https://wellington.gen.nz/obituaries Wellington related newsitems tagged with Obituaries https://www.wcl.govt.nz/blog/index.php/2021/01/12/rest-in-peace-neville-gilmore-january-2021/ 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). Mon, 11 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT https://www.wcl.govt.nz/blog/index.php/2021/01/12/rest-in-peace-neville-gilmore-january-2021/ Wellington City Libraries News Blog 2021-01-11T00:00:00Z https://www.wfa.org.nz/about-us/news/celebrating-melby-a-loyal-supporter/ 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. Mon, 07 Dec 2020 00:00:00 GMT https://www.wfa.org.nz/about-us/news/celebrating-melby-a-loyal-supporter/ Wellington Free Ambulance 2020-12-07T00:00:00Z https://eyeofthefish.org/megan-wraight/ Sad news today – Megan Wraight has died. Mon, 31 Aug 2020 00:00:00 GMT https://eyeofthefish.org/megan-wraight/ Eye of the Fish 2020-08-31T00:00:00Z https://wellingtonhockey.org.nz/news_detail/10065809?tag_id= John Christopher (Jack) Tynan5 December 1925 - August 23 2020A personal Memoir and Tribute by Derek .. Tue, 25 Aug 2020 00:00:00 GMT https://wellingtonhockey.org.nz/news_detail/10065809?tag_id= Wellington Hockey Association (WHA) 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z https://www.randellcottage.co.nz/beryl-fletcher-obituary/ We were saddened this week to hear of the death of Beryl Fletcher, who was the Cottage’s New Zealand resident in 2006. Fri, 02 Mar 2018 00:00:00 GMT https://www.randellcottage.co.nz/beryl-fletcher-obituary/ Randell Cottage Writers Trust 2018-03-02T00:00:00Z -41.2784683 174.7679 http://hvh.org.nz/sad-news-for-hutt-valley-harriers/ It is with much sadness that I notify members of Hutt Valley Harriers of the passing of Jack Uren. Thu, 30 Jul 2015 00:00:00 GMT http://hvh.org.nz/sad-news-for-hutt-valley-harriers/ Hutt Valley Harriers 2015-07-30T00:00:00Z http://www.victoria.ac.nz/news/2015/05/victoria-university-mourns-loss-of-jack-body Jack Body, renowned composer and long-time Victoria University lecturer, will be greatly missed by those he taught and inspired throughout his career. Sun, 10 May 2015 00:00:00 GMT http://www.victoria.ac.nz/news/2015/05/victoria-university-mourns-loss-of-jack-body Victoria University of Wellington 2015-05-10T00:00:00Z -41.28916835 174.76889632645998 http://www.vhf.org.nz/zl2tgq Dick was educated at Stratford Technical High School, Taranaki, then joined the Royal New Zealand Air Force at Blenheim as a Boy Entrant. Wed, 18 Feb 2015 00:00:00 GMT http://www.vhf.org.nz/zl2tgq Wellington VHF Group 2015-02-18T00:00:00Z http://wmc.org.nz/2014/notice-board/andrew-mcneill 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 → Mon, 27 Oct 2014 00:00:00 GMT http://wmc.org.nz/2014/notice-board/andrew-mcneill Wellington Marathon Clinic 2014-10-27T00:00:00Z http://www.wcl.govt.nz/blog/index.php/2014/09/30/johnny-cooper-the-maori-cowboy/ Johnny Cooper, hero of early New Zealand rock’n’roll, died earlier this month in Lower Hutt, aged 85. Tue, 30 Sep 2014 00:00:00 GMT http://www.wcl.govt.nz/blog/index.php/2014/09/30/johnny-cooper-the-maori-cowboy/ Wellington City Libraries News Blog 2014-09-30T00:00:00Z http://www.swimwn.co.nz/?p=6961 Wairarapa Life member passes away. Attached is an article about Phil’s very full life. Our thoughts are with her family. Obituary Phil Murphy Thu, 22 May 2014 00:00:00 GMT http://www.swimwn.co.nz/?p=6961 Wellington Swimming Association 2014-05-22T00:00:00Z http://architecture.org.nz/2014/03/20/bill-toomath/ Bill Toomath passed away today. He will be hugely, sadly missed. Thu, 20 Mar 2014 00:00:00 GMT http://architecture.org.nz/2014/03/20/bill-toomath/ Architectural Centre Inc 2014-03-20T00:00:00Z http://architecture.org.nz/2013/07/29/henry-russell-walden-1934-2013/ 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. Mon, 29 Jul 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://architecture.org.nz/2013/07/29/henry-russell-walden-1934-2013/ Architectural Centre Inc 2013-07-29T00:00:00Z http://scottishathletics.org.nz/2013/news/heather-may-dies-28-july-2013/ Wellington athletics stalwart Heather May died on Sunday, aged 90.  