Keith Wilson Hay CBE (13 December 1917 – 2 January 1997) was a New Zealand homebuilder, entrepreneur, local body politician and conservative Christian.
In 1930, Hay left school at standard six to split fenceposts for a retired headmaster at Kohukohu, who taught the young man accountancy during the evenings.
In 1942, Hay married Enid Paris in Mount Eden, having joined the New Zealand Army Service Corps in 1941.
[3] Keith Hay was described as an 'enthusiastic ‘arm-waver’ who inspired loyalty, as well as confident, ebullient and generous in nature, with a ‘bullet head, rubicund features and wide, toothy smile’.
He was responsible for Mount Roskill's reputataion as Auckland's "Bible Belt"; in 1988, there were twenty-six churches for the borough's 35,000 inhabitants.