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The annual magazine for Old Boys and Friends of Wellington College
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FACTS and FIGURES
* TAKEN FROM THE WCOBA DATABASE 1867 - 2015
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Wellington College OBA
PO Box 16073,
Wellington 6242
Tel: 04 802 2537
Email: oldboys@wc.school.nz
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Old Boys recorded on our database: 32, 663
Old Boys without ANY Contact Details: 9,242
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Old Boys recorded as Deceased: 9,400
Old Boys with an Email Address: 4,272
Most Popular First Names
Most Popular Surnames
he Lampstand is published
Friday, 20 October - Sunday, 22 October 2017
 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:
Proofreading by Gil Roper (19591961). Archival material supplied
by the College’s Archivist,
Paddianne Neely.
Lampstand contributions,
feedback and suggestions are
always welcome and can be
sent to us at the above address.
We appreciate hearing news
and success stories as well as
memories and feedback - we
We know most of you are not actually lost
or missing... we just don't have your current
email address or physical address. But fear
not... we are slowly but surely finding missing
alumni through Facebook and Linked In.
The WCOBA is about staying
However, if you are in contact with fellow
classmates or sons, brothers, fathers etc,
please direct them to our website.
Join us on Facebook
students who have attended
Wellington College - currently
just over 32,000.
Keep your contact details upto-date, especially your email
address so you can be informed
Remember to send us your memories,
feedback, news and achievements of
yourself and fellow Old Boys for our
magazine and on social media.
Readers can also keep in touch with
current College News through our
website - www.wc.school.nz or through
our Facebook Pages - Wellington College
AND Wellington College Old Boys.
on news and events (especially
keep our postage and printing
costs to a minimum and of course
is instantaneous.
Stephanie Kane, Editor
WCOBA Executive Officer and
Wellington College
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Micronesia, New Caledonia, PNG, Tonga, Vietnam and
Wales
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WCOBA to cover general administration, we
would very much appreciate your support.
Details are in the enclosed insert or on our
website.
Young
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Denmark, Ireland and Malaysia
never miss out on hearing about upcoming reunions, events and important alumni and College
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reunions and functions).
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to print the Lampstand, fund Old Boys'
events, as well as support College Awards,
that common experience
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 STAYING IN TOUCH:
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Australia
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United States
Canada
Thailand
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Can you spare us $5.00?
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Where are You?
the Association or the College.
Most popular day to be born:
necessarily reflect the views of
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friends of Wellington College.
Opinions expressed do not
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Firth House Boarders
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"Did you know that The Lampstand
is supported only by
donations from our
readers, not by ads?"
WE’RE NOT ASKING FOR MUCH,
BUT IF YOU COULD SPARE $5.00, YOUR
SUPPORT WILL ENSURE THAT THE LAMPSTAND
CARRIES ON IN ITS CURRENT HARD-COPY
AND POSTED FORMAT SO OUR READERS CAN
CONTINUE TO ENJOY THE NEWS OF OUR FELLOW
OLD BOYS, STAFF AND THE COLLEGE.
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WELLINGTON COLLEGE CONTINUES TO THRIVE. DESPITE THE
EVER INCREASING DEMANDS ON ROGER, HE ALWAYS MANAGES
TO MAKE TIME FOR OLD BOYS AND TAKE AN INTEREST IN THEIR
ACTIVITIES. THANK YOU ROGER FOR YOUR ONGOING SUPPORT
O
ur thanks to those Old
Boys who have kindly
soon become a on-line version
I
t is my privilege to present the 2014-2015
for one and all to access. There
Wellington College Old Boys’ President’s
are still quite a few to sponsor, so
report. I do so on behalf of Matthew
perhaps if you can sponsor your
Beattie who is currently on sick leave
cohort’s magazine or you could
from the Executive. We wish Matt a speedy
sponsor your son or father or
recovery and look forward to his return to
grandfather’s year or just any year.
the helm of the Old Boys’ Association.
2014-2015 has been another busy year for the Wellington College Old
Boys’ Association. In many ways, the heart of the Association is the
gathering of Old Boys. These events take place in many forms. They
may be year group reunions or gatherings by geographic location. They
provide the opportunity for old school mates to catch up, reminisce and
also to be brought up-to-date with what is currently happening on the
academic, sporting and cultural fronts of the College.
Alternatively, you may wish to
just make a donation towards the
process. It’s a one-off payment of
$60.00 (payable to the WCOBA)
and with your support, we will be
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for searching) and loaded in
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a magazine format on the
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Wellington College website.
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Expiry:
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Peter Bischof
Paul Swallow
Rakesh Patel
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Cohort:
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about half of those who had signed the menu had been killed on the
shores and slopes of Gallipoli.
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Ramesh Naran
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In June, a group of current Wellington College students laid 25
poppies at the base of the New Zealand Memorial at Chunuk Bair,
Gallipoli. Each poppy had the name of a Wellington College Old Boy
killed at Gallipoli written on it. In August, a delegation from the Old
Boys’ University Rugby Club presented a magnificent carved wooden
rifle to the College. The rifle commemorates the life of College Old
Boy and star rugby player, Hāmi Grace who was killed at Chunuk Bair.
The Executive meets around four times a year and with
the 150th approaching, we welcome your input.
Please contact the WCOBA Office:
oldboys@wc.school.nz for more information.
Robert Anderson (1969-1973), Deputy Principal
r.anderson@wc.school.nz
As well, the classes of 1965 and 1974 turned up in force to enjoy their
respective 50 and 40 Years-On Reunions. These year group reunions
continue to be a feature of our annual calendar. They are well attended
and Old Boys come from far and wide to enjoy themselves and to
inspect first hand their old school.
The Leavers’ Lunch for the current Year 13 cohort affords an
opportunity to welcome what will be the youngest group of Old Boys
into the fold. As well as these formal gatherings, up and down the
country and overseas, small groups of Old Boys make contact with
one another and catch up. The bond of being a Wellington College Old
Boy is a strong one.
This year as a nation, we commemorated the 100th anniversary of the
landings at Gallipoli. In early April 1915, a group about 40 Old Boys
serving with the New Zealand Army met up for a Reunion Dinner in
Alexandria. At the dinner there was no deference to rank and men of
all ranks mingled freely, starting conversations with, do you remember
that time at school when…..’ At the end of the evening, everyone signed
the menu and it was posted back to J P Firth. Within a few months
OLD BOYS... YOUR ASSOCIATION NEEDS you!
The WCOBA Committee are seeking new and youthful
members to join their Executive.
If you have skills in accounting, law, finance,
marketing, event planning or business nous - why not
put them to use?
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2010
As has become our custom at the College’s ANZAC services, we relate
the story of an Old Boy killed on active duty. This year we honoured
Jack Howard (2000-2004) who was killed in Afghanistan in 2010. It
was particularly poignant as Jack’s life was recounted by his father
Roger Howard. Present at the assembly were eight Old Boys who
are currently serving or recently retired with the New Zealand Armed
Forces. There is now a plaque for Jack Howard on the back wall of the
Assembly Hall. This has been donated by the Old Boys’ Association.
The achievements of Old Boys over a diverse range of activities are
always proudly noted. Many of these achievements are highlighted in
this edition of The Lampstand.
Also noted in The Lampstand is a record of those Old Boys who
have passed away in the course of the year. One of these is John
Marshall. John’s life was one of service to the community, including
the Wellington College community. John was Head Prefect in 1964.
He personified what it meant to be a proud Old Boy. John served the
College as a member of the Board of Trustees and as Chairman of
the College’s Foundation as well as taking an interest in all matters,
Wellington College. It was John who along with Stephanie Kane,
introduced the first 40 Years On Reunions back in 2004. At his funeral,
there were many Old Boys present. Among the splendid eulogies,
was one given by his old school mate and opening bat partner, Keith
Quinn and one delivered by Headmaster, Roger Moses. The College’s
Chorale also sang.
In Labour Weekend 2017, the Wellington College Community
celebrates 150 years. Planning is well underway as we prepare for this
stand-out event. From now on, updates will keep you posted with the
range of activities and events planned.
In conclusion and on Matt’s behalf, I would like to thank the members
of the WCOBA Executive; Bob Slade, Matthew Rewiti, Brian Smythe,
Guy Randall, Roger Moses, Scott Tingey and Ernie Rosenthal. I would
particularly like to acknowledge the work tirelessly carried out by the
Association’s Executive Officer, Stephanie Kane. Stephanie’s eye for
detail, superb organisation and perseverance at tracking down Old
Boys are all pivotal to the success of keeping the ‘family’ together and
well informed.
Under the leadership of Headmaster Roger Moses, Wellington College
continues to thrive. Despite the ever increasing demands on Roger, he
always manages to make time for Old Boys and take an interest in their
activities. Thank you Roger for your ongoing support and wise counsel.
Over the past twelve months, Headmaster, Roger Moses and the
Executive Officer, Stephanie Kane have hosted functions in Tauranga,
Levin and Wellington (coinciding with the Quadrangular Tournament.)
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From the PRESIDENT
AND WISE COUNSEL.".
sponsored a digital issue of
the Wellingtonian - which will
able to get each issue scanned,
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Digitalising our HISTORY
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"UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF HEADMASTER ROGER MOSES,
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WCOBA OBJECTIVES
THE WELLINGTON COLLEGE OLD BOYS’ ASSOCIATION WAS FOUNDED TO:
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Further the interests of the College and its past and present members and keep former
students in touch with each other and with the school.
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Maintain a register of names of all who have passed through the College since 1867 and
endeavour to record the addresses of all those alive.
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Arrange reunions and other functions for Old Boys.
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Where needed, support current students at the College.
THESE AIMS ARE MET BY THE ASSOCIATION BY UNDERTAKING THE FOLLOWING:
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Produce The Lampstand and similar publications each year, covering activities of Old
Boys and other relevant information.
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Maintain a computerised database, giving details of all Old Boys of the College including
teaching staff. This includes addresses where known. The Executive Officer will release
addresses to bona fide Old Boys but will not allow any access for commercial purposes.
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Provide financial support for College activities, including sporting and cultural activities,
sponsorship and academic prizes, as well as supporting the Archives.
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Organise various reunions and other social functions - at the College, nationwide or
internationally for Old Boys who the Association wishes to encourage and extend.
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Administer charitable funds managed by the Association for current and past students,
including assistance with fundraising appeals.
Acting President
• Robert Anderson
Class of 1973
r.anderson@wc.school.nz
Immediate Past President
• Brian Smythe
Class of 1958
smythelson@clear.net.nz
Treasurer
• Bob Slade
Class of 1958
bob@slade.co.nz
Executive Officer
• Stephanie Kane
oldboys@wc.school.nz
Centennial Trust Chairman
• Matthew Beattie
Class of 1972
matthew.beattie@insteplimited.com
Executive Committee Members
• Roger Moses, Headmaster
r.moses@wc.school.nz
• Matthew Rewiti
Class of 1990
matthew.rewiti@gmail.com
• Guy Randall
Class of 2003
randall_guy@hotmail.com
• Ernie Rosenthal
Class of 1961
e.rosenthal@wc.school.nz
• Scott Tingey
Class of 1978
zl2tpd@gmail.com
"ONE OF THE ABIDING FEATURES OF A TRADITIONAL
SCHOOL SUCH AS WELLINGTON COLLEGE IS A
PROFOUND SENSE OF HISTORY. WE FEEL THAT WE ARE
PART OF SOMETHING GREATER THAN OUR IMMEDIATE
COHORT AND THAT THE ENDURING VALUES PROVIDE
A TOUCHSTONE FOR ALL STUDENTS
THROUGHOUT THE AGES".
From the HEADMASTER
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Wanganui Collegiate in 1907.
On leaving school, Hāmi played rugby for Wellington College Old
Boys' and was selected subsequently to represent NZ Māori, the North
Island and Wellington. At the end of one season, WCOB had been
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ne hundred years on from the
relegated and the players were discussing which club they would be
Gallipoli landings, it is singularly
playing for next year. Hāmi Grace, it was reported, said simply I will be
appropriate that we, the current
playing for Old Boys!
Wellington College wider community,
should reflect soberly on the ultimate
It was, therefore, a very poignant occasion this year at the assembly
sacrifice made by over two hundred and
commemorating Chunuk Bair, when the Old-Boys-University Rugby
twenty Old Boys in the ‘Great War’ that 'was to
end all wars.'
Club (OBU) presented Wellington College with a magnificent trophy of
a carved WWI rifle , encased with replicas of Hāmi’s medals honouring
him. How proud he would have been of the performance of his former
It was on that Aegean Coast that Lieutenant-General Bernard
club which in 2015 won the Jubilee Cup for the first time for many
Freyberg, arguably Wellington College’s most famous son, won his first
years. How proud, too, he would have been of the forty-three current
Distinguished Service Order, when he swam ashore in the Gulf of Saros
students who performed a Haka on the summit of Chunuk Bair this
to light flares which would distract the defending Turkish forces from
year as they visited this most tragic of memorial sites on the History
the real landings taking place at Gallipoli.
trip to battle sites of WWI.
It was in the Battle of Chunuk Bair, fought a few months later, that
It was a deeply moving experience as the names were read of the
the Wellington Regiment, led by Lieutenant-Colonel Malone, was
twenty-five Wellington College Old Boys who lost their lives in this ill-
decimated in a brave but ultimately futile attempt to capture the
fated initiative of the Allied forces.
strategic heights and in which significant numbers of recent Old Boys
of Wellington College were slaughtered.
HOW WE CALCULATE YOUR COHORT FOR OUR REUNION PROGRAMME:
Example 1: Started 1962 • Left 1965
Cohort is still 1966
Form 3 Form 4
Form 5
Form 6
Form 7
Up. 5th
Up. 6th
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
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4C1
5C1
5U2
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3XX
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5C1
5U2
6XX
Thus 1966 is your Cohort Year (ie the five
years from Form 3 to Form 7/Upper 6th
College is a profound sense of history. We feel that we are part of
Example 2: Started 1963 • Left 1965
Cohort is still 1966 (as you were in Form 3 at
another school)
Form 5 Form 6 Form 7 Form 3 Form 4
Up. 5th Up. 6th
One of the abiding features of a traditional school such as Wellington
Amongst the fallen was that remarkable young Māori soldier, Thomas
something greater than our immediate cohort and that the enduring
'Hāmi' Grace, who was both a Wellington Cricket representative and
values provide a touchstone for all students throughout the ages. Just
a Māori All Black. On one side of his lineage, he was the grandson
as we look back with respect on those who have gone before, such as
of Thomas Grace, the pioneer missionary; on the other he was the
Hāmi Grace and hundreds of his colleagues, we can also look forward
grandson of Te Heuheu, Paramount Chief of Ngati Tuwharetoa.
to a celebration of our 150th anniversary in 2017, confident in the
knowledge that those same values of loyalty, honesty, commitment,
In many ways, Hāmi symbolises our emerging identity as New
service to others and personal sacrifice, transcend particularities
Zealanders in the early part of the 20th century.
of time and place and will guide and inspire new generations of
Wellington College students in the future.
Thus 1966 is your Cohort Year (ie the five
years from Form 3 to Form 7/Upper 6th)
A former Captain of the 1st XI Cricket team, Hāmi’s name is
1966 is the year from which your anniversary of leaving school is calculated, by adding 10, 20, 40, 50,
60 years etc. Your cohort leaving year may not be the actual year you left Wellington College, but
captures all those fellow students who you were at school with, irrespective of how many years you
were at the College, or the years you actually started or left.
remembered forever on the Cricket Honours Board when he gained
Roger Moses,ONZM Headmaster
the impressive figures of 5 for 66 and 5 for 29 in the traditional against
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his commemorative display is
made up of a carved Lee Enfield
rifle, as used by NZ soldiers at
Gallipoli. This was carved, along
with the kauri dedication panel, by
master carver, Dr Takirirangi Smith,
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from Victoria University.
ld Boys and former staff are invited
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to receive the College’s Collegian
The backdrop photo is of Chunuk
Newsletter (issued quarterly) and
Bair in the modern day, featuring
written by calligrapher Daniel
by Alby Frampton with further
with his involvement and demise at
Suvla Bay in the background,
Reeve (best known for his work
acknowledgements and notations.
one of the iconic actions involving
abundance of news from the College -
the NZ Memorial and the Turkish
on the Lord of the Rings and The
An accompanying book about the
New Zealand troops, Chunuk Bair.
academic, cultural, sporting, plus success
trenches. Hāmi Grace’s photo
Hobbit films). In addition, the
project, along with a DVD of the
stories achieved by our students and staff.
and replicas of his service
16th Field Regiment of the Royal
dedication ceremonies have also
The display was dedicated and
medals are also included. The
New Zealand Artillery donated
been commissioned. Hāmi’s story
presented to Wellington College at
The Collegian is emailed so if you wish
display is finished off with the
brass cartridges from their live
seemed to be most appropriate for
Assembly in August, 2015 by Old
to keep up to date, please email us to be
Hāmi Grace Story and other
firing exercise in September
this project, a gifted sportsman, a
Boy, Doug Catley, Life Member
included in the circulation list.
acknowledgements being hand
2015. These have been engraved
dedicated club member together
and President of OBU 1997-2007.
Free of Charge. Each issue contains an
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the ‘REAL’ HEADMASTER 20 Years On
News from the College: ACADEMIC and COMMUNITY
Headmaster, Roger Moses celebrated two decades in the job in September and spoke about
the impact of technology on education, the McEvedy Shield and how he would spend his ideal
Saturday.
Why did you decide to become
Wellington College?
will become more individualised
followed with a day of watching
Headmaster?
The World Vision Runathons
and there will be an increasing
Rugby and Football at Wellington
Having been a Deputy Principal
have become an integral part of
emphasis on the quality of
College, which are hopefully won
for three years, becoming a
school life and have raised about
teaching. Parents will become
by Wellington College. In the
Principal and running my own
$800,000 since 1998. It is inspiring
increasingly concerned about the
evening, our grandchildren come
school was the natural next step.
to see young men having so much
kind of education they want for
to stay for the night. Once they
Wellington College was a school
fun as well as focusing on the
their children. But the relationship
are in bed, what better way to
which aligned closely with my own
needs of those who have far less.
between teacher and student
conclude the day than by watching
educational philosophy, so I was
It would also be remiss of me not
remains the essential component.
the Hurricanes on a roll. My wife
delighted to be appointed to the
to mention the McEvedy Shield,
It was a brilliant English teacher
may have some disagreement with
role which I have relished over the
that unique athletics event which
I had at Auckland Grammar by
the above suggestions.
last two decades.
engenders so much passion.
the name of Ken Trembath who
inspired me over 40 years ago and
If you could invite any four
whose influence still inspires me.
people, living or dead to dinner,
How has education changed in
What is your view on boys in
that time?
same sex v co-ed schools?
There have been several significant
I have taught in four very good
What was the last book you
CS Lewis, whose writing has had a
changes. First, the influence of
co-ed schools so I do not have
read?
profound impact on the way I see
technology. The students today are
strong views on one system over
An Icelandic murder mystery by
the world; John Arlott, the greatest
all digital natives and this change
the other. Nevertheless, there was
Arnaldur Indridason entitled Jar
commentator in the history of
has had a profound impact on
some clear evidence produced
City. I am currently reading, and
Cricket and long-time wine
the way teachers must operate.
in a report by NZCER last year
thoroughly enjoying, Jan Morris’s
correspondent for The Guardian;
Second, the introduction of NCEA
that boys in boys’ schools in New
History of the British Empire,
Michael Pallin, in the words of my
and NZ Scholarship. It has had a
Zealand were doing very well
Farewell the Trumpets (Pax
Deputy Principal, ‘surely the most
major influence on the curriculum
academically across the decile
Britannica).
interesting dinner guest anyone
and the way it’s evaluated. The
range. What I would argue strongly
workload for all has increased
is that, for many boys, a single-sex
What’s on your iPod or music
my grandfather who died before I
markedly. Third, the vast majority
school does provide a good option.
player?
was born and fought in the Battle
of students now spend five years at
School leadership and tone,
U2’s Songs of Innocence, Mozart’s
of the Somme and Passchendaele.
school before moving on and our
however, are the most important
Greatest Hits, The Dubliners’
A century later, I would love to
schools are now more ethnically
factors.
Greatest Hits.
seek his perspective on how the
SPEECH-MAKER EARNS TRIP TO
GALLIPOLI
diverse.
senseless slaughter to which he
Where do you think education
Describe your perfect Saturday.
What are some of your favourite
will head in the next 20 years?
An early brunch with my wife at
memories of your time at
I think that, inevitably, learning
one of Wellington’s excellent cafés,
was exposed affected his life.
Interview: Dominion Post
PREMIER SCHOLAR AWARD
2
014 Co-Dux, Joshua
Woolley was one of only
ten in the country to win a
top scholarship award, and
was also the only Wellington
student to have picked up
a Premier New Zealand
Scholarship for 2015.
Joshua's accolade came
after gaining an Outstanding
Scholarship in Biology,
Calculus and Physics and
Scholarship in Accounting,
the NZ Scholarship examinations
Chemistry and Statistics.
without quite reaching the
stellar heights of 2013. The 109
who would they be and why?
could ever have’; and Cyril Moses,
9
H
For his efforts, he will receive
scholarships gained, places us
ead Prefect, George Barton
Saros and once ashore, he began
$10,000 for three years, during
once again in the top few schools
won a trip to Gallipoli for the
lighting flares so as to distract the
his study of engineering at
in the country.
ANZAC Celebrations.
defending Turkish forces from
Auckland University.
the real landings taking place at
Five other students including
George was our representative in
Gallipoli. He used this example
Wellington College
Jack Trevella, Daniel Petrovic,
the RSA Cyril Basset VC Speech
to look to the future and examine
Headmaster, Roger Moses
Jazz Kane, Jonathan Logan and
competition - an annual speech
what we learn from war.
said he was proud of Joshua,
Alexander McLachlan, were
who was a hard-working
named as Outstanding Scholars,
competition open to Y12 and
Y13 students throughout the
Usually the national winner, as
and modest student. It is an
which means that they were all in
country. Students were invited to
part of their prize, wins a trip to
extremely good effort to make it
the next 50 students nationally.
speak on the broad topic of New
Gallipoli, but because 2015 was
into the top 10.
Thus, to have 10% of the best 60
Zealanders in WWI.
the 100th anniversary of Gallipoli,
students coming from Wellington
the eight regional winners all
This was the third successive
In wining the competition, George
went. George travelled with a
year in which a student from
travelled to Wanganui and won
group of 25 Youth Ambassadors
the College had won the top
We are proud of the fact that,
the Central and Lower North
and as part of the NZ Defence
honour.
during the past five years, we
Island Regional Competition with
Force contingent went to Turkey
twelve competitors from the
and to Gallipoli where he spent
Our students once again
scholarships than any other school
region.
two weeks, including the night
performed extremely well in
in the country.
prior to ANZAC Day on the
George spoke about the qualities
Gallipoli Peninsula. In addition, as
of leadership that emerge in a
part of his prize, George won an
war situation and how it is for
iPhone and $1000 for himself and
these qualities that we remember
$1000 for the College.
College is a truly superb result.
have had more students win
RUNATHON CONTINUES TO ENGAGE
STUDENTS
people. He used as an example,
Lord Freyberg, the seventh
George is also the leader of the
Governor General of NZ, and an
Wellington College Chorale
Old Boy of Wellington College,
and the grandson of the late Dr
who at Gallipoli, swam ashore
George Barton, QC.
from his troop ship in the Gulf of
Now in its 17th year, the 40 Hour World Vision Runathon continues to
engage the entire student body with the students running around the
College circuit for 40 hours while being sponsored for each lap. The
students raised over $50,000 for the people of Ibwera, Tanzania.
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News from the College: THE ARTS
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M
uch has happened in the
Term One, the group welcomed
Their performance showcased a
to enjoy excellent performances
welcome and much enjoyed part
development and being aware
students’ enthusiasm and talent,
Wellington College Arts
the English World Cup Cricket
variety of items inspired from the
and there is genuine recognition
of a number of events this year
of our reputation in the Arts, the
and the staff commitment to the
scene this year, with early
programme, we expect things to
team into the capital and this
islands of Samoa, Tonga, Tokelau,
and appreciation of the talent of
and began what has been a great
Arts Foundation of New Zealand
on, our two entries into the
received lots of media coverage.
Niue and Fiji, with an added spice
our musicians in the student body.
year by winning a Gold Award at
has chosen Wellington College
Sheilah Winn Shakespeare
Term Two began with a massed
of 'Kiwiana'. The group made their
The fact that there were Twelve
The Tauranga Jazz Festival then
as a pilot school - the only North
Festival; where excerpts
Haka performed by students
mark on the festival, setting high
Blues awarded for Music this
they went on to be named as the
Island school to be involved,
from Julius Caesar and The
from many different Wellington
expectations and a solid platform
year, for national representation -
Best Big Band at the Manawatu
to launch a Core partnership
Winter’s Tale, winning special
secondary schools to honour
for the future. The group was a
indicates the high calibre of Music
Jazz Festival, where a number of
programme that will see NZ Arts
performance awards.
the 100th anniversary of ANZAC
real hit when they performed a
at Wellington College.
members won individual awards.
Laureates – Arts practitioners
Day. It was a huge event and the
set to close the Foundation Black
Junior and Senior Drama once
conclusion to the amazing parade
and Gold Awards.
again entertained and impressed
organised by Peter Jackson. The
their audiences and as usual
biggest highlight was the FIFA U20
both were written, directed and
at the top of their respective
The Chorale were outstanding
There were two Blues awarded
fields, working alongside our
ambassadors for the College
this year for Dance –an indication
senior students as mentors and
Debating has continued to
on their international concert
of a developing talent and this
facilitators. The programme,
World Cup team welcome at the
flourish. We have always had
tour to China in collaboration
was also a Stage Challenge year.
which will kick in for 2016 was
produced by students. Senior
Wellington Airport for Panama,
the numbers and an excellent
with Wellington East Girls’
Drama's In Limbo, had the added
Austria, Argentina and Ghana.
Debating community, run largely
College. At the Regionals Big
Created, directed and produced
with Arts Laureates such as the
challenge of being performed in
However the main goal for the year
by the senior debaters who
Sing, they received two Best
by the students, 90 students
well-known photographer Anne
the Girvan Library – technically
was to perform at the Regional
are generous with their time,
Performance awards and at the
presented a compelling Stage
Noble, presenting to senior
and artistically very tricky – but
Secondary Schools' Competition,
coaching and mentoring but it’s
National Competition, gained
Challenge dance portrayal of the
students. The Arts Laureate
the reaction of the overflowing
which was achieved and once
been a year or two since we won
a Silver award and one of four
descent into chaos that occurs
of most interest was Old Boy,
audience on closing night
again Wellington College and
a competition. The Premier B
Best Performance trophies for
when boys are left to their own
Arthur Meek (1995-1999) - now an
confirmed that the cast and crew
Wellington Girls' College were
team changed that this year with
their highest marks in the New
devices. The story, loosely related
acclaimed actor, film maker and
more than met the challenges of
seen on the Kapa Haka stage at
their outstanding and decisive
Zealand music category.
to The Lord of the Flies, was
playwright, fresh from New York
site-specific drama.
the regional competition level.
win against St Patrick's (Town)
conveyed with skill, enthusiasm,
where he performed his own one
man show.
in the finals in the Debating
2015 has seen the Chorale have
humour and enormous energy.
Chamber at Parliament.
its most successful and rewarding
It was a powerful and popular
year since its first year as a
performance that gained the
The other exciting development
students third place.
is of course the new and eagerly
At the end of 2014, the Polynesian
College and Wellington Girls'
Club also set a goal - to perform
College Kapa Haka group Te
as a Tu Tangata school once
Music continues to be an integral
national representative Choir in
Haeata Awatea has represented
again. 2015 marked Wellington
part of school events – from Rock
2006 and were worthy recipients
the College superbly this
College’s return to the annual Tu
Band performances in Assembly
of the College's Arts Group of the
All of this talent and enthusiasm
Performing Arts Centre. This
year, welcoming international
Tangata festival after a five year
to representation at formal events
Year for 2015.
for the Arts contributed to
has been a massive community
sports teams to New Zealand
hiatus. 35 students from years 9-13
in the community. As a school,
.
our most successful Cultural
effort but I would personally
and manuhiri to our school. In
performed in the festival.
we are so fortunate to be able
The Jazz Band has been a
Extravaganza yet – combined
like to add my thanks to Tony
with Wellington Girls' College –
Robinson whose support of
a fantastic showcase of Music,
the Arts has been fantastic and
Dance, Kapa Haka and Polynesian
whose affirmation of all we do
Club performances were enjoyed
on the Wellington College stage,
by an audience of over 1200.
and belief that we deserve a fine
awaited Memorial Hall and
performance space has been
So it has been a great year and
unwavering.
our high level of involvement,
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Arts Group of the Year: The Chorale
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The Combined Kapa Haka group: Te Haeata Awatea
The Combined Polynesian Club
Wellington College's Stage Challenge Entry
The Combined Choirs at the Cultural Extravaganza
launched in the Brierley Theatre
The combined Wellington
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go from strength to strength.
success and commitment to Arts
The extracurricular Arts scene
has been noted in the national
is thriving and with these new
Arts community. In an exciting
developments and with the
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 SUCCESS FOR KIP CLEVERLEY
K
ip was awarded the College's
Senior Student Arts Prize
for 2015, recognising his
outstanding efforts in Music.
Kip, who plays the trumpet, is a
member of the National Youth
Orchestra . He also plays in the
Wellington Brass Band, which
won the Australian Brass Band
Championships earlier in the
year and more recently won
the New Zealand Brass Band
title at the National Brass Band
Championships in Rotorua. Also in the championships, Kip won the
Individual Junior (U19) Cornet title which allowed him to compete
for the Champion of Champions (U19) title and this included all
instrument categories. He won this title as well.
For the past five years, Kip as been the College's soloist at the
College's ANZAC Services, playing the Last Post and Reveille.
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News from the College: SPORT
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competition.
The fastest growing sport of Futsal (a version of indoor football) has
We have also seen success in Orienteering where George Englebeck
seen over 250 students play in summer and the Senior and Junior A
(Y12) and Joseph Lynch (Y11) both won NZ titles and in Floorball (Indoor
teams both won locally and finished third at the Nationals.
Hockey) where the U15s are National Champions.
Heading into the Winter season, the major fixture on the calendar
34 students have either represented New Zealand or won a national
was the hosting of the 89th Quadrangular Rugby Tournament. Playing
title and the following students were presented with Wellington
Christ's College first up, Wellington College won 36-8. The final against
College Blues for being selected at NZSS level (U19) or above. These
Nelson College proved to be a highly competitive but low scoring
are certainly the ones to watch for in the next few years.
affair with Nelson edging out the home team 6-3. Disappointment was
Isaac Anderson
NZ U20 Ultimate Frisbee team
Utu Ah Kuoi
NZ Senior Men's AFL team
Devlin Forsythe
NZ U19 Swimming Champion
The season proved to be a tough one for the 1st XV but it will be a
Seb Hamilton
NZ U20 Ultimate Frisbee team
lesson well learnt for the young team and they finished in the Top 4
Kemara Hauiti-Parapa
NZSS Rugby Team
locally which ensure that they maintain an important presence in the
Theo Moore
NZ U20 Ultimate Frisbee team
preseason Hurricanes competition. Two teams (U80 and U65A) made
Ben Paviour-Smith
NZ U19 Underwater Hockey team
the local finals but unfortunately did not win.
Luc Saker
NZ Senior Men's Futsal team
George Sanders
NZ U20 Climbing Champion Representative
Callum Treweek-Stephen
NZ U20 Ultimate Frisbee team
certainly felt but at the end of the day Nelson were the better team on
the day.
Joint McEvedy Captains, Robbie and Harry Delany hold the coveted Trophy
O
ver 70% of students are involved in sport in one way or another
the Maadi Cup. They won Gold in the U16 Quad, Silver in the U18
and this reiterates the fact that Wellington College Sport is very
Lightweight Double, as well as two more Bronze placings. Of the 16
much more than the just the elite who are performing at the
Man Senior squad, [pictured below] all but one pair made A finals
highest level.
(they made nine A finals and three B finals). The squad were worthy
recipients of Wellington College's Sports Team of the Year for 2015.
There are the 100 plus student coaches across the codes as well
as parents and whanau who are involved in coaching, managing or
administering. Also, there are the 18 Old Boys who are committed to
Football continues to grow in popularity with 34 teams and nearly 350
students playing. The 1st XI, now being coached by Old Boy James
Webb (1995-1999) grew in stature as the season went on, finishing
Finally at the recent Wellington College Foundation Black and Gold
second locally but more importantly fifth at NZSS Champs. Here they
Awards for 2015, the following awards were presented:
took the scalps of Mount Albert Grammar School, Westlake Boys'
High School and Auckland Grammar School. These were great results.
 Junior Sportsman of the Year: Naitoa Ah Kuoi
Apart from the nine teams that won their respective leagues, the 15/1
Literally a huge talent, Naitoa continues to
team (Colts) went through the season unbeaten and won the inaugural
excel at several sports. In AFL, he played for
Westlake Invitational Tournament. The future indeed looks bright at the
the NZ U16 team which travelled to Australia
top level.
and also played the Victorian team here in
Wellington.
ensuring our provision of sport.
Cross-Country has a strong tradition at Wellington College and there is
29 members of staff provide the icing on the cake to ensure that
our students really do have the opportunity to experience a positive
experience on the field, in the gym or in the pool.
Sports Team of the Year: the Maadi Rowing Squad
Success can and should be measured in winning but I firmly believe
that the manner that we do this is important. Respecting the
In the other two traditional summer sports, Cricket and Tennis saw
opposition, the officials and above all, coaches and team mates are
success for our teams. The 1st XI Cricket had two comprehensive
important lessons that students experience and I have no doubt that
victories in Traditionals versus Palmerston North Boys' High School
this serves our young men well out in the real world.
and Wanganui Collegiate. The latter was remarkable in that it provided
three new names for the Honours Board - Christian Martin was 119 not
a young cohort coming through which has the potential to regain those
He completed his second year in the
past glories. At the NZSS Championships, the U16 team which has
Wellington College 1st XV team, cementing
been dominant all season, went on to win both the three-and-six-to-
a starting position and being named MVP
count. The Seniors also did exceptionally well in a strong field to take
of the team at the end of the season. He
out Bronze in the six-to-count.
was also member of the Wellington U16 Rep team which won the
Hurricanes Region Tournament. Naitoa won Player of the Tournament.
The 1st XI Hockey team continues to maintain its presence as a top
He was also member of the Senior A Volleyball team and the winning
local and national competitor. They won all their Traditionals, finished
McEvedy Shield team.
second in the Wellington competition and were eighth at the Nationals,
thereby maintaining their position in the Rankin Cup for next year.
 Senior Sportsman of the Year: Luc Saker
Captain of the Senior A Futsal team, Luc
The year began well with a superb effort from Chris Well’s (1971-1975)
out and Jordan Herdman was 113 not out, joined by James Hartshorn
team in the McEvedy Shield. Going in as underdogs, it soon became
who took 7/43. Wellington College won by an innings and 116 runs.
For the first time in five years, the Senior A Basketball team qualified
won the WC Senior Player of the Year for the
for the Nationals but arguably the performance of the season was the
second year in succession. A member of the
but it was the fact that we had depth across all events made this a
While they did not make the Gillette Cup finals, the U15 team, playing
Senior B winning Division 1 and the Bill Eldridge Trophy.
Wellington U19 and Senior Men's teams, he
real team effort. Other results worth mentioning were the two records
in the Junior equivalent of the NZCT Trophy, went through to finish
broken by Dylan Lynch in the U14 3000m (9:48.24s) and Cam Robinson
second nationally. This was an outstanding effort which bodes well for
in the U15 Javelin (46.93m).
apparent we had a chance. Winning all four javelin titles was a highlight
was selected for the NZ Mens team (Futsal
The Senior A Underwater Hockey team dominated the local
Whites), playing four tests in July scoring
the future.
competition to win the CSW Senior Championships and the Central
two goals. Luc was the youngest player in
Regional Championships. Going through to the NZSS Championships,
the team. He coached our Junior A team
As Chris Wells said, Our challenge is now to work out how we can
The Senior Tennis team too failed to qualify for Nationals but we saw a
they made the final to eventually go down 3-2 to Mairehau High School
which came third at the NZSS Nationals and
ensure the Shield stays in our trophy cabinet. With a number of our senior
WC 1 and 2 finish in the College Sport Wellington singles tournament
in a pulsating final.
also coached the Wellington U12 Rep team.
athletes still Y12 and with great depth in our younger age groups, we
with Rory Murchland (Y12) beating Isaac Becroft (Y10) in the final The
should look to the future with real excitement.
team did however perform well in winning the 38th Quad Tennis
Tournament held this year in Auckland with comprehensive wins
Our Rowers had a superb season, taking out the Wellington Champs
over Auckland Grammar School, Hamilton Boys' High School and
- the McLaughlan Shield early on, finishing second equal in Boys
Palmerston North Boys' High School. The team only dropped four
Schools at the NISS Champs before finishing second equal at
matches out of the 27 played in an outstanding effort against good
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Luc is also a member of our 1st XI Football team, winning the Most
Swimming, the one sport which covers both summer and winter,
Valuable Player Award and at the NZSS Championships, was named
once again proved to be very strong at Wellington College. Under the
Wellington College Player of Tournament by opposition coaches.
leadership of Martin Vaughan who has convened Swimming since
1983, our boys were unbeaten locally and finished third at the NZSS
Dave Keat, Sports Director
Champs.
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2015 Study Tour to Europe
Wellington College’s ANZAC Service
s final assessments are
A
remember visiting Jim Morrison’s
handed in and the end of
Grave with you.
College draws nigh, I’ve been
We arrived home on 17 July via
remembering. This year has
a poignant highlight whose
B
15
oth visitors and the College
Wellington College’s 2015 ANZAC
spoke movingly about his son
while the three Deputy
community would not
Service held on Friday, 24 April
Jack who was killed in December,
Head Prefects moved
have been able to miss the
was a moving experience. Nine
2010 while serving in Afghanistan
to lay a wreath at the foot
lengthy rows of crosses set in
Old Boys who have served or
with the British Parachute
of the Memorial Window.
Universal Studios in Singapore.
the gardens at the start of the
currently serve in the defence
Regiment. Roger attributed with
The service concluded with Kip
Messrs Anderson, Bergin, Smith
school drive near the entry to
force were present. As part of the
appreciation, the firm foundation
Cleverley playing the traditional
memories are etched forever in
– thank you, sirs. Mesdames
Government House leading up
service, Deputy Principal, Robert
that Wellington College had
Last Post and Reveille.
my life story.
Meronek and Tornquist - merci
to ANZAC Day.
Anderson, recounted the life of
given to Jack in his formative
Ted Reynolds – the first Old Boy
years.
my five years at Wellington
beaucoup!
I was part of the Europe Study
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Tour at the end of Term Two,
Then came Germany with its
Cemetery. The blood red poppies
Now as I run through my College
Old Boys killed at Gallipoli in 1915
arriving at Canakkale Turkey
harshest of reminders, taking an
in Flanders Fields reminded us
years and look forward to
and as well as those killed on the
on 28 June. There, on the once
emotional toll on me when visiting
again.
University, and contemplate my
Western Front in 1916.
bloodied grounds of Gallipoli, we
the Sachsenhausen Concentration
remembered the fallen, including
Camp Memorial and Museum.
Amidst the homage we paid
in my blazer and tie, I think about
our Old Boys with a resounding
There, I took no photos.
to the fallen, we did the usual
our school’s upcoming 150th
touristy things.
Anniversary.
Haka at Chunuk Bair. We paid
The named crosses represented
final walk down the school drive
our respects at Quinn’s Post and
Then onward to France and
Lone Pine, and we walked along
the Western Front where we
There was the Haka to the
I reflect on the impact the two
the beach at ANZAC Cove. There,
remembered them in the Somme.
Australians in the ancient city of
wars had on the Wellington
I was struck by how small New
For all those who attended,
A plaque to honour Jack as one
to lose his life in WWII.
of our fallen, was unveiled by
During the service, Y13 student
the family at the back of the
Roger Howard, with his wife Anne
William Pereira gave a rendition
Memorial Hall, now alongside
and daughter Charlotte are the
of Epitaph. Y11 student, Michael
those who died in the Boer War
parents and sister of Private Jack
McKenzie played The Battle of
and both WWI and WWII.
Howard, (Class of 2004). Roger
the Somme on the bagpipes
Troy. The paintings at the Sistine
College family, and now these
Zealand is, and how fortunate
Rows upon rows of gravestones
Chapel were simply breathtaking.
words from our school song mean
we were to be in that beautiful
stood guard at the largest
The amazing Colosseum in the
more than ever.
country with its civilisation and
commonwealth cemetery in Tyne
40-degree Roman heat was
culture so awe inspiring and
Cot where it was strange to see
a challenge. An evening ice-
ancient, on the cusp of two great
the occasional German grave.
cream at the Spanish Steps was
continents. I couldn’t help but feel
We stopped to remember at a
decidedly cooler.
that those who gave their lives
number of cemeteries where
We missed German Chancellor,
for the nation,
so long ago would, transposed
some touring students had
Angela Merkel at the Reichstag
Called Follow up and yourself
to another time, have found that
relatives buried.
which had a magnificent view of
showed the way.
Prefect, Hamish Ware and Deputy Head Prefects, Tom Schuyt, Adam
of 2004), stand in front of fellow classmate, Jack Howard's plaque
the once divided city. The mighty
We who were born in the calm
Blackwell and James Hartshorn.
which was unveiled at the ANZAC Service.
after thunder
renowned intrepid Kiwi spirit
You kindled courage to stand
and to stay;
You led our fathers to fight
to enjoy this Turkey of cruising
Le Quesnoy was a town we
Brandenburg Gate and the Berlin
on the Bosphorus, reflecting in
visited that has immortalised the
Wall gave us pause.
the divine Blue Mosque, and
Kiwis who liberated it in 1918, with
haggling in the colourful markets.
a New Zealand Memorial and
In Paris I was agog at the Arc
If in our turn we forgetfully
streets with Kiwi names.
de Triomphe and Notre Dame
wonder,
From Turkey we traversed to
Lieutenant Matt Singleton and Lieutenant Tama Wawatai, (both Class
Cherish our freedom to think
and to do;
Cathedral. I had my caricature
Yet we’ll remember
Italy. We remembered the NZ
In Belgium, with its pervading
done at The Artists’ Quarter at
we owe it to you.