Heather was a national high jump champion in the 1950s, narrowly missing out on selection for the 1950 Empire Games.  Over recent years, she was patron of the Wellington Masters Association.  In 2010, Heather May was awarded Life Membership by Athletics NZ President Jim Blair.     Mon, 29 Jul 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://scottishathletics.org.nz/2013/news/heather-may-dies-28-july-2013/ Wellington Scottish Athletics Club 2013-07-29T00:00:00Z http://salient.org.nz/news/rosemary-barrington-1947-2013 Rosemary Barrington, a champion of student representation at Victoria University, passed away on June 24. Sun, 14 Jul 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://salient.org.nz/news/rosemary-barrington-1947-2013 Salient 2013-07-14T00:00:00Z http://www.rimutaka-incline-railway.org.nz/news/trust-mourns-loss-dame-margaret-shields 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. Tue, 04 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://www.rimutaka-incline-railway.org.nz/news/trust-mourns-loss-dame-margaret-shields Rimutaka Incline Railway 2013-06-04T00:00:00Z -41.1080896 175.1340865 http://salient.org.nz/news/former-salient-editor-passes-away Salient’s 1959 editor Colin Bickler passed away on January 12 at the age of 78. Bickler was born in Leeds in 1934 and migrated to New Zealand as a teenager. Always having a love for theatre, Bickler belonged to the drama club at Victoria. Bickler toyed with theatre as a career, eventually incorporating it into his journalism career. In the early ‘60s, he wrote theatre reviews for the Dominion and hosted a Sunday morning radio programme reviewing films. Bickler began his journalism career in Wellington at the Dominion, before joining the New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation. In 1965, he moved to the Eastern desk of Reuters in London where he worked for 26 years. During this time he served in Kuala Lumpur, Tel Aviv, Manila, Jakarta, Nairobi, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Turkey, and reported on Malaysian conflicts and the Yom Kippur War before moving to London. Sun, 17 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://salient.org.nz/news/former-salient-editor-passes-away Salient 2013-03-17T00:00:00Z http://www.petonerugby.com/news/news-archive/display/752/ The Petone Rugby Football Club extends it's sincere condolences to the Rangitaawa Family on learning of Phil's passing. Phil made significant contribution to the teams he was involved with when playing for the club and was certainly "larger than life" after experiencing a life-changing injury while playing. He was greatly admired by his friends and acquaintances and will be sadly missed. Wed, 13 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://www.petonerugby.com/news/news-archive/display/752/ Petone Rugby Club 2013-03-13T00:00:00Z http://www.clubrugby.co.nz/wellington/story.php?id=541 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. Wed, 27 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://www.clubrugby.co.nz/wellington/story.php?id=541 Wellington Club Weekly 2013-02-27T00:00:00Z http://www.swimwn.co.nz/?p=5687 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. Fri, 01 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://www.swimwn.co.nz/?p=5687 Wellington Swimming Association 2013-02-01T00:00:00Z http://bowlstawa.com/node/22 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. Sun, 08 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://bowlstawa.com/node/22 Tawa Bowling Club 2012-07-08T00:00:00Z http://scottishathletics.org.nz/2012/news/former-scottish-member-don-bruce-dies-1-february-2012/ Steve Plowman reports: It is with great sadness that I report that my old partner and friend of nearly 40 years, former Scottish stalwart Don Bruce, died at Elderslea Hospital in Upper Hutt yesterday afternoon after a long battle with cancer. Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://scottishathletics.org.nz/2012/news/former-scottish-member-don-bruce-dies-1-february-2012/ Wellington Scottish Athletics Club 2012-02-04T00:00:00Z http://wellingtonista.com/2012/01/15/ben-hana-aka-tarzan-aka-blanket-man-dies/ As reported in the NZ Herald and Stuff. I remember seeing him asleep on the corner of Courtenay Place and Tory Street, bathed in sunshine, loin-cloth akimbo, home-made aluminium-can dope-pipe resting peacefully by his slumbering body, only a couple of weeks back. It seems weird that we won’t see him there again. R.I.P. Sun, 15 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://wellingtonista.com/2012/01/15/ben-hana-aka-tarzan-aka-blanket-man-dies/ The Wellingtonista 2012-01-15T00:00:00Z http://eyeofthefish.org/farewell-blanket-man/ Since this is a blog devoted to the city of Wellington and its sense of place I can’t imagine that we could not mention his death. He was a permanent fixture of the streets of Wellington and was a bit of the spirit that, for me at least (and clearly others), made this city the interesting place it is to be. Sun, 15 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://eyeofthefish.org/farewell-blanket-man/ Eye of the Fish 2012-01-15T00:00:00Z http://scottishathletics.org.nz/2011/news/2429/ Glen Wallis writes: It is with sadness that I advise that former member Chris (Scott) Wanick lost his long battle with cancer on Thursday.  Chris will be rembered for his strength, courage and dignity.  Chris’s funeral will be held at Old St Pauls on Monday, 5 December, at 11am. Sun, 27 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://scottishathletics.org.nz/2011/news/2429/ Wellington Scottish Athletics Club 2011-11-27T00:00:00Z http://www.swimwn.co.nz/?p=4234 It is with great sadness that Swimming Wellington advises the passing of Bill Matson who was a Vice President of FINA, swimmings world governing body. Bill had attended the FINA World Championships in Shanghai. Bill was awarded a Queens Service Medal last year [ONZM] and was awarded the Wellington Sports Life Time Achievement Award for services to Swimming in 2010. Wed, 10 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.swimwn.co.nz/?p=4234 Wellington Swimming Association 2011-08-10T00:00:00Z http://www.vhf.org.nz/content/silent-key-jamie-pye-zl2nn Today I was made aware that Jamie Pye ZL2NN, a friend and acquaintance through Amateur Radio and someone who I of recent years had a wee bit to do with in respects to his role as the Webmaster for NZART, has become a silent key. Sun, 03 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.vhf.org.nz/content/silent-key-jamie-pye-zl2nn Wellington VHF Group 2011-07-03T00:00:00Z http://www.olympicharriers.org.nz/news/?eid=346 Long time member of Olympic Harriers Barry Rush passed away last Thursday. Sun, 10 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.olympicharriers.org.nz/news/?eid=346 Olympic Harriers 2011-04-10T00:00:00Z http://www.westsrugby.org.nz/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=183:obituary-for-les-hall-qsm&catid=56:obituaries Sadly Wests legend passed away on  13 February 2011 aged 82 years. Tue, 15 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.westsrugby.org.nz/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=183:obituary-for-les-hall-qsm&catid=56:obituaries Western Suburbs Rugby Football Club 2011-02-15T00:00:00Z http://waikanaegolfclub.co.nz/2011/01/popular-life-member-dies/ It is with sadness that we record the passing of one of our Club’s long standing members and life member, John Eriksen. John had not enjoyed good health recently but his death will have come as a shock to his many friends. His funeral details will be published shortly. Sun, 02 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://waikanaegolfclub.co.nz/2011/01/popular-life-member-dies/ Waikanae Golf Club 2011-01-02T00:00:00Z -40.8668068 175.0321687