Philip Burdon

Philip Ralph Burdon (born 25 March 1939) is a former New Zealand politician and lawyer by profession.[2][3][4] He was educated at Christ's College in Christchurch from 1953 to 1956, and studied law at the University of Canterbury, graduating LLB.[2][3] In the 2002 Queen's Birthday and Golden Jubilee Honours, Rosalind Burdon was appointed a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to the arts and the community.[2] In 1969, he and Roger Giles began a company growing mushrooms in caves on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus, but following the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974, they concentrated all their efforts on their New Zealand company, Meadow Mushrooms, established at Prebbleton in 1970.They were ultimately successful in September 2017 when the Anglican synod made a binding decision to restore the church.
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