Anna Crighton

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Dame Anna Crighton

DNZM QSO JP
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Crighton in 2020
Born
Anna Louisa de Launey Crighton

January 1944 (age 80)
Christchurch, New Zealand
Academic background
Alma mater University of Canterbury (BA, MA)
University of Otago (PhD)
Thesis The selection and presentation culture of the Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand, 1932–2002  (2012)

Dame Anna Louisa de Launey Crighton DNZM QSO JP (born January 1944) is a New Zealand heritage campaigner and historian, and former local-body politician in Christchurch. [1]

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Biography

Crighton was born in Christchurch in January 1944. [2] [3] She attended Christchurch East Primary School, before her family moved to Dunedin. There she attended Pinehill School and Otago Girls' High School, before returning to Christchurch where she went to Christchurch Girls’ High School. After travelling overseas and a brief unsuccessful marriage, she worked and was a single parent in North Canterbury, before moving back to Christchurch where she completed her education. She earned School Certificate and University Entrance by correspondence, before enrolling at the University of Canterbury with a scholarship as a mature student. Her Bachelor of Arts degree in history, art history and classics, was followed by a Master of Arts degree, with a thesis on colonial architecture. [2]

In 1979, Crighton was appointed registrar or collections manager at the Robert McDougall Art Gallery, where she remained until 2001. For part of that time, she served as the New Zealand representative on the committee of the American Association of Museum Registrars. [2]

In Christchurch, Crighton has been a community board member and chair, and she was a Christchurch city councillor from 1995 to 2007. She has a long association with Christchurch Heritage Ltd and the Christchurch Heritage Trust, which she founded in 1996. [2] [4] The trust purchased the former Trinity Church in Worcester Street and saved it from demolition. [2]

From 2008, Crighton undertook doctoral research through the University of Otago. She completed her PhD studies, which had been disrupted by the Christchurch earthquakes, with her thesis titled The selection and presentation culture of the Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand, 1932–2002. [2] [5] Her doctoral thesis led to the book, English, Colonial, Modern and Māori: The Changing Faces of the Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand, 1932–2002, which was published in 2014. [4] [6]

From 2010 to 2014, Crighton was chair of the Canterbury Earthquake Heritage Buildings Fund Trust. Since 2001, she has been a director the Theatre Royal Charitable Foundation, and she has chaired the Christchurch Heritage Awards Charitable Trust since 2009. She served as a board member of the New Zealand Historic Places Trust between 2003 and 2010, and she was president of Historic Places Aotearoa between 2010 and 2013. [7] Crighton was an elected member of the Canterbury District Health Board for 12 years, from 2007 to 2019. [4] [8] [9]

Honours

In the 2005 Queen's Birthday Honours, Crighton was appointed a Companion of the Queen's Service Order for public services. [10] In the 2020 New Year Honours, she was appointed a Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to heritage preservation and governance. [11]

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References

  1. ↑ "Supplementary statement of evidence of Anna Louisa de Launey Crighton on behalf of submitter 2688: Peter Dyhrberg and others" (PDF). 9 March 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 January 2019. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "A mother of city heritage" (PDF). Keeping On. Vol. 89. Age Concern. February 2016. p. 3. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  3. ↑ Matthews, Philip (24 February 2024). "The life of Anna". The Press . Retrieved 29 February 2024.
  4. 1 2 3 "Investiture ceremony 6 July 2020". Government House. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  5. ↑ Crighton, Anna (2012). The selection and presentation culture of the Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand, 1932-2002 (Doctoral thesis). OUR Archive, University of Otago. hdl:10523/2449.
  6. ↑ "English, Colonial, Modern and Maori: The Changing Faces of the Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand, 1932–2002". Cambridge Scholars. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  7. ↑ "Otago alumna awarded top honour for heritage". University of Otago. 29 January 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  8. ↑ Morrall, Amanda (15 October 2007). "Protest over unelected chairmen". The Press. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  9. ↑ Law, Tina (14 October 2019). "Dual roles for some DHB members". The Press. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  10. ↑ "Queen's Birthday honours list 2005". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 6 June 2005. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  11. ↑ "New Year honours list 2020". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 31 December 2019. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
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