Battalion at Monte Casino.
smell of chocolates, we
Montmartre, and yes I took a
remembered two felled College
‘selfie’ atop the Eiffel Tower.
E noho ra
Old Boys at Cite Bonjean
Mr Patrick Smith, I shall always
Kaspar Flaws, Y13
 The Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing is a War Memorial in Ypres, Belgium, dedicated to the British and Commonwealth soldiers who were
killed in the Ypres. (L-R): Pierce Day, Devlin Forsythe, Harry Russon and Louis Stevens.
 Alistair Gordon gives his reflections at Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp.  The College Haka at Chunuk Bair.
Old Boys at the ANZAC Service included Stu Filo, Class of 1994 (Retired), Lieutenant Matt Singleton, Malcolm Faulls, Class of 1951 (Retired),
Steve Phillips, Class of 1956 (Retired), Captain James Martin, Class of 2002, Major Scott Cordwell, Class of 1991, Steve Taylor, Class of 1965 (Re-
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tired),
Lieutenant Tama Wawatai and Lieutenant Sione Stanley, Class of 2002.
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Memories of a Young Man
The address given by Jack
Howard’s father, Roger Howard
at the 2015 ANZAC Service.
E
leven years ago, a Y13 boy
sat where you’re sitting now.
There was nothing particularly
remarkable about him. He wasn’t
a Prefect, nor was he in the 1st XV.
He wasn’t going to be Dux.
But in six years he would be
dead, killed in Afghanistan on his
second tour. His name was Jack
Howard and he was my son.
Let me tell you his story.
Jack was born not far from here,
in Wellington Hospital, on Good
Friday 1987. Apart from two years
in Singapore when he was small,
he grew up in Newtown.
His introduction to formal learning
was not entirely successful. At
Wellington South Kindergarten, he
was more interested in climbing
the trees in the playground. The
fact that he could out-climb his
kindy teachers no doubt explained
why he could neither write his
name nor count to ten when he
started at Kilbirnie School.
Jack spent four years at Kilbirnie
before we moved him to St
Mark’s School. We had become
concerned that he was far from
a model pupil, attracted more
towards the school hoods than
the school scholars. We thought
he needed a more disciplined
environment.
St Mark’s certainly needed most
of the four years they had Jack
for. A good portion of his time was
spent, not in the classroom but
outside in the corridor. But in Y7,
he discovered Drama and found
that there were better ways to
seek the recognition of his peers.
Jack started at Wellington
College in 2000. If I could have
asked him how to approach what
to say today, he would no doubt
have said – depends what the next
period is. If it’s maths, spin it out; if
it’s history or drama, keep it short.
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At College, Jack
developed a great love
of Shakespeare. I
remember him lying
on his bed reading
Shakespeare for
pleasure. And under
the guiding hand of
Jan McLean, Jack
pursued his love of
acting, appearing
in three school
productions – Othello,
Midsummer’s Night Dream
and Richard III.
In his final year at College, Jack
was seriously contemplating an
acting career when he suddenly
decided to try for a commission in
the NZ Army. He’d always had an
interest in the military and in his
first year at College joined the Air
Training Corps.
Failing the Officer Selection
Board, he said at the time, that
was the worst day of his life. But
years later, he was to reflect
that at the time he was just ‘an
immature smartarse’.
Instead, Jack joined the
Territorials and headed off to
Victoria University, but university
never really engaged him.
Although the warning signs were
there when he didn’t wake up
in time for one of his university
exams. We were not prepared for
his announcement that he would
not be returning to university
the following year. Instead he
intended to join The Parachute
Regiment Their recruiting
slogan had been
effective: Are you
good enough?
Jack decided
to take up their
challenge.
He purchased a
one way ticket
to London and
ended up getting
a job as a kitchen
hand at Ludgrove,
a prep school that
Prince William
Memories of a Young Man
and Prince Harry had
attended. Its attraction,
however, was that
it boasted large
grounds and an
indoor pool, ideal
for training for the
Para preselection
course.
The job interview
had been conducted
over the phone by the
Matron who told him her
husband would pick him up from
the nearby railway station. What
do you do? Jack asked him on
the way back to the school? I’m
the Headmaster, he replied, in
just three words dispelling Jack’s
preconceptions of the British
class system.
Passing the preselection course,
Jack commenced 28 weeks’
basic training at Catterick in
North Yorkshire. It culminated
in Pegasus or P Company - a
final five-day selection course
required for entry into The
Parachute Regiment. As he put
it in an email home the night
before, I am about to begin the
hardest and most emotional five
days of my life so far.
Of the 61 who started, Jack was
one of only 14 to pass and go on
to receive the coveted maroon
beret of The Parachute Regiment.
He was posted to the Regiment’s
3rd Battalion. At his passing out
parade, the reviewing officer
asked him where he was from:
New Zealand, Sir.
And what did
you do before you joined
the Army?
I was at university,
Sir.
What were you
reading?
Psychology,
philosophy and
religious studies,
Sir.
Well I’m sure you will find them most useful in 3 PARA.
As he was soon to discover, the
soldiers of 3 PARA, or ‘the Grungy
Third’ as it is known, were from
all walks of life. Jack’s platoon
included both those who had
graduated from university and
those who had graduated from
prison.
Four months later, Jack deployed
with 3 PARA to Afghanistan. And
so began a series of descriptive,
considered, and lengthy emailed
reports on his experiences.
For the first three months, he
wrote of great plans turning
into great disappointments; of
endless patrolling with no sign
of the enemy; carrying 80lb
loads of ammunition and water;
of not showering for a month; all
horrendously boring to young
men on their first tour. But it was
not without its lighter moments.
On his first operation his unit,
having cleared a town, rented
several compounds. His platoon,
he wrote, had the good fortune
of being allocated a drug dealer:
Our section room had a massive
sack of something dodgy that
several guys immediately claimed
was 'black squidgy' with a street
value of about £600,000 in the
UK. The room stank of it and soon
so did we. When the time came to
move on we made our own small
contribution to the war on drugs
by pouring a load of black squidgy
into the burns pit and hung
around for the aroma. The platoon
commander never clicked on to
why we wouldn't stop giggling.
Finally, in June he reports on his
first full blown contact. By then
he had become the platoon
signaller: I’ll never forget that
feeling standing on the top [of the
ridge] and silhouetting myself [as] I
Above: Jack Howard in his final year at College.
Left: Jack in his PARA Uniform
quickly drew machine gun fire. The
whizzing of bullets around me was
deafening and blinding, I felt like I
was standing in a wind tunnel or in
front of a fan after throwing gravel
into it. Absorbed in [trying to spot
the firing point], I hadn’t noticed
the bullets splashing sand all over
the ridge to my left and creeping
towards me as the enemy machine
gun adjusted its fire on me. I
ducked into cover cursing myself
when I heard Dave screaming
‘ANTENNA!’ No wonder they’d
been aiming off on me, I had a 2m
antenna over me. Dave later told
me the splashes were landing less
than a foot away when I ducked
down.
His was only one of a number of
close calls for his platoon that
day.
Two months later he experienced
his first 'Man Down' when Pte Peter
Cowton of 2 PARA was fatally
wounded. He describes the scene
afterwards: Reality hit home when
we got back. Cowton's dragon
tattooed section commander sat
alone, crying silently before his
sergeant helped him up, a minimi
gunner walked past carrying
the dead lead scout’s webbing.
Everyone felt awful, three of our
lads had been in Cowton’s platoon
through basic training, they’d had
a brew with him the night before
and were pretty shaken up. We flew
out at 1500 the next day and then
waited for a 0200 flight back to
Kandahar. Mentally and physically
drained I struggled to stay awake
long enough to shower for the first
time in ten days. We were greeted
with the news that we will be going
straight back out for six weeks in a
few days.
And so the reports continued.
More close calls, but his platoon’s
luck holds as does that of 3 PARA.
Back home he reflects on his first
tour: Leaving Afghanistan was
as surreal as when I first arrived. I
thought about what I'd done and
what I'd heard. Private Cowton's
broken body on the back of a
quad trailer; getting shot at on a
ridgeline; that guy on a 2 PARA
patrol who stood on a pressure
pad that wasn't wired properly.
His legs were snapped and he
was blasted into the air, when he
looked down to see everything was
still there no one could use their
personal radios for the next minute
as he babbled BOSS, BOSS! I'VE
STILL GOT MY LEGS, BUT I'M IN A
LOT OF PAIN...BOSS BOSS! I'VE...
Or the other guy who stepped on
one which was wired correctly and
hearing it click had time to swear
before he vanished into pink mist.
The only thing that's really
changed in me is my memories
and even now I'm starting to forget
the boredom we suffered. But it
won't really be over until the guys
I went through depot with in 2
PARA come back, alive. Although
I'll always maintain 3 is vastly
superior to 2 PARA they really
have had a rough tour. They've
lost about 13-14 badged members
as well as several attachments.
Include the wounded (some now
legless) and the odds are [shorter]
than 1 in 10 for their battalion.
Back in the UK after a spell of
well-earned leave, 3 PARA begin
the training cycle building up
for their next tour in 2010. There
are deployments to Norway and
Kenya. Jack spends a month in
California with the Red Devils,
The Parachute Regiment’s display
team. And he jumps on Normandy
and Arnhem in the footsteps of his
predecessors 65 years earlier. In
one of those ironies of history, at
Arnhem they jump with German
parachutes and dispatchers which
qualified him to wear German
airborne wings.
In July 2010, Jack was selected
to serve with the Pathfinders, the
Parachute Regiment’s Brigade
reconnaissance force and Special
Forces in all but name.
He deploys with them to
Afghanistan in September 2010
on a positive note: The last two
months have been the best in my
life. A month back home, some
decent training, sun and beaches
in Ibiza, ridiculous nights out in
Blackpool and awesome times
with my mates. Just what I needed
before going back to the war.
In an interview after his first
deployment, Jack said: I’ve always
had this intrinsic belief that I am
lucky. When I look back and reflect
[on various incidents during my
last tour] I realise – [there] was one
of my nine lives gone.
And as his emails from his second
tour revealed all too clearly, he
was using up those nine lives.
The last time I spoke to him
was via a satellite phone from
goodness knows where. He
sounded flat. What’s wrong? I
asked. John got hit the other day,
he said. Their section had been
pursuing some insurgents up a
wadi when they were ambushed.
A round had entered his section
commander’s little finger and
exited his elbow. Leaving his
section to fight the battle, Cpl
John Broadhead applied his own
field dressing, chose not to use
his morphine in case it clouded
his judgment, and made his own
way back to their patrol base 2km
away, carrying his pack as well as
his rifle.
Such are the men who wear the
maroon beret.
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concluded Jack’s official obituary
by saying: It is clear to me from the
tributes paid to him that Private
Jack Howard was an immensely
well liked soldier and an
exceptionally gifted Paratrooper.
That he chose to leave his native
New Zealand to join the British
Army to fight for the freedoms we
all enjoy across the world speaks
to his drive and determination.
But these attributes didn’t appear
out of nowhere. In large measure,
Jack was a product of this school
where he spent nearly a quarter
of his life, some of his most
formative years. The Headmaster
might not have picked him
up from the railway station,
but I am sure that if Jack had
thought about it, he would have
acknowledged the role played
by Roger Moses and his staff in
shaping him into the man Liam
Fox spoke about.
And it is right that we, his family,
formally acknowledge that, here,
in this place, on this occasion.
But what would Jack want me to
say to you guys? I think it would
be this: Do not be afraid to dream,
And pursue those dreams with
quiet determination.
Whatever your field of endeavour,
do not be afraid to measure
yourself against the best.
Be sincere in your friendships,
And keep those friendships in
good repair.
Hold true to your values.
Be your own man.
Not long afterwards, Jack
returned from operation to
discover a round had gone
through his backpack.
A week later, Jack’s section
was poised to attack an enemy
position, having already fought
and overcome two others that
day, when he ‘received the good
news’, as the Paras say. His luck
had finally run out.
The United Kingdom’s Secretary
of State for Defence, Dr Liam Fox,
Private Jack Howard (2000-2004)
British Army, Brigade
Reconnaissance Force, Parachute
Regiment, 3rd Battalion
1987-2010
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ANZAC STORIES
A Last Letter Home
A
lexander McColl (1908-1909) was one of 223
Wellington College Old Boys killed during WWI. A
talented sportsman, he had been a member of the 1st
XV in 1909 and a champion rower.
ANZAC STORIES
Friends to the End
WWI Fundraising
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fine scholar and sportsman,
Douglas (Dougie) Harle (19081911) was one of Wellington
College's outstanding students in
tudents at Wellington
College raised £2945 for
patriotic funds during
the War, in part by growing
the years immediately before the
vegetables. This sum amounts
Like many of his schoolmates, he was quick to enlist
war. Dougie, a 24-year-old Second
to more than $300,000 in
when the war broke out. He landed at Gallipoli with the
Lieutenant in the Canterbury Infantry
today’s money. Fundraising
Wellington Battalion in April 1915 and took part in much of the heavy fighting on
Regiment, was killed during the successful attack on
also began in 1916 for a School
the Peninsula. He was wounded but returned to active service and was present
Gravenstafel Spur on 4 October, 1917. A fellow officer
Memorial Hall. This opened
at the evacuation in December 1915. By 1916, Alex was in France with the 1st
reported that he showed ‘great dash and initiative’ in
in March 1928, thanks to a
Battalion, The Wellington Regiment. On 1 July, he wrote to his mother, excited at
leading his men against an enemy machine-gun post in
donation of £6000 from the
the prospect of leading a raid on the German lines.
a farm building. He was killed ‘just as the position was
Old Boys’ Association.
V
oluntary cadet groups existed in many schools prior to 1909, when the
practically taken'. Dougie was buried in the Dochy Farm
France. July 1, 1916
Cemetery. The surrounding landscape today is a far cry
My Dearest Mother,
from the wasteland of 1917. Back then it was a sea of mud,
Just a small note in case I should be incapacitated for a few days or so. Today is
pock-marked by shell holes that quickly filled with water
a red letter day in my history as I am taking out a raiding party against the huns.
and became graves for many men.
I have been down here with my party for a few days and everything is working
beautifully. If we don’t give the Boche the biggest hiding he has ever received it will
His school reports highlight a young man of outstanding
not be our fault.
character: Prefect, top scholar, talented gymnast and
Lightweight Boxing Champion; in 1911, he was also Dux.
I suppose you think it rather strange that I, as an Adjutant, should be selected for
Dougie completed a law degree at Victoria University
this job. I am really the luckiest of men to have got the chance. In the first place,
College before being accepted for military service, at the
all subalterns were selected for the job, but through a most unfortunate bombing
second attempt, in early 1916. He was commissioned as an
accident, two of these were killed. Captain Nareby was next thought of but soon
Officer.
after he went back to England with appendicitis. As we are awfully short of Officers
at present, there was no one left with the necessary experience and stamina to
Shortly before the Battle of
take the party.
Passchendaele, Dougie and two old
school friends, Norman Shrimpton
I know that the Colonel did not like me going but his hands are tied and personally
[pictured left] (1911-1915) and Ken
I consider myself the luckiest of men to have the opportunity of leading such a
Luke [pictured below] (1905-1906),
splendid body of men that I have under me.
went on leave to Boulogne. For many
Defence Act introduced compulsory military training. This act required
nearly all boys aged between 12 and 14 to undergo 52 hours of physical
WWI Masters
training each year as Junior Cadets. Initially, this training was supervised by
T
he Board of Governors at Wellington College topped
adventure. The very real possibility
weeks. I have most of the old Football team here including some very well known
of being killed or maimed was often pushed to the back
reps, just the boys for this game.
of the mind as these young men lapped up their first taste
level of their teaching salary. They were also given a
as Boulogne, with its famous port and Roman-walled old
I am quite sure you would not have me do otherwise, especially if you saw how
town, was one of the reasons these old school friends had
pleased the men were when they found I was coming down.
enlisted in the first place. The food, wine, sights and smells
would have been a welcome diversion for young men who
I have received several of your lovely letters lately, written as only you know how
were about to participate in what has been described as
to write them. I am quite excited about the improvements to the house and would
New Zealand’s greatest disaster.
dearly like to see them. I would love to fit into my old place at home once more.
Ken Luke was the only one of the
A School Rifle Volunteer Cadet Corps had been established at Wellington
grant of £50 per year, and those commissioned before
College in 1870, and school cadets were to remain an integral part of life
going overseas received a further £20 for equipment.
at the school well into the 20th century. J.P. Firth, Headmaster from 1892 to
1920, placed great emphasis on the cadets and the importance of being
One member of the teaching staff, PA Ongley, was killed in
physically fit. Photographs of boys in the military uniform of the school’s
action at Bapaume, France, in August 1918, another Dr GV
cadet corps or shooting teams make the transition from schoolboy to soldier
Bogle serving with the NZMC was killed while attending
more plausible. Many of the more than 1600 Old Boys who served overseas
to the wounded in September, 1916 in France and JH
during the war had learnt to handle a gun, salute and march in formation
Goulding was killed in the trenches at Gallipoli in June,
on the playing fields of the school. Students were even awarded merit
1915. Six other members of staff were wounded including
certificates in bayonet instruction. [see image below left].
AE Caddick, AJ Cross, JR Cuddie, AW Diprose, HTM
Fathers, GW Morice, CM Taylor and OW Williams. T Brodie
Many schoolboys were also Boy Scouts. The Boy Scout movement began
survived unscathed. Two Masters, JB Mawson and OW
in New Zealand in 1908. While preparing boys for war is not something we
Williams, were awarded the Military Cross.
associate with the modern scouting movement, its founder, Robert BadenPowell, had been a lieutenant-general in the British Army. His principles of
scouting, published in Scouting for boys (1908), were based on his earlier
military books. The movement aimed to teach boys ‘peaceful citizenship’ –
moral values, patriotism, discipline and outdoor skills – through games and
activities and to produce patriots capable of defending the British Empire.
of overseas travel. The opportunity to visit places such
Am feeling absolutely confident, so please, dear mother, do not worry about me.
their teachers.
up the military pay of teachers who enlisted to the
New Zealanders, the war was a great
They are all trained like fighting cocks. I have been at Football etc for the last few
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These principles were heartily endorsed by Firth and were key ingredients in
GV Bogle
J H Goulding
PA Ongley
his leadership and management of the school.
J.P. Firth knew each of the Old Boys who were killed during the war. Personal
memories would have come flooding back as he wrote letters of condolence
to their families. When the armistice was declared in November 1918, he
was observed standing on the steps overlooking the bottom field with tears
running down his face.
Best love to all the girls and many thanks for their letters. Tell Dad I am trying to
three friends to survive the war.
keep his good name untarnished. Received a lovely birthday parcel a few days ago.
Norman Shrimpton was killed in 1918
THE COLD HARD FACTS: Of the 1643 Old Boys, known to have served,
All my love and good wishes. Ever your loving son, Alex
and is also buried in Belgium. Ken
225 have laid down their lives and 340 have been wounded. As some
returned to Wellington and became
of the 1643 did not actually reach the firing-lines, the fact that our
Captain Adjutant, Alex McColl was killed in France on 2 July, 1915 aged 24.
Civil Engineer. He was responsible
casualty lists amounts to 33 ¹/³ percent of the total on active service
Leading a successful trench-raid the evening before, he was anxious for the
for designing and building the iconic
and shows to what extent our Old Boys must have shared in the
same removal of his wounded and went back out to look for them, becoming
Wellington landmark, the Band
'rough and tumble' of the fighting. THE WELLINGTONIAN, 1919
wounded himself, dying of his wounds. His grave is in the Cite Bonjean Military
Rotunda at Oriental Bay.
Cemetery, Armentieres, France.
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Left: A Certificate of Merit for Bayonet instruction,
presented to Wellington College Cadets, 1915.
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ANZAC STORIES: WWI in Watercolours and Ink
ANZAC STORIES: Tough Man of the Somme dies in Africa
A
s part of the WWI
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illiam Clachan was made of
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to a tailor for his uniform and
For a young man from Wellington
Above Left: William James
tough stuff.
equipment. He would need, he
- he was in his mid-20s - the
Clachan. Above Right: Men of the
was told, the considerable sum of
sights were stirring.
King's African Rifles at Njombe,
conjunction with Watercolours
The Old Boy and schoolteacher
100 to 200 pounds depending on
NZ Inc on the occasion of a
was wounded three times on
the unit.
national exhibition which featured
the Western Front. He twice
Commemorations this year, a
catalogue was published by
the Royal New Zealand Navy in
German East Africa.
In a letter, he wrote: By day we had
great fun shooting crocodiles - my
With the Askaris, William was
suffered head injuries, and on
He had his first taste of trench
word, their tails do lash. The hippos
called on to settle disputes.
Esmond Hurworth Atkinson, Surrender of the German Fleet in the North Sea, 1919,
the second occasion, doctors
warfare in March 1915. During
and rhinos also kept us amused. At
A man steals another man's wife
charcoal and watercolour on paper. Hocken Collections, University of Otago
found the bullet which caused
fighting in the battle for Hill 60 in
one very interesting mission station
- so then he has got to pay the
Naval Volunteer Reserve who packed watercolour paint or pen and ink into their
his first head wounds. Each time
Flanders, he took a bullet in the
we visited Mary Moffat's [David
original hubby 30 shillings for her,
kitbags.
William recovered and, after
head. Despite treatment, the lead
Livingstone's wife's] grave.
and so on. This case does not
time away from the battlefront to
remained undiscovered. William
One of the artists featured was Old Boy, Lieutenant Esmond (Es) Hurworth Atkinson
recuperate, threw himself back
stayed at the front and in July,
William's destination was
and then it crops up. The men all
RNVR (1904-1905) [1888-1941] and his story was recounted in the catalogue by his
into action.
took part in the battle of Hooge
Nyasaland - what is now Malawi.
have their wives and kids in the
in Belgium, where he suffered a
Handed command of a company
lines with them, so frequently you
Born in Sydney to Scottish
further head wound, and nearly
of Askaris, William's task was
have a wife (umkazii in native
My grandfather, known as Es, was born in Wellington in 1888. His maternal grandfather
parents, William grew up in
lost an eye. The silver lining was
to train the young men, mostly
lingo) run in before you for some
was pioneering New Zealand water-colourist J C Richmond, whose daughter, artist D K
New Zealand. He went to Te Aro
that the bullet lodged in his head
members of the Yoo tribe.
minor offence. They come in with
Richmond, was an influential aunt in the lives of Es and his brother Hal and two sisters.
Primary School, then Wellington
for three months was recovered.
works in watercolour and in ink
by seven servicemen of the NZ
Expeditionary Force and the Royal
grandson, Richmond Atkinson.
College from 1906-1909, before
occur every day, but every now
a cloth round the hips, usually a
He was impressed: They are
kid slung round their shoulders by
another cloth.
When Es was seven years old, the family moved to 'Rangiuru by the Sea' near Otaki, where
studying German and Science at
The soldier was soon back on
a hundred times keener than
the children spent the next five years 'messing about in boats', and Es furthered his interest
Victoria University.
his feet and took charge of
the recruits we were getting in
his company in the first major
England, he wrote. He felt they
In early 1918, the British attacked
He enlisted at the outbreak of
Somme offensive in July 1916.
would give the Hun a rough time,
German forces at the confluence
war in 1914 and was one of seven
This time he was hit with machine
but saw that fighting in Africa was
of two rivers and William's
On leaving school, he joined the Department of Agriculture, Biological Section, and studied
young soldiers selected after a
gun fire above his ankle and was
not easy: The great trouble is the
company, the first to advance,
towards a BSc degree. In 1916, he worked his passage to England to enlist in the Royal
stiff exam for a commission in
sent back to England to recover.
food and ammunition supply -
came under heavy flanking fire.
Naval Volunteer Reserve. On the way he enjoyed short botanising trips ashore at Albany in
the British or, as it was called,
Africa being a country of miles -
The commander fell early in the
Western Australia.
Imperial Army.
A year later, having completed
not yards, he observed. The grass
fight. His name is on a memorial
further officer training, William
was so high that it is quite easy for
in Mangochi, near the shore of
William sailed with the NZ
was seconded for duty with the
two opposing forces to miss one
Lake Malawi.
Expeditionary Force as far as
King's African Rifles in East Africa.
another.
in painting and the natural world. His schooling included a spell at Wanganui Collegiate
School, later returning to Wellington College.
In England, he married Alison Burnett, a long-time family friend, and viewed the works of
his artistic heroes, Frank Brangwyn and especially JMW Turner, while in officer training.
Above: Torpedo firing 19/07/18 on board 'Constance'.
'Caroline Class' in the distance. Private Collection.
Egypt, then went on to Britain,
As a Lieutenant, he served as a signals officer, first in a seaplane carrier, Riviera, on a
Mediterranean voyage, and then on the light cruiser Constance, from the deck of which he
Below: American Battleships, 24/07/18.
Private Collection
NZ Herald
where he joined the Middlesex
Regiment - the so-called
witnessed, and later painted, the surrender of the German High Seas Fleet in the Firth of
'Die Hards', named after their
Forth.
commander, William Inglis, who,
Left: The Malawi Cemetery was
wounded and having had his horse
used from October 1917, to
Returning to New Zealand in 1919, he transferred from the Biological Section to the
shot by Napoleon's forces in 1811,
December 1918, There are 60 war
Dominion Museum as official artist, but afflicted by epilepsy, he was retired in 1932. He
called to his men to 'Die Hard'.
casualties commemorated in this
site and just one New Zealander -
continued to roam back country New Zealand, often with his wife and two sons, and paint
many landscapes, until his death in 1941 from an accident resulting from his illness.
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In London, William was directed
William Clachan.
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Architect’s impressions of the new Memorial Hall and Performing Arts Centre
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his long-awaited facility is due to begin construction early in 2016 and as the project evolves, it is very exciting to be able to share these
latest images with the Wellington College Community. The main features will be a formal meeting place to cater for the full school, and a
flexible Performing Arts venue which will allow much larger audiences to appreciate the versatile skills of Wellington College students. The
College looks forward to providing further information in the coming months as this important project comes to fruition.
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Over the last summer, the No 1 Field was upgraded, with the sewer pipes replaced and then re-levelled and resurfaced. At the same time, the
cricket wickets were renovated and the field was back up and running in time for winter sport.
Firth Hall’s restrengthening included replacing the slate tiles and is expected to be finished in February 2016.
Steel beams will also be inserted into the Firth Hall structure to meet the code of compliance.
Below Firth Hall, B5 has been gutted and a new concrete floor has been poured. The room needs to be reinforced to meet WCC requirements.
The MOE have cleared much of the bank and trees to reinforce the bank below Wellington East Girls’ College and behind the Old Boys' Gym
and Frank Crist Centre which has given us greater width to the Football and Cricket boundaries.
Restrengthening on the banks below WEGC continues, and will eventually be planted with trees and allow us to park there again.
Extensive work has been carried out on the Science Block to resolve the weather-tightness issues
The lawn behind the former Headmaster’s House has seen two new buildings erected - The Uniform Shop and a Classroom.
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The ARCHIVES
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flood in. It is your contributions
collection.
he year began with Property
Merlot, along with numerous
Staff, Kelwyn D’Souza and Roy
photographs from 1862-63 and
Smith completing the much
1918-20. A fascinating story with
Two comments really took my
a great deal of research involved.
breath away: Blessed to be here. It
needed shelf storage space
The ARCHIVES
‘A goodly heritage, proud traditions, cherished memories’
for masses of large framed
 NEELY, MRS PADDIANNE
QSM: For services as an archivist
(NYH)
that cause these words of praise
to be forthcoming.
is a privilege to have this insight in
My thanks to Ted Clayton for
historical photographs and large
Ashleigh Flynn, the Events
the beautiful history of my school -
his continued work on the
reunion display boards. These
Administrator of the NZ Arts
thank you.
newspaper collection and other
items are finally off the floor and
Foundation was very pleased to
can be accessed with ease. A
see the display we had on Ballet
Seeing this amazing history makes
with. A valuable colleague.
dream come true! Thank you.
dancer and Old Boy, Alexander
me proud to be part of the school.
Headmaster Roger Moses, Tony
Grant. (1922-1924). Ashleigh very
I can appreciate the work that has
Robinson, Penny Basile, Marilyn
Prep Room, Firth House 1948.
One room though is covered
kindly sent two copies of the Arts
gone in to present this.
MacLennan, Glenda Schmitt and
(L-R): Terry Turner, Jim Collins,
with all the Prefect and House
Foundation booklet featuring
Prefect boards that adorned the
Alexander Grant their NZ Icon
I found this last comment after
and I thank them all for their
walls of Firth Hall. This area is
Awards winner 2005.
a visit by Te Piringa, the Māori
kindnesses.
areas of the Archives he helps
Stephanie Kane are so supportive
so these boards along with the
Three Old Boys have sent
when they visited the Archives
150 years of Wellington College is
life size portrait of J P Firth and
splendid collections of
one evening in October.
on the horizon. Please remember
other historical photographs have
photographs, programmes,
been stored in the Headmaster’s
school reports and testimonials
Finally the word, ‘Respect’.
display as soon as possible
House. It was a massive job
that have proved most valuable.
This was written by a special
to make it a success. Is there
to take them all off the walls,
Thank you Mike Monaghan
gentleman - Professor Verne
anyone out there that can help
carefully number then wrap them
(1961-1965), Ewen Thompson
Harris. Verne hails from South
donate display cases to show
in conservation material before
(1974-1978) and Rodney Callender
Africa. He was the personal
off our material please? I would
transporting them across the
(1954-1958). These collections
archivist of Nelson Mandela and
dearly love some help there!
grounds to their temporary home
will prove ideal for the 150th
has set up the Nelson Mandela
May the Festive Season be a
for safekeeping.
Celebrations display.
Foundation.
happy one for all of you.
Marvellous gifts continue to be
The Class of 4A, 1941 has been
Thank you to all the donors for
Paddianne W. Neely
donated to the Archives including
dear to my heart for many years.
the material that continues to
College Archivist
a large charcoal and watercolour
I was deeply saddened to see
framed print of The Surrender of
another of the boys had died,
the German Fleet in the North Sea
George Gair (1940-41). It was
1919 by Old Boy, Lieut. Esmond
George who nominated me
Hurworth Atkinson RNVR (1904-
to be an Honorary Member of
1905) [see story on page 20]
the Class of 4A, 1941 during a
was kindly donated by former
reunion in London. I will always
parent, Claire Clarke. Claire
remember him stopping off at the
obtained this print and displayed
College in 1992 en route to the
it at the Watercolour exhibition
airport to take up his new job in
Splash held in the Wellington
London as High Commissioner
Anglican Cathedral this year in
for New Zealand. He dropped
commemoration of WWI artists.
off his 4A school blazer that
had been hidden in the back of
Richard Boag (1977-1981) and the
his wardrobe all those years. It
Old Boys' University Rugby Club
featured in the College’s 125
have had a large framed tableau
years display.
made of a photograph of Chunuk
Bair in the background with a
Over 160 visitors have signed
carved copy of an Enfield rifle,
the Visitors’ Book this year. I’ve
the type used by Hāmi Grace
been touched by the generous
(1904-08) set in front along with a
remarks. Some include: Fabulous
portrait included of Hāmi.
displays. Fascinating objects.
Fantastic history. My father’s
David Wesley has compiled
history, a top guy. Well done,
the life story of one of our early
I’m completely blown away. A
Masters, Augustus Francis
magnificent history, beautiful
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Professor Verne Harris (Centre) seen here with Don and Paddianne
Neely. Photo: PW Neely, Archives
Alf Miles. Photo: J Tunnell,
Archives.
families of Wellington College
being earthquake strengthened
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to send in photographs for the
Remember The Archives
before you go to the tip!
Ewen Thompson 'tied up' in Mr
Farland's Classroom.
Photo: E Thompson, Archives.
The Wellington College Pipe Band outside the West School around
1936-1941. Photo: Mac Gapes, Archives.
Correspondence
featuring Human Biology.
Photo: E Thompson, Archives
Please send your stories
College Life; Students, Staff, Old Boys, Form Classes
Caps, Ties, Blazers, Boaters
Jerseys, Caps, Boots
Dux, Badges, Awards, War Medals, Academic, Sports
and Cultural Awards
Paintings, Sketches
By Old Boy Authors/Singers or about Old Boys
Academic, Certificates, Governing Boards,
Headmasters, College Mothers', Parents’ Assoc.
Letters to and from Staff, Students and Old Boys
Do you have form class photos (preferably named) from 19302000 that you could donate to the Archives or lend for us to scan
and return? We only have a small number of photos and wish to
increase our collection for Reunion displays and of course the 150th
Celebrations.
Please contact Paddianne W Neely
Wellington College Archivist
Tel: 04 382 9411 (W) • 04 386 2072 (H)
or Email: oldboys@wc.school.nz
Paddianne helped instigate an
annual workshop for people
involved in maintaining archives
and records in schools, libraries,
churches and community
organisations, which attract
attendees from around the North
Island. She has established,
compiled, expanded and
maintained the archives of
Rongotai College, Scots College,
Queen Margaret College,
Wellington College, Wellesley
College and Wanganui Collegiate.
She has designed and mounted
historical displays for significant
jubilee events and other
occasions at these schools.
Mr Wall's English Class, 1978,
Are you an Old Boy or former staff member of Wellington
College? Do you have any relatives or know friends who are?
If so, you may be able to help the Archives obtain some of the
following:
Memoirs
Photographs
Uniforms
Sports Gear
Medals, Prizes &
Trophies
Art Work
Books & Music
Reports & Papers
P
addianne Neely has been
recognised as a leader in
the establishment of school
archives throughout New
Zealand over the last 36 years.
Helgi Stedman (1987),
Wellington College 1st XI
Traditional at Wanganui
Collegiate. The Coach was Mr
From the playing fields of Wellington College in 1884, many of
Rob Corliss and the Captain
Wellington's top football players developed skills and love of the game
was Matthew Bond.
In 2011, while working on
Wellington College's archives
she oversaw the conversion of
the vacated Headmaster's House
into a permanent archive and
museum, which now houses 148
years of the school's historical
artefacts, and also made
similar use of an old building
at Wanganui Collegiate for the
school's 150th celebrations.
She has assisted her husband,
Don Neely with research in the
preparation of two histories of
cricket in New Zealand - Men in
White and The Summer Game.
Paddianne was tasked by
Wellington Cricket to decorate
the Norwood Room in the R.A.
Vance Stand at the Basin Reserve,
designing and mounting a
permanent display of historical
photos and an Honours Board.
Government House Citation
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Reunions: CLASS OF 1965
Photos: Billy Dancer, Class of 2015
Back Row:
Hamish Hancock, Hugh Cromie, Monty Black, Bert Lamb, Phil Pacey, Roy Hughes, Mark Williamson, William Sommerville,
Third Row:
John Culliford, Jim Lynch
Dale Renouf, Russell Morrison, Peter Barker, Norman Paris, Bob Tricklebank, David Hamilton, Jock Struthers,
Second Row:
Front Row:
Peter Martin, Bryan Lawrence, Pete Rodger
Brett Windley, John Wedde, Paul Martin, Rob Earles, Ted Raba, Duncan Milne, Bob Sadler, Barry Hellberg, Philip Chong
Steve Taylor, Gerry Cooper, John Raine, Ted Clayton [Master], Roger Moses [Headmaster], Michael Monaghan [Head Prefect, 1965],
Absent:
Tony Lendrum, Stewart Whitney, Ken Houston, Keith Woodford
Andy King
VISITORS TO THE COLLEGE IN 1965
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 In March, Dr William
Pickering visited his
T
he Class of 1965 returned to Wellington College in March and
old school [pictured
were welcomed back by Headmaster, Roger Moses.
left with Headmaster,
Seddon Hill]. Four
Many of the group had met ten years earlier at the 40 Years On
months later, he would
Reunion and it was nice to also see some new faces of those who
be on the front cover of
couldn’t get return on the last occasion. Sadly since they last
TIME Magazine - his
met, six of the cohort have passed away. Joining the group in the
second appearance.
morning was 1961 Head Prefect, Gil Roper [who is currently working
at the College] and 2015 Head Prefect, George Barton.
The Firth House
Boarders were able to
Following the drinks reception and music medley from the Chorale,
enjoy the newly-installed
the dinner ensued, with the College’s Deputy Principal and Old Boy,
television set in 1965.
Rob Anderson hosting the function.
A Toast to the College was given by Hamish Hancock and
responded to by Roger Moses. Hamish has had four sons attend
Wellington College and was one of several that evening who have
also had their sons enrolled.
Toasts were also given by Peter Rodger (Firth House), John Raine
(Masters) with special mention to Ted Clayton who attended the
Dinner. Steve Taylor concluded the formalities with a Toast to
Absent Friends.
The rest of the evening saw guests continue with their reminiscing
and making a point to be back for the College’s 150th Celebrations.
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Class of 1966 Reunion:
50 Years On
Friday, 1 April 2016 @ WC
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Reunions: CLASS OF 1975
Back Row:
Trevor Moss, Adrian Risman, Gregory Szakats, Ron McKenzie, Paul Steele, Terence Burns, David Knott, Rod Miller,
Third Row:
Grant Coppersmith, Nigel Clements, John Hebenton, Mino Cleverley
David Shillson, Alan Lear, Peter Williamson, Duncan Hall, Steve Gray, David Ironside, Kenneth Johnston, Paul Hunt,
Second Row:
Jonno Suppree, Ross Pickard, John Soulis, David Hatfield, Michael Mann
Julian Heyes, Graeme Hall, Adrian Watts, Ivan Downes, Tim Kirby, Chris Gough, Stan Yee, Peter Hatten, Brent Drysdale, Martin
Front Row:
Fine, Peter Marriott, John Sutherland, Martin Dalgleish, Gary Lewis
Martin Conway, David Boag, Grant Fraser, Chris Wells, Deen O'Brien, Rich Gaskin, Gary Girvan (Master), Roger Moses
Photos: Billy Dancer, Class of 2015
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(Headmaster), Peter Morrison [Head Prefect, 1975], Kingsley Baird, Mark McHugh, David Sole, Giff Goldsmith, Dave MacCalman
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he Class of 1974 attracted a good turn-out this year, with alumni
travelling from all corners of the globe to attend.
With a few buildings unavailable because of the building work,
the cohort met in the Archives for morning tea and welcome
from Headmaster, Roger Moses. Roger, accompanied by current
students then led a tour of the College, showcasing all the facilities
now in place for the twenty-first century student. It was also a
pleasure to have former Masters, Gary Girvan and Mike Pallin join
the morning festivities as well as Jan McLean.
The evening formalities began with drinks and an opportunity
to view the photos from 40 years ago. The College’s Chorale
entertained the group before dinner in the Assembly Hall. Toasts
were given by Peter Morrison (Toast to the College), Michael Mann
(Firth House), Julian Heyes (The Masters) and Chris Wells (Absent
Friends).
The rest of the evening saw guests continue with their reminiscing
and making a point to be back for the College’s 150th Celebrations.
Class of 1976 Reunion:
40 Years On
Friday, 14 OCTOBER 2016 @ WC
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Ten Years On: The Class of 2005
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The 2005 Head Prefect Team (L-R): Michael Hobbs, Simon Worker and Adam Cahill.
Opposite Page: The Class of 2005 on their last day at Wellington College.
as to what the last
head to greener pastures (and
in this world, and to not stress too
decade has entailed
smaller opponents) and I have
much about the future. Tomorrow
for him, but I can report
been based in Japan playing in
is not guaranteed, so handle
that he has followed his
the Japan Top League for the
your business today. I am excited
past three seasons now. Living in
about what the future holds for all
Japan has taught me a lot about
of us, and I hope the choices that
myself. I have had plenty of time
we all make in the next 10, 20, 30
to reflect on the mistakes I have
plus years of our lives will reflect
made in my life to date and the
the great men that Wellington
I touched on David Isaacs’s
kind of person that I want to be
College nurtured us to be.
his garage that helps people get
sporting achievements earlier, but
remembered as.
unique and bespoke furniture
outside of the pool he spent a year
into their homes at a price that
volunteering in Israel, completed
After two shoulder surgeries
head knocks on the field (or
they can swallow. What started
a Masters in Mechanical
this year alone, my body/mind
too many beers off it), I cannot
out as a hobby in his spare time
Engineering, designed Aircraft
is telling me it is time to give
remember if I offered any decent
is starting to gain traction and he
and Super Yacht components in
rugby away and move into the
advice during my final address
is doing some really innovative
Auckland, and also designed parts
next chapter of life. I look forward
as your Head Prefect. I’ll take this
things in the community.
of the last America's cup boats.
to giving my body a break from
as my chance to atone for that if
I didn’t.
strong entrepreneurial
nature and been extremely
successful in his ventures
down in Queenstown.
F
Unfortunately, after too many
He now lives in Singapore working
the rigours of professional
Simon Worker, one of your
for a Silicon Valley IT company,
sport, and further challenging
Deputy Head Prefects, graduated
and on top of that, I would not
the capabilities of my mind at
We have now spent twice as
from Otago University and then
have been able to put this article
Business School in the United
long out of Wellington College
spent a year in Beijing working
together without his assistance.
States.
than we spent as students, a few
weddings, babies, and overall
and studying Mandarin before
irstly, I would like to pay
Max Harris, Peter Clark, and
been a two-time NZ Muay Thai
Rosevear Brothers, a tailored-
moving home. He is now based
I know there will be many more
I am sure many of you have had
signs that the boys we once were
tribute to an absent friend of
Edward Stace have all achieved
Champion. David Isaacs and Luke
clothing outfitter. Due to his
in Auckland working for a NZ
success stories out there and
similar experiences in your own
are now becoming men. Mario
our cohort, Andrew Truesdale.
amazing academic success and
Dustin have both been to the
constant dealings in China, Pat
Investment Bank and Corporate
congratulations to you all. I
careers.
