Ken Douglas

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Ken Douglas, ONZ (born 1934) is a New Zealand trade union leader.^[1]

As President of the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions until 1999 Douglas led the union movement in New Zealand for over fifteen years. His union career started in the Driver's Union. He was also leader of the Socialist Unity Party in the 1970s and 1980s and stood for Parliament on occasion, never gaining more than 100 votes in the Porirua electorate.

Since his retirement from the CTU Douglas has been active in local politics as a Porirua City Councillor (1998-), Porirua Licensing Trustee (2001-2007) and elected member of the Capital and Coast District Health Board (2001-2010). Douglas has served on boards of Air NZ, NZ Post, NZ Trade and Enterprise, New Zealand Rugby Union^[2] and Healthcare NZ.^[3] Ken married Lesley and they had four children, Jane, Peter, Helen and John.

An acknowledged Marxist, Douglas has moved to the right over the last two decades and currently sits on the NZRU Board. He is also chairperson of Positively Wellington Business and a board member of the Asia NZ Foundation. He is widely respected across a very broad political spectrum of notable individuals for his capacity to see complex issues and their practical solutions in straightforward terms.

In 2006 a two-hour documentary was shown on New Zealand's TV ONE about Douglas's life, entitled "Ken Douglas, Traitor or Visionary".^[4]

References

↑ Barry, Maggie (1 December 2007). "Driving Force". The Listener.
↑ "NZRU Board Members". NZRU. Retrieved 8 March 2010.
↑ "Our Boards". Healthcare NZ.
↑ "Ken Douglas - Traitor or Visionary?". Top Shelf. Retrieved 8 March 2010.

Members of the Order of New Zealand

Current

Ordinary members	Miriam Dell Kiri Te Kanawa Miles Warren Jim Bolger Ken Douglas Cliff Whiting Mike Moore Thomas Williams Jonathan Hunt Lloyd Geering Kenneth Keith Don McKinnon Murray Halberg Helen Clark Bob Charles Albert Wendt

Additional members	Michael Duffy Catherine Tizard Brian Lochore C. K. Stead Owen Woodhouse Prince Philip Margaret Bazley Peter Jackson Malvina Major

Honorary members	Shridath Ramphal

Deceased

Ordinary members	Arnold Nordmeyer C. E. Beeby Te Atairangikaahu Edmund Hillary Sonja Davies Jim Knox Frederick Turnovsky Richard Matthews Douglas Lilburn June Blundell Manuhuia Bennett Henry Lang Whina Cooper John Somerville Whetu Tirikatene-Sullivan Margaret Mahy Thaddeus McCarthy Roy McKenzie James Muir Cameron Fletcher Ivan Lichter Alan MacDiarmid David Lange Doreen Blumhardt Ralph Hotere

Additional members	Guy Powles Allen Curnow Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Janet Frame Arthur Lydiard Ann Ballin Robin Cooke, Baron Cooke of Thorndon Hugh Kawharu Paul Reeves

Honorary members	William Hayward Pickering

Persondata
Name	Douglas, Ken
Alternative names	Doon
Short description	New Zealand politician
Date of birth	1934
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death

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