which represents all New Zealand dairy farmers, between 2008 and 2015. He was married to Mary Scholtens, QC. He was for a short period (2005–06) a director of listed investment and property company Blue Chip, Luxton resigned from that Board. Luxton was appointed a Co-Chair of the Waikato River Authority and was a member of the New Zealand Constitutional Advisory Panel. He also sat on the boards of the Royal New Zealand Ballet Company and Landcare Research, one of the Crown Research Institutes. He was chair of the Asia NZ Foundation. Luxton died in Wellington on 16 November 2021, after a long illness. Honours In the 2003 Queen's Birthday Honours, Luxton was appointed a Companion of the Queen's Service Order for public services. He was made a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to the dairy industry, in the 2017 New Year Honours. Awarded Massey University's Sir Geoffrey Peren Medal 2013, Awarded D.Sc. by Lincoln University 2016. See also Fourth National Government of New Zealand References 1990 Parliamentary Candidates for the New Zealand National Party by John Stringer p. 42 (New Zealand National Party, 1990) Hon John Luxton at executive.govt.nz 1946 births 2021 deaths Massey University alumni Members of the Cabinet of New Zealand Ministers of Housing (New Zealand) New Zealand National Party MPs New Zealand list MPs People educated at Hamilton Boys' High School People from Morrinsville People from Matamata Members of the New Zealand House of Representatives New Zealand MPs for North Island electorates Companions of the Queen's Service Order Companions of the New Zealand Order of Merit 21st-century New Zealand politicians