Puzo, the author of The Godfather,
Andrew tragically passed away
received full scholarships to
World Championships in Canoe
became fluent in Mandarin and
Advisory company.
apologise that I have not been
in July, 2013. I was not present
Oxford. Ed and Max were both
Polo, and after helping carry us
if what I’ve seen on Facebook
at his funeral but from all
recipients of Rhodes Scholarships
to McEvedy glory in 2005 - Billy
is anything to go by, he is now
Your other Deputy Head Prefect,
accounts it was an extremely
and Max has been elected as an
Crayford has won seven NZ Men’s
a reality TV star in China. When
Adam Cahill, has been one of
moving ceremony that reflected
Examinations Fellow at All Souls
Open High Jump titles and also
his schedule permits, he also
the toughest people to track
the amazing work he had
College, Oxford. The seven-year
represented NZ at the World
practices law.
done as a volunteer and as a
fellowship is one of the world's
University Games. We wish Billy
paramedic for Wellington Free
most competitive and prestigious
all the best in his quest to make
Ambulance. Nothing showcased
academic awards.
the Commonwealth Games in
2018.
this more than the guard of
born great, they grow great – so
as we had intended, but then
wake up every morning and be
Personally, after leaving school
again, that is the beauty of life.
the best that you can be. You only
I was very fortunate to make
There is an old Yiddish proverb
get one shot at this life. Don’t die
down for this article. As Mark
a career playing rugby. I had
- man plans and God laughs
with the music in you.
Tinkle very aptly commented on
the honour of representing our
- regardless of your religious
Thomas Golding did a BSc
the WCOB page, you'll need to
hometown Lions in the ITM Cup
beliefs I think there is something
Michael Hobbs
in Geophysics and Geology,
send smoke signals or a pigeon
and to also go on and play four
that everyone can take away from
2005 Head Prefect
and then a MSc in Petroleum
to contact Adam. Unfortunately,
seasons of Super Rugby. After
that saying. I’ve always taken it
mjd.hobbs@yahoo.co.nz
Geoscience with First Class
I have not been able to get a
recovering from a serious back
to mean to enjoy each and every
first-hand account from Adam
injury, I decided it was time to
day that we are blessed to have
honour he received from St John
Jono Ross continued his
Ambulances and staff lining the
outstanding success in the pool
The success of our cohort,
Honours at VUW. He is now
streets outside Old St Paul's.
and represented NZ at Waterpolo.
however, is not, and will never
in Perth working for Shell as
Nick Douglas, Matt Thompson
be judged on the number of
an Exploration Geoscientist,
It seems like yesterday that we
and Jason Roche, all hailing from
academic achievements or
exploring for new oil and
walked down the ‘Coll Drive’
the prestigious Northland Primary
sporting awards. We have
gas reserves in Australia and
as students for the last time.
School, teamed up to represent
doctors, administrators, personal
Southeast Asia.
After coming to terms with the
NZ in Handball (the Olympic
trainers, professional sportsmen,
fact that it has actually been
sport, not four-square). David
armed servicemen, teachers,
Sam Templeton, who I had the
ten years since we had the
Plowright traded in his outdoor
lawyers, engineers, investment
pleasure of running into at a bar
honour of donning the black and
football boots for indoor ones
bankers, and sales people all
in Lagos, Portugal only a few
yellow uniform, I have tried to
and played goalie for the NZ
leading the way in their chosen
months ago, has decided after
piece together what everyone
Futsal team. Michael Grain has
fields. I actually think the greatest
working for Weta Digital here in
in our cohort has been doing in
represented NZ in the small-bore
indication of our cohort’s success
Wellington that he is going to
that time. The results are truly
rifle and also cleaned out every
is that we have not had any
take his talents to Berlin.
impressive, so without further
circus he’s ever been to. Jamie
politicians yet!
ado, here is the Class of 2005, ten
Eades definitely takes the alpha-
years on.
male title for our year and has
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Patrick Rosevear co-founded
once said – Great men are not
Nothing tends to work out exactly
able to track you all down.
Michael Hobbs from the Highlanders during the Super 14 match
Tom Bridgewater set up a small
between Stormers v Highlanders at Newlands Rugby Stadium in 2010 in
Oxford Scholars (L-R): Edward Stace, Max Harris and Peter Clark.
business named ‘project’ out of
Cape Town, South Africa.
Read their story on page 46.
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Missing Old Boys
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WCOBA Quadrangular Tournament Beers ‘n’ Bites
o assist us in informing alumni of their forthcoming Reunions, we seek your help in locating the Old Boys listed below.
You may be a relative, friend or colleague and know where they now may be or sadly, if they are now deceased. Either contact
the WCOBA Office or ask him/them to contact us directly, particularly if they wish to know more about their Reunion and/or the 150th
Celebrations. The Class of 1976 are those who would have been in Form 3 in 1972 whether it be at Wellington College or another secondary
school. Likewise, the Class of 1966 would have been in Form 3 in 1962. Many of these have become 'Gone, No Address'.
Class of
1976
Alamsyah, Emir
Allen, Stephen
Arden, Geoffrey
Askew, Neil
Ball, Garry
Ball, Phillip
Batten, Phillip
Bennett, Stephen
Birch, Jonathan
Blake, Ronald
Blanchard, Lance
Bloomfield, Gregory
Braddock, Geoffrey
Broome, Keith
Bullock, Peter
Burry, Andrew
Buswell, Martin
Campbell, Irving
Carr-Gregg, Michael
Chan, Derek
Chan, Keith
Charles, Howard
Charteris, Michael
Chin, Alvin
Chin, Colin
Christian, Grant
Clark, Gregory
Clarke, Geoffrey
Cochrane, Nicholas
Coffey, Joseph
Connor, Mark
Cook, Martyn
Cooper, Paul
Cotton, Derek
Counsell, Robert
Crabtree, Stephen
Crawford, Ross
Crombie, Dwayne
Cunliffe, Paul
Davies, Christopher
de Silva, Christian
Dennison, Dallin
Domanski, Richard
Dozell, Carl
Eastman, David
Economou,
Constantinos
Eddey, David
Eden, Nicholas
Ellen, Thomas
Fitzgerald, Allan
Gandhi, Nitin
Gardiner, Francis
Glossop, Gregory
Graham, William
Gray, David
Gray, Steven
Gregory, Christopher
Grennell, Mark
Greville, Craig
Gruenberg, Allen
Guppy, David
Haines, Philip
Hair, Stuart
Hambling, David
Hamlin, John
Harding, Kevin
Harrison, Geoffrey
Harrison, Wesley
Hawkins, Paul
Heine, Alastair
Hettige, Priyalal
Hettige, Sunil
Hewson, Grant
Hing, Trevor
Hoekman, Mark
Holden, Lewis
Holton, John
Houpt, Anthony
Hoy, Kelvin
Hunter, Richard
Ingram, Mark
Jacques, Anthony
Janssen, Thomas
Jayasuriya, David
Johanson, Paul
Kaye, Christopher
Kerr, Dennis
Kerr-Hislop, Robert
Keyzer, Gerard
King, Denis
King, Graeme
Lambaditis, Evangelos
Larsen, Andrew
Larsen, Roger
Lauchlan, Grant
Lee, John
Lindsay, Kenneth
Lines, Stanley
Little, Neil
Livingstone, Robb
MacAulay, Thomas
MacEwan, Douglas
MacFarlane, Miles
MacGregor, Iain
MacKay, Paul
Major, Dale
Mansfield, Robert
Marklew, Paul
Marriott, David
Marshall, Craig
Mason, Jeffrey
McDonald, Gavin
McInnes, Paul
McKean, Craig
McKenzie, Ewen
McKenzie, Stephen
McLean, Richard
McLeod, Warwick
McNabb, David
McSparran, Gregory
Megennis, Barry
Misirlakis, Michael
Moore, Christopher
Moore, Jeffrey
Morris, Brent
Mullins, Michael
Newson, Lee
Nixey, Philip
Norman, Paul
North, John
O'Connor, Michael
O'Connor, Peter
Olsen, Leonard
Olsen, Paul
Orchard, Leslie
Palmer, John
Parkinson, Roger
Partington, Colin
Patching, Warren
Patel, Ramesh
Payne, Christopher
Petitie, Jonathan
Pilone, Max
Preston, David
Rae, Grant
Read, Alan
Reeves, Derek
Ritchie, Christopher
Roberts, Peter
Robertson, Grant
Russell, Philip
Salisbury, Sean
Scadden, Richard
Seddon, Martyn
Shearer, Stephen
Short, Martin
Sidebotham, Mark
Sim, Bruce
Simpson, Perry
Smith, Brian
Smith, Brian
Smith, Ian
Smith, Stuart
Smyth, Peter
Soma, Suresh
Staines, Andrew
Stapleton, Alan
Stent, Paul
Stewart, James
Sumner, Brent
Taylor, David
Taylor, Michael
Tessier, Timothy
Thomas, Trevor
Thomson, Laurence
Tischler, Richard
Todd-Lines, Stanley
Bay of Plenty Branch Lunch 2014
A
n increase in numbers for the 2014 Lunch, which was held as usual at
Daniels in the Park in Tauranga saw 32 Old Boys in attendance, one
former staff member and three guests including Headmaster, Roger
Moses.
Trask, Maxwell
Tringham, Alastair
Vallance, Ronald
Van den Bos,
Cornelius
Van Vliet, Michael
Vasbenter, Peter
Veld, F
Verberkt, Ronald
Viatos, James
Ward, Thomas
Ward, William
Watts, Jonathan
Wells, Christopher
Welsh, Mark
Whitwell, Gary
Wicherts, Grant-Erle
Williams, Reece
Wilson, Francis
Wong, Christopher
Woods, Peter
Wright, Ian
Class of
1966
Adams-Schneider,
Warren
Alexander, John
Allison, Raymond
Anderson, David
Anderson, Bruce
Arthur, Peter
Bacon, Joseph
Barzukas, Peter
Beatson, Geoffery
Bell, Christopher
Bell, J A
Bittar, Joseph
Blakiston, Roger
Briggs, Richard
Broad, Antony
Brockie, Christopher
Brown, Peter
Caughley, Alistair
Chisholm, Robert
Churchill, Gordon
Crowther, Michael
Darvell, Perry
Davies, Roger
De Bruyn, Jan
Deben, Klaus
Dellow, Dennis
Desmond, John
Diment, Graham
Doig, John
Dollimore, R S
Duncan, James
Farmer, Duncan
Faye, Daniel
George, B S
Gibson, John
Glover, James
Gordon, Richard
Hall, Barry
Harford, Donald
Harley, Robert
Hewett, Erskine
Hough, Theodore
Howard, Keith
Howell, Colin
Huppert, Richard
James, Kerry
James, Rodney
Jenkins, Larry
Lamb, Robert
Langton, William
Lin, Voon
MacGregor, J W K
Maidens, James
Malden, Trevor
Marks, Colin
Martin, Michael
McGrath, Patrick
McGregor, James
McKenzie, Alistair
McLennan, James
McLennan, John
Meagher, John
Molineaux, Raymond
Nicholson, Bruce
Paine, Bruce
Papalii, Moselota
Paris, Angelo
Patterson, B
Paul, Edward
Pottinger, David
Press, A W
Preston, Bruce
Prosser, Dale
Redstone, Peter
Robati, Griffith
Sender, Campbell
Senior, C C
Shirtcliff, John
Simmons, David
Simpson, Athol
Skinner, Perry
Stewart, Anthony
Stewart, Donald
Stewart, John
Sykes, Nicholas
Tangaroa, Nicholas
Taylor, Clive
Thompson, David
Tidy, Philip
Tolley, Nigel
Tomlinson, Paul
Towns, David
Townsend, Martin
Tucker, Bryan
Turner, Hugh
Twigden, Clive
Twist, Neville
Wade, Graham
Walker, Robin
Wamsteker, Nico
Whiteacre, Stephen
Whitwell, Mark
Wilkinson, Dennis
Wood, Laurence
Woolliams, Roy
Wright, Edwin
Young, Bing
Class of 2006...
Please get in touch with your Head
Prefect, Jono Anderson and share
your news and plan your reunion.
The attendees gathered for pre-lunch drinks and much reminiscing
past twelve months, we followed with a roll-call and some memories of
our Beers 'n' Bites Function, held at the nearby Cambridge Hotel and was well attended by both local and visiting Old Boys. The Function
also included former 1st XV members from 1955 to 1995. The evening was filled with many stories and recollections from past Tournaments.
Headmaster, Roger Moses addressed our guests and brought them up-to-date on news from the College. He was also honoured to present Bob
Mitchell (1952-1956) somewhat belatedly, his 1st XV Cap.
Nelson College break 14-year
drought with Quadrangular
Tournament win
N
elson College broke a 14-year drought after beating
Wellington College on their home to win the 89th annual
Quadrangular Tournament rugby title in late June.
Despite the old fashioned 6-3 scoreline, Nelson produced a
Herculean effort to secure their first Quadrangular title since
beating Wellington College in Nelson in 2001 - the result
reflecting both the tightness of the exchange and both teams'
of school days in many instances long passed. After welcoming those
present and acknowledging those Old Boys who had passed away in the
T
he 85th Quadrangular Tournament, hosted by Wellington College was held in late June. On the Tuesday evening, we invited Old Boys to
janderson@sacredheart.school.nz
defensive fortitude.
special times at the College.
It was by no means a dour spectacle as both teams attempted
Graeme Ingham (1951-1954) proposed the Toast to the College and
defence from both teams held firm, as did Nelson's discipline to
was followed by Roger Moses, who spoke with feeling about the many
avoid conceding an equalising kickable penalty.
to give the ball plenty of air in the pristine conditions. The
achievements and notable events at Wellington College of today. As
usual, his speech was well received by all of us. Lynn Morrison (1957-1961)
The elation of the Nelson team on the final whistle, mirrored by
proposed the Vote of Thanks to Roger and this was strongly supported.
the despair of Wellington fully demonstrated the significance of
this victory.
The luncheon finished with a spirited rendition of Forty Years On. The
annual event once again proved to be a most happy occasion.
Barry Ward (1948-1952)
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It was a pleasure to welcome a number of regular Quadrangular
Tournament Old Boys to Office 150 for a coffee before the final matches.
Christ's College beat Wanganui Collegiate 22-0 in the early
2016 QUADRANGULAR TOURNAMENT
is at Christ's College from 4 - 6 July, 2016.
WCOBA Function on Tuesday, 5 July
at the Classic Villa, Worcester Street
kindly hosted by Peter Morrison (1970-1975).
Email oldboys@wc.school.nz for more information
or a friendly reminder closer to the time.
match to secure third place.
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Reunions: CLASS OF 1995
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M
y good mate and colleague
generous contribution to cover
Jamie Crump hit me up
the food, all was set.
Class of 2015: Leavers' Lunch
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a few months ago and
suggested I look at organising
In the classic party style only
the Class of 1995 20 Years On
four people were in attendance
Reunion as he’d done for the
until 8.00pm whereupon we had
class of ’94. I’d missed the ten
a full house within 30 minutes
year reunion so was keen to
or so. It was great to see the
see the lads after 20 years and
vague recognition on the lads
thought I’d at least check in with
faces as they walked in the room,
Stephanie at WCOBA to see if
changing to hearty smiles and
anyone was organising it already.
handshakes.
When she let me know that
The night picked up from there
no one was, I thought why not
and was really rewarding for
and asked for some advice on
me personally seeing everyone
how to go about it. Stephanie
reconnect, in some cases for the
was amazing and sent me the
first time in 20 years!
roll of ‘95 to begin the task of
contacting everyone, and along
I’d like to also say how sad we
with Jamie’s Facebook page from
all were to hear how class of ’95
the previous year for reference
Old Boy, Misiluni Moananu had
I picked a date and cracked on.
lost his battle with cancer and
A shout out to Julian Watt and
passed away only a few days
Bojan Cvetkovic for helping me to
after the event. He had accepted
contact everyone. This was much
the invite and we know he would
appreciated.
have been there if he could . Our
thoughts are with his family.
It was great to see so many Old
Boys living overseas sending in
Thanks again to Stephanie and
their messages about how they
the lads that helped make the
would love to have attended - it
Class of ’95 20 reunion a reality,
was good to see the spirit still
was a blast.
alive.
Euan Howden, Class of 1995
Saturday, 7 November at the
A big shout out to Euan for taking
Cambridge Hotel was the plan,
control and arranging the Reunion.
and with the support of Stephanie
Congratulations Euan!
on behalf of the WCOBA with a
Stephanie Kane.
T
he Year 13 students of 2015 had one last chance to gather and
celebrate together at the annual Leavers’ Lunch, held this year in
the Old Boys’ Gymnasium – the lack of function venues limiting
our options but were well fed by a sumptuous spit roast buffet
prepared by Baxter’s Catering.
It was a happy, relaxed afternoon, full of humour and memories as
students prepared to go their separate ways.
Deputy Head Prefects Adam Blackwell, James Hartshorn and Tom
Schuyt MC’d the Lunch, with nominated students tailoring their special
mentions of their days at Wellington College, the staff and the array of
activities and events over the past five years for their fellow students.
O
ne of New Zealand top comedians and Old Boy, Steve Wrigley
(1993-1997) was the guest speaker at this year’s Class of 2015
Leavers’ Lunch. Steve is a core cast member on the hit TV3
panel show 7Days and quite simply, a stand out comedy talent.
Guest speaker, Steve Wrigley, Year 13 Dean, Steve Lyster and Head
Prefect, George Barton also each gave speeches, in which they
Steve credits Wellington College for producing five of New
congratulated the students on the fine young men they have become,
Zealand’s current top comedians: Dai Henwood, Nic Sampson and
and challenged them to go out into the world with purpose and self-
Joseph Moore - who are regular panellists alongside Steve on
belief.
7Days - plus Raybon Kan.
Headmaster, Roger Moses wished the students’ well for the future,
Steve won the Billy T James award in 2008 and was the first ever
assuring them the school had prepared them well for life beyond
comic to follow that up with back to back nominations for the
Wellington College. With a rousing rendition of Forty Years On,
2009/2010 Fred Dagg award. His live shows during the comedy
the Class of 2015 now become part of the 32,000 plus Old Boys of
festival are always a sellout, and his energetic and infectious
Wellington College.
humour sees Steve as a regular addition to comedy showcases on
television.
Steve’s speech to the students was honest and imaginative, his
genuine love for making people laugh with personal anecdotes of
his time at Wellington College and then beyond won the boys over
and they certainly enjoyed his company.
1996 I
Class of
f you are interested in attending/arranging a Get-Together for the Class of 1996 like the 1993, '94 and '95 ones, drop me
a line and we can get things in motion for 2016. We can contact fellow classmates through email and social media, plus
help with the event itself - logistically and financially. It just needs someone from the cohort to get the ball rolling.
Email Stephanie Kane at oldboys@wc.school.nz
Steve now resides in Auckland and his infectious vigour has
entertained audiences all over New Zealand and, indeed all over
the world delivering humour with the gusto of a comic who loves
his craft and the pleasure it brings to audiences and himself alike.
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2015 Honours for Old Boys
The citations for each recipient are provided by Government House
 BAIN, JOHN, JP
(1959-1963)
MNZM: For services to the
community and sport (QBH)
 HUNN, JOHN
(1951-1955)
ONZM: For services to business
and philanthropy (NYH)
 MARSHALL, MR JOHN, QC
(1960-1064)
CNZM: For services to the law
(QBH)
J
J
J
He has been closely involved in
sports committees, raising funds
for the North Auckland Rugby
Union to successfully bring it into
a sound financial position, and
serving on the Whangarei Golf
Club Committee. In the 1990s, he
joined the Sport Northland Board,
returning in 2011 and fundraising
for a new Sport Northland base.
John has held senior executive
roles in a range of significant
New Zealand companies and is
a Distinguished Fellow of the NZ
Institute of Directors.
ohn Bain has contributed to
the Northland community for
more than 35 years.
John was Whangaruru Rugby
Coach for Māori Youth from
1992 to 1994. He joined the
Whangarei St John Ambulance
Area Committee in 1977 and has
served as its Chairman since 1984.
He helped raise funds to build
a new ambulance station in the
1970s. His has been a member of
the St John Ambulance Northern
Regional Committee, the Northern
Regional Trust Board, and in 2014
he was appointed a Member of
Priory Chapter, National.
John served for 25 years as the
initial founder, Chairman and
fundraiser for the rescue air
ambulance charity Northland
Emergency Services Trust,
helping to get the emergency
helicopter service up and running.
Since 2003, John has been a
member of Northland District
Health Board and the Northern
Regional Council, of which he was
Deputy Chairman from 2000 to
2013.
[John was overseas when the
investitures took place]
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ohn Hunn has contributed to
the community for more than
50 years.
He has been President and
Chairman of Cricket Wellington,
Chairman of Wellington Cricket
Trustees, and member of the
Wellington Regional Stadium
Trust.
His support to charitable
organisations has included a
seven year stint as Chairman
of the Samaritans Wellington
Management Committee and
Chairmanship of New Zealand
NZ Lottery Board Aged Welfare
Grants Board. He has lent
financial and moral support
to emerging artists, including
through the NZ Opera and the
Dame Malvina Major Foundations.
In 2012, he established the
charitable John and Margaret
Hunn Education Trust to support
and encourage tertiary students
and graduates with grants to
enable completion of post
graduate courses and leadership
development.
John has been Chairman of
Wellington Regional Enterprise
Board and the NZ Committee
of the Pacific Basin Economic
Council, and has served on the
NZ Business and Parliament
Trust, the NZ Tourism Council,
and Enterprise Trust NZ.
ohn Marshall was elected
President of the New Zealand
Law Society in 2006 and
oversaw the implementation of
the Lawyers and Conveyancers
Act 2006 in his term.
John previously served in the
positions of Vice President
and Treasurer and was Chair of
the Governance Group for the
Regulatory Review of Services
Operational Improvement
Programme and a member of the
Services Delivery Group. He was
the Society's representative on the
South Pacific Lawyers Association,
which he helped establish.
John was a member of the
Wellington District Law Society
Council from 1995, a member
of the Restructuring Committee
and the Complaints Committee
Convenor, and President in
2003. He was a member of the
organising committee for the
Presidents of Law Associations
in Asia Summit for 2014. He was
a member of the Arbitration
Appeals Panel for the Arbitrators
and Mediators Institute of NZ and
Chair of the Appeals Council and
Admission Appeals Tribunal of the
NZ of Chartered Accountants.
John has been Chairman of the
Wellington College Foundation, a
Trustee of the Todd Foundation,
Convenor of the Book of Order
and Judicial Committee of
the national Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church, and a
member of the Kelburn Normal
School Board of Trustees.
 MARTIN, BRUCE
(1962-1965)
MNZM: For services to tertiary
education (QBH)
B
ruce Martin served as CEO
of the Eastern institute of
Technology (EIT) from 1991
to 2004 and was Deputy Chief
Executive of Aoraki Polytechnic
from 1988 to 1991.
Bruce's leadership of EIT
turned it into a flagship institute
of technology with positive
impacts on the local and regional
economy. During his tenure, EIT
trebled in size and developed
a comprehensive range of
programmes across disciplines
and from certificate to degree
and post-graduate level. He was
instrumental in building positive
relationships and partnerships
both locally and nationally and
worked to lower fees for Hawke's
Bay school leavers through the
provision of scholarships. He was
instrumental in the development
and construction of the Pettigrew
Green Arena, situating it across
from EIT to bring EIT and the
community closer together.
Since stepping down from EIT,
Bruce has become a wellknown and respected education
and management consultant,
including chairing the Board of
the Institutes of Technology and
Polytechnics Quality. He has been
a Board member and at times
Chair/President of a number
of not-for-profit organisations
nationally and in the Hawke's Bay
region.
CNZM: Companion of the NZ Order of Merit MNZM: Member of the NZ Order of Merit NYH: New Year Honours
ONZM: Officer of the NZ Order of Merit
QSM: The Queen's Service Medal
QBH: Queen's B'day Honours
2015 Honours
 PIRANI, MR IAN
(1953)
QSM: For services to
conservation (QBH)
 WINGFIELD, MR BLAIR
(1955-1959)
MNZM: For services to health
and sport (NYH)
I
an Pirani has contributed
to conservation and the
environment.
Ian is a former goat farmer who
has given voluntary service to
wetland preservation and other
farm environment initiatives.
Early in his farming career, he
suggested to his employer to
fence rather than drain a wetland.
Later, he and his wife established
the largest water fowl collection
in Australasia and were the first
people to privately breed whio in
captivity.
He joined the Wellington
Acclimatisation Society as a
councillor in 1964, serving until
1972 and was a Councillor on
the National Acclimatisation for
three years. In 1974 he was a
co-founder of Ducks Unlimited,
through which he and his wife
initiated a Pateke breeding
programme and nesting boxes
for Grey Teal throughout New
Zealand. He strongly advocates
for the profitable live harvest
of feral goats from indigenous
forests for environmental reasons
and for use as a meat export.
Ian has served on a variety of
environmental and farming
boards including the Meat and
Wool Board as a member of the
Goat Advisory Group, on the
Eastern Fish and Game Board,
Bay of Plenty Goat Farmers
Association, the Department of
Conservation East Coast Board,
and the National Trust of Balance
Farm Environment Board.
 ROBERTS, MR IAN
(1943)
QSM: For services to the
community and education (QBH)
I
an Roberts has been a member
of the Lions Club of Kairanga
for 37 years and served as
President in 2004 and 2005.
Ian has been the approved
pyrotechnic leader for the Lions
Club's fundraising fireworks
displays since 1990. He has
organised between ten and
fifteen fireworks displays each
year since, which have raised
hundreds of thousands of dollars
for community causes. Manawatu
displays have audiences in the
many tens of thousands annually.
His role has required in excess of
300 voluntary hours each year to
safely plan and stage the various
displays and to coordinate the
teams who deliver them. His
experience with pyrotechnics
has included making
recommendations for pyrotechnic
displays with government
agencies in the 1990s and has
included recently involvements
with the Environmental Protection
Agency reviewing rules and
regulations pertaining to both
indoor and outdoor pyrotechnic
displays.
Ian has spent more than 30 years
as a school principal and had
more than ten years' experience
as a New Zealand Educational
Institute Counsellor and Industrial
Advocate. After retiring as
Principal of Terrace End School
in Palmerston North, he served
as Chairman of the school's
125th celebrations in 2009. Since
retiring, Ian has had continuous
involvement as a consultant to
schools over the past 15 years.
 SWALLOW, MR PAUL
(1980-1984)
MNZM: For services to the State
and the community (QBH)
P
aul Swallow worked with
the Ministry of Economic
Development from 2004
to 2012 and following the
Canterbury Earthquakes in
2011, he volunteered to assist
Business New Zealand in helping
businesses recover from the
quakes.
Paul became Director of the
Christchurch Earthquake
Appeal Trust in 2012. He led
a team of funding advisors to
distribute nearly $100 million
in donations within three years
of the formation of the Trust.
Having allocated the funds
of the Trust, he moved on to
become the Project Manager
of the Christchurch Justice and
Emergency Services Precinct
building project in 2014. He
has continued to be involved
voluntarily as Director of the
Christchurch Earthquake Appeal
Trust throughout 2014 until only
a small amount of administration
was required.
Paul has volunteered for a
number of organisations
including the Helping Hands
Foundation in Wellington, Youth
for Christ in Lower Hutt, and in
recent years, the Plimmerton
Community Trust. Paul was a key
person in the establishment of
the Parachute Music Festival and
was involved from 1989 to 1994.
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B
lair Wingfield has contributed
sporting and community
services, particularly to
leukaemia sufferers.
Blair was diagnosed with myeloid
leukaemia in 1981. His fight against
this disease determined him to
assist other leukaemia sufferers
with a 'One Stop Shop' to support
Blood Cancer patients and their
families. In 1999 he became
a Trustee of the Leukaemia
and Blood Foundation (now
Leukaemia and Blood Cancer
Foundation New Zealand) and
was Chair of the Foundation for
four years. He was a Trustee of
the South Pacific Bone Marrow
Transplant Trust which put
transplant units into Auckland
and Starship Hospitals. He has
coordinated efforts to diagnose
blood cancer research and raise
funds for haematology treatment
through events such as the '100
Hole Golf Marrowthon'. He was
also instrumental in establishing
the New Zealand Cord Blood
Transplantation Appeal Trust.
Blair has been involved for
many years at Pakuranga and
university sports clubs as a
Referee and Coach of Rugby,
Cricket and Soccer. He has also
contributed to the community for
the past 40 years as a Rotarian.
Blair established the Wingfield
Medal at St Kentigern College,
to be awarded to the student
who exhibits pluck, endurance
or the capacity to triumph over
difficulties.
[John's wife Mary accepted John's
CNZM].
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IN THE NEWS
Here's to 'Mr JPL'
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AUDITORIUM NAMED FOR FORMER DIRECTOR, DR WILLIAM PICKERING
T
he Jet Propulsion Laboratory
(JPL) Projects Centre
Auditorium has been
dedicated in honour of Dr
William Pickering (1923-1927).
Dr Pickering was JPL’s longestserving director who led the
WELLINGTON
COLLEGE’S
35th ALL BLACK
Lab as it created America’s first
successful satellite and sent the
first spacecraft to Venus and
Mars. [JPL is a federally funded
research and development centre
and NASA field centre located
institution for deep-space
what Pickering meant to this
in Pasadena, California. JPL is
exploration. Elachi noted there
organisation and the nation. Under
managed by the nearby California
was a lot of pressure on JPL
Pickering, JPL really became
Institute of Technology for NASA].
during Pickering’s tenure, due to
part of the fabric of the American
William is only one of a selected
the Cold War and President John
culture, part of the nation’s identity,
few that have appeared on the
F. Kennedy’s pledge to safely
said David Crouch of the NASA
cover of TIME Magazine twice.
send astronauts to the moon by
Management Office.
L
ima Sopoaga caught the
Wellington College careers
officer by surprise during
his final year of school. Asked
how to launch things, he said.
retiring from international rugby,
Lima has also been nominated for
youngster said confidently: To be
Wellington rep team.
and signing for Racing Metro,
the Investec Super Rugby Player
and Colin Slade leaving for Pau in
of the Year at the 2015 Steinlager
France next season.
New Zealand Rugby Awards
But Jamie Joseph, who knew the
Leon Grice, consul general of
New Zealand in Los Angeles, said
leaders, dignitaries, current
senior side and by 19 was in the
an All Black.
1969. At that time, we barely knew
In a ceremony in July, past JPL
to outline his career plans, the
Wellington rugby scene well,
He was in the NZ Secondary
understood Lima’s ability and
Just this month, Lima has re-
Schools’ team and had been in
in October 2010, signed him as
signed with New Zealand rugby
New Zealand Rugby general
Colin Slade's understudy for the
and the Highlanders until the end
manager of rugby Neil Sorensen
Highlanders.
of the 2018 season.
said Lima's signing was ‘awesome
Lima helped the NZ U20 team
Lima is pleased to have locked in
Lima is a class act, and has
win its World Cup in Italy in 2011,
his future as he looks forward to a
shown in both the All Blacks
The first five-eighth fulfilled his
but his career has been stalled by
pre-season with the Highlanders
and Highlanders jerseys that he
career goal in the rugby cauldron
two serious injuries. However, his
as they try to defend their Super
has some fantastic skills, said
play has benefited through the
Rugby title. I'm so grateful for
Sorensen. It's exciting to think
when he guided the All Blacks to
influence of Highlanders Assistant
the opportunity to sign to the
that we're just scratching the
Coach, Tony Brown.
Highlanders until 2018, he said.
surface of what this young man
I owe a lot to the coaching staff
can deliver.
employees and many retirees
Key successes under William
William Pickering remained very
packed the venue in Building
included Mariner 2’s successful
connected with his home country,
321 as it was formally named the
flyby of Venus in 1962 and
with a focus on education.
the Wellington College 1st XV
William H. Pickering Auditorium.
Mariner 4’s first close-up photos
His legacy shaped the JPL of
of Mars in 1965.
When Elachi first came here, he
the side through a particularly
for three years. He'd captained
successful season in 2009.
joked, William Pickering was one
today, said JPL Director Charles
William retired in 1976. He died
step below God. But he added that
in 2004. It’s rare that a federally
one of William’s favourite honours
William Pickering joined JPL in
funded building is named for
came when JPLers reverently
1944, and ten years later was
a person, noted JPL Deputy
called him 'Mr. JPL.'
of Johannesburg's Ellis Park,
named Lab Director. When
Director Larry James. It’s a
the Soviet Union launched the
very special day for JPL. We are
William Pickering was pictured
an exciting 27-20 win over South
Sputnik Satellite in October 1957,
honouring a tremendous leader
on the cover of Time magazine on
Africa in July.
William quickly organised a team
who really made such a difference
8 March, 1963: William Pickering:
to design and build Explorer 1,
for science and exploration and
from Roxburgh Street to Venus,
Lima is 24, and it's interesting to
America’s first satellite, launched
for the world. It’s testament to
and again on 23 July, 1965.
see how his game has changed
Elachi.
31 January, 1958. When NASA
was created later that year, JPL
became the agency’s only centre
news’ for Highlanders fans.
He showed his class in this
and the organisation for sticking
year's Super Rugby final, when
by me and allowing me to develop
Meanwhile Joseph, is pleased
he outplayed the Hurricanes'
not only as a player but as a
to have secured the services of
since he left school. He ran
Beauden Barrett. Lima was a
person. I wouldn't be where I am
Sopoaga in the long-term. Lima
the ball more at school, when
decisive factor in the Highlanders
today without the great team
has worked really hard in the past
defences were not as tight, and
winning their first Super title.
culture, team-mates, coaches and
few seasons to develop his game,
medical staff. I'm looking forward
he has grown into a skilful first
to my future with the Club.
five and become an important
his place-kicking has become
staffed and managed by an
educational institution.
Under William’s leadership,
robotic missions to the moon,
Venus and Mars cemented JPL’s
reputation as the pre-eminent
which will be held in December.
Lima had grounds for optimism.
more consistent. Having said
Lima was unlucky to miss out
that, Wellington College rugby
on the All Blacks Rugby World
followers still talk about his
Cup squad of 31 this year. He
Lima has been a key player
What's more exciting is that I
brilliant kicking in Tauranga,
was a standout out performer
for Coach Jamie Joseph in his
don't think he has achieved his full
when he led the school to its only
for the Super Rugby Champions
time in charge of the southern
potential yet and is only going to
National U15 title.
and impressed in his test debut
franchise. He holds the season
get better.
in the All Blacks victory over the
record for points scored by a
Springboks at Ellis Park this year.
Highlander with 191 in 2015. He is
member of our team, said Joseph.
Right: William Pickering (left),
Growing up in the Hutt Valley
James Van Allen and Wernher von
(apart from a year in Dunedin),
Braun display a full-scale model
he naturally wanted to play for
The talented up-and-comer is
most career points on 453 behind
of Explorer 1 at a news conference
the Hurricanes. He was quickly
seen as a vital player for the All
assistant coach Tony Brown.
announcing the successful launch
into the Old Boys-University
Blacks in 2016 with Daniel Carter
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the second-ranked Highlander for
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IN THE NEWS
Wellington College Football has the largest student participation in history
So much for retirement...
ith over 520 registered
W
night and lost 1-3 but at the
Football Old Boys have also
players and 34 teams,
NZSS Premier Nationals
made their mark on the field.
Football continues to grow
at Nelson the following
Daniel Carbonatto-Bowkett
at Wellington College and
month, they enjoyed the best
(2009-2013) and Angus Kilkolly
remains the school's largest
performance by a Wellington
team sport. Eleven teams won
College 1st XI in a decade.
competitions this year but the
s the white hulls of cruise
A
Stationed at key points across the
ships appear once again
city, a team of 90 ambassadors
from behind the headlands
rostered on throughout the
of Wellington harbour, Cruise
season guide visitors around the
(2013) were both members of
Chip Ambassador Mike Pallin
city. A lot of the visitors just want to
Wanderers SC which was a
is getting ready for tourists
catch a local bus and see what the
team from the extended New
flooding into the capital.
city is really like.’
numbers of students not only
They were unbeaten in pool
Zealand U20 squad (Junior All
playing but also coaching and
play and eventually finished
Whites) which played in the NZ
I’m passionate about Wellington,
The Ngaio resident says the
refereeing Football has provided
fifth with just one loss, 0-1 to
National League. Daniel played
and it’s great to get out there and
capital’s cafe reputation has
the real legacy for the code. .
Macleans College, but along
a number of matches for the
show these people what our city
made itself known around the
the way, had accounted for
Junior All Whites and for New
has to offer.
world. A lot of them just want
The 2015 Football 1st X1 coached
Football powerhouses Mount
Zealand A.
by Old Boy, James Webb (1995-
Albert Grammar School,
98), had a sound year. Their
Westlake Boys’ High School
striker, Christian Martin, the son of
and Auckland Grammar School.
Old Boy Russell Martin (1980-84)
A happy James Webb, 1st XI Coach
to get a decent coffee, because
ship volunteer ambassadors to
we live in New Zealand’s capital
The former Deputy Principal of
the coffee on the ship is so bad.
join the team. Mike says to be a
city and we’re only minutes away
Angus was a key player in an
Wellington College for over 20
Obviously, they have a huge range
successful ambassador, you need
from dozens of places to explore
epic Chatham Cup semi-final
years, Mike enjoys showing off
of choices.
to be a certain type of person.
and enjoy.
between his club team, Napier
the city he has lived in for 50
City Rovers and Birkenhead
years to some of the 3000 visitors
Mike taught at Wellington
You need to be passionate about
This is why I joined the Wellington
disembarking off cruise ships.
College for 41 years, eventually
the city, knowledgeable about
Cruise Ambassador volunteer
working as International Director,
Wellington and enjoy talking to
programme when I retired.
people.’
Taking the cable car to the top
was awarded the Golden Boot for
Overall, during the season,
scoring the most goals in the top
the 1st XI played 31 matches in
grade and they won the Champs
competitions and tournaments,
qualification and he was able
by a penalty shoot out with Angus
Cup for topping the points table
winning 22 with seven losses and
apply the latest international
converting his shot to help his
As a cruise ambassador, we offer
which involved showing the best
in the College Sport Wellington
two draws. They scored 126 goals
coaching strategies to his team
team win. On the other side was
suggestions about how they might
of Wellington to international
Youth Premier Competition. They
with 27 against.
students studying at the College.
also retained the Wynton Rufer
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United. The match was decided
2014 1st XI captain, Christian Gray
want to spend their day. When
James is one of a number of
(2012-2014). Other Old Boys have
there are two ships in, there can be
and strolling down through the
Wellington is such an inspirational
Botanic Gardens and through the
city because we are spoilt for
historic Bolton Cemetery back
Trophy, a challenge trophy which
For James Webb, it was a great
Old Boys making a significant
contributed as team coaches and
6000 people on the streets, so we
As visitor numbers increase,
choice for places to go and things
to Lambton Quay always does it
is at stake for all CSW home
return to a team he had played
contribution to Wellington College
managers.
are there to make sure they can
Positively Wellington Tourism
to do. After living in Wellington for
for me.
for, as a student in 1998. James is
Football. A successful Football
find their way around.
is looking for 70 more cruise
50 years, I still pinch myself that
The Dominion Post
currently a Football Development
Academy is in place under
The Wellington College 'Football
Winning the Champs Cup
Officer at Capital Football and has
Academy Coach, Andre Canton
Boys' past and present continue
automatically placed them in
coached extensively overseas
Buckley (2006-2010). The Sir Ron
to make their mark.
the final for the Trevor Rigby
and in New Zealand. The
Brierley Turf really proved its value
Cup against second placed
holder of the top New Zealand
this year with both the Academy
Hutt International Boys’ School.
coaching badge, he is currently
and 1st XI utilising it for early
Wellington College had a bad
undertaking a FIFA Confederation
morning, before school sessions.
games played by the holder.
Marking the 70th anniversary of
WWII’s end in the Pacific
F
ormer fighter pilot Leon
‘Pip’ Piper reckons
a commemoration
Football honours board unveiled
marking 70 years since
World War II ended in the
F
ormer All White and 1980 Football 1st XI Captain, Dave Burgess (1977-1980) and Headmaster, Roger Moses, unveiled the Wellington
College Football Honours Board on the weekend prior to the College’s 1st XI impressively defeating Kapiti College 15-1 on the Sir Ron
Brierley Artificial Turf.
Pacific may be his and
many fellow veterans’ last.
Flight Sergeant Piper, 91, of Plimmerton, was one of about a dozen
The Board honours the Wellington College Old Boys who represented New Zealand in FIFA ‘A’' Internationals, NZSS Reps and 1st XI Captains.
veterans from throughout New Zealand who attended a service at
Wellington’s Pukeahu National War Memorial Park to mark the 70th
anniversary of the war’s end in the Pacific.
During his three-month tour, the then 19-year-old flew as air support
Left: Dave Burgess and the mother of Wellington College’s most capped
All White, Simon Elliott, point out their names. Above: Football Old Boys
and supporters check out the names on the Honours Board.
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hen Barry and Phyllis Tingey met on a blind date, they
had no idea they would one day celebrate their Diamond
Wedding Anniversary. However, this became a reality for
the couple who celebrated 60 years of marriage in October.
for Allied forces during the campaign on the Japanese-occupied island
The pair met on a blind date in 1951 after one of Barry’s
of Bougainville. ‘‘A lot of the veterans from the Pacific are gone, a lot of
friends organised for them to attend a ball together - and they
my mates have died and while it’s nice to remember, life goes on.’’
have been dancing together ever since.
Pip, BSc came from Whakatane High School to Wellington College in
Barry, an Old Boy and former Master of Wellington College
1955, replacing Bruce Cockburn. He left at the end of the following
suffered a stroke last year, which has curtailed his ballroom
year.
dancing but still maintains an active interest in committee
The Dominion Post
matters as well as photography and their family.
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hamber Music New Zealand
career, he leads the Armonico
Reunion at Wellington College
all local talent. We've put on a few
earlier this year, celebrated
Consort's Orchestra in their varied
(Class of 1967). Mark was unable
fundraising musical events over
its 50th Jubilee and followed
programmes of mainly baroque
to do so, but Chris was game. He
the years here, all involving young
up on one of their first contest
repertoire, and in their popular
lives on a houseboat on the Seine
musicians. It's hard work, but very
winners – our very own Bear Trio
and highly entertaining theatrical
near Orly Airport. I went over with
enjoyable. It's a way of paying
– Miles Golding, Mark Jackson
productions such as Too Hot to
my wife Catherine (a singer) and
back the debt I owe to those who
and Christopher Beckett, to see
Handel. He is married to mezzo-
we rehearsed a few sonatas on
supported me and the other Bears
where their music has taken
soprano Catherine Denley, with
one of their grand pianos, while
and all those other young musicians
them fifty years on.
three sons, all of whom are fine
Catherine and Brigitte walked,
in Wellington fifty years ago.
musicians.
talked, and sang and played too.
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Chris and I played at the school,
Recent events?
