Involvement in education at a national level included Associate membership of NZEI, Social Studies curriculum development, membership of Catholic Schools Parent Teacher Association, chairman of Dunedin Diocese Catholic Education Council and NZ Catholic Education Council. He was instrumental in negotiating the Private Schools Provisional Integration Agreement 1975 as a member of the Catholic Education working party. Genny and Tony Hanning in 2009, holding an international Lions award awarded to Mrs Hanning. In 1981 he was appointed Manager of Catholic Education Southland and Otago. Tony Hanning died on December 20, aged 87.

Source: Otago Daily Times February 28, 2026 12:06 UTC