Sir Russell Hilton Pettigrew (10 September 1920 – 20 March 2015) was a New Zealand businessman and philanthropist. He was the founder of transport company Freightways Ltd.

Biography

Pettigrew was born at Hangatiki (between Ōtorohanga and Te Kūiti) in 1920,[1] attended Te Kuiti District High School and served in the navy during World War II. In 1964, he founded Freightways Ltd.[2]

Pettigrew was a rugby player and later was a member of the Hawke's Bay Rugby Union, serving as its president and patron.[3] He was also president of the New Zealand Rugby Football Union.[2] In 1986, Pettigrew and Kel Tremain established the New Zealand Rugby Foundation.[4] He was the patron of the Sensible Sentencing Trust[5] and bred, owned and raced Thoroughbred racehorses, beginning in the 1970s.[6]

In the 1983 New Year Honours, Pettigrew was appointed a Knight Bachelor, for services to the transport industry.[7] He was inducted into the Hawke's Bay Business Hall of Fame in 2010,[2] the New Zealand Road Transport Hall of Fame in 2013,[8] and the New Zealand Business Hall of Fame in 2015.[9]

Pettigrew died in Hawke's Bay in 2015.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "Sir Russell Pettigrew". NZ Road Transport Hall of Fame. 2013. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 Fowler, Michael (13 July 2010). "Pioneers headed to Hall of Fame". Hawke's Bay Today. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
  3. ↑ "Pettigrew's $150K donation to park plan". Hawke's Bay Today. 11 November 2006. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
  4. ↑ Chipp, Jim (28 December 2012). "Boil-up with fancy touch". Hutt News. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
  5. ↑ "Napier rejects grant to Sensible Sentencing Trust". New Zealand Herald. 11 March 2004. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
  6. ↑ Jenkins, John (6 June 2012). "Racing: Morpheus deserved windfall for Pettigrew". Hawke's Bay Today. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
  7. ↑ "No. 49214". The London Gazette (3rd supplement). 31 December 1982. p. 47.
  8. ↑ McDougall, Nicci (31 August 2013). "Six more inducted into hall of fame". Southland Times. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  9. ↑ "Past laureates". Business Hall of Fame. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
  10. ↑ "Sir Russell Pettigrew, Freightways founder, former NZRFU president dies". New Zealand Herald. 21 March 2015. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
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