NZ Final was held on 6 August,
Cellist, Mark Jackson's (1964-
and performed two other recitals
Playing percussion in another
1965. From over 300 entrants,
1967) playing career first led
in Havelock North and at Waikato
production of the Flud de (I lent
ensembles from Auckland,
him to Australia where he was
University. Music still features
them my slung mugs and the wind
New Plymouth, Palmerston
appointed Principal Cellist of the
strongly there, because they know
machine I built, and played them!),
North, Wellington, Nelson
newly-formed Australian Opera
what a powerful beneficial force it
a recording of Purcell's Dido and
and Christchurch played to
Orchestra and then Co-Principal
can be.
Aeneas, and performing three
If you were invited to go to your
Music that the ensembles enjoy with
members of the visiting Vienna
of the Melbourne Symphony
of the best string quartets ever
perfect chamber music contest,
their hearts and minds and souls:
Octet. Speaking through their
Orchestra.
In 2013, Catherine and I, along with
written - late Haydn, late Mozart
what would you like to hear
their joy won't fail to touch other
a local drama teacher, produced
and early Beethoven. And I enjoy
played?
hearts, and they will all be winners.
a Noye's Fludde in our town, using
listening to many kinds of music.
The National Chamber Music
clarinettist, Professor Boskovsky,
the Octet expressed pleasure at
After moving to London, he
the quality of the performances
became a member of the Royal
and awarded first prize to The
Philharmonic Orchestra and then
Bear Trio from Wellington, who
the Co-Principal Cellist of the
had impressed them by their
London Philharmonic Orchestra
musicianship, sense of style and
and appeared on many occasions
the skill with which each player
as guest cellist with the Melos
had maintained the balance of
Ensemble. In 1989, he accepted
his individual part. The finalists
the position of Professor of
What are your memories of
What's your stand-out memory?
received medals and a long-
Violoncello at the Conservatorio
preparing for the Contest?
One of the adjudicators, Alfred
playing record given by the Octet.
Regional do Algarve in Portugal.
Mostly we rehearsed with the
Boskovsky, clarinettist in the
He now lives back in the UK
grand piano in the spacious living
Vienna Octet, was as tall as his
teaching and playing the cello.
room at Chris Beckett's house in
Viennese accent was thick. All
Wadestown, but we had some
that I recall in his speech was
Where are they now?
Before heading overseas, violinist
B
Christopher Beckett (1963-1967)
coaching from violin teacher Ken
his surprise and pleasure to
a brief spell in the original Split
pursued his piano studies in
Magill in a cramped little room in
discover the strength and love
Ends, before they became Split
France, where he was admitted
Firth House at Wellington College,
of music displayed by so many
Enz! However, as a classical
to the Conservatoire National
with a horrible upright piano. I can't
young musicians in such a remote
violinist he furthered his study
Superieur de Musique de Paris
remember how we rehearsed -
country and we were much more
in London with Eli Goren of the
and obtained two first prizes in
we were all so young and hadn't
remote in 1965, and that there was
Allegri Quartet and co-leader
piano and chamber music. As a
learnt how to listen critically, and
such a committed infrastructure
of the BBCSO, and Sascha
professional, he toured the USA,
so we were pretty dependent on
that made it possible.
Lasserson, pupil of Leopold Auer,
Canada and Australia with violinist
those with more experience to
and then embarked on a very
Regis Pasquier and passionate
address crucial technical and
How did you decide on your
successful free-lance career,
about theatre, he accompanied
musical issues. It was very funny
name Bear Trio?
performing with some of the top
the actor-cellist Maurice Baquet
that Wellington College, where
Silly thoughts around the fact
orchestras in London.
and the singer Anne Sylvestre for
music was suffered rather than
there were three of us· a big piano,
nearly thirty years. Christopher
appreciated at the time - sport and
a medium sized cello and a small
Miles became interested in
Beckett teaches at the Music
marching around in platoons and
violin. It was as mundane as that!'
period performance in the late
Conservatory of Sevres.
cleaning Bren guns were the most
(Goldilocks and the ...!)
important extracurricular activities
Academy of Ancient Music,
Recently, violinist Miles Golding
- suddenly realised that they had
Are you still in touch with the
English Baroque Soloists, London
got in touch with CMNZ and the
three musical ambassadors! I am
other members of The Bear Trio?
Classical Players Orchestra
opportunity was taken to ask
thrilled to see that things have
Not for many years, but I renewed
of the Age of Enlightenment
him about his experience of the
improved: the level and breadth of
contact with Chris and Mark a few
and the English Concert. Still
Contest in its inaugural year.
musical activity there is astonishing.
years ago to ask if they fancied
enjoying a busy free-lance
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SIGNING OFF AFTER 26 YEARS BEHIND THE DESK
Miles Golding (1963-1967) had
1970s and worked with the
Myles (on violin) and Chris (on piano) perform at the Class of 1967’s
attending our ‘Forty Years On’
rendan Smyth (1964-1968),
for names and faces. He is also a
Head of Music & Radio for
big music fan who counts many
NZ On Air announced his
of New Zealand’s biggest pop
retirement after 26 years in the
music names as friends; NZ On
role.
Air was involved with the likes
of Bic Runga and Brooke Fraser,
As a civil servant and master of
Shihad, OMC, Scribe, Kimbra, Gin
government bureaucracy, he had
Wigmore; The Naked + Famous,
the responsibility for the small
the feelers, Opshop and many
packet distribution of $4.7M of
more before they became
taxpayer’s funds into the local
household names.
Brendan Smyth (left) with Mark De Jong after he was presented with the
Industry Champion Award earlier this year.
music economy annually.
Earlier this year, at the Music
Thirty-something when he
Managers’ Forum Music Awards,
became the new NZ On Air’s
Brendan was given the ‘Industry
Radio Manager, he is now an
Champion’ Award for 2015.
impressively youthful 65-year-
Brendan’s contribution to New
old Kiwi music industry veteran
Zealand music is incomparable,
who is widely held in extremely
being responsible for all music
high regard, in the local
funding given by NZ On Air and
music community and also
helping to develop many of NZ
internationally.
On Air’s initiatives that support all
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French lessons learnt by NZ expats
LOOKING RIGHT
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ark Forgan (1993-1997) and
used to presenting one or two
Jamie Standen started their
ideas at a time. In that respect,
ad careers at Clemenger
the culture shock worked in both
BBDO Wellington, then six years
directions!
later moved to the opposite side
he Wellingtonian Newspaper
T
better place. He was a big pointer.
interviewed Wellington
He'd point at you and say, Your
businessman Tim Brown
job is X. That would most likely be
(1971-1975) about working for
totally different to your other roles.
Lloyd Morrison, Fringe Festival
You’d end up with lots of different
and being hit by a bus.
part-time functions that made a
of the world and became French,
So teams work differently in
at least a little bit. First stop was
Paris?
Y&R Paris, then CLM BBDO Paris.
When we talk about a team
Are you Wellington born and
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full-time role.
presenting one or two ideas, it’s not
bred?
As Wellington Airport Chairman,
In 2012, the pair left with the
to say they’re lazy. It’s more that
Almost. I moved here from
what's your view of the runway
ECDs, Jean-Francois Sacco and
they prefer to craft something up
Christchurch when I was 12 and
extension?
Gilles Fichteberg, to help them
before presenting it, whereas we’re
went to Wellington College and
It would be a tremendously good
and ex Publicis president Jean-
still quite comfortable showing
Victoria University. My parents
outcome for Wellington. I can't
Patrick Chiquiar launch a new
squiggles on paper. The emphasis
moved on to Auckland, but I had a
think of anything else that would
What do you love about
unbelievable. It made me feel like
a very valued person. But I was
agency, Rosapark Paris.
on craft is huge in France. If given
romantic attachment that kept me
have as big an impact. The
Wellington?
the choice between something
in Wellington, so I didn't go.
interesting part is that it's going
I don’t know anyone here who
very fortunate. I'm a naturally
to require ratepayer and taxpayer
doesn't give something back. I
inquisitive sort of person, so to
money. That creates a challenge,
was talking to the Phoenix owners
experience intensive care in the
hospital was interesting in itself.
Why did you both move to
beautiful with no idea, and a great
France?
idea that looks a bit stink, many
Did that pan out?
We get asked this question almost
French creatives would be torn in
Well, we're married and still live
because people are often
at the game on Sunday. For most
every day, but there’s still no clear
two. In New Zealand we used to
together and have three children,
suspicious about socialising
of them football isn't their first love,
So overall it was positive. You
answer! We’d done about six years
present to the client concepts that
so I think it was a good call!
cost, but privatising profit. How
such as Rob Morrison who is super
only have a few moments in your
at Clemenger BBDO in Wellington
were drawn up by the art director –
that issue unfolds is going to be
keen on rugby.
life where things go really wrong.
and wanted to see a bit of the
does that still happen anywhere? It
Was finance always your career
fascinating and the solution won't
world. London’s a pretty classic
certainly doesn’t here.
goal?
be easy. It's something that could
So why did they get involved?
yourself and those around you in
I actually wanted to be a journalist.
stop the extension going ahead.
For Wellington. The Wellington City
those moments.
move, but we thought we’d go a
Often you learn more about
Council has also been fantastic
few hundred kilometres further
Where are you working now?
at the agency. On top of that,
were scanned to a sound that
I did economics at Victoria. Out
and see what France was like. We
After a stint at BBDO Paris working
the agency is in a district of Paris
represented the product. Milk
of the 13 in the class, twelve went
You are also involved with the
because it will embrace those
Do you still jaywalk?
didn’t have a job lined up when we
mainly on Pepsi International, we
that is famous for craft, in terms
made a ‘mooo’, eggs made a
to work for the Government and
Fringe Festival.
types of partnerships. Mountain·
My wife has become my crossing-
arrived. We just turned up with our
left with the executive creative
of things made by hand. On our
‘cluck’, tissues a sneeze, and so
I worked in finance. I figured that
It's a great event. There's a
biking is a good example of that.
the· road policeman, so I’m not
portfolios under our arms, which
directors, Jean-Francois Sacco
street there are guys working with
on. But we are working on more
all businesses require money, so
fascinating entrepreneurial aspect
They get funding for the tracks
admitting to anything! She was
if I learnt about finance I could
to it. The performers don't need
and other infrastructure, but do
more affected by it than me, so I
was pretty naïve in hindsight,
and Gilles Fichteberg, to help
brass, people making the plaster
and more international accounts,
but everything worked out in the
them and ex Publicis president
moulures that you use to jazz up
notably Thalys, the trans-
get a job at The Economist. But I
much, just help with how to sell
the work themselves through
don't risk it now and cross at the
end - there are worse things than
Jean-Patrick Chiquiar launch a
your ceiling, and around the corner
European train network, and
immensely enjoyed it, so I stayed.
tickets or find a theatre and Fringe
volunteers.
lights.
spending the summer months
new agency, Rosapark Paris. To
there’s Hermès Atelier where
Brother International, who are
unemployed in Paris. Just as our
start a fresh agency was a huge
they’re stitching everything by
based in the UK.
savings were running out, we got
challenge, with all hands on the
hand. So the French have given us
a job at Y&R Paris. That was when
pump trying to win business and
craft, and in return we gave them
they realised we didn’t speak
grow the agency. It’s our first gig
BBQ. One of our first acts was to
gives them the template to do that.
What do you enjoy about it?
There were about 1000 people
Do you mountain bike?
I'm quite a challenging sort of
involved last year, who were willing
Yes. It's one of the sports you
What was the agency’s first
person and like pushing boundaries.
to have a punt and strut their stuff.
need to do with other people. I've
creative success?
Finance is dominated by
Sometimes it’s truly terrible, but
recently joined a group of guys
as creative directors too, and after
install one on our agency deck,
We created human emoji for our
traditional ways of doing things - it
other times you find the next Flight
who go riding most Saturday
Is it true what they say about
the initial year of pitching we had
we fire it up every Thursday night.
client Innocence in Danger, which
worked yesterday so we will do
of the Conchords or (composer]
mornings. I've encountered all
long lunches in France?
Was it a culture shock to be
to then get the creative reputation
Lamb chops are called côtelettes
turned out to be something people
the same thing today. I enjoy the
Gareth Farr.
these new tracks I didn't know
Unfortunately not! People in
working in a French agency?
up and visible. The Brother ‘Circus’
d’agneau in French, which makes
really wanted to see - or not see,
challenge of trying to get people
existed, especially on Makara
agencies here have as little
Day to day, for sure. People
TV commercial was our first
them sound flash as.
they’re pretty hideous. They were
to look at and do things differently.
What's your favourite arts event?
Peak. There are tracks there where
time and as many briefs as
smoking inside, creatives pitching
experience in the creative director
widely shared around the world.
I’ve been fortunate to work for
I love the opera. It’s so well done.
you can end up on the south coast.
people in agencies elsewhere.
up to work at 11am, kissing
chair and it’s had a great response
Are your clients mostly French?
The ‘dog fat pants’ campaign was
people who have allowed me to
I admire it when people haven't
If you had your diving gear you
All the stuff about the holidays
everyone on the cheek when
in the international shows we’ve
The majority of them are. Our
in a similar category - a simple
do that.
just said, Let's just turn up and
could just jump in and catch some
is true though - Paris in August
you walked into a meeting -
entered so far.
biggest client is a French urban
image that people loved to see and
put on a show. We are little old
crayfish and five minutes later be
is actually a ghost town, except
supermarket called Monoprix
share. A great image still seems
What was it like working for
New Zealand so it’s not going
back in the city. Where else can
for a few tourists. We prefer to
you do that?
work during this time, there’s
French.
suits, clients, even the dudes. In
French lessons learnt
by NZ expats from page 44
terms of working in the creative
Is Rosapark more French, or
who have won a whole lot of
to be an easy, effective way to get
Lloyd Morrison?
to be good anyway. I've seen La
department, we just kept up the
internationally minded?
design and packaging awards for
someone’s attention, including
He was a genuine visionary. What
Scala in Milan and in Wellington
habits we’d learnt from
We really try to have the best of
their own label products. They’re
and especially online - the surfer is
was inspirational was that he really
and I thought it was way better in
In 2012, you were hit by a bus in
Duster at Clemenger BDDO:
both worlds. As we said, one thing
always up for creative work. Last
scrolling at 100kph and you got to
wanted to make the world a better
Wellington. What they produce is
Willis St. How do you view that
generating lots of ideas as fast
we’ve learnt from the French is a
year, for example, we changed
stop them in their tracks!
place, whether it was symbolic, like
riveting.
now?
So do you speak French yet?
as we could, which put a bit of
strong emphasis on craft, and this
the supermarket checkout ‘beep’
trying to change the flag, or other
It was a life affirming moment. The
Si señor! Oh @#$%, hang on...
pressure on other teams who were
is something that’s really valued
when Monoprix branded products
things about making Wellington a
support of the people I know was
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no one in the office to disturb
us.
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Endless possibilities for these
Oxford academics
O
n page 31, there is mention
10kg but it hasn't put me off. I am
of three Class of 2005
currently rowing with the Oxford
members who achieved
University Boat Club, trying to earn
considerable academic success
a seat in the Boat Race against
– winning scholarships to study
Cambridge on the Tideway. It'll be
at Oxford University. We caught
a tough slog through winter to try
up with the three of them to see
and make the crew but I'll give it
what they are up to.
my best shot.
Edward (Ed) Stace said, it’s
The Rugby World Cup has been a
amazing to think it's been ten
great opportunity to catch up with
years since I left Wellington
some of the guys who've come
College. The photo of the three
from back home and I am certainly
of us was taken at Zappis Bike
looking forward to a trip home
Shop and Café – oddly decorated
soon to catch up with everyone.
with NZ Triathlon and Cycling Kits
The Biski is a two-wheeled
(1953-1956) company [Gibbs
motorcycle powered by a two-
Amphibians] has unveiled
cylinder 40kW engine. It can
three new amphibious concepts
hustle along at 80km/h on land
– a side-by-side off road vehicle
and, once its wheels are tucked
(ORV) and two and three-wheel
into the aluminium hull, can
road legal motorcycles. Just
reach 60km/h on water. The
like all other Gibbs’ amphibians,
company says it can cope with a
the three new concepts can
rider weighing up to 120kg.
transition between water and
land, in seconds retracting
The road-legal Triski gets one
their wheels and switching to
more wheel, a much more
jet propulsion at the touch of a
powerful engine and a slightly
button.
bigger payload rating. Its
turbocharged two-cylinder
Oxford Scholars (L-R): Edward Stace, Max Harris and Peter Clark
left over from the 2012 London
Max Harris was elected as an
Peter said, my work has been
journals, and also spoke at a few
Olympics. The NZ team were
Examination Fellow at All Souls
on designing and making small
conferences during his Oxford
based in Oxford and made Zappis
College, Oxford in 2014. The prize
molecule inhibitors of some
time.
their home base.
fellowship is one of the world’s
proteins implicated in cancer
most competitive and prestigious
and other diseases, towards
[I am sure we will see these three
academic awards. Max, out of
boosting understanding about
in future Lampstands as their
I'm at Balliol College, just finishing
usinessman Alan Gibbs’
The side-by-side Terraquad is
engine is rated at 100kW, good
160km/h Aquada sportscar of
developed two high speed
based on the earlier Quadski
enough for 135km/h on land. But
2003 and featured in previous
amphibious trucks called
platform and adds roof bars and
the three-wheeled design slows
Lampstands.
Phibian and Humdinga.
a rear load deck. At 690kg it’s
it down on water, where its limit
heavier than the Quadski but
is 65km/h.
3/12/2015
uses the same 104kW engine for
speed amphibious vehicle
Read more on Gibbs Amphibians
and 65km/h on water.
Alan’s first vehicle was the
technologies. He has also
at www.gibbsamphibians.com
ymon McQuade (1992-
A
What excites you about the
1994) was appointed to the
industry?
Executive Director role with
It's constantly evolving. There's
New Zealand Specialty Coffee
always a new coffee or people
the proteins, and which hopefully
academic studies and career
DPhil in Musculoskeletal Sciences.
as a Judge’s Clerk for the Chief
leads towards new treatments for
paths develop. Editor].
Oxford has been fantastic and
Justice. He won a Rhodes
the diseases. I am starting a post-
Association. In recent years,
getting involved who are
the year has flown by with many
Scholarship to Oxford and with his
doctoral fellowship in Vancouver
INTERNATIONAL
ACCOLADE
he has been heavily involved
passionate about coffee and
with many coffee competitions
about sharing coffee with other
including the AeroPress NZ
people, like I am.
A
Barista Champs as both judge and
What's your favourite way to
competitor, and the World Barista
make coffee?
Champs in 2012 based in Vienna.
Filtered, with no milk and
The Balliol, Rhodes Scholar and
Oxford student communities are
opportunity to pursue research in
any field he wished.
brilliant and I'm very lucky to be
here.
in November, where I will be
doing similar work, but targeting
processes that are involved in
both cancer and a number of
The prize gives Max funding for
neurological diseases, including
up to seven years to do any kind
Alzheimers and Parkinsons.
Victoria University student
has won an award for
research into where the
I'm working as part of a team
of writing or research - and at the
to design a surgical implant to
moment, says Max, I’m working on
I have continued playing rugby
could be accommodated
improve tendon repair rates.
a book project on New Zealand
and powerlifting from my College
after a major natural disaster.
Instead of using different chemicals
politics. Before this I did Master's
and University days, but I wasn't
and molecules to influence cell
degrees in law and public policy.
able to play rugby in Oxford as my
Master of Architecture student
behaviour, we are modifying
When time permits, I play cricket
supervisor literally would not let me
Ben Allnatt's (2004-2008)
the surface architecture at the
(at a pretty low level), and social
out to play. I had to try alternative
thesis, Plan B Hive􀂑: An outpost nano-scale to get cells to grow
Football and social Touch Rugby.
sports that had early training slots
in the Hinterland, won the
and function more favourably
I've also debated for Oxford and
- after a year of training, I am still a
Institution category of the
for tendon regeneration. It's a
done some work for homelessness
horrific archer. Instead, for the past
2014 International Architecture
fantastic team and the facilities
charities.
three years, I have actually become
Thesis Awards.
and equipment we have are really
New Zealand Government
a Cheerleader (apparently 13 years
gibbsamphitrucks.com
The Wellingtonian Digital Edition
by Alan and pioneers high-
Pictured right with his Quadski,
Auckland University was selected
2014 prize has had an incredible
They can be seen on www.
Gibbs Amphibians was founded
a top speed of 80km/h on land
year one of three, reading for a
adventures, conferences and trips.
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THE COFFEE
EXECUTIVE
Brewers Cup, Huhtamaki NZ
unadulterated. From the farmer
The Wellingtonian Newspaper
to the roaster there's a lot of work
interviewed Aymon about coffee
done to create the characteristics
bean origins serving the rich and
in a coffee, so I want to taste them.
Yes. I grew up in Plimmerton and
got massive state housing blocks
have been living in Mt Cook for
on one side and some of the most
What's the best way to ruin a
three years. Before that I lived in
opulent pieces of real estate in the
coffee? By drinking tea!
Brooklyn, then Hataitai.
country on the other. The people
Usually three or four, mostly at
Do you judge tea drinkers, then?
Where did you train as a barista?
in the same community. I've been
home. If I go a few days without
No. I actually work for Bell Tea
On the job. I stayed at Parade Cafe
to the carnival a few times. It's
one I tend to get a headache.
and Coffee company two days a
about a year, then worked as a
such a wonderful melting pot of
week. I've worked there 5 1/2 years
barista in Sydney, and at a wine
cultures expressing themselves in
Has the coffee industry changed
as a lower North Island sales rep.
bar in Melbourne. After that I went
music, food and dance.
in New Zealand?
When I'm at the company's Gravity
to London. I started working in a
In the last few years a lot of
Coffee headquarters in Auckland,
pretty crummy bar and grill. Then
Did you serve any celebrities?
companies have employed coffee
I attend cupping events where
one of the staff started working at
The Club was mostly for arts
specialists, who have to ensure the
you can sample the new teas and
famous at Notting Hill.
How many coffees do you drink
a day?
associated with each mill around
After completing a Bachelor of
of lifting locks in the line-out and
Inspired by the 2011
Biomedical Science and an MSc
five years of powerlifting are ideal
Christchurch earthquake,
I rowed for both the Balliol College
at Victoria University, Peter Clark
training for throwing girls up to
Ben’s thesis proposes an
and Oxford University Lightweight
won a Woolf Fisher Scholarship
five-metres in the air). I also ran the
alternative government
Rowing Club against Cambridge.
and went to Oxford to study for
College Bar for a year, and made
outpost could be established
Electric House, a members' club in
people - anyone from actors to
(This isn't the big race in London
a DPhil (read PhD) in Organic
the most of the Oxford social circle.
quality of coffee. There's a growing
coffees. I enjoy trying new and
on the outskirts of Wellington.
Notting Hill, and she poached me.
screenwriters to casting agents. I
but that's the next goal). Sadly we
Chemistry. His final exams are on
number of roasters going directly
interesting things, whether its beer,
The Wellingtonian
That was good fun.
saw Elle Macpherson, Kate Moss,
lost our race by only four feet, after
as this magazine goes to print.
to the source of their coffee and
wine, food or coffee.
world leading.
six months training and dropping
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Peter has had a few articles
published in international science
having a direct relationship with
the farmers.
Are you Wellington born and bred?
Sting and Mick Jagger, but I didn't
What was Notting Hill like?
fawn over them. I just gave them a
I love how eccentric it is. You've
bit of Kiwi hospitality.
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IN THE NEWS
IN THE NEWS
BACK on the road again for Adam
H
aving cycled from London
him in for a meal and a bed. This
to New Zealand from
great hospitality has continued.
2011 to 2013, Adam Glover
(1986-1989) has picked up
MOVE ENDS INTERNATIONAL CAREER
I
One night Adam was put up in
a hotel for free by a local radio
n February this year, New
Although the decision closed
Zealand allrounder James
the chapter on playing for
Franklin (1994-1998)
NZ again I know I've been
incredibly fortunate to
where he left off. Cycling out of
station. His most interesting host
signed a two-year deal with
Wellington in March this year, on
was when he spent a night with
Middlesex, a move that
have spent over a decade
firemen in a local fire station in
has ended his international
being involved playing
Montana.
career.
international cricket, and
what he says he expects will be
another two-year adventure and
Argentina while fundraising
for the New Zealand Asthma
Foundation is the intention.
It didn't take long for Adam’s
James, a veteran of 179
greatest memories and
first snow encounter. While
international appearances
experiences in cricket
crossing the last mountain pass
for NZ, qualified as a non-
playing with the Silver Fern
into Pittsburgh, Adam made the
overseas player courtesy of
on my cap.
Pittsburgh Tribune after getting
When we caught up with Adam
caught in a blizzard. The local

Irish ancestry. Both parties
have the option to extend
I'm delighted to have
the deal by another year if
secured James' services,
mutually agreed.
Middlesex's Director of
the 10,000km mark. His travels
when he saw a cyclist coming
so far have seen him cycle from
over the top of the pass while it
 Adam, alongside the Alaskan Pipeline.
 Not even a chilly Arctic Ocean would stop Adam from taking a dip.
 Clear skies in Montana ensured a smoother ride.
Wellington to Auckland, where
was snowing.
Adam has had to become very
The mud and rain were the worst
James last represented
‘Bear Aware’. Especially while
part. Rather than drinking his
in September, he had just passed
Talent spotting pays off
have had some of my
challenge. Cycling 40,000km
from Wellington to Alaska to
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reporter couldn't believe his eyes
he then picked up a ride on a
Cricket, Angus Fraser
R
ugby fans can thank two
ultimately, contest the 2019 World
Old Boys, Chris Lendrum
Cup and at the same time, fending
(1994-1998) and Ben Castle
off those offers made by overseas
(also an England selector)
(1993-1997) for securing a
clubs and league franchises.
NZ in a Test just over two
said. At the end of the 2014
number of player contracts to
season we sat down to
play professional rugby in New
Both have been at the forefront
Zealand.
of contracting the country's
container ship that took him
Adam says his close call
camping out. His first real bear
water, he was having to use it to
years ago. While he has not
across the Pacific, through the
hasn't been with traffic. It was
encounter came in the Yukon on
clean his bike, because the gears
played an ODI since June
analyse our shortcomings
Panama Canal and after 25 days,
in Montana where he was left
The Alaskan Highway. He had
were jamming up regularly. Snow
2013, he was part of New
and felt that we needed to
he arrived in Philadelphia on the
shaking and rather pale after
his trigger on his bear spray after
again found Adam as he crossed
Zealand's 30 Probables for
add quality, consistency
Head Prefect in 1998, Chris is
Rugby Teams, All Blacks Coaches
and nous to our squad.
New Zealand Rugby’s Player
and player agents. They remain
James will provide this. He
Services & Integrity Manager, and
confident the majority of New
Zealand’s influential young
West Coast of the USA.
accidentally coming face to face
been approached by a black bear
Antigun - the highest road pass
the World Cup squad. He
with a rattle snake.
on the road.
in Alaska. Despite the tough times
has relocated to London
it was all worth it, said Adam. The
permanently with his family
is fit, strong and motivated.
is responsible for managing the
landscape was out of this world
and acknowledged the
He has a lot to offer and
employment of New Zealand’s
players will stay loyal to the
continues to perform to a
professional players. He has led
black jersey. The attrition and
high level wherever he plays.
player contract negotiations for
movement offshore is a constant
the NZRU since 2010 and has
part of the game. It's an economy-
His first goal was to then reach
the end of the Dalton Highway,
elite, liaising with players, Super
Adam’s journey has created
In August, Adam made it to
(the same road used in the TV
some interest which has led to a
Alaska and after reaching
and he said, he was travelling
decision made has ended
programme Ice Road Truckers),
number of live radio interviews
Fairbanks, started the toughest
slow enough to see a hand full of
his international career.
the most Northern public road in
and making some North
part of his trip so far, cycling
Caribou. More excitingly, Wolves,
Alaska and gateway to the Arctic
American papers and even radio
the 800km beside the Alaskan
Dall sheep, Muskoxen and lots of
He replaces Gareth Berg,
It will be a nice little
been recently joined in that role
to-scale issue and unfortunately
Grizzly Bears.
the allrounder whose
lifestyle change for the
by Ben as the Manager of Player
for everyone who is a fan of New
retirement through injury
whole family, to be based
Relationships.
Zealand rugby it's here to stay, said
To mark his arrival, Adam dipped
last year left a gaping hole
in London for a couple of
his front wheel and then himself
in the Middlesex team.
years, James said.
Ocean at Prudhoe Bay.
news bulletins.
Pipeline on the 75% dirt
Dalton Highway all the way to
In the States, Adam cycled out
Adam says he enjoyed crossing
through Pennsylvania, Ohio,
the States as it was like a history
Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin,
lesson as he constantly passed
The hills were steep and Adam
in the very chilly sea. Having
Minnesota, North Dakota and
places of notable historical
said he spent more time pushing
reached the Arctic Ocean, Adam
While I'm very honoured
Montana.
events such as Gettysburg and
his bike than ever before, fully
is now planning to head to the
the American Civil War.
laden with two weeks food. At
Deadhorse.
Ben is a former professional rugby
All Blacks on the international
player. He began his career with
stage helps ensure that they
Having an Irish grandfather
the Bay of Plenty Steamers in
remain the most attractive
to be joining Middlesex for
has enabled James to sign
2002 and went on to represent the
proposition for young players to
bottom of South America. This
the next few years, I want
for Middlesex as a local.
Chiefs and the Junior All Blacks.
aspire to.
They will be the fifth county
Ben left offshore to continue his
one point, it was 400 km between
will see him pass through Mexico,
to first take my cap off to
Adam was invited in by some
Having crossed into Canada, his
services. After four days, Adam
Belize, Guatemala, Honduras,
Wellington, for whom
locals and after dinner, learnt his
route north took him through
crossed the Arctic Circle.
Nicaragua, and Costa Rica
I've had a hugely
host was the Amish Mafia. The
British Columbia, Alberta and the
followed by Panama, Columbia,
On his first day on the road,
second day, more locals invited
Yukon.
career in 2008 where he played
More recently, Chris has just
previously enjoyed
in Australia for the Western Force
returned from the Rugby World
enjoyable and
a decent stint at
and in France for Toulon. He later
Cup, having seen the efforts of the
Ecuador, Bolivia, Peru, Chile
memorable career
Gloucestershire
joined the Welsh regional team
team’s negotiation skills come to
and Argentina over the next 18
in New Zealand,
and shorter
Newport Gwent Dragons. Ben
fruition. I would say the experience
months.
James said. It's
ones at Essex,
retired from professional rugby in
there was a wonderful culmination
Glamorgan and
2012.
of four plus years of hard work
been an absolute
You can find out more
privilege to play for
about Adam’s trip at
adamglovercycling.com
A link to his fundraising page for

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
Chris. The ongoing success of the
Asthma can be found here as
he's played for, having
for a large number of people
Nottinghamshire.
Wellington for over
As contract negotiators, Chris and
involved with the team. It was very
15 years.
Ben’s priorities are locking in the
rewarding to see the team deliver a
next generation of professional
result that is so meaningful to the
rugby players ready for the
rugby community and the country.
British and Irish Lions in 2017 and,
well.
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IN THE NEWS
Singing about Wellington
SURVIVOR’S BOOK IS A WORLD FIRST
M
E
usician Andrew Laking
Why does Irish music appeal?
(1998-1992) talks to the
I like how it tells a story. It's a very
Wellingtonian Newspaper
organic music, and so is the music
ach year nearly 3000 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer in
Blasted by Seeds is Tom McGrath’s story of his
diagnosis,
the difficult
process
of selecting
a treatment,
first of its
kind in the
world to
describe
brachytherapy
treatment
and writing songs about
do music courses; they learn off
from the patient perspective - shows that success can come out of
Wellington.
other people from a young age. It's
adversity.
blood test returned an atypical result. He soon found
and the anxiety of ‘making the right choice’.
Tom never suspected he had cancer, until a chance
passed down through generations
himself in a urologist’s surgery discussing the early
stages of the disease.
Based on
a personal diary and medical correspondence, Blasted by
- there's history behind it.
This book details the brachytherapy procedure Tom
Seeds covers
the period from 2007 when Tom underwent PSA tests
Why did you move there?
underwent, and the long post-op period of
and a biopsy
to establish
theAextent
the disease.
He then had to
medication
and testing.
centralof
theme
of
Blasted by SeedS • Tom mcGrath
this new
book Blasted
by Seeds
McGrath
(1966-1970) – the
experience
with prostate
cancerby
—Tom
the tests,
biopsies,
scene in Ireland. They tend not to
I met an Irish musician in
How did what you learned in
Wellington and when his visa
Ireland compare to your formal
ran out he said that Ireland was
music training?
quite a good spot for music, and
I was surrounded by music - totally
that maybe I should think about
absorbed by it. I wasn't studying it,
heading there. So I did. It was
but I was playing along in sessions
hotel in Amsterdam. Each day we'd
being disappointed by how mild
supposed to be for a year for a
and learnt a lot. More than
drive to a different place and the
the winter was. I was keen for a
Major
change of scene and to see what
anything, I became very familiar
bus would back into the venue.
good solid winter. It can be pretty
of a potentially life-threatening disease, having to make decisions
it was like living in Europe, but I
with how it works and functions.
We'd perform and then get back on
miserable in winter in Ireland, but
with long-term
effect mountain
based on
limited
American dancing,
biking,
and knowledge, and maintaining
the bus. There's really only two or
the communities have been built
patience and determination until a point is reached where doctors can
three towns in Holland as I recall.
for it.
confidently advise success.
stayed for ten years.
Your band, Gráda, has toured
story
how he ‘gets
on with
life’ in several
spite
select athe
form
of istreatment
from
amongst
options.
of a potentially fatal disease.
Tom McGrath has had a varied career,
The story
focuses
oninspection,
his choice
low dose rate brachytherapy and
including
factory
trade –
unions,
parliamentary
research, and teaching. He is
post-procedural
challenges.
a contributing author to books on
employment relations and human resource
management, and recently taught
issues
in theDiploma
narrative
include
coping
New Zealand
in Business
courses
at a private training institute.
with unpredicted discovery
swimming. He is married to writer Julia Millen.
extensively. In how many places
in Irish culture and music?
have you performed?
What was it like coming back to
Your latest project, The Empire
Tom was born and educated in Wellington. After attending Wellington
Yes, I studied at the
At least 1500 cities. We toured
New Zealand?
City, is a CD and book of
College then university, he embarked on a varied career, including
Conservatorium of Music [now
for ten years and used to tour
There's not as much music going
songs about Wellington. Why
secondary school teaching in the mid 1970s. Following this he
New Zealand School of Music]
for months on end. One year we
on here as in Ireland. But overall
Wellington?
worked as a factory inspector, and later as a union organiser and a
and started getting into folk music.
were on the road for 220 days.
there's a lot of creativity and music
When I moved back here I'd been
parliamentary research officer during the period of the 1984-1990
My brother lived in Scotland for a
We toured a lot in Europe and the
happening. New Zealand is a
immersed in the Irish folk scene
Labour Government. From 1988 to 2011, he was an academic staff
year and came back with lots of
United States. Also we toured in
small country though, and bands
for so long, singing songs about
member at a tertiary education institution and specialised in teaching
interesting songs. I got to know
Asia, Australia and New Zealand.
have a shelf life. Small populations
Ireland. I turned towards writing
employment relations and human resource management. He currently
make it harder. There's only so
songs about where I was living. I
works part-time teaching New Zealand Diploma in Business courses at
a private training institute.
were involved in folk music and it
Does touring get boring?
many times people can go to
didn't set out to write the album,
evolved from there.
We toured the Netherlands once,
your concert. In Europe, we'd just
but I'd written a few songs about
and did about 30 shows. It's a tiny
pop over to Germany and the
Wellington and thought it would
Tom holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) and a Master of Public Policy
country, so we stayed in the same
demographic multiplied.
be interesting to flesh it out and tell
degree from Victoria University of Wellington, and a Diploma in
the whole story.
Business Studies from Massey University. He has written chapters in
www.andrewlaking.com
course of his academic work. His recreational interests include Latin
dancing, mountain biking and swimming.
Blasted by Seeds by Tom McGrath
One man’s account of diagnosis and treatment for prostate
cancer through low dose rate brachytherapy.
RRP $35.00, ISBN 978-0-9922603-4-7
Soft cover, A5, 150 pages. First published June 2015
Writes Hill Press Ltd, PO Box 23 032, Wellington.
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the 19th Century till the present day. Stories are told through song,
THE REPORTER: TVNZ reporter Chris Chang (2000-
text, paintings and photographs and offer a creative insight into the
2004) joined the newsroom three years ago as an
history of life in the capital city.
intern but quickly rose through the ranks, to make
his way onto the company's flagship bulletin. From
The book includes a CD with original songs by Andrew Laking,
sports and weather to serious news reporting, Chris
and features a number of exceptional guest artists including Bret
has proven he can turn his hand to anything.
McKenzie (1990-1994), Riki Gooch, Toby Laing (1989-1993),
Norman Meehan and Justin Firefly.
THE FUNNY GUY: Former yellow Power Ranger
Nic Sampson (2000-2004) may be best recognised
The songs are given context by historical notes and illuminated
from his acting roles (most recently as DC Breen
through a number of previously unseen archival photos, and over
in The Brokenwood Mysteries) but his real talent
20 new paintings by Bob Kerr.
lies in comedy. Selling out the Basement Theatre
earlier this year with his show National Treasure, the
2015 marks the 150th year since Wellington became the capital of
New Zealand – a fitting time to release The Empire City.
Bright young things: 30 aucklanders
under 30 going places
NZ HERALD
The Empire City traces the history of Wellington, from the middle of
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Tom McGrath
books about management and human resource management, in the
How does the weather compare?
I remember getting back here and
Blasted
by Seeds
Tom’s recreational interests include Latin
Have you always been interested
some people in Wellington who
One man’s account of diagnosis
and treatment for prostate cancer
through low dose rate brachytherapy
New Zealand, and about 600 die annually. Despite these statistics,
about touring, bad Irish weather
You lived in Ireland for ten years.
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Tom McGrath, with wife Julia.
comedy writer is also behind many of the jokes on Jono and Ben,
Best Bits and Funny Girls. He also appears on 7Days.
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IN THE NEWS
IN THE NEWS
Putting the ‘smarts’ where they
are needed
Honour bestowed on Wellington college’s proposed
memorial hall architect
dam Davy (1973-1977) may
A
Over the past 25 years at
have a pretty good IQ but
BDO, Adam has looked after
he New Zealand Institute of
T
residential and commercial
them and the landscape, whether
Architects has conferred its
projects of all scales, first
urban, rural or natural, that
he's first to admit he has the
mostly small to medium-sized
emotional intelligence of a brick.
businesses that can have up to
premier individual honour,
made a name for himself in the
surrounds them.
the Gold Medal for career
early 1990s with the significant
I have no emotional intelligence
except enough to realise that,
$80m a year in turnover. They're
achievement, on Stuart Gardyne
conversion of Wellington
Stuart and his company
owned by real people, and the
(1970-1974), a director of the
Public Library into City Gallery
'architecture+' were awarded
laughs the Managing Partner
biggest thing you can do for them
Wellington firm 'architecture+'.
Wellington. He would return to
the contract to design the new
of Wellington accountancy firm
is get them to the stage where
the Gallery in 2006 to design a
Wellington College Memorial
BDO and head of BDO New
they can exit through succession
The Gold Medal is the highest
distinctive extension. Clad in a
Hall and Performing Arts centre
Zealand's Advisory.
planning. To see a client cut the
clearing houses, Databank, Adam
level of professional recognition a
‘rusted’ metal skin, the extension
and are looking forward to the
way backwards.
apron strings and get their nest
says one of the skills he picked
New Zealand architect can attain.
respects the proportions of the
culmination of his design at the
As for his IQ of 160, the clients
egg out of it, to see them succeed
up at school was more about
He studied for an accounting
For Stuart, it acknowledges an
original building while meeting the
proposed opening in 2017.
who know him well describe him
while the business continues on is
footwork than figures. He says
degree while he worked at the
accomplished career during which
requirements of a modern public
more as ‘densa’ rather than
the greatest part of all.
because he thought differently,
company that is now BDO but
he has achieved consistently high
art gallery. In the coming years,
at school it was all about survival.
failed five papers, simply because
standards for and with his clients.
Stuart will begin a third stage of
‘Mensa’ [the world's largest
high IQ society]. It's a fine line
As managing partner of BDO
You either got bullied or you had
he never finished the first chapter
- it doesn't indicate anything
Wellington, decision making
to run fast. Luckily I learned to
of any textbook. He says he got
In awarding the Gold Medal,
rationally, it just means I'm
and problem solving are part of
run fast! Adam never studied
bored. So he wound up finishing
the Institute of Architects
somebody who thinks differently.
everyday life. Adam says all his
accounting at school.
his degree extramurally, becoming
noted Stuart’s generosity – to
A born and bred Wellingtonian,
a qualified chartered accountant
architecture as a profession as
Stuart through his architecture
with ‘five Ds’ to his name.
well as the wider public realm.
has helped shape the city and
problem solving begins at the end.
As a result, his clients are often
I don't start with the process. I start
I went to Victoria University not
on the receiving end of what he
with the outcome and work my way
knowing what I wanted to do, then
back - I do the same with a maze
I got engaged and I had to get a
thinks is good but sometimes
‘blunt’ advice. I don't sugar-coat
puzzle. Some people may fear that
job. I saw a notice on the board
work that will better integrate the
building with Civic Square.
its surrounds for close to four
But knowledge still matters to
him. The irony is, our motto at
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Stuart has become an architectural
leader as well as an excellent
decades. Significant projects
include the Pataka-Porirua
All in a day’s work
hen Chiefs Assistant Coach
W
equipment for the unit including
Andrew Strawbridge
a computer, syringe pumps,
travelled to Samoa as
an echo machine, airways
equipment, a dialysis machine,
anything. It's got to be real, the 'if
I'm a loose cannon because I've
for a tax consultant. I thought
Wellington College was Lumen
designer, and the profession he so
Museum of Arts and Culture,
Manu Samoa’s Technical
you don't do this then you'll be out
gone straight to the answer. I don't
everyone hates auditing so it had
Accipe Et Imperti, which means
admirably represents has benefitted
Morrison’s Bush Cabin and
Adviser for their test against
a vital signs transport monitor,
do it consciously, I can't articulate
to be a goer and I'd done my own
receive the light and pass it on.
