239:). He then became chairman of Wattie International and Wattie Meat Activities Group. After Wattie merged with Goodman Group Ltd in 1987, he chaired the Diversified Activities Group of Goodman Fielder Wattie Ltd. During the 1980s, he was a director of NZSE-listed companies Waitaki International Ltd, Allflex Holdings Ltd, and Hawkes Bay Farmers Meat Co Ltd. He was also a director of the Martha Hill Gold Mine JV, Protech Engineering Ltd, Advanced Foods Ltd, Supercool Refrigeration Ltd, Agrico Developments Ltd, Amlamco Meats Ltd, Wattie Singapore Ltd, and Dynasty Foods (Thailand) Ltd.
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National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA), alleging that New Zealand's century-long temperature record (the 7SS) was skewed by non-random adjustments. The Trust lost its case and was ordered to pay costs. Brill is a co-author of the subsequent scientific journal paper, de Freitas et al. (2014).
290:. He was also Chairman of Pacific Energy, the country's first and largest trader in the wholesale electricity market. Brill became national president of the Electricity Supply Association in 1993–4 and was appointed to the Board of EMCO (Electricity Market Company) which established the New Zealand electricity exchange.
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Zealand Institute of Directors. He was national president of the New Zealand Manufacturers Federation 1988–91 and a director of the New Zealand Employers Federation and the Export Institute of New Zealand. He was president of the Employers & Manufacturers Association
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More recently, Brill has been active in challenging establishment climate scientists' views on global warming. Since 2009, he has been
Chairman of the New Zealand Climate Science Coalition. He acted for the New Zealand Climate Science Education Trust, a charitable organisation that took a judicial
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In 1989, Brill led a management buyout of
Supercool Refrigeration Ltd and Hoverd Industries Ltd, which later acquired Contract Refrigeration Ltd (1991) and McAlpine Refrigeration Ltd (1993) and extended into Australia, Shanghai and Dubai. In 1999, Brill sold his controlling interest to USA-based
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Wellington law firm in 1964, he subsequently practised as Brill Adlam & Mollard in Paraparaumu, which then merged to form McGrath, Vickerman, Brill & Partners in 1977. He lectured in Commercial Law at the
196:, Brill initially lost the Kapiti electorate by 15 votes, but contested the result with an Electoral Petition in the High Court, and was ultimately declared the winner by 23 votes. He was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary to the
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