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'''John Clarence Hinchcliff''' {{post-nominalsShort description|country=NZL|CNZM|size=85%}} is a New Zealand university administrator, philosopher, politician and peace campaigner.}}

Hinchcliff was born in [[Wairoa]] on 9 October 1939, the son of Frank and Gwen Hinchcliff.<ref name="HBTQ">{{cite book |last1=Taylor |first1=Alister |last2=Coddington |first2=Deborah |author-link1=Alister Taylor |author-link2=Deborah Coddington |title=Honoured by the Queen – New Zealand |year=1994 |publisher=New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa |location=Auckland |isbn=0-908578-34-2 |page=186}}</ref> He attendedwas educated at [[Nelson College]] from 1953 to 1958, where he was head prefect in his final year, and was a member of the 1950sschool's before1st movingXV to[[rugby union]] and first XI [[Christchurchcricket]] teams.<ref>{{cite book | chapter=Full school list of Nelson College, 1856–2005 | title=Nelson College Old Boys' Register, 1856–2006 | year=2006 | edition=6th | type=CD-ROM}}</ref> He then studied at the [[University of Canterbury]], where he earned a [[Master of Arts]] (Hons) in Philosophyphilosophy. He was awarded a Rotary Foundation Fellowship, providing funding for a year anywhere in the world, choosing to go to the Middle- East.<ref name="Profile"/> He met his wife, Laurie Danz, while studying at the Hebrew University in [[Jerusalem]], inand thethey mid-1960smarried in 1964.<ref name="HBTQ"/><ref name="Profile">{{Cite news |first=Max |last=Chapple |title=Profile: John Hinchcliff |work=[[Craccum]] |date=9 April 1990 |page=3 }}</ref> The couple went on to have six children.<ref name="HBTQ"/>

After his time studying and working in [[Israel]], heHinchcliff went to the [[United States]] where he attained a [[PhD]] at [[Drew University]], New Jersey. He then taught both there and at the North-East Business Machines School. He declined the chairmanship of Drew University's philosophy department and instead from 1969 to 1973 he was assistant Professorprofessor of Philosophyphilosophy at [[Hampden–Sydney College]] in Virginia. He returned to New Zealand to take up the position of chaplain at the [[University of Auckland|Auckland University]]. There he taught liberal arts, medical ethics and philosophy of genetic engineering. HeFrom was1980 thento 1983, he was Headhead of Humanitieshumanities at the [[Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology]], where he taught social responsibility in science and technology as well as professional ethics as well as being heavily involved in administration of the institute.<ref name="HBTQ"/><ref name="Profile"/>

HeHinchcliff became involved in politics through the peace and nuclear disarmament movement and was a co-ordinatorcoordinator of the International Convention for Peace Action. He protested the visit of the nuclear -powered [[USS Pintado (SSN-672)|USS ''Pintado'']] and was part of the flotilla that attempedattempted to impede its entry into the [[WaitemataWaitematā Harbour]].{{sfn|Richards|2010|p=15}} Ahead of the [[1975 New Zealand general election|1975 general election]], he took part in the "[[Citizens for Rowling]]" campaign.{{sfn|Richards|2010|p=79}} He stood for Parliament unsuccessfully as the [[New Zealand Labour Party|Labour Party]] candidate in {{NZ electorate link|Eden}} in the {{NZ election link|1978}}.<ref>{{cite book |last= Norton |first= Clifford |title= New Zealand Parliamentary Election Results 1946-1987: Occasional Publications No 1, Department of Political Science |year= 1988 |publisher=Victoria University of Wellington |location= Wellington |isbn= 0-475-11200-8 |page=221 }}</ref>

In 1984, heHinchcliff was appointed principal of the Auckland Technical Institute (ATI). AfterHe his workworked to transition ATI from a polytechnic to a university, and this was eventually agreed to by the government in 1999. ATI duly became a university from 1 January 2000, renaming itself as [[Auckland University of Technology]] (AUT). It was the first New Zealand polytechnic to become a university. From 2000 to 2003, Hinchcliff was Vicevice-Chancellorchancellor of AUT until 2003.<ref name="History of AUT">{{Cite web |url=https://www.aut.ac.nz/about/our-history |title=History of AUT |access-date=23 January 2022 |website=[[Auckland University of Technology]] }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=3546007 |title=AUT chief moves on after 20 years |last=Harris |first=Natasha |date=28 January 2004 |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |accessdateaccess-date=12 August 2010 }}</ref>

Hinchcliff was an [[Auckland City Council]]lor for three years. He represented the Tamaki-Maungakiekie Ward for the Labour Party from 2004 to 2007.<ref>{{cite book |last=Bassett |first=Michael |author-link=Michael Bassett |date=2013 |title=City of sails: the history of Auckland City Council, 1989–2010 |isbn=1927262003978-1927262009 |page=369 |publisher=Upstart Press }}</ref> In [[2007 Auckland City mayoral election|2007]] he stood unsuccessfully for [[Mayor of Auckland City|Mayor of Auckland]], placing fourth.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/council/members/elections/results2007.asp |title=Declaration of Results |accessdateaccess-date=2016-10-29 |url-status=dead |archiveurlarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080220110113/http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/council/members/elections/results2007.asp |archivedatearchive-date=20 February 2008 }}</ref>

HeHinchcliff has suffered from vision loss in later life, having both [[macular degeneration]] and [[glaucoma]].<ref name="Educator losing">{{Cite web |url=https://blindlowvision.org.nz/our-stories/john-hinchcliff/ |title=Educator losing his vision, but not his zest for life |access-date=23 January 2022 |website=Blind Low Vision NZ }}</ref>

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