Elizabeth Welch Orr CNZM (29 October 1929 – 22 April 2021, née Entrican) was a New Zealand lecturer and a previous Chancellor of Victoria University of Wellington.
[2] Orr completed her undergraduate Bachelor of Arts in English and French at Victoria University of Wellington in 1951.
[4] Orr contributed to the formation of the National Advisory Council for the Employment of Women, where she served as chair between 1971 and 1979, advocating for the Equal Pay Act in 1972.
Additionally, Orr contributed to the legal arguments for the 2014 pay equality case Terranova Homes & Care Limited v Service and Food Workers Union Nga Ringa Tota Incorporated.
[9] In the same year she was also made an honorary Doctor of Literature by the Victoria University of Wellington Council.