Ponatahi House in the Wairarapa,
the All Blacks, he contracted a
and a portable oximeter.
the Hutt City administration
life-threatening eye infection
building, the acclaimed
and it was thanks to Old Boy,
David was formerly Principal
Conservation House and Spark
Dr David Galler (1968-1972)
Medical Advisor to the Minister
Central in the city and, on the
who saved his life. David has
of Health and Clinical Director
waterfront, the Te Wharewaka o
been on a sabbatical from
of Acute Care at Middlemore
Pōneke-Te Raukura.
Middlemore Hospital and has
Hospital. He then moved to
aspirations and his knowledge
been at Samoa’s Moto'otua
Samoa with his new passion
of commercial realities, his
Stuart grew up in a suburb
National Hospital, heading their
– advancing intensive care in
willingness to test a brief and his
populated with architecturally
Intensive Care Unit.
Samoa, working as a volunteer.
CAN YOU HELP?
eagerness to challenge himself.
designed houses – Wilton, in
T
Tommy Honey, New Zealand
of business in five years' time' type
tax return before.
At the time I knew what it meant
stuff. But my clients who know me
the inner why, but it's a principle I've
and get me, appreciate that. And
applied throughout my working life,
those who don't just shouldn't work
and it works for me. So whenever
I remember my first day at work.
meaning, it's about having that
a client has a problem, I just pick it
The partner asked me to do
knowledge and passing it on to
with me!
up and solve it quickly, and it's that
journal entries and I said 'what's a
buzz of being able to help a client
journal’? But true to form, Adam
self-confessed lack of emotion
that spins my wheels.
quickly found his feet, starting
with the answer and working his
that drives him, and it's as strong
Adam was recently named as
today as it was when her first
Xero's Most Valued Partner of the
entered the world of accounting
Year 2015. He knows his accolade
35 years ago. It's about helping
is to do with BDOs around the
the client achieve what they want
world following his lead on cloud
to do. It's not about bookkeeping.
accounting but he says the award
You're helping to solve people's
isn't about him.
problems, you've got their backs.
Most of my clients are the owner of
I want the clients to get what
the business, as opposed to being
they deserve, so I want our BDO
a shareholder in a big business, so
partners to realise this is what the
it's real to them. I know their kids,
way of the future is, and then the
I know their families ... It's still all
clients to be better off for it, that's
about the financial relationship,
the true accolade.
but I take it personally because I
want them to succeed, and I get
huge satisfaction from that.
The son of a banker who was one
of the five founding managers of
the world's first overnight cheque
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intelligence and integrity.
literally but now I know its true
Behind his bluntness and his
though, Adam says it is passion
enormously from his collegiality,
the people around you, and that's
exactly what I'm doing.
The Dominion Post
he Wellington College Careers and Transition Department is keen to
make contact with Old Boys who might be willing to give a lunchtime
presentation (12.30pm to 1.30pm) to interested students about their
career or business including:
Small Business Owners and Retailers, Financial Planners, Accountants,
Bankers and Share Brokers, Advertising and Marketing, Engineers,
Architects and Designers, Hotel and Event Management, Property
Developers, Foreign Exchange Dealers, Professional Sportsmen, State
Services, Foreign Affairs, Journalism, Television, Radio, Media, Health
Professionals: Doctors, Specialists, Dentists, Vets, Physiotherapists,
Optometrists, Computers (using and maintaining/developing software/
web design), Building, Electrical, Plumbing, Joinery, Automotive, Forensics,
Researchers, Food Service Industry: Chefs, Bakers, Butchers, Lawyers, Police,
Fire and Rescue Services, Agriculture to name a few.
Any further suggestions or inquiries, please contact:
Ernie Rosenthal, (1957-1960). Wellington College Careers’ Adviser
Tel: 04 802 2536 • Mob: 021 124 9439 Email: e.rosenthal@wc.school.nz
He has become a place maker,
and his city is profitting from his
understanding of its people and its
patterns, his sympathy for cultural
His expertise has made so
Wellington, and knew he wanted
Andrew’s family subsequently
much improvement in the
to be an architect from the time
set a Givealittle appeal for
emergency needs of the ICU.
architecture critic and
he started at Wellington College.
specific medical equipment
commentator, described Stuart
His first job out of Architecture
for the hospital's intensive care
He has worked well with
as a thoughtful and astute
School was with the architecture
unit, saying that by supporting
the nursing staff who have
firm Structon Group, where he
Dr Galler and his 'wonderful’
admitted to being exposed
quickly rose through the ranks to
ICU team it would
of Wellington. I’ve always found
become a director after just five
make it much easier to
Stuart to be an extremely generous
years.
continue their amazing,
the emergency attention
compassionate work.
given to Manu Samoa, said
architect who has made a
significant contribution to the city
person… his commitment to the city
– to Wellington is extraordinary. I
think the City Gallery is an example
established the practice
of him giving his architecture to the
'architecture+', where he
raised (around
continues to make a name
$64,000) will
for himself with buildings that
help to buy
respect the people who occupy
medical
Stuart, whose work spans
experience especially with
National Health Services,
In the late 1980s, Stuart
The money
people of Wellington.
to a whole new range of
Chief Executive
Officer, Leota Laki
Sio.
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IN THE NEWS
he Wellingtonian Newspaper
T
At the start. The exciting work was
interviewed Radio New
when you were responsible for
Zealand's Spectrum
recording the symphony concert
presenter, Jack Perkins (1954-
at the Town Hall. But there was
1958) in March.
no news or spoken report. It
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Hanging up his lab coat after 50 years
P
was music and it had to be a
iecing together dozens of
he says ranged from the sublime
skeletons, helping to design
to the ridiculous.
and build the Coastal Ecology
Laboratory, rounding up 15,000
It was a very different era when
Was radio your first career choice?
specific kind so you didn’t ruffle
rogue bees - Alan Hoverd’s
Alan arrived at Victoria as a
No. When I left Wellington College
the feathers of people straight
(1962-1965) 50 years with
16-year-old in 1965. He walked
I was a trainee draughtsman in
out of bed having their breakfast.
Victoria University could never
out of Wellington College
the Ministry of Works. They built
Gradually I became dissatisfied
be described as ordinary.
straight into Victoria’s Zoology
drains and roads. I was in the civil
working in the sound desk, so
design part, building big concrete
I went to Victoria University
The University’s Coastal Ecology
structures. I was bloody awful at it.
and studied Political Science
Laboratory was practically Alan's
and Philosophy. I came back
second home, where he kept
From his second day, when he
So you left?
and ended up in the spoken
marine specimens, maintained
found the laboratory’s human
Yes. A friend of mine worked in
programmes.
equipment and conducted his
skeleton sitting in his chair
fish, rats and other animals for
The animal skeletons he has
own research.
wearing his lab coat, it was
class dissections.
worked on - sharks, orang-
Department as the University’s
radio and knew I was a classical
first technical trainee.
pianist. He suggested I could be
How did Spectrum start?
a music programmer for the New
In 1972, I helped Alwyn Owen set
reappeared somewhere on the
I've written a cricket book and I've
But after five decades he’s ready
working environment. The
As the ‘general dogsbody’, he also
are testament to some of his
Zealand Broadcasting Service.
up the programme. He retired
other side. It had got a shock, gone
written a bit of poetry, too.
to hang up his lab coat and
young Alan kept undergraduate
made coffee for the technicians’
many skills. Armed with surgical
We called it record shuffling. It
in the mid-1990s but I'm still
away and sulked. Later on we
farewell the university that gave
laboratories in top condition,
morning tea. This meant boiling
instruments and taxidermy books,
would've been one of the few
here. I’ve been able to travel all
found there were a whole lot more
Do you think about retirement?
him many skills, experiences,
looked after the two tuatara and
water in the billy that rested on
Alan pieced skeletons together,
places to be involved with music in
around the country and overseas.
birds on Stewart Island, but that
All the time, but I do very little
friends, memories and tasks that
in-house rodents and prepared
an asbestos mat over a Bunsen
bone by bone, for research and
1959. I thought I'd give it a year and
It's essentially a human interest
was the most miserable 20 minutes
about it. I'm 75 in September. I only
burner. He always washed the
teaching. One time, an iguana
programme, portraying life and
I ever encountered on Spectrum.
work five hours a day in the week
billy thoroughly beforehand, as
skeleton arrived in a shoe box from
it was likely he’d boiled items
Australia, in hundreds of pieces.
like cats’ heads in it earlier, while
Needless to say it was a challenge
I'm still here after 66 years.
apparent that this was no average
and might make a recording in the
humans in New Zealand. I never
It’s good to touch the green, green grass of home
What was it like working in radio
applied for a job after 1972. Before
How do you find your stories?
weekend. I don't travel as much as
in the 1950s?
that I was applying for radio jobs
Murder, blackmail and arm
I used to because three of us cover
every week.
twisting. No, not really. There's no
the country. I do the lower North
one source. I read newspapers and
Island. I can't keep going forever,
people send in ideas.
but am still on top of the game -
bright lights of New York City
even though I'm sounding a bit old.
by the allure of his ‘dream
It was like joining the priesthood.
You were joining a club of people
who were misfits in a way. Some
Any particularly memorable
were amazingly talented, but
stories from Spectrum?
W
utans and rodents among them,
estpac's new CEO, David
and previously headed up
preparing teaching specimens.
to get that accurate … and to this
McLean (1971-1973) was
the bank's New Zealand
Alan had always shown an artistic
day I have no idea if the vertebrae
drawn home from the
institutional, private and wealth
talent, and in an age where
are entirely in the right sequence.
management businesses.
publications relied on hand-drawn
images, his skills were soon put
As a founding member of the
job’ back in New Zealand.
While based in New York
they didn't fit in as bank tellers,
In 1974, I was doing a programme
Why have you stayed with
to good use. He drew and painted
University’s civil defence team,
insurance agents or shopkeepers.
in Fiordland with Don Merton, a
Spectrum so long?
We followed up with Jack,
Unusually for the leader of an
heading up Westpac's
illustrations that were used as
he was involved in setting up a
Some were a bit eccentric, but
leading activist in saving rare birds.
I felt I was contributing something
after this was published to get
Australian-owned bank, David
institutional Americas division,
teaching aids, and many others
flying fox for a training exercise
good fun to be around. Radio
His team thought the last kakapo
valuable to the history of New
an update. Jack responds,
is a New Zealander.
he said he had kept close tabs
were published in local and
in 1979, which whizzed from the
was something of a haven for
in the wild was in Sinbad Valley.
Zealand. It's not about hard news,
I’ve retired from RNZ since the
on the bank's local operations
international books and journals.
Easterfield building rooftop to the
gay people. Somebody said to
They wanted to catch the bird
current affairs or controversy.
interview, completing 56 years
Since graduating from Victoria
and on New Zealand in
me, 'You're going to work in that
and transport it to Maud Island,
That's covered by Morning Report.
in radio and 43 with Spectrum. I
University, David started as a
general. When you're overseas,
Early in his career, Alan was
queer outfit! It wasn't something
which is pest-free. We found the
We're at the other end of the
was afraid that I would pine for
lawyer in private practice, then
you get together with other
afforded extra training opportunities
His ability to find unusual tasks
a straight teenage cricket player
bird, then Don suggested I feed it a
spectrum. We're about the oddball,
work after all those years but I’m
worked as in-house counsel at
Kiwis for a drink pretty regularly,
in glassblowing, metalwork and
has not waned in his later years.
should do.
piece of cabbage. I pulled myself
the unusual, colourful people and
delighted to report that I don’t miss
a bank, before morphing into a
find all the bars that have the
histology, as well as time to study
In January this year, he was a
up to the hide (a wooden structure
quirky personalities. We welcome
it one bit. I love sleeping in and
banker, specialising in the debt
rugby on TV, and stay in touch
at Wellington Polytechnic, and
key player in rounding up and
from which to view the bird). On
the person with strong opinions
doing little of great consequence, I
capital markets. So far, the
with the news, he said.
then London University College
relocating 15,000 bees that had
My father was a coal miner who
one side was a drop of about
and strong personalities.
recommend it.
highlight has been his current
came out from England in 1950,
3000 feet - frightening! As I put the
when I was 10. He had the typical
cabbage on top of the hide, the
Do you count yourself as an
attitude of many of his era. When
bird went for it, but bit my hand,
l said I'd be playing around with
records, he said Lad, that's not
What did your parents think?
Rankine Brown building.
on a Queen Elizabeth II Scholarship,
found a home in the walls of a
role as CEO of Westpac New
Coming home was not a difficult
while working at the Central
University building.
Thinking back, it was a similar
Zealand. It is a big job, with
decision, said David. New York
Veterinary Centre in Surrey.
oddball?
story when I gave up cricket after
an organisation and people
was an amazing place to live. I
so I pulled it down. There was a
No, I'm a pretty average kind of
playing over 40 years, I had no
he knows well, and with
He rose through the ranks,
ready to step back from Victoria.
squawk and a flutter, then dead
person. I live in suburbia in Karori
trouble filling my weekends.
the potential to make
some ways. But there's
becoming a Technical Team
I’ll miss the students and my
a proper job. In those days work
silence. I had visions of this last
and enjoy watching a bit of rugby
It’s strange how habit can prevent
a positive difference
nothing like coming
Leader who manages staff
colleagues and all the interesting
had to be dangerous, dirty and
kakapo in the world splattered on
and cricket.
us embracing change. 'I’ve done
to the New Zealand
home to New Zealand,
servicing undergraduate teaching
and highly qualified individuals, but
this many times before' seems
economy.
even just arriving at
laboratories and coordinates the
I think 50 years is a good innings.
the airport. The light is
technical side of things, to keep
unpleasant. Otherwise it wasn't
the rocks below.
You used to play cricket?
preferable to 'I’ll try something
What did you do?
That's right. I played senior cricket
different'.
I sat there feeling utterly miserable
for 30 years, and was a medium
Westpac for
for 20 minutes. Then the bird
paced bowler. I still love cricket.
15 years,
proper work.
Did you enjoy creating the
programmes?
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David has been with
think it did change me in
brighter, the grass is
greener.
Despite this, Alan feels he is now
things running smoothly. He has
Victorious Magazine
also been involved with a few
Victoria University
University committees.
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Operatic opportunities on offer
T
enor Jonathan Abernethy
felt I'd get into it and find out
(2000-2004), learned late
what area I wanted to jump into. I
last year that he had won the
thought there'd be another degree
Australian 2014 Opera Awards. He
down the line and I'd upskill in that
scored the A$4500 Armstrong-
area. Singing was always a bit
Martin Scholarship along with
of a passion and a hobby, never
the A$30,000 Youth Music
a serious career. I decided to go
Foundation of Australia Award.
down the IT line and see where I
G
found myself.
a good shock, he said. It's an
He graduated in early 2011 and
industry award, such a big sort
took a job, doing admin, a bit of
of thing, I thought, kind of right
web stuff, being a general intern,
up there. It's given me such a
and getting to grips with having to
confidence boost in that what I'm
do it every day.
Intermittently, for love of it, he
the next level.
took singing lessons with local
teacher Lesley Graham. It was
there that the classical thing
contemplate summer schools
started. It was still a hobby. I liked
in several countries, including
doing it but I wasn't doing it every
Germany and Italy. I'm trying to
day. It was the old sing-in-the-
splash. I was getting over the whole
In retrospect, his first year started
figure out what's best for me.
shower and turn up.
awesome experience of being in
quite small but in my mind it was
the Opera House and meeting
massive. They gently built things
after the Ceramco New Zealand
the Sydney Hobart race
dream became an obsession!
(for one of two watch captains),
adventure, Geoff packed his
who would be responsible for
bags and headed to Annapolis,
in Spain, Japan Cup, One Ton
In 1974, a short film was made –
the performance of the boat, 24
Maryland, USA to join the Farr
Cup in Belgium, Kenwood
The Hum – on the sailing legend
hours of every day because of his
Yacht Design organisation. He
Cup in Hawaii, line honours in
and his yacht Whispers. Directed
nature, ability and track record.
rapidly became President of Farr
The Fastnet and many more
by Tony Williams and written by
He was one of New Zealand’s
International, the sales arm of
including watch captain in the
Martyn Sanderson, the doco was
best known skippers in his own
Farr Yacht Design for 23 years.
late Sir Peter Blake’s Whitbread
a paean to the lure of sailing,
right, with boats such as the
Round the World racer Ceramco.
focusing on Geoff’s colourful
Spencer designs Whispers II and
In mid-2005, Geoff purchased
Geoff grew up in Eastbourne.
the name to Stagg Yachts Inc.,
The Stagg family home was just
running the class management
a short sprint from the Muritai
of the Farr 40, Mumm 30 and
Yacht Club and where the young
Farr 395 programmes. Stagg
Geoff began to make a name
Yachts also run the sales and
for himself as a young man in a
marketing of the Farr Yacht
hurry. He raced to win and took
Design boat products Mumm
no prisoners. Fair, but tough!
30, Farr 36, Farr 395 and Farr 40
people I'd only heard about.
up. There's always been help and
very junior classes, Geoff found
In a ‘pretty casual’ way, in an early
had just finished singing the role
break from his first year in the
of Fenton in Opera Australia's
working world, he took himself
They included the show's
Melbourne season of Falstaff.
off, with Graham's blessing, to
artistic director, who came over
Such a great production, he said.
the NZ Singing School in Napier,
and said, 'just wondering when
His mum and dad - a Wellington
Fenton is the real deal.
a residential school held every
you can start'. He could hardly
interventional cardiologist -
two years and with Dame Kiri
believe what he was hearing,
travelled to Melbourne to see
Jonathan has travelled a long
Te Kanawa - who later met
but a year later he was living in
him perform as Fenton alongside
way, musically, from primary
and helped him - as one of the
Sydney and in Opera Australia's
Warwick Fyfe as Falstaff. His
years in the St Mark's Church
patrons.
Moffatt Oxenbould Young Artist
parents, he says, are stoked" by
Programme.
his far-from-IT turn of career.
support - and being thrown in the
deep end would have been horrific.
at Wellington College. There, as
We decided on the singing school
he puts it: I had a sort of turbulent
rather than the Whanganui Opera
As soon as they made the offer I
Singing, he says has been
relationship with the Music
School, which might have been
thought they're not going to ask
amazing as a hobby, but it's even
Department. I'd get caught up with
too much, and especially with my
twice. It's a good time to do it.
better now. I just love it. I was
rowing and wouldn't be around. I
attitude. It was great fun. Most
I'm young, I can come back to IT;
missing out a lot when it was just
always treated the musical thing
of the singing I'd done in New
that stuff doesn't change. I was,
a hobby.
as a hobby. I wanted to keep
Zealand was at the singing school.
like, 'this is a good time and an
incredible opportunity'. I just have
"Opera Australia has been
a subject I might not enjoy any
There were prizes. He won an
to go as hard as I can for as long
phenomenal. Now, with the
more. If I felt like doing it today, I'd
Opera Australia award that
as I can and get as far as I can.
award, I've got the opportunity
do it today. I was an irritant in the
allowed him to travel to Sydney
music department.
and watch a rehearsal in the
In his two years with Opera
a really high standard, step back
Sydney Opera House. It was
Australia, he has played Don
and take stock of what areas I can
Dutifully, at the end of his school
pretty exciting, my first time in
Ottavio in Oz Opera's Don
improve on and know how I want
career, he put his love of music
the Opera House. On the last day
Giovanni, Ruiz in Il Trovatore,
to go forward as a singer."
on the back-burner and settled
the company called me up and
Normanno in Lucia di
down at Victoria University to
asked if they could hear me sing.
Lammermoor and been a soloist
finish a BCom ready for an IT
I thought I might get on the radio
in Opera Australia's Greatest Hits
career. I liked computers and
but I wouldn't make much of a
at the Sydney Opera House.
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Russell Bowler. Not too long
'Staggy’ was an automatic choice
After progressing through the
At the time of his win, Jonathan
music as something I enjoyed, not
driving man. Wrote Blake,
in a bigger yacht. The keel yacht
and the boat brokerage and
He will travel overseas and will
School Choir and teenage years
set his sights on distance racing
resumé includes wins in
Farr International, changing
doing is really right. It will open up
more doors and help push me to
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eoff Stagg’s (1961-1965)
(three times), the Kings Cup
It came with such a big shock,
IN THE NEWS
to go away and focus on getting
success in New Zealand and
ABOVE: The Glory Days - Geoff Stagg drives Ceramco with the rest of
his watch back in the Members Stand. BELOW: Geoff (2015).
project management services for
which the company has become
famous.
Australia in the Cherub Class,
a hard chine, 12 foot plywood
Geoff told us recently, that his
dinghy, a class originally
time is still spent managing the
designed by the then rapidly
F40 Class as well as running
emerging Auckland designer
top regattas for the owners - in
John Spencer who, throughout
particular, the Rolex 40 World
the 1960s and ‘70s promoted
Championships.
hard chine, plywood yacht
He reckons he is up for one more
design and construction.
One Design project (body willing)
and still has a number of ideas to
Geoff raced his yacht Whispers,
put forward.
at a time when the Cherub
personality, and his veteran
Whispers of Wellington and then
Class was at its peak and was
ocean-racing crew, as they took
the Farr design Granny Apple.
attracting many of the top young
on the Wellington to
He’d won the 1973 Auckland
I still manage to visit New
sailors in New Zealand. It was
Kapiti Island and down to the
– Suva race in Whispers II. He
Zealand, at least one a year, said
a fine training ground for the
Sounds race. Fortunately for the
might have a bit of trouble fitting
Geoff. It's such a great country
young sailor from the eastern
film they delivered on reputation.
in under me, but I was sure that
and the recent All Blacks victory
bays of Wellington.
Dolphins, Strait squalls,
could be overcome.
received fantastic international
and prime-time coverage - all
streaking, ciggies, and some
This was all happening during
fierce 70s moustaches were all in
Peter Blake was correct. Geoff
the late 1960s, about the same
a weekend’s sailing.
Stagg was all he had hoped he
time that Chris Bouzaid took
good publicity for our country.
would be as a watch captain and
It’s been quite a journey all
exceptional helmsman.
the way from Wellington, New
New Zealand sailing skills to
In the book, Blake's Odyssey
Heligoland and demonstrated
by Peter Blake and Alan Sefton
to the world in general that
(about the round the world race
Geoff’s ability to set a boat
United States of America for the
Kiwis can sail! Geoff was typical
with Ceramco New Zealand),
up for racing, as well as his
wavy-haired lad who left a very
of many young New Zealand
Geoff, (who was then 33) was
helming and winning attitude to
full chapter of sailing history in
yachtsmen who were inspired
described by Peter Blake as a
anything he undertook, caught
New Zealand.
by Bouzaid’s success and he too,
proven performer and a hard-
the attention of Bruce Farr and
Zealand to Annapolis in the
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KARATE KUDOS
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PUTTING HIMSELF IN ANOTHER PADDOCK
ith over 30 years of martial
those less fortunate. This year
arts training, Kyoshi Tony
alone, $15,000 was donated to
Gaeta (1981-1985) has
the Wellington Children’s Hospital
passion for science over 34
A
vegetable and animal tissue to
years has seen scientist Peter
satisfy the demands of the MAF
Lorentz (1964-1968) continue
Agricultural Compounds Unit for
seamlessly as his industry has
product registration. Customers
become one of New Zealand’s
with whom South Wellington
leading exponents and teachers
Seido Karate now has a long term
moved from a ‘practitioner's art
included the likes of Bayer,
in Seido Karate. Having trained
relationship.
to a factory’.
Monsanto, Nufarm, Rhom and
Tadashi Nakamura (the founder
Seido Karate not only offers a
He's not being negative about that
fats and oil analysis for major
of Seido Karate) numerous times
balance of fighting techniques
change - he's a self- proclaimed
shareholder NZ Portside Storage.
over the years, Kyoshi Tony has
along with a confidence building
‘techie’ at heart who loves his
It was a tough start and the
brought a wealth of knowledge
mindset but also complements
‘toys’ (while still adhering to the
company made a loss for the first
and ability to his dojo and its
any other sports in which
six-digit seriousness of the value
few years, but one short stretch of
students.
students might be involved.
of his company's equipment).
seasonal work in 1985 turned the
There's nothing better than taking
business around.
under Grandmaster Kaicho
Hass and Ciba Geigy. It also did
Having trained in Seido Karate
Kyoshi Tony has passed on his
possession of a new toy that is
while also studying at Wellington
teaching skills to many over the
capable of so much more than its
The northern hemisphere market,
the majority shareholder. In
That scale of work has allowed us
College made Tony [pictured
years from current All Blacks and
predecessors, he says.
which was mainly the US, put a nil
1989, Peter sold his shares to
to invest heavily in state-of-the-
right] a prime example of how
Hurricane players to top football,
chlorpyriphos residue requirement
Ravensdown, which began a
art equipment, automation and
Seido Karate would help shape
hockey, and netball players to
We have had a local automation
on kiwifruit. We were the only
joint-venture with AgResearch.
mature IT systems.
student’s future health and well-
even Joe Ulberg (seven-time
company design us a prototype
people set up at the time to do the
The following decade was a rapid
being for the better.
Mr New Zealand bodybuilding
for folding filter papers. It sounds
work. The NZ Kiwifruit Authority
growth phase for the company
Since 2003, ARL has been a fully
simple but that's us dipping our
(as it was then) didn't have the
with total annual revenue
owned subsidiary of Ravensdown
toes in the water of automation.
infrastructure to separate the
increasing from less than half
and more recently (2014) it has
We've asked the same company
fruit destined for America so we
a million dollars to $1.8 million.
become a business unit within
to explore options for automating
tested every orchard's fruit. It was
Once we had momentum, things
the cooperative - stepping away
our soil preparation, because
a frantic five or six weeks work but
started to fall into place. Through
from its historic ties with pesticide
this part of our operation is very
it was hugely profitable and turned
the early 90s our workload and
residue work and also the food
ergonomically unfriendly for our
us around. It meant we could buy
profitability continued to increase
and beverage sector, and into
staff. Technology makes everything
a couple of new pieces of scientific
dramatically. We had outgrown
a seamless high throughput
we do so much quicker and
equipment to plug a couple
our Lawn Road premises and
analytical system.
easier and yet we've gone from
of holes and from then on the
financing a shift to here [Awatoto]
employing just three people in
business just picked up steam.
was a no brainer. We were doing
It has been very satisfying setting
8500 soil tests at Lawn Road out
up methodology and taking
of a potential 36,000 to 40,000.
advantage of new business
champion). Kyoshi Tony has also
Kyoshi Tony started his training in
spent time providing his skills
1982 and obtained his Shodan (1st
with the Indonesian Army (in
Dan black belt) in July 1989.
Indonesia) along with overseas
and local private security
Since leaving College, Kyoshi
companies.
Tony spent close to 15 years
overseas as a professional
The Wellington College
musician, giving him the
programme falls under the South
opportunity to continue his
Wellington Seido Karate dojo. All
journey in the martial arts
students who start the college
while touring. South East Asia
programme will be allowed to
(Indonesia, Malaysia, China,
train at the main dojo free of
Singapore, Thailand, Korea, and
charge. The dojo is located at
Japan) and the Middle East (The
469 Adelaide Rd, Berhampore.
Kingdom of Bahrain, Abu Dhabi
Visit www.southwellingtonseido.
and Dubai) became a familiar
co.nz for more information. Tony
home over the years.
also runs lunchtime classes for
Wellington College students and
Kyoshi Tony Gaeta was promoted
the classes are well attended.
to a 5th Dan in the World Seido
Organisation in July 2010.
Just recently, South Wellington
GAME DESIGNER LOOTS THE MUSEUM
N
ew Zealand–born, Malta-based video game
designer and writer Pippin Barr (1992-1996)
has created an ongoing series of lo-fi, quirky,
web-based games, which comment on the art
world’s intriguing, often absurd insularity.
With his latest piece, The Stolen Art Gallery, Pippin
investigates the idea of the museum. Except
instead of preserving images of art that is no
longer publicly available owing to thieves, his virtual museum only
displays empty walls, with wall text suggesting what’s missing. It’s a
sly commentary not only on the nature of museums as centres of art
preservation but the impact of digital technology and the internet on
art’s accessibility. The empty museum holds its own lessons.
Why is this indie developer so invested in the art world? Pippin
started out young. My parents are contemporary art collectors in New
Zealand, so my childhood was one in which artists were constantly
staying with us, or around for dinner, or installing work, he says.
I’m fascinated and engaged by art, and have ended up, somewhat
helplessly, making it myself in my own way.
Since 2013, Pippin has taught game design, experience design,
prototyping, and criticism at the Institute of Digital Games at the
1981 to 33 permanent staff in 2014.
Scanning technology will be next,
There was steady food and
but I'll be watching that from the
beverage work from Hawke's
outside.
Bay companies such as Wattie's
When Rodney Green took over as
opportunities that made us grow.
and Grower Canneries (McCain's)
Ravensdown's CEO he asked me
After 34 years, Peter says he's
Peter retires from full-time
as well as a growing number of
to do a five-year strategic plan and
putting himself in another paddock
employment at the end of
wineries. That work was more
I incorporated all of Ravensdown's
by reinventing himself as an
November after working for
aligned to ARL than the work
soils into the mix. The economies
agrology consultant, providing
Analytical Research Laboratories
from NZ Portside Storage which
of scale of incorporating all
nutrient budgets and farm
(ARL) in Napier for 34 years.
was not a good fit with the overall
Ravensdown's soil work allowed
nutrient management plans.
He was one of three founding
business.
expansion to a greenfields site
and a purpose- built facility. The
But with a bach in Mahia and
It didn't have a very good fit with
capital expenditure brief was for
a love of fly fishing, hunting,
His official job titles have ranged
the business and we weren't
under a million dollars. Pretty
painting, woodwork and cycling,
which were hosted by the Mayor.
from Senior Analyst (1981-1989),
making a lot of money from it.
much $999,999 later this building
he says he doesn't want to be time
feels his biggest achievement
They were selected from over
General Manager (1989-2000),
The business had been heading
was conceived. We went ahead
poor anymore.
in the martial arts apart from
600 nominations and took
Business Development and
down a more agricultural pathway
and haven't looked back. We
opening his own school, has
out the 'Highly Commended'
Technical Manager (2000-
and after some due diligence,
became the biggest soil lab in the
been and continues to be the
award for Sports and Leisure for
2003) to Technical Director
East Coast Fertiliser became the
country.
donations given through fund
outstanding contribution to the
(2003-November 2014).
majority shareholder.
raising efforts which his dojo has
community.
done over the last nine years, with
In the early days, ARL analysed
Shortly after that (after a
at Awatoto in 1999. We'll be doing
close to $100,000 given away to
agricultural residues in fruit,
merger) Ravensdown became
about 70,000 soil tests this year.
Seido Karate took out one of the
Although Kyoshi has won many
top awards at the Wellington
tournaments both overseas and
Airport Community awards
throughout New Zealand, he
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University of Malta.
principals and shareholders.
Stuff.co.nz
The new laboratory was opened
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Artistic director wins award
What makes Wellingtonians laugh?
C
omedian Raybon Kan (1980-
they didn't expect it to be hot, so
1984) is Wellingtonian to the
there was no air conditioning. It
core, but that doesn't mean
was so unpleasant I wouldn't even
he doesn't have a few issues
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think about it romantically.
Church School, Wellington
I was into debating at Wellington
College, and Victoria University,
College, so my thing has always
and his first job was at The
been disagreeing with stuff.
Dominion, as it then was. He has
Looking for something that's wrong
been named best comedian
with a system and dwelling on it.
twice in both North & South and
It's not necessarily a constructive
Metro magazines. He has toured
approach, but it's how I'm wired:
Europe, Canada, and Australia
the glass-half-empty approach.
What is wrong with NZ systems?
laughs to his audience.
Take, for example, everyone
starting work at the same time.
in classical ballet. At 18, he went on to study at
artistic director,
Taane Mahuta, to live
the NZ School of Dance and during that time
stage.
he trained both in ballet and contemporary
dance.
the AMP People’s Choice
Tiki Taane Mahuta,
Scholarship.
follows his first aerial
He says a highlight of his dancing career
production, Māui - One
was when he auditioned to be a part of the
Around 32,000 New
Man Against the Gods,
Argentine theatrical troupe, De La Guarda,
Zealanders voted
which was showcased in
which is one of the world’s best aerial theatre
during the three-
Christchurch in 2006.
companies. Tanemahuta was selected as one
of the 14 performers from 1800 applicants,
2,200 applicants applying and the top five
The show is a blend of strong narratives, a
and he performed in the London season of
applicants competing for the $10,000 prize
fusion of Māori martial arts, contemporary
the shows.
and scholarship title.
dance, hip-hop, aerial theatre and
soundtracks from Tiki Taane’s album, Past,
He spent five years working with De La Guarda
This year, the public were behind Tanemahuta
Present, Future and In The World of Light. In Tiki
on four different continents and he says it was
and his vision for Tiki Taane Mahuta. I think
Taane Mahuta.
there that he learnt the necessary skills of
aerial theatre. Tanemahuta currently lives in
it gives confidence just to know that the
Where is your favourite city to
That's the whole reason there's
perform?
traffic. The cars are all lemmings.
Montreal, because it is a comedy
They are just doing it because
Back: Michael Heron, George Laking, Mr Martin Vaughan
city and the people there know
someone else is doing it, even
Front: Andrew Howman, Anatoly Frusin, Raybon Kan
how to look after comedians. I am
though the result is the opposite
always treated very special there,
of getting anywhere. Think how
What would you change about
treasures right next to the water,
like an upstairs person.
smooth everything would be if
Wellington?
on a fault line!
we all just started at different
My first thought was Chinese
times. And why do we do it? Just
food. But no, the weather is just
And your least favourite?
Haka group; and when he was six he trained
theatre production, Tiki
week voting application on Facebook with
multiple times, but was back in
Wellington recently to provide
bringing his latest aerial
choreographer and
1992) was the winner of
How would you describe your
comedy?
ew Zealand dancer,
Tanemahuta Gray (1988-
with the place.
He is an alumnus of St Mark's
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Senior Premier A Debating Team 1984
What makes a Wellingtonian
community felt that it was a really worthwhile
Tanemahuta is a seasoned arts performer,
Waikanae with his wife, Yumiko Olliver-Gray
social wellbeing kaupapa.
dancing for 36 years. From the age of four, he
and their three tamariki.
and his siblings were immersed in kapa haka
This brings Tanemahuta a step closer to
and they belonged to the Ngāti Pōneke Kapa
Wellington poet's tribute to netball greats
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Sandra Edge, you stole
atching netball on the small
my mother away
kitchen television with his mother
By contrast, I have been treated
because. I really think no-one gets
unforgivable. The solution to
audience laugh?
like a downstairs person every
more than three hours' work done
Wellington would be a dome – a
The Wellington I experience is a
time I have been to the Edinburgh
a day anyway. After the coffee,
perspex dome with occasional
very progressive, good-hearted,
Festival Fringe. Last time I was
after reading the paper, after all
openings for planes. Then
conscientious, liberal, educated
there, everything went wrong. My
the wandering around, that's all
Wellington would be habitable,
population. To get Wellingtonians
After the success of his cricket and
The poem by Bill Sutton was sent to The
venue fell over and suddenly all
anyone is really doing. So people
lush, and the trees would be
to laugh at something cruel can be
rugby poetry collections, Mark has gone
Wellingtonian as a reply to Mark's poem
my publicity was wrong, and I
could just fit that in. I think a lot of
straight. I also think it's weird with
hard. It always takes a few steps.
back to his roots with a collection of
about Maria Tutaia, published the week
got foot problems because of the
it is attendance and being there to
Te Papa that you would have
netball poems, titled 12 Netball Poems.
before.
cobblestones. It was so hot, but
meet people.
a storehouse of irreplaceable
Sports-mad, Mark has many hats. He
Though sports poetry might sound
works as a poet, writer, literary critic,
strange to some, Mark said it was a way
Dave ‘Trapper’ Loveridge, dave.
publisher, anthologist and editor. I used
to entertain people and acknowledge
loveridge@rugbyroad.co.nz and
to watch netball with my mum a lot. She
the hard work of sports people.
get your 2016 rugby in motion
was really into sport, so I got the sports
Mark wanted to celebrate the game and paint
now.
bug from her as well as my grandfather, Mark
a portrait of some players with his collection.
O
ld Boys’ University (OBU)
is one of New Zealand’s
largest senior rugby clubs.
Jubilee cup ‘comes home’
With first class facilities including
with each neat pass
is a stand-out memory of Mark
after dinner.
Pirie's (1987-1991) childhood.
The Dominion Post
our artificial training surface
The poetry is a way of bringing out small
attributes of the game that people might not
said.
Netball was a good sport to write poems about
have seen before in that context.
His grandfather, Tommy Lawn, played rugby
because the movement of the game was like
Hopefully they think it's an interesting way of
a tense Wellington Club final
for Sydenham Football Club and Technical
a dance, he said. Netball is like ballet in that
seeing something.
something for everyone keen on
30-27 at Porirua Park. The win
Old Boys in Christchurch and College Rifles in
there's a lot of balance involved and a lot of
enjoying their rugby. WCOBRFC
ended a Jubilee Cup drought
Auckland.
skill with the athletes moving around the court.
Mark is working on a full-length biography on
was founded in 1897 and teamed
that stretched back to 1966 when
It's a hard game to play and I tried to bring that
his grandfather, Tommy Lawn, telling the story
up with VUWRFC in 1991, creating
University lifted the Trophy, and
The netball poetry collection features twelve
out in the poems.
of his rugby and business career.
erased the heartbreak of the
poems, eleven written by Mark, and a poem
merged club's only other finals
about Irene van Dyk written by Bill Sutton that
His poem about former Silver Fern Sandra
12 Netball Poems is available from
was published in The Wellingtonian.
Edge stands out to Mark because he talks
www.markpirie.com
at Boyd-Wilson Park, expert
OBU survived a dramatic Marist
coaching and the best social
St Pats comeback before winning
spirit in Wellington rugby, there is
a strong, vibrant, club rugby
Premier Reserve Champions and
environment.
has eleven Old Boys in its Premier
OBU is the current Premier and
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four NZ U20 team players in 2015.
team with many more involved
To find out more, email the Club
appearance in 2002 when they
with the Club. We also boasted
Rugby Development Officer,
lost to MSP.
about his mother watching the game:
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organ-ised playing
LOOKING AFTER THE BEST INTERESTS
OF STUDENTS
Living the dream
J
erram Hill (2006-2009)
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wrote to us from the USA,
espousing the opportunities
and experiences for young New
Zealanders contemplating living
has won first prize in a
of Musical Arts under David
prestigious International Organ
Higgs at the Eastman School of
Competition in Germany.
Music in Rochester, New York.
The third Bach Liszt Organ
He is the winner of the Sydney
competition was held in Erfurt,
International Organ Competition
Weimar over twelve days
and the Fort Wayne National
in October. Fifteen young
Organ Playing Competition,
competitors from around the
second prize winner of the
world were reduced to four
Miami International Organ
finalists throughout three
Competition, and a prize winner
rounds.
at the St Albans international
Organ Competition.
Over the course of the
competition, competitors
Thomas’s playing has been
played on six historically
heard in recitals throughout
significant organs before a panel
Australasia and the USA. Recent
of internationally renowned
engagements include the
judges.
Kennedy Centre, Washington
DC; St. Thomas Church, Fifth
Organs included the instrument
Avenue, New York; and the
in the famous Bachkirche in
Auckland Town Hall. Thomas
Arnstadt where JS Bach served
is currently Assistant Director
as organist for five years. To
of Music at Christ Episcopal
conclude the competition,
Church in Pittsford, New York.
Thomas gave a Laureate recital
His studies have been
in both Weimar and Erfurt.
generously supported by many
scholarships, most recently
First Prize is 12,000 Euro
the Kiwi Music Scholarship,
($19,700 NZ), which Thomas will
Dame Malvina Arts Excellence
use to support his study in the
Award, and Creative NZ. There
USA.
is also a trust that manages
contributions from some 60
Thomas completed his
supporters to provide financial
undergraduate study at the
help for his studies.
NZSM at Victoria University
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Best foot forward for long arm
of law
Paul’s responsibilities include making the important decisions that
for a Study Programme abroad
2
test in Wigan at the time of going to print.
Paul completed his LLB/BA(Hons) degree in 2014.
Studies) and managed to qualify
currently pursuing his Doctorate
was out of England's reach and the series would go down to the final
University Debating Society and the Society of Otago Law Students.
University (Bachelor of Health
(2008-2009) from Wellington
Students’ Association. His previous role
His kick at the Olympic Stadium four minutes from time, meant victory
served on the executives of both the Otago
I was attending Auckland
under Douglas Mews. He is
the 2015 President of the Otago University
with OUSA was their Financial Officer. He has
there.
4-year-old Thomas Gaynor
aul Hunt (2004-2008) has been elected as
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– ending up at the University
was pretty difficult to find any
of California, Irvine - a great
suitable work. The majority of
school located in Orange County,
antipodeans come over here just
California. I lived off-campus on
on a visa to experience living and
Newport Beach and spent the
working abroad but don't tend
majority of the year playing for
to work in professional or career
the UCI rugby team – an amazing
jobs. For the first six months all
experience. The team really
I could find was working at a
became the focal point of my
health food store.
free time, which included training
almost every day, lots of social
However, things fell into place
events, and even holidays to lake
and I was fortunate to secure
houses and even a trip to Las
a great job with a tech startup
Vegas. It was like I was living in a
company called RFSpot, Inc. We
movie!
work on indoor mapping and
other radio frequency-related
govern OUSA as well as the Executive. His primary focus is toward the
bigger picture as far as OUSA and university students are concerned –
involving issues like media inquiries, dealing with national issues that
confront students, being the Student Representative on the University
Council and similar committees, and setting the direction of OUSA
for the year. The President serves an important leadership role in
chairing meetings, meeting with important stakeholders (Police, DCC,
University, Fire Department, etc.), and deciding what areas to focus on
each year.
W
ellington police are welcoming a world taekwondo gold
medallist to the ranks, but he plans to keep his high kicks to
himself when it comes to catching criminals.
The President’s position is the only full-time post on the Executive and
as a result tend to be the first point of contact for any issues that arise.
