Sir Peter Elworthy (1935–2004) was a prominent New Zealand farmer-businessman who came from a well established South Canterbury farming family.
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Sir Peter was the leader of the Federated Farms of New Zealand during the reforms in the 1980s. In 1987 he received the Bledisloe award for agriculture.
One of Peter's major accomplishments was the takeover of New Zealand's largest farming/fertiliser company "Kempthorne Prosser & Co. Ltd" which was absorbed into Ravensdown Fertiliser Co-operative. His business interests were equally strong, from being instrumental in the founding of the Ravensdown fertiliser co-operative (1977–1982) to his association with Auckland's highly successful Sky City casino as a director. He was knighted in 1988 for his services to agriculture[1] and a member of the Institute of Directors.[2]
Sir Peter had two brothers, Jonathan Elworthy a New Zealand politician, and David Elworthy a publisher.
Sir Peter owned a Tiger Moth aeroplane which he used to fly around New Zealand.
In January 2004, he died suddenly of a heart attack while at a wedding in Wanaka.
He is survived by his wife, 2 sons and 2 daughters.