Peter Aitchison (rower) explained

Peter Aitchison
Birth Name:Peter David Aitchison
Sport:Rowing
Club:Union Boat Club, Whanganui
Spouse:Sylvia Dawn Aitchison

Peter David Aitchison is a former New Zealand rower and manufacturer of farming equipment.

A member of the Union Boat Club in Whanganui, Aitchison was a member of the victorious Union crew—along with Donald Gemmell, Frank Crotty, Graeme Moran and Richard Tuffin (coxswain)—that won the coxed fours title at the New Zealand national rowing championships in 1958. The same crew went on to represent New Zealand at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, finishing fourth.[1] [2] [3]

Aitchison went on to have a successful career as a manufacturer, importer and exporter of farming equipment, founding Aitchison Industries based in Whanganui. The company produces and exports seed drills, cultivators, fertiliser spreaders and other farming equipment around the world.[4] [5] [6] [7]

In 2001, Aitchison and his wife, Sylvia, retired to the Wellington suburb of Roseneath. In 2015, the couple made national headlines after their neighbour built a four-metre high fence blocking their view of Wellington harbour. After a legal battle, the Environment Court ordered the fence be removed in January 2016.[8] [9]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Passing of Frank Crotty . 8 January 2017 . Union Boat Club Whanganui . 14 January 2017.
  2. Web site: Paul Harris Fellows . Rotary Club of Taradale . 14 January 2017 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20170406061006/http://taradalerotary.co.nz/paul_harris_rotary_awards.htm . 6 April 2017 . dmy-all .
  3. Web site: Peter Aitchison . 2016 . New Zealand Olympic Committee . 14 January 2017.
  4. News: River City flush with business prosperity . 19 November 1996 . The Dominion . 9 . Jon . Morgan.
  5. Web site: About Aitchison . 2009 . Reese Group . 14 January 2017.
  6. News: Soil conservation equipment ready . March 1998 . Southerner . 9 . Lyn . McKinnon.
  7. News: Drill 'marriage' opens up new seed methods . 12 October 1994 . New Zealand Farmer . 28.
  8. News: Fence decision brings relief but no celebrations . 2 October 2015 . Dominion Post . 3 . Joel . Maxwell . Tom . Hunt.
  9. News: Environment Court judge rules on 'objectionable' Wellington view-blocking fence . 22 January 2016 . Stuff.co.nz . 14 January 2017 . David . White.