Constable Richard Lavin (1997-2001) was among the 76 recruits who
graduated from the Royal New Zealand Police College in Porirua
NZ selection makes up for nrl loss
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earlier this year, and has joined the Wellington police.
he pain of losing such a
The 31-year-old was working at the Wellington City Council in
dramatic ARL grand final is
the building consents department when he had a career-change
something Jordan Kahu (2006-
epiphany. He said was inspired by footage of the emergency
One way to describe the
services using robotics. Thanks to
standard of rugby in America is
a bit of networking with a fellow
'developing'. Even though some
Touch Rugby team member I met
of the oldest university clubs
the previous year, he ended up
As a rookie selection, Jordan
in America are rugby clubs,
employing me into his company.
Kahu was thankful that the tour
I had been watching it on YouTube - the facade fell off a building and
the majority of players are not
In due course, I am hoping that
to England with the New Zealand
all these police officers, fire engines and ambulances came flowing in
brought up playing rugby or
the company will sponsor me for
League Team (the Kiwis) helped
and I thought it would be kind of cool to be in that job.
throwing a ball around like New
a long-term visa.
him move on from the Broncos'
Zealanders are. Consequently,
2007) is struggling to overcome.
response to Hurricane Sandy, the 2012 super-storm that ripped
through the north-eastern United States.
heart-breaking loss in the NRL grand final.
Richard has competed in the Korean martial art form taekwondo
the natural flair and ease of play
I can certainly recommend
is hard to find here and players
the opportunity for fellow and
Jordan played on the wing in that dramatic 17-16 defeat to the
and Asian tournaments. He has been studying the martial art for
almost have to 'force' how they
younger alumni to investigate
Cowboys a few weeks ago and he said it's something he may never
18 years and first began competing at a national level while at
play, if that makes sense.
the opportunity to take up
move on from. However, he feels getting to play footy again might
Wellington College.
further study and/or work
help. It's probably going to haunt me for the rest of my life, he said.
at national and international level, as part of national, Oceania,
I returned to New Zealand
abroad after graduating in New
and completed a one-
Zealand. This is one of the
Jordan played on the wing or at centre for the Broncos this season,
ninth dan - and said he would continue his training, which was on
year Postgraduate Study
best experiences I have had
featuring in 22 games and scoring nine tries and has been lined up as
the backburner while he was at the Police College.
(Postgraduate Diploma, Public
to date. The opportunity has
Justin Hodges' replacement on the right edge.
Health, graduating with Merit)
opened up many doors for me,
then headed back to California
and notwithstanding, including
Jordan, who had two serious knee injuries in 2011 and 2012 says
and was awarded a Gold Medal in 2009 in the special techniques
to work. All New Zealand
playing for the USA in the Touch
physically he's feeling fine and good to go.
category - using jumping and flying techniques to break boards
and Australian graduates of
Rugby World Cup earlier this year
Universities can spend a year
in Australia.
He is currently ranked a fourth dan black belt - the highest title is
He attended the 2005, 2007 and 2009 World Championships,
with different parts of his body.
Field goals don't come around often for Jordan Kahu, but when they
working in the United States in
do they're usually of significance. In the second test against England,
But his first task with Wellington police will be staffing the booze
the year immediately following
he kicked a field goal to confirm the Kiwis' win over England and the
buses. He did not think his superiors would be expecting him to
graduation, which is what I am
24-year-old said the last one he did was when he was a youngster.
use his martial-arts skills in the course of his duties: Only in extreme
doing at the moment. Initially it
I think the last one I took was at the end of College, Jordan said.
situations, but not really - they have their own techniques they taught us.
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Dion was born in California to a Samoan mother and American
He immersed himself in the culture, living with Chinese flatmates and
father, but moved with his mother to Wellington at the age of seven
taking two-hour Mandarin lessons seven days a week.
ynnum Manly Seagulls Captain and two-time premiership
eventually attending Wellington College before returning to the US to
forward, Tim Natusch (2000-2004) announced his retirement
play College basketball. He came back to New Zealand in 2011 as a
His break in TV came after he returned to China after doing a short
with the elimination final against the Easts ­Tigers his last game,
Breakers development player and Wellington Saint.
stint at an Auckland law firm that works with many Chinese clients. His
hanging up his boots at the end of the Intrust Super Cup season.
Happy to be home
P
Wu Rao, known in English as If You Are the One, which has up to 50
for Hawke's Bay in 2013, before returning to the Saints a year later with
million viewers an episode.
roud and exhausted after
winning rugby's holy grail,
Dane Coles (2004) is happy to
be back home.
Auckland boss suggested he go on the Chinese dating show Fei Cheng
He had a lacklustre 2012 season with the Southland Sharks, played
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He said it was ‘a great honour’ to
represent his country at a world
mixed results. It wasn't until this year that he made his biggest step up
in play, averaging a career-best 14.5 points per game on 53 per cent
I didn't go on it to find a girlfriend ... It's powerful in terms of marketing
cup, and it felt like a dream when
shooting as the Saints made the NBL final. That form has seen ANBL
effects, so we decided we'd try and go on and market our law firm in
he was out on the field after the
clubs courting his services even before he was named on Saturday in
China, I thought it would be funny and silly.
final.
Despite being ‘very nervous’ about his Chinese language skills on the
The Hooker with the fastest feet
Dion said this year had been a turning point in his career. I'll be 26 next
show, he regaled the girls with a guitar song and Chinese conversation,
played a key role in New Zealand's history making defence of the
year, so I'm starting to creep up into my prime years and this is a pivotal
and ended up winning a date. From there he was asked to be on a chat
Webb Ellis Cup in England. He started in all but one game and
point of my career where I can really propel myself and play at a really
panel of foreigners, where he busted out a Chinese translation of the
was a crucial part of the All Black's near perfect lineout, as well as
high level. I'm making those steps and being a part of this campaign
Flight of the Conchords song Jenny, about a case of mistaken identity,
proving dangerous with ball in hand.
means you're playing with the elite of New Zealand basketball.
on national television.
the Tall Blacks squad to tour Europe.
The 29-year-old joined the Seagulls in 2010 and played a significant
After celebrating their victory, the team flew back to New Zealand
role in the Club’s back-to-back premierships in 2011 and 2012. He
captained the side for the past two years, leading them to the finals
Dion’s hard work paid off, being snapped up by the Sydney Kings to
That led him to be shoulder-tapped for a government-funded travel
to front three victory parades in three cities. We had a bit of a
each season and a preliminary final in 2014.
complete their roster for the upcoming Australian NBL (ANBL) season.
show that took foreigners all around China and filmed their reactions,
celebration as well and we hadn't had much sleep before those
which he has just completed. It has given him the idea of doing
parades. But seeing everyone's reaction actually got us through
something similar with Chinese tourists in New Zealand.
I reckon. Seeing what it means to other people, it was awesome.
But the prop has decided to step away from playing due to work
commitments. It was a pretty hard decision to make, Tim said. I’ve
been involved heavily in sport since I was five and played football
professionally since I was 17. It was something I was sort of tossing and
How a Wellington criminal lawyer
became a reality star
Especially the Wellington one, just to see the turnout there was pretty
humbling.
I'd love to do a travel show so we can introduce New Zealand to Chinese
people in Chinese language. New Zealand and China have so much
turning over for the past couple of months but I just think I couldn’t
more to offer each other outside of trade. I hope more New Zealanders
The feeling of being a world champion was still sinking in. When
commit to playing. I’m one of those players that if I was late for training
get over here and get more involved with China. I feel like there is so
you're over there you don't really think about it too much, you just get
or whatever, I feel bad so I just can’t do it.
much more to gain than going somewhere comfortable like London.
on with doing the job. But to have a few days to reflect, it was pretty
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special to be there with an All Black team over the world cup, and to
get the job done was just awesome.
The 184cm, 107kg enforcer was born in Papua New Guinea but grew
up in Wellington, attending Wellington College and playing for the
Steps to success
1st XV. Alongside his career at the Seagulls, Tim played three NRL
games for the Newcastle Knights in 2009.
Solid NBL season capped off with
NZ selection
D
ion Prewster (2004-2006) is finally
reaching his potential. Touted as
one of New Zealand's brightest
B
With a history making world cup title to his name, the big question
is what now? Going into Hurricanes season, hopefully we can be
orn in Invercargill, ballet dancer,
successful there.
Harry Skinner (2001-2002)
trained under Paula Hunt in
Wellington and at the Australian
W
Ballet School. He performed in the
ellington criminal lawyer Patrick Rosevear (20011-2005) took
Australian Ballet’s productions of
time out three years ago to go travelling in China, and to study
Don Quixote and Destiny. He joined
Mandarin. But after appearing on a Chinese TV dating show, and
the Royal New Zealand Ballet in
basketball talents during his teenage
translating a Flight Of The Conchords song on national television, he
2008 and his early roles included
years, the 25-year-old's career had
found himself cast in a travel show with a film crew of 120.
Peter’s Shadow in Peter Pan (2009)
and Fritz in The Nutcracker (2010).
stagnated over the past few seasons.
Now the former Wellington College and Victoria University student
Victoria university’s sportsman
of the year
T
hree Old Boys were part of the 56 Victoria University
students honoured for excellence in the sporting
arena at the 2015 Wellington Blues Awards.
Presented in partnership with Victoria University
of Wellington Students’ Association (VUWSA),
But a strong season with the Wellington
is hoping to use his unexpected celebrity to make a show promoting
2011 saw him feature in Verdi Variations and The Sleeping Beauty.
the Blues Awards are the highest sporting
Saints in the National Basketball League
New Zealand tourism to Chinese tourists. It's quite a novel life over here,
Favourite roles in 2012 included 28 Variations on a Theme by Paganini
accolade the University can give to students
(NBL) has earned the 1.95-metre
he said. I guess I'm sort of used to it now, but it was quite strange to see
and Balanchine’s Who Cares? and he caught critics’ eyes in Giselle at
who have brought credit to the institution
swingman selection for the Tall Blacks
myself on television at first.
the end of 2012, with Theatreview reporting that ‘Maree White and
through their sporting achievements or contribution to sport.
Harry Skinner establish wonderful characters during the female and
for the first time and has Australian NBL teams calling.
Patrick moved to Shanghai after visiting on a whim in 2012, falling in
male ensembles.’ Recent roles include Mr Fezziwig in A Christmas
Science and commerce student James Blackwell (2008-2013) was
love with the city, and deciding he wanted to learn Mandarin. I had that
Carol (2014), Lorenzo in Don Quixote, Johan Kobborg’s Salute and
named the 2015 Victoria Sportsperson of the Year. In the past year,
in terms of selection, where I fitted in the picture," he said. "So I guess
instinct like so many other New Zealanders that I needed to get into the
Bottom in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, a role which he performed at
James has represented New Zealand in the U20 Rugby team which
this is a surprise but then again I had the opportunity to be successful
world and challenge myself and learn about other people, so I went to
the world première in August 2015. Harry is studying extramurally
won the Junior Rugby World Cup in Italy and the Oceania U20 Rugby
individually and in a team this year, so that has some kind of merit
Shanghai for a short holiday and sort of fell in love with the city.
for a degree in political science at Massey University.
Championship beating Japan, Australia and Samoa. He is currently a
I had a feeling I was going to get a [Tall Blacks] trial but I didn't know,
towards getting selected.
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Also honoured were Liam Albery (2013) for Swimming, Felix Boyce
The Pure Food Co is also in talks with aged care facilities about
(2009-2013) for Fencing, Oliver Logan (2010-2012) for Hockey, Tristan
supplying multi-serve portions direct.
Cutting edge research earns
honour
O’Neale (2007-2011) for Underwater Hockey and Brook Walker (20082012) for Rowing.
Allan Sargeant, chief executive of Ambridge Rose Manor private
hospital in east Auckland, is considering ordering from the Pure Food
James also won the Al Keown Memorial Cup, awarded to the best
Co. Around 40 per cent of his residents are on soft diets. There was a
performed player in the 2015 Wellington Rugby Academy at the
gap in the market that these guys are ready to exploit, and it’s a good
Wellington Rugby Union Awards.
thing from my point of view, Sargeant said. A lot of our residents come
to us at an end-of-life stage and they need some nutrition to keep them
Former 1st XV team-mate, Northern United and Wellington Lions
healthy. But blending food is really difficult, we have problems with lumps
hooker Leni Apisai (2013), who collected James’s award last year, won
and you can never accurately tell what their calorie or protein intake is.
the Most Promising Player of the Year Award at the awards.
Leni made eight starts and one off the bench for the Lions this year
Pure Food founders Maia Royal, Sam Bridgewater and George
Bridgewater aim to make food parcels tasty as well as nutritious.
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The extensive development and trial period has been financially taxing
on The Pure Food Co. In the early stages, received around $20,000 of
T
he 2014 cohort of the
Mechanical Engineering
Honours programme
at Canterbury University’s
Mechanical Engineering
Department, held their
graduation ceremony in April.
Last year, as part of the final year
programme, they completed
cutting-edge research and development projects, sponsored by
and impressed with his high work-rate, abrasive play and developing
He was ill, and he needed quality nutrition but he was resorting to eating
“lifeblood” funding from Callaghan Innovation. The new business has
ball playing skills. With a big future ahead of him, Leni is still available
scrambled eggs every night. He really needed a wide and varied diet,
fielded inquiries from customers in Australia and the United States, but
for the New Zealand U20s in 2016.
said Sam, a former manager at Lloyds Banking Group.
it is concentrating on the New Zealand market for the time being.
Fencer out to make a point
Adds George: It was a big shock to our mum as she was thrust into a
Although Sam and Maia run the day-to-day operations while George,
caregiver role . . . She was spending up to 30 minutes extra just trying to
who is based in Cambridge, focuses on his training, the athlete’s
t the recent Commonwealth
prepare the meals for him, which often weren’t great. We thought, there
competitive spirit is pushing the company forward. George is great
Fencing Junior and Cadet
has to be a solution, but, unfortunately, when we needed it the most,
because he wants the very best, and that’s helped a lot with driving the
Championships held in Cape
there was nothing available.
development, Sam said.
The University of Canterbury congratulated Tom for his outstanding
Rugby world cup - our OLD BOYS
who played a part IN IT
research contributions, as well as for his hard work during
A
Town the team had the best results
of any Junior Commonwealth event
Consultations with health services clinicians and aged care industry
NZ has attended.
representatives revealed that the family’s experiences were not unique.
There are tens of thousands of New Zealanders affected by eating
Victoria University Blues recipient,
difficulties including stroke patients, people suffering from serious
Felix Boyce (2009-2013), the recipient
illnesses and a growing number of elderly, Sam said.
some of New Zealand’s most interesting companies. Among the
Wellington College Class of 2014 was Tom Green (2006-2010).
Tom’s research and development project involved analysing
porous materials and fluid dynamics, using computer modelling
and laboratory experiments. This work was part of an international
collaboration with the Technical University of Hamburg.
the challenging four-year Mechanical Engineering Honours
programme.
of three Bronze Medals, had a
spectacular result, the best any
The Auckland-based firm’s meals come in flavours such as roast lamb
individual NZ fencer has had at a Commonwealth Junior event.
ragu, fish pie and roast chicken - designed to be like normal food, only
blended and easily heated. The pouch meals were developed over an
Felix, seeded 19 after poules, placed 3rd= in Men’s Foil going out in a
18-month period, in part at the Food Innovation Network’s Food Bowl
hard fought semi-final against Kamal Minott (ENG) losing 15-9 . He then
facility near Auckland Airport.
got on the piste in the Men’s Epee and aced his poule, seeding third
and reaching the semi-final to face Tomas Curran Jones (ENG) going
Pretty early in the piece we figured out it isn’t as easy as blending the
down in a close 15-12 defeat. Thirdly, as one of the anchors of the Men’s
meal, Sam said. One of the key things for us to ensure was that the
Foil Team, Felix helped the team effort to secure the Bronze Medal.
Smooth food operators
T
he rowing course on Lake Karapiro and the corporate finance
sector are worlds away from the aged care industry.
But the plight of a sick family member pushed Olympic rowing Bronze
medallist George Bridgewater (1996-2000) and his brother Sam (19982002) to launch a venture beyond their traditional skill-sets.
The brothers and their business partner Maia Royal have founded the
Pure Food Co, an enterprise producing fresh, preservative-free, soft
and blended meals for people who have issues swallowing and eating.
The idea is close to the Bridgewaters’ hearts - the pair had a frustrating
experience watching their stepfather struggle with blended food
during a serious illness.
Will Helu
Dane Coles
TJ Ioane
Paula Kinikinilau
Samoa
Tonga
New Zealand
Samoa
Romania
consistency was really safe. We had to ensure there were no lumps which can be a choking hazard - and that there was no water splitting
out from food. So we consulted with dietitians and speech language
therapists who are specialists in swallowing difficulties.
Creating nutritious, yet tasty food is an area of particular interest to
George, who is currently in training for the 2016 Rio Games after a long
break from rowing. As an athlete, I know how important good food is to
helping people strive, but it has to taste great too - as much as I try to see
food only as fuel, he said.
Otago student part of winning team
A
n Otago University Business School team tasted
global success early in the year at the 26th Scotiabank
International Business Case Competition hosted by Ivey
The Pure Food Co sells direct through its online store, couriering its
meals to their customers’ homes. As many of its clients are unable to
Business School at Western University, London, Ontario,
Canada.
drive, the business has put its energy into developing quick dispatch
and delivery processes, rather than finding retail stockists.
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Otago tied for first place with National University of Singapore
– the current world champions. Congratulations to team
We were out there trialling it with people in their homes and they kept
members Jeremy O’Connor, George Lill, Tim Saunders (2007-
wanting more and more. It seemed pretty unfair to show something as an
2011) and Chris Sadler (Medicine).
option and then say: ‘Sorry; it’s only a sample’.
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Tim Saunders (Back Right)
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Near-death experience inspiration
S
even years after New Zealander
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taken to hospital where scans confirmed a broken back. He was not
paralysed, though he still suffers pain and upper body mobility has
been impaired.
Mark Major (2000-2004), fell
down a 9m-deep hole in Beijing
Rather than wallow in pity, Mark decided he would profit from his
and broke his back, he has turned
accident, and through his start-up company Broken Back Games
his near-death experience into a
produced a game.
e
Wellington Colleg
tongue-in-cheek mobile game
called, Plummet Free Fall, which has
In making the game, Mark wanted to inspire others to not
this month became the No 1 free
only overcome the twists of fate but also to realise their own
game in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus.
entrepreneurial ambitions.
Plummet Free Fall is now officially the favourite app in Belarus,
It is not hard in today’s world to build something like this, Mark said. All
bettering Facebook, Whatsapp, VK and Twitter.
you need is inspiration, vision and tenacity.
Mark explained his accident: I was interning in Beijing [in 2007]. One
Mark, an avid gamer, modelled his game on the successes of titles
night, I was walking to my local 7-Eleven and all of a sudden I found
such as Flappy Bird and Temple Run, with their sole objective of
myself free falling. About 7 metres down I crashed through a plank, which
achieving high scores. Plummet lets users assume a cartoon version
slowed me down. I believe to this day that the plank saved my life.
of Mark as he 'plummets' down an endless shaft, tilting the phone left
and right to avoid obstacles and continue falling.
He was eventually hoisted out by firefighters and passersby, and
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or a brief period in the 1900s, New Zealander Joseph Joel
complete my Duke of Edinburgh
Hammond (1899) gave a small Australian suburb in Melbourne a
Gold Award, it has also enabled me
significant place in the annals of aviation history.
to see and experience things I never
thought I would be able to do.
Hammond, a young man with a passion for flying machines, came to
I will admit, I’m not the best at
the then rural Altona in 1911 with his Bristol Boxkite biplane, as the base
leading, but I often found myself
for a series of thrilling airborne endeavours.
taking control of certain activities. For
example, with our morning ritual of
In his first feat, in February 1911, Hammond took off from Altona, and
waking up at 6.00am, running around
landed in Geelong 55 minutes later. In doing so, he completed the first
the ship, warming up on deck then
town-to-town flight in Australia.
finally swimming. I found myself in a
unique position where I took control
Three days later, the 20-year-old adventurer, described
of the whole ship, and led a warm up
in a newspaper article at the time as a tall, clean-shaven,
routine. This was no ordinary routine
The whole idea of being on a large
athletic-looking man, with fearless eyes, undertook the
as on the ship I was nick-named
vessel for ten days with nobody I
first powered passenger flight in Australia, taking his
Panda. I ended up embracing this to create a Panda-themed warm
knew was something I never saw
ever-obliging wife on a 12-minute journey in the skies
up. Not only did this help break the ice, it also cheered up the people
myself doing. However it became one of the most enjoyable parts of
above Melbourne – three years after the Wright brothers
creating a sense of enjoyment for something usually frowned upon in
the voyage. I made many friends from all over the country with whom I
completed the same feat.
the early hours of the morning.
still actively communicate via social media.
Originally a farmer before the flying bug took hold,
I will always remember the numerous activities which I experienced
The whole trip was something never to forget, and I am left with
Hammond kept his biplane 'under a tent' in Pier St and legend has it his
promotional tour in Indianapolis, September 1918. No family ever came
with my watch (Port B) - the most memorable being the ability to
incredible memories and friendships. I challenged my limits in areas
first flight was delayed after the plane hit a cow during takeoff.
forward to collect his remains, which in a compassionate gesture were
sail around in lugers which are small single sail boats. These boats
such as public speaking, leadership and physically trying new things. In
required co-operation from my whole watch, and after a few minutes
fact, I enjoyed it so much, that I look forward to going back as a leading
Joseph Joel 'Joe' Hammond was born in New Zealand in 1886 and flew
Indianapolis Speedway, Carl Fisher. It seems a sad but fitting grave for
on our own we were able to sail around the glassy waters surrounding
hand to help aid the new trainees on board and make a journey for
with the RFC in WWI. Sadly this remarkable, yet often forgotten, New
this pioneer and adventurer.
the ship.
them to never forget. Logan Wiffen (Y13)
Zealand aviator was killed when his plane crashed during a war bonds
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Obituaries
Class of 1931
Bade, David Laurence (Laurie)
1912-2014 of Kapiti
Wellington College 1927-1929
WWII RNZAF, AFC
Class of 1932
Wood, Robert McGregor (Bob)
1914-2015 of NSW, Australia
Wellington College 1928-1930
WWII, Major, POW
Class of 1935
McArthur, James William (Jim)
1918-2015 of Wellington
Wellington College 1931-1935
WWII RNZAF
Class of 1936
Barber, Ian Alfred Bloomfield
1916-2015 of Kapiti
Wellington College 1932-1934
WWII 2NZEF
Coad, Allan Oliver
1919-2015 of Kapiti
Wellington College 1932-1936
Class of 1937
Schirner-Bade, Lincoln Alfred
1920-2014 of Bay of Plenty
Wellington College 1933-1935
Nees, Hugh
1920-2015 of Kapiti
Wellington College 1933-1935
Parker, Keith Frederick
1920-2015 of Marlborough
Wellington College 1933-1936 WWII
Class of 1938
Mears, Ronald Ashton
1920-2015 of Auckland
Wellington College 1934-1936
Class of 1939
Bourne, Peter Edward
1922-2015 of Canterbury
Wellington College 1935-1937
Craig, Lewis Thorne
1922-2015 of Bay of Plenty
Wellington College 1935-1938
WWII S/LT, RNZN
Crocket, Alexander McIntyre
1920-2014 of Hawke's Bay
Wellington College 1937-1938
McCabe, Eric Desmond OBE
1922-2015 of Kapiti
Wellington College 1935-1938
OBE (Military), WWII Sqn Leader
RNZAF, Co#2 Squad
Class of 1940
Alcorn, Armer Morris
1923-2015 of Wellington
Wellington College 1936-1940
Gray, David Randolph Chapman
1921-2014 of Wellington
Wellington College 1936-1938
Healy, Eric Stanley
1923-2015 of Wellington
Wellington College 1936-1938
Luke, George MacDonald
1922-2015 of Auckland
Wellington College 1936-1939
Styles, Maxwell Roy
1922-2015 of Bay of Plenty
Wellington College 1936-1937
W/O Class II, NZ Army
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It is with deep regret that we record the passing of the following Old Boys and Staff. The Wellington College
community extends their sympathy to their families.  = A full obituary is included on the following pages.
Class of 1941
Bond, Stanley Frank
1923-2015 of Wellington
Wellington College 1937-1939
WWII Sgt. 20 Armoured Reg. NZEF
Brown, Eric Hamblett
1923-2014 of Wellington
Wellington College 1937-1938
Coulter, William Thomas (Bill)
1923-2012 of Horowhenua
Wellington College 1937-1941
Evison, Henry Charles (Harry)
1924-2014 of Canterbury
Wellington College 1937-1938
Heraud, Clifford Brian, QSM
1923-2015 of Waikato
Wellington College 1937-1940
WWII
Sime, William (Bill) Hutchison
1922-2015 of VIC, Australia
Wellington College 1937-1938
Class of 1942
Barber, Richard Trevor
1925-2015 of Canterbury
Wellington College 1938-1941
Firth House, 1st XI Cricket, 1st XV
Matheson, Ian
1924-2015 of Waikato
Wellington College 1938
McRobie, Bruce Marshall
1924-2014 of Auckland
Wellington College 1938-1941
WWII RNZN
Pinel, Ian Francis
1924-2015 of Auckland
Wellington College 1939-1941
WWII RNZN
Stratton, Alfred Edward (Ted)
1925-2015 of Taihape
Wellington College 1938-1941
WWII RNZAF
Sutton-Smith, Brian [Professor]
1924 -2015 of Vermont, USA
Wellington College 1938-1940
Thornton, Royd Hale
1925-2015 of Nelson
Wellington College 1938-1942
Class of 1943
Dasent, Wilfred Effingham (Bunt)
1926-2015 of Wellington
Wellington College 1939-1941
Jenkins, Bruce Grove
1926-2015 of Bay of Plenty
Wellington College 1939-1942
MacDonald, Malcolm Charles
PhD, BA, MCom
1927-2014 of Bay of Plenty
Wellington College 1939-1943
Patterson, Alexander Whitelaw
1925-2015 of Hawke's Bay
Wellington College 1939-1943
1st XV 1943
Streeter, Geoffrey Rowland
1925-2015 of Bay of Plenty
Wellington College 1939-1943
Class of 1944
Barr, Roy Oliver
1924-2015 of Horowhenua
Wellington College 1940-1941
Doreen, Henri Laurance
1926-2015 of Horowhenua
Wellington College 1940-1943
Gair, George Frederick CMG QSO
1926-2015 of Auckland
Wellington College 1940-1941
Gilchrist, Peter James Hayes
1927-2015 of Auckland
Wellington College 1940-1944
Hastings, Harold Edward
1927-2015 of Manawatu
Wellington College 1940
WWII NZEF, J Force
Josephson, Peter Andrew
1926-2014 of Auckland
Wellington College 1940-1943
1st XV 1942
WWII 16th Field Regiment
Kernohan, Ronald Cameron
1926-2014 of Northland
Wellington College 1940-1942
Class of 1945
Aburn, Gerald Stephen
1929-2014 of Kapiti
Wellington College 1941-1945
1st XI Hockey
Craig, John David
1927-2015 of Kapiti
Wellington College 1940-1945
Prefect 1944, Head Prefect 1945
Murray, Colin Bruce
1948-2015 of Auckland
Wellington College 1941-1942
Class of 1946
Gapes, Donald Charles
1928-2014 of Auckland
Wellington College 1942-1946
Howe, John Clinton
1928-2014 of Wellington
Wellington College 1942-1944
Pope, Rangi Herbert
1928-2015 of Wellington
Wellington College 1942-1946
1st XV 1946
Sherring, Erle John
1928-2015 of Bay of Plenty
Wellington College 1942-1946
Young, Brian Oliver
1930-2015 of Auckland
Wellington College 1942-1946
Class of 1947
Cryer, Austin Hugh
1930-2015 of Auckland
Wellington College 1943-1947
1st XI Hockey
Milburn, Philip Hastwell
1930-2014 of Canterbury
Wellington College 1943-1947
Rich, John Charles
1919-2014 of Waikato
Wellington College 1945
Tierney, Peter Edward
1930-2014 of Bay of Plenty
Wellington College 1943-1947
1st XV 1947
Weston, Murray Geddis
1929-2015 of Calgary, Canada
Wellington College 1943-1946
Class of 1948
Bruce, Allan William
1930-2015 of Queensland
Wellington College 1944-1947
Dutton, Gilbert Walter
1930-2014 of Auckland
Wellington College 1944-1946
Ede, John Bernard, OBE
1931-2015 of Auckland
Wellington College 1944-1948
Fyfe, Peter McCoy
1931-2015 of Wellington
Wellington College 1944-1948
Griffiths, John Alexander
1930-2014 of Waikato Wellington
College 1946-1947 1st XV 1947
Hammington, Colin Milton
1930-2015 of Wellington
Wellington College 1944-1946
Hunt, Warren Alfred, AE, JP, BE(Hons)
1931-2015 of Auckland
Wellington College 1944-1948
WWII Group Captain, RNZAF
Macnab, Robert Lawrence (Bob)
1930-2014 of Wanganui
Wellington College 1944-1947
Slater, William (Bill) McCarthy
1931-2015 of Toronto, Canada
Wellington College 1944-1948
Townsley, Graeme Clifford
1931-2015 of Wellington
Wellington College 1944-1946
Class of 1949
Eastwood, Harry Roy
1931-2015 of Manawatu
Wellington College 1945-1947
Jobson, Peter Joseph
1932-2015 of Auckland
Wellington College 1945-1949
1st XV 1949
Palmer, Arnold Edwin
1931-2015 of Wellington
Wellington College 1945-1946
Class of 1950
Beaglehole, Timothy Holmes
1933-2015 of Wellington
Wellington College 1946-1950
Prefect 1950
Burrell, Ian William
1932-2014 of Nelson
Wellington College 1946-1950
Day, Nicholas Arthur (Nick)
1933-2015 of Hawke's Bay
Wellington College 1946-1947
Johnson, Joseph Frederick MNZM
1932-2015 of Wellington
Wellington College 1946-1950
Magner, Robert
1930-2015 of Wellington
Wellington College 1946-1947
Shepherd, John Leslie
1932-2015 of Taupo
Wellington College 1946-1947
Young, William Graeme
1933-2014 of Auckland
Wellington College 1946-1948
Class of 1951
Clare, Barry Charles Ronald
1934-2015 of Wellington
Wellington College 1947-1952
Drysdale, Keith Woodward
1933-2015 of Kapiti
Wellington College 1947-1950
Stuart, Alistair McGregor
1933-2015 of Wairarapa
Wellington College
If you find we have missed a death and/or an obituary, please let us know and feel free to submit any
recollections you may have.
Turner, Terence Stephen
1933-2014 of Auckland
Wellington College 1947-1950
Firth House
Wilson, Ian Thomas
1933-2015 of Kapiti
Wellington College 1947
Class of 1952
Hill, Cyril Allan
1933-2015 of Hawke's Bay
Wellington College 1948
Korea: Sgt 16th Field Regiment
Lockhart, Simon Grant, QC
1934-2015 of Auckland
Wellington College: 1949-1952
Prefect/Firth House Prefect,
1st XV 1951-52
Poynter, James Benjamin Roberts
1934-2015 of Hawke's Bay
Wellington College 1948-1951
Class of 1953
Craig, Peter Earle
1934-2015 of Horowhenua
Wellington College 1949-1952
Dunn, Murray Lawrence MPS
1934-2015 of Auckland
Wellington College 1949-1953
Prefect 1954 NZ Table Tennis Rep
Marple, David Rex
1934-2015 of Poverty Bay
Wellington College 1949-1952
Reynolds, Richard Allen
1936-2014 of Hawke's Bay
Wellington College 1949-1953
Watchman, Keith John
1934-2015 of Wellington
Wellington College 1949-1952
Firth House
Class of 1954
Davies, Cuthbert Malcolm
1935-2015 of Hawke's Bay
Wellington College 1950-1953
Hoare, Graham Owen
1937-2014 of Auckland
Wellington College 1950-1952
Firth House
MacLeod, Kenneth Donald
1936-2015 of Wellington
Wellington College 1950-1952
Class of 1955
Amoore, Ian Norman
1939-2014 of Auckland
Wellington College 1951-1954
Arthurs, Terrence (Terry)
1938-2015 of Wairarapa
Wellington College 1951-1954
RNZN Commander
Henare, David Wynyard (Maui)
1937-2014 of Wellington
Wellington College 1951-1954
1st XI Football
Oliver, Kenneth Charles
1937-2015 of Hawke's Bay
Wellington College 1951-1953
RNZAF/RAF
Thomas, David Clemens
1937-3015 of Wellington
Wellington College 1951-1955
Class of 1956
Beyer, Colin Andrew
1931-2015 of Wellington
Wellington College 1952-1955
Commander of the Order of the
Lion of Finland
Bryant, Leonard James
1939-2015 of Wellington
Wellington College 1952-1954
Gault, Thomas Munro
KNZM, QC, Right Hon.
1938-2015 of Auckland
Wellington College 1952-1955
Class of 1957
Hughes, Trevor William
1938-2014 of Wanganui
Wellington College 1953-1954
Class of 1958
Allan, James Alexander (Jim)
1940-2015 of Kapiti
Wellington College 1954-1957
Dudfield, Harry William
1939-2015 of NSW, Australia
Wellington College 1954-1957
Ellison, Ross Garner
1941-2015 of Bay of Plenty
Wellington College 1954-1956
Kearsley, Michael Joseph
1939-2015 of Wellington
Wellington College 1954-1956
Mahon, Peter Stewart
1940-2014 of Auckland
Wellington College 1954-1958
Prefect, 1st XV 1958
Tukaroa, Taura Atua O Te Maka
1939-2105 of Horowhenua
Wellington College 1954-1957
Uttley, Ian Neill
1941-2015 of Hawke's Bay
Wellington College 1954-1959
1st XV 1958-1959, HP 1959,
All Black 1963
Wilson, Robert Alexander John (Bob)
1941-2014 of Wairarapa
Wellington College 1956-1957
Class of 1959
Baker, Edric Sargisson (Dr)
1941-2015 of Bangladesh
Wellington College 1955-1959
Wylie, Graeme Dallas (Squid)
1939-2015 of Kapiti
Wellington College 1955-1956
Class of 1960
McGregor, Peter Stewart
1942-2014 of NSW, Australia
Wellington College 1956-1959
Wilson, Keith Stuart
1943-2014 of Wellington
Wellington College 1956-1960
Class of 1961
Hudson, Alan Robert
1943-2014 of Auckland
Wellington College 1957-1958
Class of 1962
Atkins, Francis John
1944-2015 of Hawke's Bay
Wellington College 1958-1961
Firth House
Bell, John Culford
1945-2015 of Wairarapa
Wellington College 1958-1962
Halley, Douglas Jock
1944-2015 of Auckland
Wellington College 1958-1962
1st XV 1961-1962, Prefect
MacLeod, Peter Murray
1944-2015 of Canterbury
Wellington College 1958-1959
Class of 1963
Jaynes, John Charles
1945-2015 of Auckland
Wellington College 1959-1960
Wilton, John Robert
1945-2015 of Queensland
Wellington College 1959-1963
Class of 1964
Brabin, Lloyd Graham
1946-2015 of Canterbury
Wellington College 1960-1963
Horsley, John Mervyn
1946-2015 of NSW, Australia
Wellington College 1960-1964
Marshall, John Livingston CNZM
1946-2015 of Wellington
Wellington College 1960-1964
Head Prefect 1964
Perry, Geoffrey Huntley Gordon
1947-2015 of Auckland
Wellington College 1960-1964
Class of 1965
August, Graham Allen
1947-2015 of Horowhenua
Wellington College 1961-1962
Class of 1966
Faye, Daniel Guthrie
1948-2015 of Wellington
Wellington College 1962
Hough, Colin John (Huffy)
1948-2015 of Wellington
Wellington College 1962-1965
Morrison, Bruce Arnott (Chips)
1948-2015 of Hawke's Bay
Wellington College 1962-1966
Firth House Prefect. 1st XV
Class of 1967
Spackman, William Rodney
1949-2015 of Otago
Wellington College 1963-1966
Class of 1970
King, Alexander Stuart (Sandy)
1952-2015 of Hong Kong
Wellington College 1966-1970
Class of 1971
Conway, Peter Lindsay
1953-2015 of Wellington
Wellington College 1970-1971
Class of 1973
Elmes, Gary James
1956-2015 of Wellington
Wellington College 1969-1971
Class of 1975
Walter, Erin John
1958-2015 of Kapiti
Wellington College 1971-1975
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Class of 1977
Hennessy, Sean Patrick
1959-2015 of Wellington
Wellington College 1973
Meek, Stephen Eric
1960-2015 of Wellington
Wellington College 1973-1975
Class of 1978
Drakeford, Mark Peter
1960-2015 of Wellington
Wellington College 1974-1978
Jenkins, Christopher Edward
1960-2015 of Auckland
Wellington College 1974-1978
Class of 1982
Coldham, Geoffrey James
MB, ChB, FRACS
1964-2015 of Auckland
Wellington College 1978-1982
Deputy Head Prefect
1st XI Hockey & 1st XI Cricket
Class of 1983
Launder, Timothy Ian
1966-2015 of Wellington
Wellington College 1979-1983
Class of 1986
Pearce, Matthew John Webster
1968-2015 of Wellington
Wellington College 1982-1986
Class of 1988
Salesa, John Teve Utufiti
1971-2015 of Wellington
Wellington College 1984-1989
Class of 1994
Moananu, Misiluni
1977-2015 of Wellington
Wellington College 1990-1995
1st XV 1994/95, Prefect 1994/95
Class of 1998
Atack, Samuel Alexander
1980-2015 of Wellington
Wellington College 1998
Staff
Buchanan, Hugh Duncan
Wellington College 1979-1982
Craig, John David
Wellington College 1957-1958
and 1962-1968
Greenlees, William Francis
Wellington College 1964-1965
Hunter, Roger Herbert Ingram
Wellington College 1958-1959
MacGillivray, Ian
Wellington College 1969-1972
Murphy, David James (Dave)
Wellington College 1987-2000
Thomas, Graham Edwin
Wellington College 1964-1978
Obituaries and tributes have been
compiled by classmates; while
others originate from published
obituaries. Where possible, an
obituary's authorship or source
of previous publication is noted.
If you wish to add an obituary or
tribute to someone deceased,
please contact oldboys@
wc.school.nz
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IAN AMOORE
Wellington College: 1951-1954
I
an Amoore was born
and educated in
Wellington, although
his family had links with
Taranaki. He moved to
Australia for vet training
then went into the Vet
Service, in Helensville in 1970. Ian
and his wife Jan had three sons.
The family moved to Ohirangi
in 1980 and Ian set up in private
practice. He worked with the deer
industry locally, nationally and
internationally in a practical and
advisory role, travelling as far afield
as Malaysia, Indonesia and Canada.
Ian was involved in community
affairs. He had been Assistant
District Commissioner of Scouts,
before moving to Helensville. In
Helensville, he belonged to the
Presbyterian Church, the Lions Club
and the Historical Society. He also
served on the Borough Council.
Ian was a dedicated Lion, holding
various offices, including President
in 1971-72, and was later presented
with a prestigious Melvin Jones
Fellowship Award. Ian played a key
role in the Historical Society, in the
transfer of the Museum to the River
Reserve. Ian served as President
from 2002-07. Ian and Jan moved to
Green Bay in 2010, but remained as
interested members.
Gardening was a passion for
both Jan and Ian, and they built a
beautiful and productive garden
and orchard at Ohirangi. Fishing and
boating were also major recreations
for the family and their friends.
LAURIE BADE
Wellington College: 1927-1929
The 2013 Lampstand
featured Laurie Bade
who earlier that year,
celebrated his 100th
birthday. Just five days
short of his 102nd
birthday, Laurie passed
away. The following are excerpts
from that story.
W
hen Laurie Bade celebrated his
100th birthday with family and
friends in January 2013, he must
have remembered the dramatic
moments in March, 1945 when he
cheated death.
Flight Lieutenant Bade, who joined
the RNZAF as a mature pilot,
spent many hours flying Douglas
transport aircraft between New
Zealand and the Solomon Islands
and was also a flight instructor
at Whenuapai, training the later
echelons of young pilots for combat
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Obituaries
in the final stages of WWII.
On the day in question, for some
reason unresolved even by a Board
of Inquiry, the C-47 Douglas Dakota
NZ3501 was in collision mid-air
with a Ventura NZ4518, shearing
off half the port wing, about 14
feet of it. Laurie managed to bring
the crippled plane and all its five
crewmen safely back, landing at
Whenuapai in Auckland. The pilot of
the Ventura unfortunately perished
with his plane but he had kept it
aloft long enough for all his crew to
parachute to safety.
EDRIC BAKER
Wellington College: 1955-1959
The 2012 Lampstand
featured a story on
Dr Edric Baker – New
Zealand’s own Mother
Theresa. Sadly, in
September this year,
Edric passed away.
E
dric Baker was an inspirational
New Zealand medical doctor who
worked in an isolated rural area in
northern Bangladesh for 35 years.
Laurie was awarded the Air Force
Cross in 1945. The citation reads
'Flight Lieutenant Bade] is an
outstanding captain of transport
aircraft who had a sound reputation
as an extremely steady, devoted and
reliable pilot'. But that was before the
accident, Laurie remarked.
His vision of ‘health care for the
poor by the poor’ led him to set
up of the Kailakuri Health Centre.
The centre provided care for the
poor free of charge, regardless of
creed or race. His colleagues and
friends at the Kailakuri Health Care
Project in Bangladesh provided the
following obituary.
Of the three boys and three girls in
the Bade family, all but one survived
into their 90s. Laurie had three
children, Ian (1955-1959), Keith and
Catherine and five grand-children
and two great-grand-children.
As Edric slipped away from us, he
was surrounded by people he loved
and who loved him. Over the last few
days he had been having a rough
time with breathing but none of us
here expected his passing so soon.
Laurie (we believe at his death)
was the oldest member of the
Wellington College Old Boys’
Association. When he attended
Wellington College, he proved
himself on the sports field as a ‘good
all-round athlete’, said Laurie’s
nephew, Roger Booth (1958-1962),
Deputy Mayor of Kapiti Coast
District Council. Asked what he
thought contributed to making him a
centenarian, Laurie replied old age.
Late last year, he was diagnosed
with idiopathic pulmonary
hypertension, an incurable illness.
Right up until the last hour he was
giving orders and making phone
calls. That was just like Dr Bai (Dr
Brother). The word ‘retire’ was not in
his vocabulary. Within half an hour
of his passing, his room became
full of caring people who he had
helped over the years. As we started
to make calls around, not only
Bangladesh but the world, the news
spread and more and more people
filled our compound and telephoned
promising to be on the next bus to
come and pay their respects.
