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Former Ories and Upper Hutt player and coach Bob Lendrum passes away
- 23 Mar 2021
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Former Oriental lock and Upper Hutt coach and representative player and coach Bob Lendrum passed away recently. Bob Lendrum came to Wellington from ‘up north’ in Whangarei and joined the Oriental club. He represented Wellington between 1963-1966, went to Fiji for work and coached their national team whilst there, before returning to New Zealand and...
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Remembering WRFU Life Member Dick Evans
- 8 Mar 2021
- Wellington Rugby Football Union
- Wellington Rugby life member and founder of the Wellington Rugby Supporters Club (WRSC), Dick Evans, has passed away aged 95.Inspired by the...
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Obituary – Patrick James Toner. 20 April 1930 – 2 March 2021
- 3 Mar 2021
- Wellington Judo Academy
- It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our Sensei, Patrick James Toner, at the age of 90 years. While Pat had been ill for some time,... The post Obituary – Patrick James Toner. 20 April 1930 – 2 March 2021 appeared first on Wellington Judo.
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RIP Max Burgess
- 9 Feb 2021
- Victoria Bowling Club
- Rest In Peace Max BurgessRest in Peace, Max Burgess, the father of our President has sadly passed away.Max was a stalwart of the Tawa Bowling Club and highly respected man. We send all our condolences with the whole family.The post RIP Max Burgess first appeared on Victoria Bowling Club.
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Sam Seath Obituary
- 6 Feb 2021
- Wellington Rowing Club
- It is with great sadness that we let you know that Sam Seath, our WRC President for the 2019/20 season, passed away...
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Rest in peace Neville Gilmore, January 2021
- 11 Jan 2021
- Wellington City Libraries News Blog
- With sadness Wellington City Libraries pays tribute to Neville Gilmore, Te Matehou, Te Atiawa, who, during his research for Wellington Tenths Trust (2001-2009), also gave so kindly and generously of his time and knowledge to our project, Ngā Tūpuna o te Whanganui-a-Tara (2001-2007).
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Celebrating Melby, a loyal supporter
- 7 Dec 2020
- Wellington Free Ambulance
- For more than 40 years, Melby donated so much of his time to supporting the work we do, including fundraising collections with many of his local groups. This allowed us to be here for him and so many others across Wellington and Wairarapa. Unfortunately Melby passed away on 15 May 2020. He was 96.
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Megan Wraight
- 31 Aug 2020
- Eye of the Fish
- Sad news today – Megan Wraight has died.
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John Christopher (Jack) Tynan
- 25 Aug 2020
- Wellington Hockey Association (WHA)
- John Christopher (Jack) Tynan5 December 1925 - August 23 2020A personal Memoir and Tribute by Derek ..
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Beryl Fletcher – Obituary
- 2 Mar 2018
- Randell Cottage Writers Trust
- We were saddened this week to hear of the death of Beryl Fletcher, who was the Cottage’s New Zealand resident in 2006.
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Sad News for Hutt Valley Harriers
- 30 Jul 2015
- Hutt Valley Harriers
- It is with much sadness that I notify members of Hutt Valley Harriers of the passing of Jack Uren.
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Victoria University mourns loss of Jack Body
- 10 May 2015
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Jack Body, renowned composer and long-time Victoria University lecturer, will be greatly missed by those he taught and inspired throughout his career.
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Dick Greenbank, ZL2TGQ. 1943-08-21 to 2015-01-08
- 18 Feb 2015
- Wellington VHF Group
- Dick was educated at Stratford Technical High School, Taranaki, then joined the Royal New Zealand Air Force at Blenheim as a Boy Entrant.
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Andrew McNeill
- 27 Oct 2014
- Wellington Marathon Clinic
- It is with much sadness that we report the passing of WMC member Andrew McNeill. Andrew lost his battle with cancer on Thursday evening. Andrew was a prominent member of our Club, always willing to help out. He regularly assisted with the … Continue reading →
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Johnny Cooper, ‘The Māori Cowboy’
- 30 Sep 2014
- Wellington City Libraries News Blog
- Johnny Cooper, hero of early New Zealand rock’n’roll, died earlier this month in Lower Hutt, aged 85.
