Retirement From Politics
Nordmeyer remained in Parliament for another four years, retiring at the 1969 elections. He later held a number of government appointments, including the position of director of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand. In 1987 he was made a founding member of the Order of New Zealand.
Nordmeyer was one of the staunchest opponents of capital punishment and was also staunchly opposed to abortion, being a patron of New Zealand's main pro-life group SPUC.
Nordmeyer died in Wellington on 2 February 1989. He was survived by his wife, Frances Maria Kernahan, whom he had married in Oamaru on 28 October 1931. The couple had two children.
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