
We are pleased to present to you the Waikato Business Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony and Gala Dinner!
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\nFor the first time\, the induction will take place as a separate event. Be part of the excitement at this prestigious black-tie event as we induct Sir Robert Mahuta and Sir Dryden Spring into the Waikato Business Hall of Fame.
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\nSpeakers for the evening include Jim Bolger\, New Zealand Prime Minister 1990-97\, and outgoing Auckland Chamber CEO Michael Barnett.
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\nAbout the inductees
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\nSir Robert Mahuta
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\nSir Robert Mahuta was the director of Maori Studies and Research at the University of Waikato from 1972 to 1977\, and served as a Treaty of Waitangi fisheries commissioner\, chairman of the Maori Development Corporation and chairman of the Tainui Maori Trust Board. For his services to Maori\, he was appointed a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 1996.
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\nSir Dryden Spring
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\nSir Dryden Spring'\;s name is synonymous with New Zealand'\;s dairy industry. He was chairman of the New Zealand Dairy Board from 1989 to 1998\, and of the New Zealand Dairy Group from 1982 to 1987\, as well as chairman of ANZ New Zealand from 2007 to 2012. He was also a member of the APEC Eminent Persons Group. His achievements in the dairy industry and service to New Zealand were recognised with a Knight Bachelor in 1994.
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About the Waikato Business Hall of Fame
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\nOrganised by the Waikato Chamber of Commerce\, \;the Hall of Fame was introduced in 2016 and showcases achievers in the Waikato who have excelled nationally and internationally. \;
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\nFormer inductees include Brian Perry and Bernie Crosby (2016)\, Bill Gallagher Snr and Sir Patrick Hogan (2017)\, Mary Jane Innes and the Mowbray Family of Zuru Toys (2018)\, the New Zealand National Fieldays Society (2019)\, and Arthur Porter and the Gallagher Brothers\, Sir William and John Gallagher (2020).