Laurie was born in Berhampore,
went to Berhampore then Island
Bay schools - from the latter gaining
a matriculation to Wellington
College which he attended from
1927-1929. He then went to work for
Hope Gibbons (bicycle importers)
in Taranaki Street until early 1940
when he went into the RNZAF.
Laurie returned to Hope Gibbons
after the war, then shortly shifted
to MacDuffs (later to become
Woolworths) before setting up his
own importing/wholesale business
in the early 1950s which he ran until
he was about 80.
Laurie was a representative
sportsman, representing Wellington
in Athletics, Hockey and Harriers. He
also played representative Rugby
and Basketball in the Airforce.
Laurie and his wife built a house in
Tawa in 1949 and lived there until
a few years ago, Mrs Bade passed
away in 1996.
It is hard to explain how he was
loved and respected. Local Mandi
women sang songs, people read
from the Koran, others wept, and
others stood silently keeping a
vigil. Up until his burial, he was still
surrounded by those he loved and
who loved him.
People came from all over
Bangladesh. Some arrived in the
night and most refused beds offered
to them for rest but preferred to
tell stories of their time with Edric
late into the night. Even in death,
he managed to bring different
communities and cultures together.
Christian, Muslim, Hindu, rich,
poor, Bangladeshi and Badashees
(foreigner) all who worked side by
side to fulfil his final wishes.
By the evening, he was laid out
on a table in our waiting room.
Hundreds of people came to give
their goodbyes and show their
appreciation. By the morning, many
visitors and staff had not slept but no
one minded and work began early.
By 10.00am, the whole compound
was full of people. He was laid in
his coffin and carried to the church
(which doubles as a school) beside
our Hospital. As the service was
progressing, hundreds waited
outside and then followed his
casket back to his house. He had
made it clear to the staff he wanted
to be buried out the back of his
house underneath his veranda.
As Edric was being laid to rest, two
lines of people formed surrounding
his house and extended all the way
out to the road. Slowly everybody
gave their final farewells and each
person sprinkled earth over his
grave.
At the end of the day, the staff
were happy that they were able to
fulfil two out of three of Edric’s final
wishes. His first wish was to take his
last breath at Kailakuri. His second
wish was that he be buried here at
the Kailakuri Health Care Centre.
His third wish was that the
hospital continue to stay open and
operational long into the future. His
last wish will never be completed
without the help of you.
May Dr Edric Baker rest in peace
and rise in glory. From all of us here
at Kailakuri.
TREVOR BARBER
Wellington College:1938-1941
T
revor Barber, the New
Zealand batsman
who played one Test
match at the Basin
Reserve in 1956, died
in Christchurch at the
age of 90. Trevor had
been New Zealand's oldest living
test cricketer. The oldest now is his
former Wellington team-mate and
the man who captained Trevor in
his only Test match, the 87-year-old
John Reid.
A dashing batsman who liked
playing his shots, Trevor was called
up for the third Test against West
Indies in 1956 when Bert Sutcliffe
was unavailable due to ill-health.
West Indies batted first and Trevor
had the distinction of catching out
Garry Sobers while fielding at gully,
in what was the first wicket of the
match.
It was going past and I threw my
hands up - I was a bit of a show-off,
Trevor told ESPNcricinfo. John Reid
was bowling and he said that's a
nice way to start your career.
However, with the bat he was
unable to have a great enough
impact to retain his place in the side,
and was out to Sonny Ramadhin
in both innings, for 12 and then
5. Trevor's attacking approach to
batting would perhaps have suited
the modern game, but against West
Indies it brought his downfall in both
innings of his Test match.
After his playing career ended,
Trevor worked with the Shell Oil
Company and was responsible for
its sponsorship of sporting events
including the New Zealand Golf
Open and the domestic cricket
competition, which became known
as the Shell Trophy. It continued a
lifelong love he had for cricket.
TIMOTHY BEAGLEHOLE
Wellington College: 1946-1950
Today I might have got away with
it, Trevor said. But I went for sweeps
to the leg side off short balls in both
innings. My understanding as a
Captain and also as a batsman was
that the first thing you'd do when you
go out there is dominate the bowlers.
Don't let the bowlers get on top of
you. Get behind the line of flight, bat
straight, and when they bowl one off
the wicket, give it a go. I did that and
I got bloody caught at square leg.
I still follow it with interest, Trevor
said earlier in 2015. It's just amazing
how much the game has changed
from my time. We only played Test
cricket and Plunket Shield. Now
there's T20 and 50-over, it's bash
and slash. It might have suited me.
When you see blokes like McCullum
and Williamson doing so well, it's
marvellous.
His connection to Victoria University
was long and deep; it began as a
young student, continued through
his academic career, and finished
with a spell as Chancellor, a
figurehead of the institution.
Fellow Old Boy, Trevor MacKay
(1954-1957) also offered his
memories of Trevor.
His best-known work was
perhaps his 2006 biography of his
father, John Cawte Beaglehole
(1914-1917), entitled A life of JC
Beaglehole: New Zealand Scholar.
The elder Beaglehole was lauded
internationally for his work on the
journals and life of Captain Cook;
father and son spent six years as
colleagues in Victoria's History
Department.
Trevor was 30 at the time of his Test
appearance, and was Captain of
Wellington in the Plunket Shield
competition. His first-class career
began in 1945-46 and finished in
1959-60, but it brought him only
one century, and 2002 runs at an
average of 23.01. Contemporary
reports describe him as ‘a
swashbuckler’ who, especially early
in his career, was more concerned
with the joy of batsmanship than
playing long innings.
Trevor captained Wellington to the
Plunket Shield title in 1956-57 and
also led Central Districts later in his
career. A part-time wicket-keeper
who enjoyed assessing a batsman's
weaknesses, Trevor said captaincy
was one of the parts of the game
he found most satisfying.
It's lovely to have some control of
the game, and also the players, he
said. I used to have quite a number
of discussions with the players before
we'd go out and play. I'd say this
player has a weakness here, I want
you Bob Blair to bowl on a length just
outside his leg stumps, and I reckon
we can get him.
I always remember on one occasion
down at Dunedin, I said to John Reid,
who was bowling to Sutcliffe, I said 'I
think he's got a weakness on the leg
glance, I'm going to field at leg gully
and you bowl down leg'. We got him
for a duck! It's those little things that
bring satisfaction.
Born in Otaki in 1925, Trevor was
raised on a dairy farm and learnt the
game from his father. At Wellington
College, Trevor was a boarder in
Firth House, and was a Prefect in
his final year. His 1941 1st XI Cricket
statistics saw him produce 269
runs. His highest score was 56 n.o.
His average run-rate was 19 from
15 innings. Over winter, Trevor also
played rugby and was a member of
the 1st XV in his final year.
A recent issue of The Lampstand
brought back pleasant memories of
a talented sportsman and popular
leader who has since passed on.
Trevor also appeared as a member
of the tennis team at the College,
emphasising his all-round qualities
as a sportsman. He was also a rugby
player.
Trevor Barber was ‘Mr Barber’ when
I met him as a new neighbour in
Ngaio. He was a kindly man, happy
to discuss and to develop my interest
in cricket. He played cricket in our
backyard, took me to Plunket Shield
games and, on a memorable day at
Eden Park, while I was on holiday,
introduced me to the Wellington
team before the start of play in a
Shield Match, by which time I was
an undistinguished student at the
College. Mr Barber excelled in both
innings in that match in the course
of a strong batting season and that
double could have put him in line for
national selection.
T
im Beaglehole was an
historian, university
administrator and
scion of a famous
New Zealand family of
scholars.
He made a particular mark on
Victoria with his intensive efforts to
develop its art collection.
Tim was born on the banks of the
Hutt River, into a happy home with
a small vegetable plot and limited
means. With the country deep in
depression, his father flirted with
communist ideas – and joked to a
friend that Timothy Norman Lenin
Marx John Sebastian for the boy's
name, he told a friend. In fact, he
was named 'Timothy Holmes'.
Shortly afterwards, the Beagleholes
moved to Messines Rd, Karori,
a house that would become the
family's enduring centre of gravity.
After JC Beaglehole died in 1971,
Tim and his wife Helen moved in
and lived there decades longer. It
remains the family home.
Trevor played some matchwinning hands as a Wellington
and Wellington College Old Boys’
Skipper. He scored 250-plus in one
club innings and there was a gamechanging second innings of 86 not
out against a strong Hutt Valley
side, when that team had players
such as John Reid and Bob Blair.
As a boy, Tim was much influenced
by this environment – with its piles
of books and Bach preludes in
the mornings, its Japanese prints
lining the walls, and the generous
hospitality his parents showered
upon a revolving cast of visitors. He
took up all of these strands in his
own life.
Trevor’s qualities as a leader meant
that, when he transferred to Napier
with the oil company, he also led
Central Districts in first class cricket,
in which he was also an effective
close fieldsman and, if required,
able to keep wickets.
After attending Karori Normal
School and Wellington College, Tim
followed his father into studying
history at Victoria, graduating with
a BA in 1965 and an MA two years
later. He then went to Cambridge
University, where he wrote his
doctorate on Thomas Munro, a
British governor in colonial India.
(Published as a book in 1966, and
reissued by Cambridge University
Press in 2010, it remains a classic
work in Indian history).
In his last first class innings, against
an Otago attack led by Frank
Cameron, Trevor signed off in typical
fashion. He opened the batting and
his 50 included 10 fours and a six.
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Back at Victoria from 1960, he
taught Indian and New Zealand
history, and later, when his father
died, saw his near-finished Cook
biography through to publication.
JC Beaglehole was not the only
other academic in the family; Tim's
uncle Ernest (1920-1923) was the
first Professor of Psychology in New
Zealand and his cousin David (19511954) a Physics Professor at Victoria.
In 1964, Tim took a role as warden
at Weir House, where he was
charged with sorting out the allmale student hall after a string of
drunken incidents. (The tabloid
Truth had described the hostel as a
den of iniquity, a hotbed of squalor,
vandalism, drunkenness and naked
women in the showers.
Rather than taking a disciplinarian
approach, friend David Mackay
remembers, Tim let the students do
what they liked 'as long as they were
reasonably civilised about it'. The
problems settled down.
Around the same time, he met his
future wife Helen, after befriending
her brother at the hostel. She is the
woman I'm going to marry, he told a
friend. He was 33 and she was 19.
While he enjoyed teaching, he
published two books and many
journal articles during his scholarly
career, Tim left an equal mark
on Victoria in other ways. The
university's significant art holdings
owe more to him than to anyone
else. He helped grow a modest
staff-funded arrangement into
a major collection. His eye for
paintings led him to such works as
Colin McCahon's monumental Gate
III, well-known to any student at
Victoria's Kelburn campus.
Tim’s colleagues and family
remember him wandering the
university with hammer in hand,
or perched on precarious angles,
rehanging the paintings. And he
was passionate in the collection's
defence. In 1997, when Education
Minister Wyatt Creech suggested
that Victoria sell it, Tim responded
that he would hate to think the
Minister is a philistine or barbarian,
but that's what his comment suggests.
Tim's other major contribution at
Victoria was to the university's
administration. Beginning in the
1980s, he had something of a
crisis of confidence about the finer
distinctions of grading student
work, his wife Helen recalls.
Instead, he took on a sequence
of management roles. As well as
chairing the History Department, he
was a Dean of the Arts Faculty and
Deputy Vice-Chancellor at Victoria.
He believed deeply in the university
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and had a talent for running things:
for moving meetings along, and
listening to a wide range of people.
He was made an Emeritus Professor
in 1995 after his retirement - but
he was more proud of the lifetime
membership granted to him by
Victoria's Student Association. More
recently, the University named a
new courtyard after him.
Even in his final role as University
Chancellor, he saw something of
the students; the job meant passing
fee increases, which often attracted
rowdy protests. Tim regretted the
hikes but saw no other option, with
government funding tight. Every year
the university council is caught in an
intolerable position, he said in 2006.
Tim held other public roles too.
He was chairman of the Historic
Places Trust from 1990 to 1996, and
earlier served on the boards of the
National Art Gallery and Volunteer
Service Abroad. More recently, he
was a member of the Press Council,
which rules on complaints about
the print media.
Privately, Tim had many passions.
He was a physical man who loved
sailing the family yacht Cape
Resolution, and once built a dinghy
by hand in his backyard. He was a
fine runner in his youth and a keen
tramper.
He was just as much a bon vivant
too - a lover of wine, fine food
and lively dinner parties. Some of
his Christmas dinners featured as
many as ten courses, each with a
matching wine.
He leaned Left politically, and took
pleasure in putting a Labour Party
placard up on Messines Road, not
one of the most liberal of streets, as
his wife Helen notes. And he made
sure to stuff two of any leaflet he
was delivering into the nearby
letterbox of Finance Minister, Hon.
Bill English.
Tim spent much of his retirement
on two books about his father –
the 2006 biography, which was
published to acclaim and nominated
for the New Zealand Book Awards,
and a follow-up compilation of JC
Beaglehole's letters.
He called his father's work
on Cook one of the great
achievements of twentieth-century
historical scholarship, praised
his extraordinary capacity for
concentration, and recalled his own
straightforward, if slightly remote,
relationship with him.
The younger Beaglehole had the
same passion for detail, whether in
getting the grammar of a sentence
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right or working a piece of wood. He
loved people and gossip. He read
trashy books as well as intellectual
works. (His daughter recalled
him poring over Andrew Morton's
biography of Princess Diana).
His family describe him as a
devoted husband and father who
approached life with tolerance,
good humour and gusto.
The Dominion Post
JOHN BELL
Wellington College: 1958-1962
J
ohn Bell was born
in Wellington in
1945 and attended
Wadestown Primary
School, then Wellington
College where he
achieved UE in 1961 and
University Bursary in 1962. Excelling
in Mathematics, he won an Edward
Espy Martin Prize for Mathematics
and a Stanley Hutchen Prize
for Sixth Form Science and for
Additional Mathematics in 1961.
After an Engineering Intermediate
year at Victoria University, John
attended Canterbury University
where he graduated with a
Bachelor of Engineering (Civil)
with First Class Honours in 1966,
and, after a remarkably short
period of about two and a half
years, a PhD. His PhD thesis was
on the post-elastic analysis of thin
concrete shells (curved, often in
two directions, and used as a roof)
with allowance for cracking. This
required John to develop what was
in those days very sophisticated
software on very large computers.
John then joined IBM as a Marketing
Representative in Dunedin and was
subsequently promoted to roles in
Wellington and then to Auckland
as Auckland Branch Manager.
John left IBM in the early 1980s,
and, after a brief period, helped
with the development and use
of technology in corporate and
financial controls of consulting
engineers BECA, John took a
position as Managing Director of
Fujitsu NZ Ltd.
He had become an intelligent and
respected business manager who
maintained a considerate and
friendly approach to everyone at
all times.
John joined Telecom (NZ) Ltd
in 1996 as General Manager
Business Development, reporting
directly to Chief Executive
Roderick Deane. He led a small
team of business development
specialists who evaluated the
expansion into business activities
beyond the scope of traditional
telecommunications, including
tackling the Australian market and
increasing the skill sets of Telecom
through strategic acquisitions and
partnerships with IT and media
providers. The objective was to
create shareholder value at a
time when the convergence of
telecommunications, information
technology and the entertainment
sectors was becoming apparent.
During this period Telecom was
growing its internet business
through Xtra which and entered the
cable TV business for a short time
with First Media.
John was deeply involved in the
acquisition of AAPT in Australia,
the winning of a contract with the
Commonwealth Bank of Australia
to manage its telecommunication
and IT needs, the acquisition of a
shareholding in EDS NZ Ltd and the
formation of the partnership to build
and own the Southern Cross Cable.
John was also involved in the
management of a number of noncore businesses such as Telecom
Directories and Pacific Star based in
Brisbane.
John married Robyn Fox in 1967
and their two children Jimmy and
Pamela now live in Wellington
with their spouses and young
families. Jimmy followed his father’s
footsteps to Wellington College,
attending there from 1988 to 1992.
John and Robyn developed a
love of skiing while at Canterbury
University, joining the University
Ski Club and making great use
of the facilities through their
undergraduate and graduate years.
Once old enough, the rest of the
family caught the ski bug and the
Bells maximised their time at their
ski house in Rangataua (Ohakune)
and subsequently in NZ summers
at northern hemisphere ski resorts
including Solitude and Brighton
in Salt Lake City, Utah. When
snowboarding was introduced
to the country, they were early
adopters. Pamela went on to
represent NZ in snowboarding at a
Giant Slalom at the Nagano Winter
Olympics in 1998.
In the 1990s, John bought a block
of land in Martinborough, and in
his spare time he developed a
vineyard, enjoying working in the
weekends and in any other 'spare'
time. The love of this lifestyle grew
and before long John and his
second wife, Kaye McAulay, whom
he married in 1996, had developed
an organic and biodynamic vineyard
producing their own label quality
wines, 'Vynfields' As in his business
life, John applied his intellect to the
challenge, in this case the research
and development of organic wine,
contributing greatly to the organic
foods national body, BioGro, and
the bio-dynamic equivalent,
Demeter, as well as to the wine
community in Martinborough.
John’s executive and governance
skills were in demand in the
Wairarapa, where he was appointed
Chairman of Destination Wairarapa,
which he restructured, improved
governance and put on a stronger
financial footing. As Chairman of
The Wairarapa Winegrowers, he
brought improved governance to
the organisation as well.
John retired from Telecom in 2002
and worked full-time in the vineyard
and winery, travelling internationally
at first to establish the brand as a
reliable quality wine. The Vynfields
platters and wine sales became
a famous quality experience in
Martinborough with John and Kaye
as excellent hosts.
John always enjoyed a broad
intellectual interest and studied
diverse subjects such as
philosophy, Japanese culture,
Buddhism and other religions,
classical guitar music, chamber
music and Bob Dylan. He attended
the Class of ‘1962 50 Years On
Reunion at the College in 2012.
Unfortunately after John had
battled cancer for some years,
his condition deteriorated and he
and Kaye sold the vineyard in 2013
and moved into the township of
Martinborough.
John was always one of nature’s
gentlemen - from his school days
through his illustrious business
career and as an active participant
in Martinborough’s wine community.
A glass or two of quality pinot
would be a fitting tribute in
remembrance!
Written by Ian Fraser (1959-1962),
with help from John’s family and
friends
COLIN BEYER
Wellington College: 1952-1955
C
olin Beyer was a
prominent lawyer
who was a senior
partner then consultant
with Simpson Grierson
in Wellington. He was a
businessman with many
governance positions.
Colin was born in New Zealand in
1938 to Danish parents, Knud and
Carla Beyer. His father worked on
the wharves in Wellington and his
mother worked for the Agriculture
Department. Together with his older
brother Trevor [1950-1953] and his
sister Olga, they lived in Island Bay.
Both brothers attended Wellington
College. As Trevor recently said,
Colin and he weren't just brothers,
they were also the best of friends.
Colin leaves behind his wife Faith.
He had four children and four step
children [from three marriages], four
of whom are College alumni.
Colin went on to Victoria University
of Wellington. He graduated with
LL.B. and was admitted to the bar
in 1962. He was one of the first legal
graduates to establish his own
practice, rather than join a large
firm – his early clients included
fellow Old Boy, Sir Ron Brierley and
Sir Robert Jones. Colin was also
an inaugural director with Brierley
Investments Limited when Sir Ron
established his company.
ALLAN BRUCE
Wellington College: 1944-1947
As Colin’s practice expanded, the
company became Beyer Christie
and Co and in due course, merged
with Simpson Grierson.
His specialities were corporate law
and mining law and with his wise
counsel and sage advice, he was
fondly known as the patriarch of the
company.
Colin also had considerable
governance experience. He was
made a Distinguished Fellow of
the Institute of Directors in 2006.
He was Chairman of the Accident
Compensation Corporation,
Government Property Services Ltd.,
Capital Properties New Zealand Ltd,
Tower Ltd and Summit Resources
Ltd, and a director of Capital Power
Ltd and TrustPower Ltd. He was
also a ministerial appointee on the
Wellington Area Health Board and
the Wellington Polytechnic Board.
Colin was also Chairman of the
Tower Corporation from 1990 until
his resignation in 2003.
He was appointed to the Securities
Commission in February 2001 for
a four-year term. In early 2005, he
was reappointed for a second fiveyear term by the then Commerce
Minister, Pete Hodgson and retired
in 2010.
In the 1970s, while living in
Camborne, Colin spent some time
on the Porirua City Council first
as an independent and later as a
Labour Party representative. He
was also the Campaign Manager
for Margaret Shields when she
ran for the Kapiti electorate in the
early 1980s. During his time as a
Porirua City Councillor, he was
widely respected for his sound
judgement and a broad knowledge
and understanding of the complex
range of issues the City was dealing
with and was a champion of those
less fortunate.
He was the Honorary ConsulGeneral of Finland from 1993 and
by 2006, the Dean of the Consular
Corps in Wellington.
F
ormer Chief Fire Officer
[South Auckland]
Allan Bruce and
his wife Anne passed
away following a road
accident at Palmview on
Queensland's Sunshine
Coast in March 2015.
Allan and Anne lived in retirement
at Noosa on the Sunshine Coast.
Alan joined the Wellington Fire
Brigade, New Zealand, in 1947,
before joining the London Fire
Brigade in 1954. In 1957 he returned
to New Zealand to take up the role
of Senior Instructor at the National
Fire Training School.
He then shifted to Auckland, rising
to become Auckland Region Fire
Force Commander in 1977.
In 1982 he was appointed Chief
Executive Officer/Chief Fire Officer
of South Australia's Metropolitan
Fire Services until retiring from
active service in 1989.
His 2009 book Into The Line of Fire
is regarded as the textbook of
New Zealand Fire Brigades history
between the tumultuous years of
1947 to 2009.
Alan was also one of NZs first
global sporting exports - as a
pioneering basketballer. He was a
founding member and Captain of
the international squad formed in
the 1950s, [now known as the Tall
Blacks]. He played from 1949-1953
and captained the team in 1957
and 1958; retiring in 1959. Allan also
played for the English Basketball
team in 1954 - 1956. He played 16
internationals which included the
1955 European Championships in
Budapest, Hungary and was the
Captain in 1956.
Allan spent several weeks in New
Zealand last year visiting old
basketball friends as part of his
research for a book he was writing
about the early years of the 'Tall
Blacks'. He was a much respected
man in the basketball and fire
service community and will be
dearly missed.
GEOFFREY COLDHAM
Wellington College: 1978-1982
G
eoff Coldham was
born in Western
Samoa, the youngest
child of Richard and
Mary Coldham. Geoff
attended Ngaio Primary School,
Raroa Intermediate and Wellington
College where he was Deputy Head
Prefect in his final year. He enjoyed
school and particularly sport which
included Athletics, Badminton and
Golf but also saw his selection into
the College Hockey 1st XI as a 3rd
former and the Cricket 1st XI. He
later represented Auckland and
played Hockey for the NZ University
Team in Australia. His school years
at Wellington College set the
foundation for a successful and
rewarding medical career.
Geoff achieved excellence as an
all-rounder in his academic and
sporting pursuits and his name can
be seen on the Honours Board at
the College. Geoff was always keen
to recognise the College for giving
him a great start in life and thus
contributed to the College’s Annual
Giving programme.
After leaving Wellington College,
Geoff commenced a Bachelor of
Science in Marine Biology at the
University of Auckland before being
accepted into Auckland Medical
School. Geoff completed his house
surgeon years in Hamilton and
Auckland before being accepted
into the orthopaedic training scheme
in 1993. Spinal surgery was Geoff’s
passion and he was well suited to
this. Along with his enthusiasm,
organisational skills, attention
to detail, and sharp intellect,
combined with the coordination
and great hands one would
expect from a skilled sportsman
meant he was truly the complete
surgeon. He spent the last 25
years at Middlemore Hospital, 15 of
those as a very dedicated surgeon,
developing highly specialised skills
in spinal surgery.
Geoff was a leader not just by
example but also by being very
inclusive, engendering great
loyalty and becoming a vital part
of everyone’s life. He was a keen
member of the NZ Orthopaedic
Association Education Committee
and was heavily involved in
the selection and nurturing of
younger surgical talent. Geoff
was a foundation member of the
NZ Spine Society, filling the roles
of Secretary and President. He is
recognised internationally as a
skilled and experienced surgeon
in complex spinal surgery and has
bridged the world’s geographical
distances, successfully bringing
the international spinal community
closer. He was responsible for
creating the inaugural joint meeting
of the NZ, Australian and Canadian
spine societies.
Geoff achieved much in a life
that was too short. He will be
remembered for his practical,
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enthusiastic, empathetic and
committed approach on so many
fronts.
Geoff is survived by his wife Diana
and children Hunter and Madison.
He touched the lives of so many and
will be fondly remembered by all.
Scott Arrell (1978-1982)
PETER CONWAY
Wellington College: 1970-1971
P
eter Conway, who
died in June after a
14-month battle with
a serious depressive
illness, said he was
soft on people, hard on
issues and that is how
he led his life.
During a lifetime devoted to
workers' rights, the Labour
movement and such organisations
as Young Christian Students,
Youthline, Beneficiaries Union,
Nicaragua Must Survive, Oxfam and
UnionAid, he was at the coalface of
many major battles. He protested
against the Vietnam War and the
1981 Springbok tour.
He was a member of the Clothing
Workers Union, the Distribution
Workers Federation (later the
Northern Distribution Union) and,
from 1999, the Council of Trade
Unions (CTU).
Unlike some unionists, he remained
on relatively good terms with those
he was negotiating with. His calm,
common sense logic and gentle
manner, plus his intellectual ability
(he gained an MA in Economics
in 1999), made him a formidable
opponent.
Peter had three years at
Christchurch Boys' High School,
and then attended Wellington
College, where he was a Prefect.
Soon after leaving College, he
met Liz Riddiford, daughter of Dan
Riddiford, a Cabinet Minister in the
Holyoake National Government.
It was an interesting mix, the
left-wing young man with strong
convictions (wearing an Amnesty
bracelet engraved with 'Free all
Viet Cong prisoners') and the
conservative Catholic family.
Peter was an unusual mixture. He
had a lifelong love of music, being
an accomplished guitarist, but with
a special affinity for the mandolin.
He belonged to several bands at
different times, including traditional
folk group Jade, Red Gumboot and
union band Not The Day Job.
In his earlier days, Peter's bands
played at prisons, on demonstrations
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and marches, and at folk festivals,
appeared on television and
produced their own albums.
Besides his music, Peter closely
followed sport.
Because Peter's father was in
the Forest Service (and ended
his career as Director-General of
Forestry), the family made several
moves around New Zealand.
He spent his first ten years in
Auckland, and then there were
periods in Kaingaroa Village
near Murupara, Christchurch and
Wellington.
At his funeral, Peter's sister, Linda,
told a story about when Peter was
about eleven and they were living
in Kaingaroa. He and some mates
were walking along a quiet road one
day when a chauffeured car carrying
Cabinet Minister Duncan McIntyre
beeped at them as it tried to pass.
The boys offered a less than friendly
hand signal in response.
When young Peter got home,
he found McIntyre in his sitting
room. His father introduced Peter
to the Cabinet Minister. McIntyre
responded: I believe we have
already met.
Peter was already well qualified,
after having completed a BCom
at Victoria University in the early
1970s, when he decided to expand
his horizons.
He spent eight months working at
Todd Motors as a 'door fixer' and
later had a six-month stint working
on a farm in southern Hawke's Bay.
His first union job was as an
organiser (and then Assistant
Secretary) of the South Island
Clothing Workers Union, where he
worked for six years.
Then he and Liz did some overseas
travelling. While in Britain, he
landed a job at the Hounslow
Trade Union Support Centre and
became busy organising support
for miners and their families. He and
Liz were involved in huge marches
against Margaret Thatcher's
policies, including the dismantling
of the Greater London Council and
apartheid.
Back in New Zealand he worked for
the Northern Distribution Union.
Andrew Little, now Labour Party
leader but previously Secretary of
the Engineers Union, recalled him
as an excellent union advocate.
Peter was very firm in his convictions,
but was personable, Little said.
It was telling that at his funeral
[National Party Deputy Leader] Bill
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English attended and another very
senior National Party MP would also
have been there but for a schedule
conflict.
His political opponents might not
have agreed with him, but they
listened to him and knew he was a
fine person.
English described Peter as a strong
advocate for the people who
depended on him. His advocacy
was all the more influential because
he didn't allow disagreement to
undermine the respect and warmth
he always showed. Despite our many
disagreements, in his illness and
death, I lost a valued friend.
Along the same lines, Phil O'Reilly,
the Chief Executive of Business
New Zealand, said Peter was a
constructive advocate in employment
relations and highly respected by all
who worked with him.
Peter rose to national attention when
he joined the CTU as its economist.
In 2008, he was persuaded to
take on the onerous role of CTU
secretary. It was a tough time – the
National Government was in power
and Peter often found himself
battling strong political forces.
Did his job wear him down and lead
to the depression that enveloped
him? No-one could say for sure, but
those close to him felt it took a toll.
In an interview with The
Wellingtonian in 2009, he was asked
if he had ever thought of using his
qualifications to go after a highpaying job in the commercial world.
I'm not anti-business, he said, but it's
not where I want to devote my energy.
With me, the union element of the job
comes first. That's my passion.
At various times, he was a Director
of the Yellow Bus Company, which
provided Auckland Bus services,
and New Zealand Trade and
Enterprise, but he was always clear
about where his loyalties lay.
Long-time friend Owen Harvey said
Peter's over-developed sense of duty
and pride in and commitment to
maintaining the highest standards
had accumulated into a weight of
responsibility that no human being
could sustain. He was, said Harvey, a
natural introvert, a sensitive musician
who had steeled himself to meet all
these responsibilities for decades,
to never let anyone down. He was
slowly worn down and his reserves of
resilience dissipated.
Peter and Liz were friends and
then husband and wife for more
than four decades. They had three
children, Maddy, Sean [2002-2006]
and Rosa.
Peter had no previous experience
of depression before it struck, and
those close to him knew the terrible
battle he waged. He told Liz it was
the hardest struggle of his life.
There was general understanding
and sympathy at his funeral in June.
The 800 who attended included
politicians from across the
spectrum, musicians, journalists
and business leaders. The turnout
was a tribute to the sort of person
Peter was and how he touched
people in so many parts of society.
and they practised a lot.
We first met in 1953 when we
were playing in the NZ Junior
Tennis Championships in Hamilton
and we decided to play together
the following season. That did
not happen because Murray
was selected for the NZ Table
Tennis team to play in the World
Championships in London.
In 1961, he played in the World
Championships in Beijing. This was
the first time that China opened up
to the outside world. The term ‘ping
pong’ diplomacy was coined there.
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HARRY DUDFIELD
Wellington College: 1954-1957
H
arry attended Brooklyn School
prior to starting at Wellington
College in 1954. He was a
dedicated rugby player and was
selected for the 1st XV in 1957,
playing in the first five matches as
a lock until injury side-lined him
for much of the remainder of the
season. A highlight for Harry was
attending a reunion of the 1957
team in 2007.
Harry excelled in Art and on leaving
College, he became a commercial
artist. In 1966, Harry and his wife
Ruth moved to Sydney and Harry
worked in various advertising
agencies until his retirement.
Prior to moving to Sydney, Harry
was a Scout Leader in Brooklyn
and Ruth a Guide Leader in
Johnsonville. Harry continued his
interest in Scouting in Sydney and
became the Willoughby District
Commissioner for over 20 years.
Harry was always a keen rugby
supporter and followed the Super
15 and NZ Provincial competitions
with great interest.
He had a most likeable personality
and will be sadly missed by his
wife, his three children and three
grandchildren as well as his many
friends both here in New Zealand
and Australia.
Bob Slade and Bruce Heather
(1954-1958)
MURRAY DUNN
Wellington College: 1949-1953
M
urray was an
outstanding Table
Tennis, Tennis and
Squash player and
excelled in all three
sports.
Murray’s father played an important
part in his sporting development.
He began teaching him ball skills
from when he was about seven,
In 1967, he played in the World
Championships in Stockholm where
he reached the round of 32. This
was the best ever performance by a
New Zealand player.
Murray was NZ Table Tennis
Champion in 1960, 61, 62, and 63.
He was inducted into the New
Zealand Table Tennis Hall of Fame.
Murray also went to Australia as a
member of the NZ Junior Tennis
team. While there he played Table
Tennis against Lew Hoad. He
represented Wellington at Tennis
on many occasions and was ranked
in the top ten tennis players in New
Zealand.
Murray was a member of the
International Lawn Tennis Club
of NZ. We played and travelled
together to Paris, London,
Birmingham, Dublin and Prague. In
Prague, Murray was pick pocketed
twice in two days. Jeannette who
was there said that it happened
because he and Jane looked so
distinguished and prosperous! A very
juicy target for the pick pockets.
Murray very ably represented the
NZ International Club several times
at the AGM of the world body held
during Wimbledon. He loved being
at Wimbledon in the International
Box.
In 1957, Murray played in the semifinals of the doubles in the NZ
Championships at Stanley Street,
Auckland. He and his partner, Bon
Howe won, 31-29, 3-6, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4.
The match lasted six and a half
hours, there were three changes of
umpires and 12 sets of balls were
used. When it was 20 all, one of
Murray’s Table Tennis mates called
out from the stand, This is not table
tennis you are playing Murray. It was
the longest set ever played in NZ,
and the second longest ever played
internationally at that time.
Much later in life he took up Golf. He
loved the game, the environment
and the company. And he wished
that he had started earlier.
Some of his happiest times were
when eight of us played Tennis, Golf
and Bowls over two days at Graham
Vivian’s property at Simpsons Beach.
He loved the camaraderie and the
competitive thrust of those games.
I played doubles with Murray at
noon at Remuera every Tuesday
and Thursday for many, many years.
He was a great partner with a big
forehand and he never gave up.
He really enjoyed the banter in the
dressing rooms before and after the
games.
He often had a strong point of view
on topical issues, usually fairly
right wing. He had a great sense of
humour and he laughed a lot.
As a former pharmacist, Murray was
remembered with respect for his
innovation. He was one of the ten
founding directors of Life Pharmacy
in New Zealand.
Murray first started as a pharmacist
in Pakuranga in 1965, then moved
to Manukau in 1970. At that time,
Manukau was an underdeveloped
area and very different to what it is
today.
He was the first person to bring
Clinique to the country and the
second to introduce Estee Lauder.
Murray helped form Life Pharmacy
in 1995. The company listed on
the NZX in 2005 and merged with
Pharmacybrands in 2009, creating
the company now known as Green
Cross Health.
Des Shaw
ROSS ELLISON
Wellington College: 1954-1956
R
oss Ellison began at Wellington
College in 1954. He came from
Khandallah Primary School
where he had excelled as a young
Tennis player. In 1954, he won the
College U14 Tennis Championship
and the following year teamed up
with his friend Rodney Callender
(1954-1958) to win the U16 Doubles
title. At this stage he was Number 6
in the Wellington Secondary School
rankings.
A people person, Ross had the
happy knack of getting on with
other folk from all walks of life
and from all ages. He had a keen
sense of humour as many of his old
classmates will remember.
He left Wellington College at
the end of 1956 to join his uncle
at Garner's Department Store in
Palmerston North. He began at the
bottom, sweeping the floor and
learning product and people skills,
the start of a long and successful
career until his retirement in 1990.
During his time in Palmerston North,
he continued with competitive
teams and took up golf, a sport that
his parents had excelled while living
in Wellington. He belonged to the
Hokowhitu Club and played off a 3
handicap.
students to work at whatever
level they were capable of. This
idea was at odds with those of
Clarence Beeby who, as Director of
Education, introduced the system
of 'age classification' whereby
pupils are classed according to age
regardless of ability or achievement.
In the early 1960s, Ross met his
wife Helen who was nursing at
Palmerston North Hospital. He
also became an active member
of Jaycees and Lions before he
was transferred to Takapuna. By
now, Garners had become Smith &
Brown. He was appointed Marketing
Manager and his family settled
on the North Shore. Fishing, duck
shooting and gardening became
his new hobbies as well as family
duties with his two sons.
In 1937, Harry’s family moved
to Wellington and he attended
Wellington College. In 1939, when
WWII began, Harry enlisted as a
deck cadet on the liner Niagara, but
it was sunk in 1940 before he was
due to embark. He then enlisted in
the Royal New Zealand Air Force.
He trained in radar, and was with
10 Servicing Unit, north of New
Guinea when the war ended with
the Japanese surrender in August
1945. A week later, an air crew Harry
had flown with were killed on a test
flight when their plane (a Ventura)
crashed into Seeadler Harbour.
When Ross retired in 1990, he and
Helen moved down to a lifestyle
block in Te Puna, north of Tauranga.
A tennis court was quickly
refurbished with astro turf. His
retirement programme was drawn
up: Tuesday Golf, Wednesday
Tennis, Thursday Golf and Friday
more Tennis. Then in 1992, Ross
came out of retirement to become
Executive Director of COMTOOL
then AET (Auto Electrical,) based in
Tauranga but with responsibilities
nationwide for bulk buying,
advertising, conferences etc. until
he fully retired in 2008.
Ross was known as the life and
soul of any gathering but there was
also a special calmness and quiet
presence about him. He recently
faced the challenges of ill health
but never complained.
There was a huge crowd at his
funeral at Tauranga Park. He is
survived by his wife Helen, his sons
Phil and Richard and their families.
Ross also has a twin sister Prue who
is living in Tauranga and older sister
Sue of Paraparaumu.
Bruce Heather (1954-1958)
HARRY EVISON
Wellington College: 1937-1938
H
arry Evison was born
in 1924 at Beckenham,
Christchurch, the third
son of Sidney Harry, a
London-born newspaper
publisher, and Beatrice
(née Foster), a Lytteltonborn school teacher.
From his parents, Harry gained an
abiding interest in music, history
and writing, and learned racial
tolerance. He started school at
Beckenham, but at the age of ten,
moved to West Christchurch District
High School where the Headmaster,
LF de Berry, believed in getting
In October 1945, at Jacquinot
Bay, New Britain, Harry helped to
organise the first successful RNZAF
airmen’s strike. This was not a ‘beer
strike’ as stated by Bryan Cox in
his Pacific Scrapbook (1997). It was
a strike for fresh vegetables, in
protest against the diet of Spam
and dehydrated vegetables that
airmen at Jacquinot were being fed
two months after the war’s end.
In 1946, Harry enrolled at
Wellington Teachers’ College,
where he was active in drama and
student publications. Influenced
by the war and by his reading of
history, Harry was now a Marxist,
a point of view he maintained
for the rest of his life. While at
Teachers College, Harry studied
part-time at Victoria University
and was active in student politics.
He was elected Secretary of the
Socialist Club, Chief Guide of the
Tramping Club, and Secretary of
the Students’ Association. In 1949,
he was prominent in Wellington as
an opponent of the Fraser Labour
government’s compulsory military
training scheme.
Harry disagreed with the
Communist Party theory (derived
from Engels) that ranked human
societies in terms of their
technological development, with
hunter-gatherer societies lowest
in the scale as 'savages'. Harry
regarded social cooperation as a
better yardstick of human progress
than technical achievement. He
also disagreed with the idea of
'intellectuals' as a distinct 'class'. Socalled 'intellectuals', he said, should
try using a pick and shovel alongside
workmen skilled at the job, and they
would find that manual work also
needs intelligence.
In 1950, while completing his MA
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papers at Canterbury University
College, Harry was elected
Chairman of the CUC Socialist Club.
In 1952, while teaching at Cromwell,
Harry completed his MA from
Otago University with his thesis
on Canterbury Ngai Tahu, the
first Marxist study of the effects
of colonialism on New Zealand
Māori. The prevailing theory
then was 'Culture Clash', which
sees history in terms of 'superior'
cultures replacing 'inferior' ones.
This was promoted by Professor
Ivan Sutherland of CUC in his book
The Māori Situation (1935), and by
Sutherland’s student, Roger Duff, in
his 1943 MA thesis on Canterbury
Māori. They argued that Māori had
collapsed psychologically during
European colonisation because
they could not cope with civilisation.
Harry’s thesis showed that the
Māori collapse was economic, not
psychological. Canterbury Māori
coped well with early European
contact and 'collapsed' only when
the colonial authorities deprived
them of their economic resources.
Harry said that for 35 years no one
took any notice of his thesis.
Harry taught in country schools from
1951 to 1959, chiefly at Cromwell
and Reefton. These he regarded as
his best teaching years. There were
no people unemployed, no rich or
poor, and all students received the
same opportunities. During this time
he met his wife Hillary, and their
three children were born.
In 1960, Harry transferred to
Christchurch as Head of History at
Linwood High School, where he
also directed stage productions.
In 1964, he joined the secondary
department of Christchurch
Teachers’ College as Senior
Lecturer in History and Social
Studies. He ran refresher courses
for history teachers, and initiated
the first college courses in drama
and mountain recreation. As
Canterbury President of the PostPrimary Teachers Association, he
campaigned for better funding for
District High Schools.
In the 1960s, Harry served on
the committee of the NZ Monthly
Review, and on the Canterbury
Mountain Safety Committee. From
1967 to 1972 he was honorary
warden of the Alpine Club’s Aspiring
Hut in the West Matukituki, where
he spent summer vacations with his
family. He said he made more new
friends in six weeks at Aspiring Hut
than during the rest of the year in
town. For many years, Harry and his
family lived at Sumner above the
Whitewash Head cliff.
As an honorary wildlife ranger, he
campaigned for better protection
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for the spectacular spotted
shag colony there. He wrote
environmental submissions on the
subject to the City Council, but with
little success. He was dismayed
when later on the colony virtually
collapsed.
As a Principal Lecturer at
Christchurch Teachers’ College,
Harry advocated school-based
training for graduate trainees as
an alternative to the collegebased system. He believed that
ideas about teaching could best
be gained in the classroom, with
practical teaching experience
preceding college lectures. His
scheme provided for exchanges of
staff between teachers’ colleges
and schools.
To vindicate this idea he took leave
from the College in 1973 and taught
for a year as Head of English at
Queen’s High School in Dunedin,
the first college lecturer to make
such a move. His scheme was
supported by secondary schools
and by trainees who volunteered
for it. But the Education Department
failed to authorise a trial of schoolbased training, and Harry resigned
from the College.
