
Graham Walter Kitson Directorships Waipara Hills Wine Estate Ltd Major Shareholdings Background Initially an agricultural economist with Lincoln University, Canterbury (1968-78), Graham subsequently worked in Manila, in the The Philippines, for the Asian Development Bank as a project economist. He later established Japan Trade Research Associates (which consulted to prominent New Zealand Wine companies), a trade consultancy, Jatra Corporation Ltd, (of which he is managing director) and its subsidiaries Hi Tech Foods Ltd, Rimu Projects Ltd, Takaroa Fisheries Ltd, Ambrosia Nursery Ltd, Amgi Bioculture NZ Ltd and Kotukunui Holdings Ltd. Graham's business interests have some fifty employees. He is also a member of the advisory committee of Technology New Zealand and owns vineyard assets in Canterbury. News