Sir Heughan Bassett Rennie KNZM CBE KC (born 7 April 1945)[1] is a New Zealand lawyer and businessman. In the 1989 Queen's Birthday Honours, he was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire, in recognition of his service as chairman of the Broadcasting Corporation of New Zealand between 1984 and 1988.[2] He was made a Queen's Counsel in 1995.[3]

Sir Hugh Rennie
Rennie in 2022
Born
Heughan Bassett Rennie

(1945-04-07) 7 April 1945 (age 79)
Whanganui, New Zealand
Occupations
  • Lawyer
  • businessman
Rennie's investiture as a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit by the administrator of the government, Dame Susan Glazebrook, at Government House, Wellington, on 14 September 2022

In the 2022 Queen's Birthday and Platinum Jubilee Honours, Rennie was appointed a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to governance, the law, business and the community.[4]

References edit

  1. ^ Lambert, Max, ed. (1991). Who's Who in New Zealand (12th ed.). Auckland: Reed. p. 525. ISBN 0-7900-0130-6.
  2. ^ "No. 51774". The London Gazette (3rd supplement). 17 June 1989. p. 32.
  3. ^ "Queen's Counsel appointments since 1907 as at July 2013" (PDF). Crown Law Office. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 March 2014.
  4. ^ "The Queen's Birthday and Platinum Jubilee Honours List 2022". The New Zealand Herald. 6 June 2022. Retrieved 8 June 2022.