Bill Subritzky

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Wilfred Allen Subritzky QSM (20 November 1925 – 23 December 2015) was a New Zealand lawyer and property developer, active from the mid-1950s until the mid-1980s. His company, Universal Homes, mass-produced houses in standard designs, and sold 14,000 houses over the 30-year period of Subritzky's involvement.[1][2]

Biography

Subritzky was born in 1925, and lived in

Pentecostals such as the late Derek Prince.[3]

Subritzky was a proponent of the

psychological manipulation to make people feel as though they are healed.[7][8]

Subritzky was a friend to the controversial Nigerian "prophet"

T.B. Joshua and publicly supported him amidst criticism that Joshua's "miracles" were not of God.[9]

In 1986, Subritzky and other conservative Christians helped establish the

He was married to Lucy Patricia (Pat), who died in 2011. Subritzky later married Kaylene.

In the 1991 New Year Honours, Subritzky was awarded the Queen's Service Medal for community service.[11]

Subritzky published his autobiography On the Cutting Edge: The Bill Subritzky Story in 1993.[12]

In 2014, Subritzky's 8.9 ha (22 acres) estate in Lynfield, Mount Roskill was sold to Ryman Healthcare with an estimated market value of $16.2 million. The property was developed by Subritzky and his first wife, Pat, in 1960 and featured several homes, a pool, tennis court, sheds and a separate office wing from where Subritzky ran his businesses.[13][14]

Subritzky died on 23 December 2015.[15]

Honorific eponyms

Subritzky Avenue in Mount Roskill was named after him.[16]

References

  1. ^ " The Cutting Edge : The Bill Subritzky Story " p 98.
  2. ^ "Prominent lawyer, developer and evangelist Bill Subritzky dies age 90" Archived 2016-10-09 at the Wayback Machine (retrieved October 6, 2016)
  3. ^ Shaw, Bob (29 June 1998). "Evangelist plans to make Good Word his last word". The Evening Post. Retrieved 30 June 2011.
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  5. ^ Brown, Andrew (15 September 1990). "Evangelist can find a demon for every ill". The Independent. Retrieved 30 June 2011.
  6. ^ Brown, Andrew (14 February 1990). "Evangelist delivers demon warning". The Independent. Retrieved 30 June 2011.
  7. Television New Zealand
    . 24 October 2006.
  8. ^ Crewdson, Patrick (21 May 2007). "Exorcism exercise for fired-up faithful". The Dominion Post. p. 3. Retrieved 30 June 2011.
  9. ^ Egwugum, Jackson (30 June 2002). "T.B. Joshua Divides Western Christians". Charisma Magazine.
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  11. ^ "No. 52383". The London Gazette (2nd supplement). 31 December 1990. p. 31.
  12. HB.
  13. ^ "Ryman buys central Auckland Subritzky estate". NBR. 21 July 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  14. ISSN 1170-0777
    . Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  15. ^ "Wilfred Allen (Bill) Subritzky". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
  16. Wikidata Q116775081
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