a guilt thing" and argued that the evictions were justified as there was "no way you can justify a society where 15,000 white farmers control 80 per cent of the most fertile land". In the 2008 New Year Honours, McKinnon was appointed as a Member of the Order of New Zealand, New Zealand's highest civilian honour. In 2009, McKinnon was appointed a Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order for services to the Commonwealth. He is a vice-president of the Royal Commonwealth Society. Legacy Don McKinnon Drive is named after McKinnon, in his former electorate of Albany. In April 2013, McKinnon released his memoirs of his time as Secretary General of the Commonwealth, entitled In The Ring. McKinnon is chairman of the Global Panel Foundation Australasia, a non-governmental organization that works in crisis areas around the world. Personal life McKinnon is married to his second wife, former journalist Clare de Lore, and together they have a son. McKinnon also has four other children from a previous marriage. References Footnotes Citations Bibliography External links Profile: Don McKinnon - BBC news The Global Panel Foundation |- |- |- 1939 births Commonwealth Secretaries-General Deputy Prime Ministers of New Zealand New Zealand Knights Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order Lincoln University (New Zealand) alumni Living people Members of the Cabinet of New Zealand Members of the New Zealand House of Representatives Members of the Order of New Zealand New Zealand members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom New Zealand MPs for Auckland electorates New Zealand National Party MPs New Zealand foreign ministers New Zealand list MPs New Zealand real estate agents Trade ministers of New Zealand People educated at Nelson College People from Nelson, New Zealand Unsuccessful candidates in the 1969 New Zealand general election Unsuccessful candidates in the 1972 New Zealand general election 21st-century New Zealand politicians New Zealand politicians awarded knighthoods