Chairman of the Owens Group of Companies, Chairman of Air New Zealand 1981-1984. Mayor of Tauranga 1968-1977. Knighted 1997 for services to business and the community. CBE 1991 for services to the transport industry, local government and the community. (See NZ Who's Who Aotearoa 2001)
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Owens, Robert Arthur (Sir), 1921-1999
Owens, Bob, 1921-1999
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[Horse racing programmes and ephemera from the period 1977-1979]
Date: 1977 - 1979
From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to horse racing in New Zealand]
Reference: Eph-A-HORSE-RACING-1977/1979
Description: Includes: 1977: Castlepoint Racing Club (Inc). Equalisator ticket. Sat., 26th March 1977, Race 8 Onkaparinga Racing Club Inc. Oakbank Racecourse, South Australia. Easter meeting, 9-11 April 1977. $80,000 prizemoney including the $25,000 Daihatsu Great Eastern Steeplechase. Pamphlet showing list of races Rotorua Racing Club. Centennial meeting. Arawa Park Rotorua, 28 May 1977. Official card 1979: Racing and trotting diary, 1979-80 season. With the compliments of Manawatu TV and Sound Service Ltd, Sports Gazette Publishing Co Ltd, Photopress and NZ Racing Form Record Bay of Plenty Racing Club Inc. Tauranga Mid-year meeting, Saturday 23rd June 1979. Pamphlet announcing the Owens Trophy Race, sponsored by R A Owens esq. to be run at the Tauranga Racecourse, 23 June 1979. (2 copies) Feilding Jockey Club (Regd). Centennial jubilee meeting. Second day, Monday 16 April 1979. Official card Manawatu Racing Club. Summer meeting 1979. 1st day. Awapuni Racecourse Palmerston North, 15 December 1979. [Programme] Manawatu Racing Club. Summer meeting 1979. 1st day. Bird cage [orange ticket on string] 1979 New Zealand National 'Ready to Run'. Parade heats. Sunday 7th October 1979, commencing 11.00am at Waikato Racing Clubs Te Rapa Racecourse, Hamilton, NZ. Official programme Quantity: 10 items. Physical Description: Booklets and fliers, sizes varying under 200 mm. Provenance: Purchased and donated from various sources.
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Lynch, James, 1947-:The shooting season seems to have opened a little earlier than usua...
Date: 1982
From: Lynch, James, 1947-:Collection of original cartoons by James Lynch.
By: New Zealand times (Wellington, N.Z.)
Reference: B-186-026
Description: Shows Bob Owens, Chairman of Air New Zealand, rowing a rubber dinghy in a marsh during duck-shooting season. A duck-shooter aims at a duck that represents 'Air New Zealand' regarding it as a 'sitting target' while Owens complains that the duck is a 'protected species'. Context: The Colker Commission was an investigation which produced a damning indictment of Air New Zealand following the Erebus disaster. Bob Owens was the Chairman of Air New Zealand. The shooting season traditionally started on the first Saturday in May. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and letratone on paper, 295 x 420 mm
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Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :Air New Zealand could save about $400,000 a year throug...
Date: 1982
From: Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :[Archive of original cartoons for the Evening Post and Sports Post, 1941 to 1988]
By: Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.); Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989
Reference: B-136-121
Description: Three scenes show the repercussions of airline staff economising on accommodation costs. In the upper right scene three pilots are being briefed about their new accomodation arrangement which involves being rostered for turns in a bed. In the lower left a stewardess is questioning sharing a room with a pilot. In the lower right an airline official is telling the chairman of Air New Zealand, Bob Owens, that 'the pilots are demanding hardship money because their hotel doesn't provide room service'. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, white gouache, crayon and letratone, 450 x 320 mm.
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Photograph of Robert Arthur Owens - Photograph taken by Gail Selkirk.
Date: 14 June 1983
From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers
By: Selkirk, Gail, active 1983
Reference: EP/1983/2219-F
Description: Portrait of Robert Arthur Owens, Chairman of Owens Group, and former Mayor of Tauranga. Photographed by Evening Post staff photographer Gail Selkirk on the 14th of June 1983. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) 35mm negative strip comprising 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate film negative, 35mm