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Peter David Aitchison is a former New Zealand rower and manufacturer of farming equipment.

A member of the Union Boat Club in Whanganui, Aitchison was a member of the victorious Union crew—along with Donald Gemmell, Frank Crotty, Graeme Moran and Richard Tuffin (coxswain)—that won the coxed fours title at the New Zealand national rowing championships in 1958. The same crew went on to represent New Zealand at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, finishing fourth.

Aitchison went on to have a successful career as a manufacturer, importer and exporter of farming equipment, founding Aitchison Industries based in Whanganui. The company produces and exports seed drills, cultivators, fertiliser spreaders and other farming equipment around the world.

In 2001, Aitchison and his wife, Sylvia, retired to the Wellington suburb of Roseneath. In 2015, the couple made national headlines after their neighbour built a four-metre high fence blocking their view of Wellington harbour. After a legal battle, the Environment Court ordered the fence be removed in January 2016.

References

1. "Passing of Frank Crotty". Union Boat Club Whanganui. 8 January 2017. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
2. "Paul Harris Fellows". Rotary Club of Taradale. Archived from the original on 6 April 2017. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
3. "Peter Aitchison". New Zealand Olympic Committee. 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
4. Morgan, Jon (19 November 1996). "River City flush with business prosperity". The Dominion. p. 9.
5. "About Aitchison". Reese Group. 2009. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
6. McKinnon, Lyn (March 1998). "Soil conservation equipment ready". Southerner. p. 9.
7. "Drill 'marriage' opens up new seed methods". New Zealand Farmer. 12 October 1994. p. 28.
8. Maxwell, Joel; Hunt, Tom (2 October 2015). "Fence decision brings relief but no celebrations". Dominion Post. p. 3.
9. White, David (22 January 2016). "Environment Court judge rules on 'objectionable' Wellington view-blocking fence". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 14 January 2017.

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