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Sir Arthur Porritt knighting Philip Proctor

Sir Arthur Porritt knighting Philip Proctor

Industrialist Philip Proctor, head of tyre company Dunlop, kneels to ‘get his K’ (knighthood) from Governor-General Sir Arthur Porritt in 1971. In the foreground, Comptroller of the Household Colonel Henry Hoare sports aiguillettes, the ornamental braided cords worn by defence officers on such occasions.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PA-Group-00685)

Reference: EP/1971/2509

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Diana Beaglehole. 'Porritt, Arthur Espie', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 2000, whakahou May 2002. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/47479/sir-arthur-porritt-knighting-philip-proctor (accessed 4 June 2026).