John Kneebone

John Thomas Kneebone CMG (4 September 1935 – 28 June 2020) was a New Zealand farming leader. He was elected as president of Federated Farmers in 1974,[1] and was appointed to the Waitangi Tribunal in 1989.[2] He was the inspiration behind the National Agricultural Fieldays, established in 1969, after visiting the United Kingdom on a Nuffield Scholarship.[3]

John Kneebone

CMG
Kneebone in 2018
Born
John Thomas Kneebone

(1935-09-04)4 September 1935
Died28 June 2020(2020-06-28) (aged 84)
Cambridge, New Zealand
OccupationDairy farmer

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.[5]

References
  1. "Kneebone, John". Auckland Star. 9 November 1974. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
  2. "Kneebone, John". New Zealand Herald. 14 March 1989. p. 20. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
  3. Bain, Mike (8 June 2018). "Kneebone connected to the backbone of Fieldays". Waikato Times. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
  4. "No. 51173". The London Gazette (3rd supplement). 31 December 1987. p. 33.
  5. "John Kneebone death notice". New Zealand Herald. 30 June 2020. Retrieved 30 June 2020.


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