Holyoake, Right Honourable Sir Keith Jacka Biography 1971

HOLYOAKE, Right Honorable Sir Keith Jacka
GCMG [Knight Grand Cross of St Michael & St George](1970); CH [Companion of Honour] (1963); PC [Privy Council](1954); MP [Member of Parliament]; (National Party) for Pahiatua Electorate 1943-; Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, 1960-
Born: 11 February 1904, son of Henry Victor Holyoake; married 1935 Norma Janet Ingram; 2 sons, 3 daughters
Education: Tauranga, Hastings, Motueka; Honorary LLD [Doctor of Laws] Victoria University of Wellington 1966, Honorary LLD (Agriculture) Seoul National University, Korea 1968
Sportsman, rugby, tennis, cycle racing; president Golden Bay Rugby Union 1930-33
Farmer; Nelson Provincial president Farmers Union 1930-41; member Dominion Executive Farmers Union 1940-50; Dominion vice-president 1940-50; president NZ Hop Marketing Commerce 1938-41; member executive NZ Tobacco Growers Federation; NZ Fruit Exporters Association; MP 1932 (deputy leader of Opposition 1947) Cabinet 1949; Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Agriculture, Marketing and Scientific Research 1949-57, Prime Minister and Minister for Maori Affairs 1957; Leader of Opposition 1957-60; representative NZ Farmers at first world conference of farmers in London, joint conference Commonwealth and US Parliamentary Associations Bermuda 1946; special mission to Britain 1952; presided at UNFAO [United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisations] Conference Rome 1955; led NZ Delegates Colombo Plan conference Wellington 1956; Commonwealth PMs’ Conference UN [United Nations] General Assembly. SEATO [South-east Asia Treaty Organisation] Foreign Ministers’ Conference Bangkok 1961; EEC [European Economic Community (the Common Market)]talks on Continent, discussions with General de Gaulle, talks with President Kennedy, Western Samoa Independence celebrations at Apia, ANZUS [(Treaty) Australia, New Zealand and United States]Council meeting at Canberra 1962; SEATO Conference Manila, visits to Malaysia, South Vietnam, Thailand and Indonesia, Commonwealth PMs’ Conference London 1964; funeral  Sir Winston Churchill in London, PMs’ Conference, goodwill visit to Japan 1965; SEATO and ANZUS Council meetings at Canberra, Commonwealth PMs’ Conference London, Seven-Nation Summit Conference in Manila 1966; SEATO, ANZUS Council and Vietnam Allies meetings in Washington, Coronation of King and Queen of Tonga, talks with Australian PM in Canberra, member service to late Harold Holt in Australia 1967; SEATO and ANZUS Council and Vietnam Allies meetings in Wellington, led NZ delegation to Kuala Lumpur for talks on future defence of SE [South-east] Asia, talks with President Johnson in Washington and visits to Japan, Korea, Vietnam and Hong Kong 1968; Commonwealth PMs’ Conference in London, meetings in Bonn, West Berlin, Paris, Rome, New Delhi and Rawalpindi; granted Freedom of City of London; SEATO and VTC meetings in Bangkok, Five-power Conference on Defence in Canberra, ANZUS Council meeting in Canberra;  talks with President Nixon in Washington and PM Trudeau in Ottawa 1969; Conference on Cambodia in Djakarta; State visit to Australia 1970
Recreation: tennis, gardening
Address: 41 Pipitea St, Wellington