Sir Douglas Myers remembered as an avid advocate for New ZealandJOHN KIRK-ANDERSON/FAIRFAX NZ Douglas Myers was a captain of industry, who helped New Zealand forge its path in the world. Sir Douglas Myers, pictured in 1983. In 1971 he sold most of the company's hotels to New Zealand Breweries (later renamed Lion Breweries) and focused the company's efforts on New Zealand Wines and Spirits, a joint venture with New Zealand Breweries. FAIRFAX NZ Sir Douglas Myers pictured in 2001. Knighted in 2010, Sir Douglas Myers embodies the thrusting entrepreneurialism of the last decades of 20th Century New Zealand.

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