Reginald Savory

Sir Reginald Charles Frank Savory (27 May 1908 – 27 October 1989) was a New Zealand businessman and politician who introduced container ship capability to Auckland.

Biography Early life and career Savory was born in Ponsonby in 1908. He was the oldest of five children and attended Auckland Grammar School until the age of 14 when he was forced to look for employment to help with family finances. He took a job as an office boy at the Auckland Gas Company.

He founded R. Savory Ltd, a carpentry business which eventually became a full construction company. During World War II his company built barracks structures for American troops stationed in Warkworth and the Auckland Domain. The company later built Middlemore Hospital and Ardmore Airport. In the 1972 Queen's Birthday Honours, he was appointed a Knight Bachelor, for outstanding services to local government and education.

Savory suffered from diabetes and in 1973 he had his right leg amputated below the knee, the result of circulatory problems. His wife Fai-Ola Savory predeceased him in 1983.

He died in his sleep on 27 October 1989 aged 81. He was survived by two daughters and six grandchildren.