Peter Bush (photographer)

Peter George Bush CNZM QSM (born 16 October 1931) is a New Zealand photographer and photojournalist, best known as the country's leading sports photographer. He has also served as a war correspondent, and is the long-serving vice president of the National Press Club.

Peter Bush

CNZM QSM
Bush in 2011
Born
Peter George Bush

(1931-10-16) 16 October 1931
OccupationPhotojournalist
RelativesRonald Bush (uncle)

Born on 16 October 1931, Bush was educated at Sacred Heart College, Auckland.[1] His sports journalism career began in 1949, when he photographed his first rugby union test match for the New Zealand Herald. Since then he has photographed most All Black matches in a career that has spanned over 60 years. A major exhibition of his sixty-year career of rugby photographs, "Hard on the heels", toured thirteen centres on New Zealand in 2010–11.[2]

In the 1991 New Year Honours, Bush was awarded the Queen's Service Medal for public services.[3] In the 2011 New Year Honours, he was appointed a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to photography.[4] He lives in and works from Island Bay in Wellington.

He is a nephew of 1931 All Black Ronald Bush.[5]

Biography
  • A Life in Focus, by Paul Thomas and Peter Bush, (2009, Hodder Moa) ISBN 978-1-86971-064-4

References
  1. Taylor, Alister; Coddington, Deborah (1994). Honoured by the Queen – New Zealand. Auckland: New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa. p. 86. ISBN 0-908578-34-2.
  2. "All Blacks feature in major photo exhibition Archived 25 May 2010 at the Wayback Machine", newzealand.com, 6 May 2010. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
  3. "No. 52383". The London Gazette (2nd supplement). 31 December 1990. p. 31.
  4. "New Year honours list 2011". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 31 December 2010. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
  5. Ronald Bush at AllBlacks.com



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