Norma Holyoake
Dame Norma Holyoake | |
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.jpg) Holyoake in 1971 | |
| Viceregal consort of New Zealand | |
| In role 26 October 1977 – 25 October 1980 | |
| Preceded by | June Blundell |
| Succeeded by | Norma Beattie |
| Spouse of the Prime Minister of New Zealand | |
| In role 12 December 1960 – 7 February 1972 | |
| Preceded by | Lotty Nash |
| Succeeded by | Margaret Marshall |
| In role 20 September 1957 – 12 December 1957 | |
| Preceded by | Florence Holland |
| Succeeded by | Lotty Nash |
| Spouse of the Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand | |
| In role 13 December 1949 – 20 September 1957 | |
| Preceded by | Role created |
| Succeeded by | Margaret Marshall |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Norma Janet Ingram 7 March 1909 |
| Died | 18 December 1984 (aged 75) |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 5 |
| Relatives |
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Dame Norma Janet Holyoake DCMG QSO CStJ (née Ingram; 7 March 1909 – 18 December 1984) was a New Zealand community leader. She was the spouse of Keith Holyoake, who served as prime minister in 1957 and from 1960 to 1972. She was viceregal consort between 1977 and 1980 during her husband's term as governor-general.[1]
Biography
[edit]Norma Janet Ingram was born on 7 March 1909.[1]
She twice married Keith Holyoake: first in a civil ceremony on 24 September 1934, and again on 11 January 1935 at their Presbyterian church in Motueka. The couple had five children: two sons and three daughters.[2]
She died on 18 December 1984, aged 75.[3]
Honours and awards
[edit]In 1977, Holyoake was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal.[4] The same year, she was made a Commander of the Order of St John.[5] In the 1980 Queen's Birthday Honours, she was appointed a Dame Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George, for public services since 1935.[6] Later that year, in a special honours list on her husband's leaving the office of governor-general, she was made a Companion of the Queen's Service Order for community service.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Norma Janet Holyoake". Nelson Provincial Museum. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
- ^ Wood, A. G. "Holyoake, Keith Jacka". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
- ^ "Dame Norma Holyoake". The Press. 19 December 1984. p. 2. Retrieved 5 January 2025 – via PapersPast.
- ^ Taylor, Alister; Coddington, Deborah (1994). Honoured by the Queen – New Zealand. Auckland: New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa. p. 189. ISBN 0-908578-34-2.
- ^ "No. 47369". The London Gazette. 4 November 1977. p. 13902.
- ^ "No. 48214". The London Gazette (3rd supplement). 14 June 1980. p. 39.
- ^ "Honours and awards" (PDF). New Zealand Gazette (supplement). No. 126. 24 October 1980. p. 3189. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