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Obituary Phil Murphy QSM – Featherston Swimming Life Member
- 22 May 2014
- Wellington Swimming Association
- Wairarapa Life member passes away. Attached is an article about Phil’s very full life. Our thoughts are with her family. Obituary Phil Murphy
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Bill Toomath
- 20 Mar 2014
- Architectural Centre Inc
- Bill Toomath passed away today. He will be hugely, sadly missed.
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Cricket Wellington acknowledges passing of John Oakley CBE
- 12 Aug 2013
- Cricket Wellington
- Cricket Wellington acknowledges the passing of former President John Oakley CBE, whom passed away on 9 August.
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Henry Russell Walden (1934-2013)
- 29 Jul 2013
- Architectural Centre Inc
- Russell died last week. His funeral is tomorrow (Tues 30th, 3pm Old St Pauls). He was born in Timaru, studied architecture at the University of Auckland, and was awarded the first MArch in New Zealand in 1964 with his thesis: “New Zealand Anglican church architecture, 1814-1963″ – all nine volumes of it. Another first he achieved was gaining a New Zealand Post-Graduate Scholarship in Architecture. The next year he headed to Birmingham to PhD study and private practice, returning in 1978 as a Reader in Architectural History at VUW, having completed his PhD (1975) and edited the MIT Press publication: The Open Hand: Essays on Le Corbusier (1977), an early collection of essays on Le Corbusier in English. http://www.futunatrust.org.nz/wp-content/header-images/windows.jpg Russell is renowned for his passionate relationship to Futuna Chapel – the subject of his Voices of Silence (1987) – as bicultural architecture.
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Trust mourns loss of Dame Margaret Shields
- 4 Jun 2013
- Rimutaka Incline Railway
- Dame Margaret Shields passed away on 29 May 2013, former Labour MP for Kapiti, Minister of Customs and Consumer Affairs, Women's Affairs, and Chairperson of the Wellington Regional Council.
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Former Wellington Lions coach Bill Freeman passes away
- 27 Feb 2013
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: Wellington flanker Graham Williams, who captained Wellington in Freeman's last year as coach of the Lions in 1970, is unable to haul in Hawke's Bay wing Mick Duncan neat the corner flag in a famous Ranfurly Shield challenge in Napier in 1967.
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Barbara Neish
- 1 Feb 2013
- Wellington Swimming Association
- It is with sadness that we advise that Barbara Neish passed away 1 February 2013. Barbara was the former Secretary and Records Secretary of Swimming Wellington and a Life Member of the Upper Hutt Swimming Club. Our condolenses to John and His family. Barabara’s funeral is scehduled to take place on Friday 8 February at 2pm at the Heretaunga Christian Centre in Upper Hutt.
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2 greats play their last end
- 8 Jul 2012
- Tawa Bowling Club
- Ivan Kostanich and Dave Baldwin have both recently passed away. Kostanich seemed ageless, winning national singles titles into his 70s. Baldwin had an illustrious career, with only Ian Dickison having won a more recent men's Commonwealth Games gold medal for New Zealand.
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Harry Love remembered
- 1 Jul 2012
- Ngaio Progressive Association
- Harry Love, a local resident who was passionate about the environment and involved in the appeal on Kilmarston (over a period of 30 years) died last week. NPA and members send their sympathy and thoughts to Helen Fearnely.
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Grant Tilly 1937-2012
- 11 Apr 2012
- Downstage Theatre
- We were saddened to learn today of the passing of Grant Tilly. Our thoughts and condolences are with Grant’s family and friends. He will be missed by all of us in the industry, and all who have enjoyed his work throughout the last 50 years or more. From stage to screen Grant became one of this country’s most beloved actors. Grant was a part of Downstage from its very earliest years, making his first appearance in 1966 in show whose title alone was so controversial The Dominion newspaper refused to publish it. You’ll Come to Love Your Sperm Test went on to play to more than 5000 Wellingtonians.
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