Rt Hon. Sir William Birch

Rt Hon. Sir William Birch

Consultant

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In 2025 following a period of ill health, Sir William retired from active work, and is now cared for by his son and daughter in law in their home in Buckland.

In 2000, after concluding a career in Parliament spanning 27 years, Sir William took up his Surveying tools once again and commenced working with Birch (a company his son Kevin had established in 1989), as a consultant. He had originally established a Surveying practice in Pukekohe in 1957 and played a key role in the development and growth of Pukekohe and the surrounding areas in the 1960's and early 1970's, both as a surveyor and a member of the local Pukekohe Borough Council.

A significant component of his time was spent on managing and facilitating Plan Changes and larger scale developments which require all his negotiating and mediation skills together with a sound background in Planning, Surveying and Civil Engineering. 

The younger Surveyors, Planners and Engineers in the Company benefitted  from his wide knowledge and his willingness to share and mentor them during their post-graduate training years.

His passion was tending to the gardens, native trees, and steers on his 10 hectare farmlet in Drury. A past-time which he fondly remembers