As a director of the company John’s responsibilities extend into the corporate area and he is currently Managing Director for all the family’s construction, manufacturing and subcontracting businesses. John has a wealth of experience in the construction industry.
After completing an engineering degree at Canterbury University in 1974, John joined a Wellington based Consulting Engineering firm where he gained his registration after four years of working as a structural engineer. Following a period of study in the UK, John returned to New Zealand in 1980 and joined McMillan & Lockwood as their company engineer. He also managed McMillan & Lockwood’s Wellington operations for the following ten years.
He is one of the few people in the industry that has worked as a consulting engineer, builder, subcontractor and supplier. He is qualified as an arbitrator and adjudicator and has previously sat on New Zealand Standard committees. He has completed a number of commercial projects for the group and has experience in all areas of the construction industry including development and design build work.
Born and raised a true New Zealander, here is John's Pepeha.
“I ōreā te tuatara ka patu ki waho
Ko Te Ramaroa a Kupe te Maunga
Ko Hokianga te Moana
Ko Ngatokingatokimatawhaorua
Ko Pakanae te Marae
Ko Maraeroa te Whare Tupuna
Ko Whiria te pā, te paiaka o te riri, te kawa o Rāhiri
Ko Matariki te rere e rere mai ana
Ko Rahiri te Tangata
Ko Ngāti Korokoro, ko Ngāti Wharara, Ko Te Pouka
ngā hapū o te wahapū o Hokianga
Ko Nga hapu o nga Puhi raua ko Te Rarawa öku iwi
Ko John Webster rāua Emily (nee Russell) öku mātua tīpuna, I tipu mai ia ki Opononi,
Ko Robert (Bob) Lockwood OBE toku pāpā
Ko John Lockwood ahau, ko te Rangatira o McMillan and Lockwood ahau.
"Hokianga Nui a Kupe, Hokianga Whakapau Karakia e"
“Mā ūrupu, ko momoho, Noho Kāinga, Ka Ora e”