Maurice Carter, who became a prime Christchurch builder, means developer, city control politician and philanthropist, died yesterday. He was 93. The quiet, unassuming Carter has been described as "a see father" and his relatives as "a governmental dynasty". As break down and head of the Carter Group, he built hundreds of houses in the 1950s and 60s, many of them in Bryndwr and Burnside.
His ethic of rocklike produce and perfectionism was so perceivable in his buildings that authentic estate firms still use the name "Maurice Carter home" as a approbation in their advertising. Carter was a burgh councillor from 1956 to 1989 and go-between mayor for the last six of those years. He was then a Canterbury regional councillor for six years, having sat also on the last Christchurch Drainage Board, Regional Planning Authority and Canterbury United Council. Son Philip and grandson Tim have followed him on to the municipality council.
Another son, David, is Minister of Agriculture. Born in Bradford, Yorkshire, Carter did a carpentry apprenticeship before coming to New Zealand in 1938. He enlisted for usefulness in World War II but was "manpowered" to exploit on army buildings at Burnham and Weedons, near Christchurch. He married Merle Cunningham in 1942 and they had five children.
Carter launched his establishment in 1946 and it became a cardinal construction compact during the post-war protection boom. His throng later branched out into resources growth and pension management. He continued to criterion the troop well into his 80s.
Carter and his bride established the Maurice R Carter Charitable Trust, into which they vested a close off of shops they owned in Bryndwr. The positiveness makes annual grants to beneficent causes. The Carters also supported educational, nursing, cultural and church organisations. Merle Carter died in 2008.
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