What is Bill Sheat?
[[File:Bill Sheat New Zealand Film Commission 40th Anniversary (1).jpg|right|200px]] '''William Newton Sheat''' {{post-nominals|country=NZL|CNZM|OBE|size=85%}} (1 May 1930 – 20 January 2021) was a New Zealand lawyer and arts activist. He was a founding member of the [[New Zealand Film Commission]], [[Creative New Zealand]] and [[Downstage Theatre]]. Sheat was born in [[Hāwera]], New Zealand. Sheat died on 20 January 2021 in [[Lower Hutt]], New Zealand at the age of 90.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Boyack|first=Nicholas|date=2021-01-20|title=Bill Sheat: The man who saved Wellington's Opera House|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/arts/123810643/bill-sheat-the-man-who-saved-wellingtons-opera-house|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2021-01-20|website=Stuff|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://deaths.taranakidailynews.co.nz/obituaries/taranaki-daily-news-nz/obituary.aspx?n=william-sheat&pid=197565901 |title=Bill Sheat death notice |date=23 January 2021 |work=Taranaki Daily News |access-date=23 January 2021}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Sheat, Bill}} [[Category:1930 births]] [[Category:2021 deaths]] [[Category:New Zealand activists]] [[Category:New Zealand lawyers]] {{bio-stub}}