Harold Titter

Harold Mervyn Titter CMG (25 September 1930 – 18 February 2022) was a New Zealand businessman and public administrator.

Harold Titter

CMG
Born
Harold Mervyn Titter

(1930-09-25)25 September 1930
New Plymouth, New Zealand
Died18 February 2022(2022-02-18) (aged 91)
OccupationAccountant
Spouse
Margaret Jensen
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(m. 1955; died 2016)​
Children4

Biography

Titter was born on 25 September 1930 in New Plymouth,[1][2] the son of William Bernard John Titter and Murial Alison (née Hunt). He attended Central School in New Plymouth and then New Plymouth Boys' High School from 1944 to 1948.[1][3] He graduated from Victoria University College in 1952 or 1953 (sources differ) with a Bachelor of Commerce degree,[1][4] and became a chartered accountant, business consultant and company director, serving on the boards of companies including Trustpower, Fernz Corporation and Port of Tauranga Limited.[5] He was appointed to a number of public administrative roles by the New Zealand government, including: commissioner of the Auckland Area Health Board in 1989[1] after the board was sacked by then Minister of Health, Helen Clark; secretary of defence in 1990; and chair of the Northern Regional Health Authority.[5][6][7]

In 1998, Titter was elected pro-chancellor of the University of Auckland, having served on the university's council since 1992.[5]

In the 1990 Queen's Birthday Honours, Titter was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George, for services to business management and the community.[8] In 2001, he was conferred with an honorary doctorate by the University of Auckland.[9]

In 1955, Titter married Margaret Jensen; they were to have three sons and one daughter.[1] Titter was predeceased by his wife in 2016.[10] He died on 18 February 2022, at the age of 91.[11]

References
  1. Lambert, Max (1991). Who's Who in New Zealand, 1991 (12th ed.). Auckland: Octopus. p. 640. ISBN 9780790001302.
  2. "Titter, Harold Mervyn, 1930–". National Library of New Zealand. 18 July 1993. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  3. "Old boys' news". The Taranakian. Vol. 73, no. 1. 1984. p. 58. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  4. "NZ university graduates 1870–1961: T". Shadows of Time. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  5. "Appointments". National Business Review. 27 March 1998. p. 54.
  6. "The Harold Titter Award". Rotary Club of Newmarket. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  7. "Checkpoint 1990-08-22". Ngā Taonga Sound and Vision. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  8. "No. 52174". The London Gazette. 16 June 1990. p. 29.
  9. University of Auckland Calendar 2018 (PDF). p. 896. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  10. "Margaret Titter obituary". The New Zealand Herald. 17 September 2016. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  11. "Harold Titter obituary". The New Zealand Herald. 21 February 2022. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
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