Harold Robert HOLT (1900 – 1987)
Name
Harold Robert HoltGender
MaleBirthdate
13 September 1900Marriage(s)
1940
Hastings
Date of death
27 May 1987Parents
- Robert Holt
- Ellen Rachel Holt
Partner(s)
- Dorothy Constance Holt, nee Banks (1904-1977)
Secondary education
Napier Boys' High SchoolBiography
Purchased land at Waikoau near Lake Tutira, 1933
Collected and planted 15ha of trees, shrubs and ferns over 45 years
Gifted to the people of New Zealand and proclaimed a Wildlife Sanctuary, 1962
Awarded Order of the British Empire (OBE), 1963
Harold Holt Avenue named after him, 1959
Purchased Planetarium Projector equipment and gifted it to the city of Napier, 1961
Planetarium erected by the council to house the equipment and for the Hawke’s Bay Astronomical Society to put on public shows, 1968-1988
Planetarium was shifted to a new site and re-opened at Napier Boys’ High School, 1998
Awarded Napier City Council Citizens Civic Award, Freedom of the City, 1977
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