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Harold Titter CMG
Born	Harold Mervyn Titter (1930-09-25)25 September 1930 New Plymouth, New Zealand
Died	18 February 2022(2022-02-18) (aged 91)
Occupation	Accountant
Spouse	Margaret Jensen (m. 1955; died 2016)
Children	4

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

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

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

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