Charles Luney

Charles Seymour "Chas" Luney CNZM QSO (28 June 1905 – 18 November 2006), was a New Zealand builder and company director.

The family struggled financially and Luney attended several primary schools, including one in Canada for one year.

He was unjustly partly held responsible for the death of his younger brother, and it made him determined to care for his family.

Missing Scout camp because his father could not afford the ten shillings made him value money and realise that it only came from effort.

[2] In the early years the company's projects were mainly garages for the growing number of car owners in Christchurch.

For the construction of the Westpac Centre in Addington, he used "every piece of scaffolding available in the South Island", according to his biographer John Coley.

[1] During his lifetime, Luney was chosen to be included in the Twelve Local Heroes sculpture on Worcester Boulevard in front of the Christchurch Arts Centre.