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New Zealand vice-regal consort, wife of Keith Jacka Holyoake

Dame Norma HolyoakeDCMG QSO CStJ
Holyoake in 1971
Viceregal consort of New Zealand
In role
26 October 1977 – 25 October 1980
Preceded byJune Blundell
Succeeded byNorma Beattie
Spouse of the Prime Minister of New Zealand
In role
12 December 1960 – 7 February 1972
Preceded byLotty Nash
Succeeded byMargaret Marshall
In role
20 September 1957 – 12 December 1957
Preceded byFlorence Holland
Succeeded byLotty Nash
Spouse of the Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand
In role
13 December 1949 – 20 September 1957
Preceded byRole created
Succeeded byMargaret Marshall
Personal details
BornNorma Janet Ingram
(1909-03-07)7 March 1909
Died18 December 1984(1984-12-18) (aged 75)
Spouse Keith Holyoake ​ ​(m. 1934; died 1983)​
Children5
Relatives

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.

Biography

Norma Janet Ingram was born on 7 March 1909.

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.

She died on 18 December 1984, aged 75.

Honours and awards

In 1977, Holyoake was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal. The same year, she was made a Commander of the Order of St John. 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. 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.

References

  1. ^ "Norma Janet Holyoake". Nelson Provincial Museum. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
  2. Wood, A. G. "Holyoake, Keith Jacka". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
  3. "Dame Norma Holyoake". The Press. 19 December 1984. p. 2. Retrieved 5 January 2025 – via PapersPast.
  4. 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.
  5. "No. 47369". The London Gazette. 4 November 1977. p. 13902.
  6. "No. 48214". The London Gazette (3rd supplement). 14 June 1980. p. 39.
  7. "Honours and awards" (PDF). New Zealand Gazette (supplement). No. 126. 24 October 1980. p. 3189. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
Honorary titles
New title Spouse of the Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand
1949–1957 		Succeeded byMargaret Marshall
Preceded byFlorence Holland Spouse of the Prime Minister of New Zealand
1957
1960–1972 		Succeeded byLotty Nash
Preceded byLotty Nash Succeeded byMargaret Marshall
Preceded byJune Blundell Viceregal consort of New Zealand
1977–1980 		Succeeded byNorma Beattie
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