Gavin John Hitchings (26 December 1937 – 21 August 2018) was a jeweller who lived in New Zealand.
[2] In 1968 Hitchings trained in the workshop of Jens Hoyer Hansen, becoming a working partner in the business.
[2] In the mid 1970s founded his own workshop and along with Hoyer-Hansen was a foundation tutor at Nelson Polytechnic Institute.
[3] He taught at Nelson Polytechnic between 1986 and 1995 and was the recipient of two QEII Arts Council grants.
As Helen Schamroth writes, 'His works sometimes seem large as jewellery yet are miniatures in a sculptural context'.