In Dunedin in 1973, Harry was
elected to the Dunedin City Council
Committee for Recreation and
Sport. This led to his appointment
in 1975 as Activities Officer at
the University of Otago. There
he persuaded the Students’
Association (OUSA) to spend its’
building fund on a new, purposebuilt multi-storeyed building
with facilities for student clubs
and societies, and function as a
community centre. Harry wrote the
architectural brief for the building,
and in 1980 it opened as the OUSA
Clubs and Societies Centre with
himself as Manager. This was the
era of 'user pays', but Harry instead
successfully ran the Centre on the
principle 'user cleans up'. When
he retired in 1983, the OUSA made
him a life member and named the
Centre’s main lounge after him.
Between 1975 and 1984, Harry
lectured in Dunedin for the Diploma
in Recreation and Sport and wrote
a teachers’ correspondence
course in outdoor recreation for
the Education Department. He
also represented Otago University
on the Otago Mountain Safety
Committee. In Dunedin he was
President of the Campaign for
Nuclear Disarmament and of the
United Nations Association, and
helped establish an Otago Council
for Civil Liberties. In 1977, with
Hone Tuwhare, Harry organised
a campaign against the Muldoon
government’s SIS Amendment Bill,
culminating in a protest march and
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rally in the Octagon of more than
2,000 people. In 1981, Harry helped
Larry Ross launch the Nuclear
Free New Zealand campaign, and
afterwards joined its Committee.
In 1977, with Professors Alan Mark
and John Child, he organised a
campaign to establish a Scenic
Reserve at Trotters Gorge in North
Otago. His Trotters Gorge Field
Guide was published in 1978, and
the Trotters Gorge Scenic Reserve
was gazetted in 1979. He enjoyed
tramping in the Otago ranges, and
in 1982 with his wife Hillary, he
submitted a Protected Natural Area
proposal for the Rock and Pillar
summit ridge.
In 1983, Harry left Otago University
to concentrate on writing, and he
edited the New Zealand Monthly
Review for two years. In 1986, to
support a Ngai Tahu claim to the
high country Crown lease lands,
he wrote a 72-page booklet, Ngai
Tahu Land Rights And The Crown
Pastoral Leases In The South Island
Of New Zealand. At a Christchurch
public meeting on the claim, the
Canterbury high country farmers’
Chairman, said to Harry: Mao wrote
the ‘Little Red Book’, and now you’ve
written the ‘Little Brown Book'.
From 1987 to 1990, Harry assisted
Ngai Tahu with their historic
Waitangi Tribunal Claim. His
evidence to the Tribunal reiterated
his 1952 thesis argument that
Ngai Tahu’s impoverishment and
dispersal had been caused by the
Crown’s appropriation of their land.
Harry thought the high country
farmers’ reaction to his Little Brown
Book influenced the National
government to settle the Ngai Tahu
claim favourably, while leaving the
high country leases untouched.
Harry welcomed Ngai Tahu’s huge
claim settlement, but regretted the
corporate business structure that
was set up to administer it. Harry
strongly supported Dr WB Sutch’s
(1920-1923) views on economic
independence for New Zealand.
He was disgusted when the Lange
government signed the country into
the so-called global 'free market'
system, with its extremes of wealth
and poverty, erosion of public
services, and relentless plundering
of natural resources for private
profit. Harry regarded 'free market'
politicians as traitors for destroying
the social services that had been
built up by preceding generations.
In 1989, Harry received the
Queen’s Service Medal for public
services. In 1994, he was awarded
the New Zealand Book Award for
Non-Fiction for his book Te Wai
Pounamu, The Greenstone Island,
and in 1996, he received the
honorary degree Doctor of Letters
from the University of Canterbury.
In later years, Harry suffered from
two debilitating kinds of cancer
but he read the proofs of his 2006
book The Ngai Tahu Deeds while in
a hospital emergency ward. In 2010,
he published his book New Zealand
Racism In The Making: The Life &
Times of Walter Mantell. Harry is
survived by his wife Hillary and their
three adult children.
GEORGE GAIR
Wellington College: 1940-1941
T
he death at 88 years
of British New Zealand
Business Association
patron, Hon. George Gair
brings to a very definable
end a political era.
In successive National governments,
he served as Minister of Health
and Minister of Social Welfare. He
also served as Minister of Housing,
Minister of Energy, Minister of
Transport, and Minister of Railways.
He was also National's Deputy
Leader.
His long tenure in Parliament was
characterised by his adherence
to a liberal-conservative line and
one which sought to eschew the
politics of personality. He was
emphatic that the issues facing the
country should take precedence
over the inevitable and distracting
hurly-burly of party politics and
personalities.
In the late 1970s, George opposed
measures by his own party to restrict
abortion, which was a divisive part
of a Contraception, Sterilisation and
Abortion Bill. A royal commission
recommended a panel be
established to approve any abortion,
but George objected, saying that
would intimidate already-distressed
women, and a compromise position
was eventually reached.
He saw too the divisive nature of
Parliament's periodic focus on
moral issues which he similarly saw
as dangerous distractions from
the crucial issues of the day which
then as now tended to be of an
economic nature.
He served a term as New Zealand's
High Commissioner in London and
the always suave yet sincere face
that he presented to officials in
London did much to enhance the
trading relationship with the EU
bloc as a whole.
George was born in Dunedin. He
subsequently attended Wellington
College from 1940-1941, then
Victoria and Auckland Universities.
It was then that he embarked upon
a career as a journalist, followed
by a tour in the then quite new
vocation of public relations.
Much impressed by the National
Party's Keith Holyoake, it was now
that he set his sights on entering
Parliament, briefly serving on
Holyoake's staff.
He entered Parliament in his own
right in 1966, representing the North
Shore, an electorate which in one
capacity or other he was to serve
diligently for the rest of his life.
He became Deputy Leader of the
National Party under Jim Bolger.
After retiring from Parliament,
George was appointed New
Zealand's High Commissioner in
London from 1991 to 1994 and then
served one term as North Shore city
Mayor from 1995 to 1998.
George campaigned with local
residents for 20 years - from 1967
to 1987, to open a hospital on the
North Shore. He became the first
patient to have a major operation at
the hospital after being diagnosed
with bowel cancer.
George became Patron of the
British New Zealand Business
Association following his role as
High Commissioner in London
1991-1994.
It was an office he took on with
his customary blend of energy,
diligence, and enthusiasm,
making a point of attending the
association's major meetings and
events, volunteering as required his
finely-honed and well-seasoned
opinions and judgement on the
issues of the day.
He retained a youthful vigour and
curiosity until the end of his days.
Prime Minister John Key
acknowledged the passing of
George. I am saddened to learn
of George Gair’s passing, Mr Key
said. George made a significant
contribution to the National
Party, to Parliament and to the
community. He was well-known for
his competent and well-mannered
approach and was highly regarded
by his colleagues.
George was a Companion of the
Queen's Service Order for his
dedication to public services and
was a Companion of the Order of St
Michael and St George.
He decided to further his study in
2006 after being encouraged by
a former political colleague, AUT
Professor Marilyn Waring. He was
accepted in mid-2007, but his study
had to be postponed while he had
heart surgery. He graduated in 2010
with a master's degree.
Married to his wife, Fay, for 64
years, they had three children, five
grandchildren and three greatgrandchildren.
THOMAS GAULT
Wellington College: 1952-1955
S
ir Thomas Gault
died in Auckland in
May 2015 aged 76.
His contribution to
New Zealand’s legal
system was significant.
A successful career
as a prominent legal practitioner
with expertise in commercial and
competition law and intellectual
property was followed by nearly
two decades as a highly respected
member of the judiciary. This
culminated in his appointment as
one of the establishment members
of the Supreme Court.
Year’s Honours, for services as a
judge of the Court of Appeal.
Legal historian Peter Spiller says
Sir Thomas was respected as a
scrupulous and independent-minded
judge. He showed a fine analytical
mind keen to discern the logic of
the submissions presented to him.
His logical insight enabled him to
see artificialities and contradictions
in argument and to cut through at
times extensive argument to the
precise issues at stake, he writes in
New Zealand Court of Appeal 1958
to 1996: A History (Brookers Ltd,
Wellington, 2002, page 189).
Dr Spiller says that in the hearing of
cases Sir Thomas was a courteous
judge, open to persuasion. However,
he was not averse to speaking
his mind on matters of which he
disapproved in the conduct of
litigants and counsel.
Sir Thomas was born in Wellington
in 1938. His parents were Thomas
Gordon and Evelyn Jane (nee
Paulmeir) Gault. His father was a
mechanical engineer and Tom,
as he was known, had three older
siblings. His father died when Tom
was aged two.
Sir Thomas believed that a judge
was expected to bring to any
decision a full understanding of
the relevant law and its practical
application distilled from adversarial
presentation, a degree of
detachment, a logical approach, and
reasoning with intellectual honesty,
Dr Spiller says (at page 190).
He attended Paraparaumu Primary
School and Wellington College
before going to Victoria University
in 1956 to study law. While at
university, he worked as a clerk at
the Land Transfer Office. Sir Thomas
was active in student affairs and
sports, particularly golf.
In 2003, Sir Thomas was one of the
judges appointed to the newlyestablished Supreme Court. The
court began sitting in 2004 and he
was a member of the court until
his retirement in 2006, although he
continued to sit occasionally as a
temporary Judge.
Graduating LLB in 1961, Sir Thomas
was admitted to the bar in 1962. He
continued to study, and completed
an LLM in 1963. That year he
also sat and passed his exams
to become a registered Patent
Attorney. He joined the intellectual
property firm AJ Park & Son in 1961,
becoming a partner shortly after.
His work at the firm gave him a
strong background in competition
and commercial law as well as
intellectual property.
His expertise and standing in
the field of commercial law
was recognised with his role as
Consulting Editor of the legal
text Gault on Commercial Law
(published by Thomson Reuters).
He married Barbara Stewart in 1963
and the couple had one son.
Sir Thomas went into practice as
a sole barrister in 1981 and he was
appointed Queen’s Counsel on 14
June 1984.
His judicial career began in
December 1987 when he was
appointed a Judge of the High
Court. In February 1991, he was
appointed to the Court of Appeal
and he became President in 2002,
succeeding Sir Ivor Richardson.
He was appointed a Distinguished
Companion of the New Zealand
Order of Merit in the 2001 New
Outside the law, Sir Thomas was
known for his love of golf. He won
the New Zealand Universities
Championship in 1958 and was
awarded Golf Blues by Victoria
University and the University of
New Zealand. From 1987 to 1996 he
was President of the New Zealand
Golf Association.
Sir Thomas joined The Royal and
Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews
in 1994 and became the first New
Zealander to be Club Captain in
September 2005 for the 20052006 year. A member of the Royal
Auckland Golf Club, he was made a
Life Member of New Zealand Golf.
Attorney-General Christopher
Finlayson says he was saddened by
the death of Sir Thomas. Sir Thomas
was one of the great leaders of the
New Zealand legal profession. He
was a distinguished member of the
judiciary and a highly respected
practitioner, particularly in the
areas of intellectual property and
competition law, Mr Finlayson says.
One can look back at the life and
career of Sir Thomas and see that
his contribution to this country in a
number of fields was outstanding.
On behalf of the Government, I
extend my deepest sympathies to his
wife Barbara, his son Ian and other
members of his family.
New Zealand Law Society
CLIFF HERAUD
Wellington College: 1937-1940
T
he Coromandel
farewelled Kauri 2000
founder Cliff Heraud
in early November at
a special ceremony in
Kuaotunu.
Cliff died after a short illness
and was remembered as one of
the Coromandel's champions of
conservation. He was 92-years-old.
In 1999, Cliff set the goal of
planting 2000 trees to greet the
new millennium and to replenish
the peninsulas kauri population
destroyed by the saw milling industry.
Sixteen years later, his vision has
resulted in the planting of over
45,000 kauri trees throughout the
Coromandel Peninsula from below
Waihi to Waikawau Bay and from
Kauri Point to Cathedral Cove on
the East Coast.
Cliff was born in 1923, in Palmerston
North, but grew up in Eastbourne,
Wellington, where he went to
Wellington College.
During WWII, he was conscripted
initially into the NZ Army then went
to Devonport in England where he
did an officers course. He served
as a sub-lieutenant in the Royal
Navy, on a minesweeper, in the
Mediterranean for 18 months until
the war ended.
On his return back home, Cliff
trained as an Accountant, worked
for ICI and had several business
interests before he left city life in
1957 to become a farmer.
He worked on two farms in the
Central Plateau before purchasing a
farm in Waimiha in the King Country
through the WWII rehabilitation
scheme.
In 1952, he married Julie Hutchison
of Petone, Wellington.
In 1983, at the age of 60, Cliff
retired from farming and bought
their property in Kuaotunu. His son
79
Richard said his father understood
that all work depended on the
quality of the social relations of
those he collaborated with.
I think he will be remembered as
somebody who, along with Vivienne
McLean, established the building
blocks for the ongoing development
of Kauri 2000, he said. Furthermore,
I think he should be recognised for
advocating for the development
of the educational aspect of this
project, said Richard. Ultimately my
father thought in the long term. He
was someone who saw the majesty
of the kauri.
In 2004, Cliff was awarded the
Queen's Service Medal for
Community Service by Governor
General Dame Silvia Cartwright.
NZ Herald
COLIN HOUGH
Wellington College: 1962-1965
A
very well-known and
dearly loved Old Boy,
Colin Hough passed
away recently. He died
instantly after falling off
the platform into the
path of a northbound
freight train at Paraparaumu Station.
‘Houghie’ was certainly a character,
a very popular, charming,
gregarious and generous
Wellingtonian, an instantly
recognisable man about town
who cut a very fashionable and
unmistakeable figure on his
constant walks across his beloved
city. He was always ready to
lend a hand and give support,
encouragement and advice to all
he came across, regardless of their
background and circumstances.
He gave his time and resources to
others constantly, unreservedly,
generously and completely, never
with any expectation of receiving
anything in return. To him it was
all about giving. He never forgot
anybody once he had made
their acquaintance and had the
utmost respect, tolerance and
understanding for all those he
encountered.
Colin was a Northland boy and
attended Primary School in that
suburb. He was at College from
1962 - 1965 and was one of the top
scholars in his year. A very sensitive
soul, it is probable that much of
the general, quite macho ethos
that prevailed in school in those
days did not sit very well with him.
Significantly though there were
present at his funeral, a number
of high profile and successful Old
Boys of his era, many very like
Houghie, individual souls, colourful
characters who have largely carved
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their own way in life.
Houghie, keen to leave school after
his lower sixth form year, became
one of the youngest students at
Victoria University, and one of the
first to take the new BCA degree.
I was a year ahead of Houghie at
school, certainly very aware of him
as a charismatic character and a bit
different, but did not know him that
well. I was a boarder. He was a day
boy. That also set us apart, the way
things were in those days.
Doing the same degree though
and in the same year at Victoria
we became very firm friends. His
intelligence, outlook and demeanour
and especially his grace and non
judgemental attitude towards
everybody, made a very serious
impression on me. We shared a
passion for riding surfboards. ‘The
Corner’ at Lyall Bay was our second
home but we also travelled more
extensively looking for waves.
Houghie was a very diligent
student, studied much more
seriously than me, and when he
was engrossed in the Library and
the waves were running, he would
very generously and without
question loan me his car, a great
little Morris Minor convertible, so
I could head out to the bay and
chase the waves.
Houghie completed his degree
a year before me. He was just
about 20 years old but was the top
graduating BCA student in this year,
1968.
We went our separate ways after
university, but always stayed in
touch. In the early 1970s, we saw
quite a bit of one another in London
when he was one of those larger
than life characters, driving buses
for Continental Camping Tours and
in his inimitable style entertaining
Kiwis and Aussies on their OE and
travelling through Europe.
Colin had qualified as an accountant,
but he wasn’t a typical practitioner.
I don’t believe he ever worked in
public practice. As an independent,
with significant and often lateral
insight into matters of finance, he
was always in demand to work on
various projects. He gave advice
to many serious figures in the
financial world, at various times
was himself a significant investor in
Wellington property, was involved,
on the finance side, with Saatchi
and Saatchi. Prominent in the
movie world, he was accountant
for a number of major New Zealand
productions. At one time he operated
a movie theatre in Otaki.
investor in NZ and Australian shares.
He was a great believer in gold as
the ultimate currency. Again we
shared interests and enjoyed many
long discussions of the potential
of this or that industry or particular
stock; as well as speculating about
when it would be that gold would
again have its day in the sun.
History, current affairs, religion, other
philosophical matters; Houghie’s
views were always enlightening,
intelligent and informed. We dined
regularly together, in one if his
Oriental Bay apartments, sometimes
nearby aboard my sailboat in
Chaffers Marina.
With Houghie though there
was always something in the
background I couldn’t quite put
my finger on. He drank a lot from
his early 20s, acknowledged this
as a problem later in life, and with
typical strength gave alcohol away
completely. There must have still
been dark places for him though.
He suffered from depression but
managed a variety of successes in
spite of this. A few years ago, after
an attempted suicide, he became
paraplegic. He continued to battle
this serious setback, and all his
demons, with a huge strength,
determined to get fit and active
again, but then that black dog,
depression, returned. This time he
managed to take his life ....... a huge
loss for us all, and a huge gap now
in the lives of all those close to him.
Rest in peace, dear man, it was a
huge pleasure and honour to know
you and have you as a friend, a
major influence in my life and truly
a soul brother.
At Colin’s funeral in Raumati, the
church was full, not a seat, nor a
dry eye in the place. He received a
great send off. The huge regard he
was held in by his family and friends
from all walks of life was there for
all to see. A great and loving man
has left us and there is a place in
all our hearts that is now empty.
Houghie, dear man, God bless as
he would always say, we hope your
dear soul is now at rest.
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While at College, he also learned
to fly. He was a fine trumpet and
cornet player both in the Orchestra
and in the Cadet Bugle Band in
which he was bugle sergeant.
The Wellingtonian of 1948 records in
its musical notes, that the College’s
public concert held in the Wellington
Town Hall featured Handel’s
Messiah including the inspiring aria,
the Trumpet Shall Sound, a difficult
trumpet solo which was played
excellently by W.A. Hunt. At his
funeral service, Warren’s son Brett
recalled that Dad would take his
trumpet and cornet to any function
he knew there would be a jazz band
playing and join in a few songs.
Looking back, Warren was already
exhibiting those characteristic of
orderliness and attention to detail
which were to lead him to a top
position in industry.
After leaving College, he became
a student at Victoria University
and at the School of Engineering
at Canterbury College, graduating
with B.E [Mech]. At Canterbury
University, he played rugby in the
senior grade as a loose forward, and
participated in athletics and boxing.
After graduation, Warren joined the
RNZAF and had the distinction of
graduating not only with his ‘wings’
but also the ‘Sword of Honour’
from his training class. He decided
against a career in the RNZAF and
in the 1950s, joined General Motors
in Trentham. It was not long before
his management potential was
recognised and the company sent
him to Chicago for three years for
management training.
Retuning home, he married Pat,
settling in Silverstream where he
built his first home and where their
three children, Michelle and the
twins Anna and Brett were born.
John Wedde (1961-1965)
WARREN HUNT
Wellington College 1944-1948
W
arren Hunt was born
in Auckland, the
family later moving
to Wellington, where
Warren was educated
at Kilbirnie School and
Wellington College from
1944-48.
The stock market was a serious
interest and he was an active
immaculately dressed school boys,
hair in place, socks at regulation
height and neatly pressed shirt
and shorts. He was one of the few
senior boys who rode a motorcycle
to school, it too, immaculate with
an engine which purred in tune with
Warren’s perfect maintenance.
Warren was always one of the more
It was time for a move in the
1960s. Warren saw and applied
for a new position, with operation
research and work study, at NZ
Forest Products Limited, based
at the Head Office at Penrose.
Computerisation was developing
and Warren had a key role in
introducing this new technology
into the company's centres of
operation including pulp and paper
at Kinleith, board manufacture at
Whakatane, paper bags at Penrose
and fine papers at Mataura.
With time, Warren moved from a
technical role into management,
first at Penrose Industries, then at
Kinleith and finally at Head Office
as Managing Director in the early
1980s.
This was a period of volatility in
New Zealand Industry with take
overs and mergers, some friendly,
some hostile. Warren barely had
time to reorganise the company
into five divisions, forestry, pulp
and paper, sawmilling, merchant
supplies and technical, before the
crash of 1987 occurred and the
overseas predators swooped on
the Company. The outcome was
that Warren took early retirement in
the late 1950s, and was appointed
to the Boards of a number of
Companies and took up his other
passion, flying.
He was often a guest speaker at
the RNZAF’s Whenuapai Base and
was deeply involved in establishing
the Air Force Museum at Wigram,
becoming a member of the
Museum’s Trust Board. For his
support of the RNZAF, Warren was
promoted to Group Captain [Hon.], an
honour in which he took great pride.
His other retirement passion was
boating with a Vindex 375, 42
footer, he sailed around the inner
and outer Auckland harbour with
family and friends. Appropriately he
named the Vindex, Mustang, after
the plane in which he earned his
wings. As Brett said, He allowed us
children to take Mustang out, but
just as he did, we had to sit and pass
the Coast guard boatmasters,16
week course plus a three hour exam
which we all did with flying colours.
Dad was a good and knowledgeable
fisherman and over the years of
cruising had many good fishing and
scallop ‘spots’.
Warren was appointed to many
committees and Councils
including being Chairman,
National Productivity Council,
Chairman, Alpine Task force Hillary Commission, Chairman,
Management Services Council of
NZ, Member Experts Committee on
pulp and paper [FAO, UN], Member,
Naval Advisory Board and RNZN
Dockyard Facilities Management
Project Steering Committee
Member, Fisher Gallery Board, and
Member of the Salvation Army
Board. He was also a Justice of the
Peace.
His wife Patricia died in 1991. He
was survived by three children
Michele, Anna and Brett until his
death this year.
Bill Glass (1944-1948)
BRUCE JENKINS
Wellington College 1939-1942
B
ruce Jenkins was
born in 1926 in
Auckland while his
parents were living
there temporarily, his
father having been
transferred from the
Wellington to the Auckland branch
of the Valuation Department. They
returned when Bruce was just
six months old and he began his
life-long residency in our beautiful
capital city. His early schooling was
at Northland Primary School, but his
education became disrupted when
his mother was diagnosed with TB
when he was six.
In Bruce’s own words from his
memoirs Mother was confined to
bed and isolated in her bedroom. It
was considered that children were
at great risk of being infected if they
were near anyone with TB so we were
not allowed to enter her room. We
could talk to her from the doorway
and we could see her, usually sitting
up in bed by the big dormer window
but that was the closest we were
allowed to be with her.
She was subsequently admitted
to Otaki Sanatorium and the little
family of Bruce, his two sisters and
their Dad was split up and lived
separately over the next few years,
but remained in regular contact.
During this time Bruce attended Te
Aro and Island Bay Schools.
His memoirs describe a happy
life at Island Bay, living with his
grandparents and sisters. He did
well at school and made many
friends who also went to Wellington
College. But sadly Bruce’s mother
died in 1937 when he was only
eleven years old.
At Island Bay School, Bruce
showed an interest and capability
in Chemistry and the sciences. He
had what he called 'a laboratory' in
the basement of his grandparents’
home in Waikato Street, where
various experiments were carried
out with test tubes and chemicals
he bought with his pocket money.
In 1939, his college years began,
which he enjoyed and made some
lifelong friends. He was placed
in 'B' forms and managed most
subjects without difficulty, doing
quite well in English and French.
But he admitted to struggling with
Latin and was pleased he could
drop it in the fifth form. Many
decades later, on his first visit
to France, he was able to recall
enough schoolboy French to
purchase tickets at railway stations!
But Science was his best subject
and he managed to come top of the
class in Magnetism and Electricity
in the end of term exam in the
5th form. He passed the School
Certificate and University Entrance
exams and (because he had taken
Trigonometry as a UE subject),
he qualified for the Engineering
Preliminary Certificate.
During his college years, he
became keen on outdoor activities
such as Tramping and CrossCountry running. Harriers became
his winter sport and in 1941, he
joined the Scottish Harrier and AA
Club (special dispensation had
to be obtained from Wellington
College for participation in this
heretical non-rugby activity!).
Bruce was a lifelong enthusiastic
member of Scottish Harriers,
running on every Saturday during
the season for years in a row without
fail. He won many races, ran many
marathons, and was a stalwart
supporter of the Club in every
possible way, including the holding
of high office for several years. At
his memorial service in Wellington I
was struck by the number of people
who told me your father introduced
me to running with Scottish.
In 1943, Bruce joined Collier &
Beale Ltd, a radio and engineering
company, at that time heavily
involved in making military
radio and other electronic
equipment. His secondary
school qualifications earned him
a place in the prestigious Special
Apparatus Department rather than
the assembly lines in the main
factory. The Special Apparatus
Department worked on semisecret, mostly one-off gear, for the
NZ Government, the US Army and
Navy and for the RAF in England.
Collier & Beale gave him the
chance of taking unpaid time off
work to attend university, so he
enrolled at Victoria University as a
BSc student taking Mathematics
and Physics.
The hassle of getting to and from
lectures and then making up the
time at work on Saturdays was hard
enough, but war commitments
meant that they worked a lot of
overtime and his studies began
to suffer. To make matters worse,
fellow employees were studying
for the Trade Exams, a qualification
much more aligned with Bruce’s
work and it seemed he might be left
behind if he didn't sit these exams.
So he gritted his teeth, left
University, sat the Trade Exams over
the next three or four years and
became qualified in the Electrical
Trade and in Radio and Electronics.
Bruce’s father, John William Jenkins
attended Wellington College from
1912-1913 as did his four sons John
(1966-1969), Alan (1964-1968),
Graham (1966-1970) and David
(12968-1972). I (John), had the
pleasure of having some of Dad’s
teachers as my own, including Mr
(Bernie) Paetz for French and Mr
(Inky) Dighton for Latin.
Bruce married Elisabeth Baucke at
Ward Memorial Church, Northland,
in 1947. They set up home in
Chamberlain Road, Karori, and
raised their family of four boys there.
He started business at 236 Karori
Road, Karori as a radio and electrical
shop. The enterprise was duly
registered as Jenkins Electronics
Ltd in 1956. When TV came to
New Zealand in the 1960s, the sale,
installation and repair of television
sets became an important part of
the shop’s activities. Bernie Paetz
was a Karori resident and one of
Bruce’s regular customers.
Other customers included ships in
the harbour having problems with
their radar equipment. The ships
varied in size from fishing trawlers
to American warships.
Bruce became an active member
of the Karori Businessmen’s
Association and was connected with
many of their charitable activities.
I believe he was involved with a
campaign to raise funds for the
building of the hall at Karori School.
After retiring from the radio/TV
business he became a tutor at the
Technical Correspondence Institute
(the predecessor of the Open
Polytechnic).
Bruce and Elisabeth spent their
married life of nearly 65 years
together resident at Chamberlain
Road. Over that time, they
subdivided their land and built two
more houses there.
Elisabeth had a stroke in 2013 and
spent some time in a nursing home
before she died in July of that year.
Bruce gradually became unwell
after she died and eventually
wanted to move into a retirement
home. He spent Christmas 2014
at Malvina Major in Khandallah,
but shortly afterwards moved to
Tauranga.
He died peacefully at Tauranga
Hospital in 2015, and his funeral was
held in Tauranga after which he was
cremated, according to his wishes.
His ashes were taken to Wellington
where there was a memorial service
a few days later. Both services
were well attended, notably the
Wellington one where a number of
harriers were present.
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Bruce is survived by his four sons
John, Alan, Graham and David; his
ten grandchildren and twelve greatgrandchildren.
John Jenkins (1966-1969)
PETER JOBSON
Wellington College: 1945-1949
Barry Jobson, Peter’s
youngest brother spoke
on behalf of the 'cousins',
and the Wellington
Branch of the Jobson
family about Peter’s
early life in Wellington at
Peter’s Funeral in February.
T
he family originally lived with
our maternal grandparents - the
Newmans, in Willis Street in
Wellington, so you can certainly call
us Wellingtonians. All three brothers
and our sister Mary went to St Mark’s
Church School by the Basin Reserve.
In 1952, we moved to Linden, Tawa
and it was during that time that Peter
and Wendy were married in Old St
Paul’s in Wellington.
My earliest memory of Peter was
at Wanganui in 1949. Peter was in
the Wellington College 1st XV as
the hooker, and he played in the
Quadrangular Tournament held at
Wanganui Collegiate that year. As
a family we stayed at the Aramoho
Camping ground.
After Wellington College, Peter
worked for ICI (NZ) Ltd on the
Terrace in Wellington. He did his
Accountancy and BCom at Victoria
University simultaneously - fulltime accounting study was virtually
unheard of in those days. As it
turned out all three boys became
qualified Accountants.
Peter got me a job during the
school holidays as the office boy
at ICI, so technically that was my
first job.
Eventually, the three Jobson
brothers used to get a bit of cheek
over their career choices, as we had
the three vices covered. Peter as
an Accountant at ICI worked with
drugs, Ken as an accountant, at
WD&HO Wills, worked in cigarettes,
and I, the younger accountant
worked for Lion Breweries! So we
covered drugs, cigarettes and beer!
In the 1940s in Wellington, our
maternal grandparents Joe and
Mary Newman had a bach at
Plimmerton on the coast where we
spent just about every weekend
during the summer.
And about 400m from the bach was
the Plimmerton Boating Club where
many of the friends and relatives
including the Jobsons, Newmans,
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Dodsons and Caseys sailed.
Peter originally started in P Class
sailing P.53 Dondu, and then into
the Z Class Z4 Torment skippering
at various times with our other
siblings Mary, Casey or Ken as
crew. He also represented the Club
at the Cornwell Cup National Z or
Takapuna Class Championship.
I recall Peter was allowed to drive
the family Vauxhall through to
Auckland when under-age. He
must have been about 15. The
Desert Road and main highway
were unsealed then so it was a
dusty trip through the central North
Island. We were driving through to
the Z Class Championships at the
Takapuna Boating Club in Auckland.
He was a mature boy and well able
to carry the responsibility.
During the period of Compulsory
Military Training, commonly called
CMT, Pete was in the Scottish
Regiment in Wellington - along
with many of our cousins. He was
awarded the Scott-Gillanders
trophy for outstanding services
as an officer. We had a wonderful
photo at home of him swimming
in the crater lake at Mt Ruapehu,
where they did their manoeuvres
from the Waiouru Military Camp in
the early 1950s.
As a teenager, I did a lot of baby
sitting for Chris and Amanda. I was
allowed to drive the family car from
Linden to Upper Hutt and stay with
Wendy and Peter for the weekend.
After Peter and Wendy moved to
Auckland, Zena and I had some
wonderful family holidays here,
and our own three offspring speak
very highly of Uncle Peter. He was a
wonderful Uncle to our kids, taking
them fishing or out in his fizz boat or
doing whatever what uncles do.
I love that word ‘avuncular’ as it
conjures up visions of a kindly
uncle, which Peter was. Peter was a
modest, intelligent, good, familyorientated kindly man who will
be sadly missed. Go well brother.
We express deepest sympathy to
Wendy, Chris Amanda and their
families.
Finally, we three brothers all
belonged to St Andrew Masonic
Lodge in Wellington, as did our
father, Fred Jobson and our
maternal grandfather, Joseph
Newman. I was honoured to present
Peter with his 50 year badge ten
years ago.
Barry Jobson (1953-1957)
ALEXANDER KING
Wellington College: 1966-1970
I
wish to reflect on the
remarkable life and
qualities of Alexander
King, ‐adoring husband
of Linda, immensely
proud father of
Richard, caring brother
of Douglas, Richard, Andrew,
Malcolm and Margaret, loving son
of Margaret and Alexander, loyal
friend and mentor of too many to
mention, and a fearless lawyer for
all he represented.
His was a life of great intellectual
purpose, intense curiosity and legal
principle. It was a life of wickedly
brilliant good humour, natural
charisma and raucous laughter.
It was a life of powerful love and
reliability for his devoted wife,
Linda, and their son, Richard. It was
a life of resilience, strength and
courage, exemplified to the very
end in his fierce, but uncomplaining,
battle against brain cancer.
Alexander was born in Wellington,
in November, 1952. Thankfully
for Alexander, an avid follower of
politics, this was a most auspicious
month and year – a republican,
Dwight D. Eisenhower, had just been
re-elected United States President.
Through the 1950s, picture
an enthusiastic and endlessly
entertaining child who combined
emotional intelligence, extroversion
and his high IQ to be both jester and
genius at Boulcott Primary School
in Lower Hutt.
He attended Boulcott Primary
School for nine years, then
Wellington College. He went on to
study law at Victoria University. A
bitingly funny mimic and prankster,
his spontaneous stand ‐up comedy
routines regularly had fellow
students in stitches.
In law, Alexander’s strengths lined
up perfectly. He was a captivating
narrator of stories, a compelling
performer, a forensic crossexaminer, and a relentless fighter.
He charmed and won over jurors.
He boldly challenged incompetent
and stuffy judges. He clinically
dissected sloppy witnesses. He ran
rings around plodding prosecutors.
He plotted trial strategy like a
grandmaster plots an intricate
chess championship. His clients
were exceptionally fortunate. In the
words of one of his heroes, Winston
Churchill, Alexander King would
never give up.
To sharpen his skills and test
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himself against the best, Alexander
became a barrister first in London.
He took on the best and defeated
them. In 1986, a decade after being
admitted to practice law, good fate
and adventurism lured him to Hong
Kong.
Alexander remained as my King
for the next 25 years,’ says Linda.
He touched the lives of so many
who came in contact with him. In
sickness or in health, he retained
his sense of humour, kindness and
mischievousness at all times.
Alexander belonged in Hong Kong.
It was fast, exciting, unaffected by
political correctness, intellectually
stimulating and unpredictable. It
was Alexander to a tee.
Farewell, Alexander, you made our
lives better. We wish yours had
been longer. You are deeply missed
and never forgotten.
Hedley Thomas, Close friend
He had found his true home on
this island in the South China Sea
with its British traditions and rule
of law, and its Chinese ownership,
pragmatic entrepreneurialism, and
cultural fascinations. He hoped it
would be a lifelong home.
Over the next three decades as
Alexander became embedded in
Hong Kong, he soared as a lawyer.
He took on the best and worst of
cases, representing the good, the
bad and the ugly, and gave all the
benefit of his persuasive advocacy.
He had a musical anthem for
every important occasion - Sink
the Bismarck and I Won’t Back
Down were his favourites before
he would go to court. He became
known as ‘One Song King’ for his
rendition of Pang Yau (Friends of
Mine), and he never failed to bring
the house down when he sang
it. He crossed social and cultural
barriers effortlessly with his words
and songs.
The widely-read but down‐toearth Kiwi with a biting wit and a
contagious charm attracted many
friends from all walks of life and
culture. And he was always true to
himself. Did he really just say that?
some would ask after one of his
typically provocative statements.
The mischief and contrariness at
the core of his personality saw
him setting off small explosives in
many conversations and settings Alexander revelled in the shock and
awe, the intellectual joust, and the
intensity of a great debate. Linda
would marvel at his ability to be
laughing and bonding with someone
whom he had just infuriated. Even
those who would vehemently
disagree with him were won over by
his chutzpah and easy charm.
When he first saw Linda, his life
partner, he asked her: What is your
name?. What’s yours? she replied.
Alexander The King!’ he said smiling,
a glint in his eye.
Linda knew (and he suspected) that
he was a king and he would always
be a king - to her, to young Richard,
Alexander Stuart King, and to many,
many more who knew him.
M
y youngest brother Alexander
King better known certainly
to those who knew him at
Wellington College as 'Sandy',
died in Hong Kong in February of
complications of a brain tumour first
diagnosed in October, 2011.
In March, two wonderful services
were held in Hong Kong for his
family and friends and in July,
another memorial service was
organised in Auckland for those
who couldn’t make it to Hong Kong.
Now four months later it’s hard
to believe he’s no longer with us
although his spirit and memory will
last forever.
The day he was born, was a big
disappointment for our father.
I’m told that there was a huge
expectation that his fifth child was
finally going to be the long awaited
daughter. It was not to be.
Our father’s disappointment didn’t
last long. He must have sensed
there was something special about
his fifth son because he named him
after himself and the two of them
went on to form what was probably
the closest father-son bond in the
family.
If you ever wondered where Sandy’s
slightly right of centre political views
came from, you only have to imagine
the influence of many hours of
political tutelage that the youngest
son received from his father.
Our childhood experiences growing
up in the Hutt Valley were happy
ones. Our mother spared nothing of
herself to ensure that we were able
to take advantage of everything life
had to offer, and our father worked
long hours to support it.
However amongst the boys in
the family, when it came to doing
the chores, there was a definite
hierarchy. The older one told the
next one down what to do, and
strict obedience was expected. This
worked very well until Sandy came
of age to do his share and to take
his turn in the chain of command
albeit at the bottom. It became
evident very early on that this was
not to his liking, and he refused to
take orders from anyone except
his parents. Not even physical or
mental encouragement made any
difference. It was stubborn defiance
of the highest order but a wonderful
character trait exhibited at a very
early age that he carried with him
until the day he died. He was many
things to many people. Intelligent,
interesting, irreverent, quick-witted,
provocative, funny and entertaining
and always loyal to his family and
friends.
Alexander did start at Firth House
but didn’t last long. The legacy of
bad behaviour created by his older
brothers meant that there was a
posse of masters waiting to extract
their revenge on him. He went back
home and commuted as a day boy
for the last three years. He was also
only at Wellington College for four
years, electing to go to university
rather than run into trouble in his
fifth year at school.
He loved to stir the pot or as one
friend said, stir every pot he came
across. He took great pleasure in
winding people up, and that could
be friend or foe. If he didn’t like your
opinion, he was happy to give you
his, with the expectation you would
quickly see the error of your ways.
However, there were two things
in his life that were sacrosanct to
what he considered important. One
was his marriage and family and
the other was the practice of law
in Hong Kong which he held in the
highest regard.
In Hong Kong law circles, the
feeling of deep respect was mutual.
His colleagues I spoke to, including
the Chief Justice and the Director of
Public Prosecutions told me that he
operated in the highest echelons of
criminal defence advocacy.
Away from his work, he was just fun
to be around and it all came from a
sharp intelligence that he used to
full capacity in his professional and
personal life.
Of all his gifts, the one I envied the
most was the magical ability he had
to insert himself into any gathering
and within a very short time have
the crowd big or small totally
engaged in what he was offering. It
didn’t matter where it was or who
they were. They didn’t even have
to speak English; Sandy could get
them going. It was an extraordinary
gift. He would have made a
fantastic TV talk show host.
I would like to finish by thanking
Sandy’s friends, and members of
our family who were so supportive
throughout his illness. It is huge
comfort to know that he was loved,
admired and respected by so many
people outside his family circle.
To my sister-in-law Linda and
nephew Richard, once again my
profound thanks for making his
family life so wonderful and for the
courageous way you nursed him
through this cruel disease.
To my brother Sandy, I can only
reiterate what I said in Hong Kong.
The courage and dignity with which
you faced your illness is something
I will never forget. I only hope when
it’s my turn to go, I can face it with
the same incredible bravery you
showed.
And as Hedley Thomas, his
Australian friend concluded in his
wonderful eulogy, You are deeply
missed and never forgotten.
Under Tim's leadership, Weta
Workshop established its range of
film collectibles.
Weta co-founder and co-director Sir
Richard Taylor says Tim had all the
right attributes for the job, a good
business head, corporate nous
but most importantly, a high 'geek'
factor. Tim came from a corporate
background, but on meeting him that
first time we realised he had the most
critical talent for the job - the geek
factor. Tim was a terrifically positive
influence. It was impossible not to get
swept up in his absolute enthusiasm
and love for everything 'geek'. It was
a wonderful thing to see. He really
hit it off with the guys on the [Weta
Workshop] floor who would spend
the evenings model-making and
watching Thunderbirds. He just really
got it. He was like a big kid.
Richard King (1960-1964)
TIM LAUNDER
Wellington College: 1979-1983
T
im Launder, General
Manager of World of
WearableArt had a
head for business and
a heart for all things
geeky.
The 'gentle giant' managed to
marry the two talents in his last two
positions at Weta Workshop and
World of WearableArt.
WOW founder Dame Suzie
Moncrieff described Tim, who
became General Manager in 2014,
as a fair, humble and honest man.
He would question everything. What
he had to say would firstly be very
well considered and his viewpoint
would always be what was best for
the business and never about what
was personally best for him. He was
all about the goal of achieving the
very best for WOW commercially and
creatively. He was passionate about
driving to be the very best we could
be. That's his legacy and one we will
all treasure. Tim empowered his staff
and gave them the confidence to
take control of each of their areas,
she says.
Tim brought the best out in people.
He had an infectious, witty sense of
humour. Many a long board meeting
was had when we were focused
on the task when Tim would say
something in his unassuming manner
and have us all lose focus for a
moment and laugh. A true gentleman,
a gentle giant, we will all miss him.
Tim had come to WOW from Weta
Workshop where he was General
Manager of Weta Limited for six
years. He headed the consumer
products company, which handled
the tourism and visits of fans to the
workshop from around the world.
Tim was a huge advocate for film
fans and enthusiasts. He had a
clever business head and an acute
ability to think like a fan, Sir Richard
says. Fans can spot a faker from
a mile off but Tim was someone of
such sincerity. He embraced the fans
and all they stood for. He had a deft
touch about him and made everyone
feel like their fandom was very much
appreciated. He had a willingness
to embrace anyone and everyone
in the process of creating a unique
and wonderful thing carrying that
out of the workplace and into the
fan space. Tim was tall in stature, Sir
Richard says.
Because of that you would think he
would have a dominating presence
but he was a gentle and quiet
individual. He was always cheerful
and gentlemanly. He sacrificed a lot
to do the job, moving to Wellington
to work through the week and
returning to his family in Auckland in
the weekends.
Tim was born in Malacca, Malaysia.
His father was in the New Zealand
Army and Tim, along with his three
siblings, was raised in both Malaysia
and New Zealand. His sister Biddy
Sutherland said he was a keen
sportsman with a particular interest
in cricket, which he played at a
senior level.
After leaving Wellington College in
1983, he graduated from Victoria
University with a Bachelor of
Commerce and Administration and
began his 20-year corporate career
with the then Dairy Board as a junior
employee shipping thousands of
tonnes of cheese to America from
an office in Wellington. He went
on to sell milk products to diverse
customers in Japan, Taiwan, Latin
America and the Middle East for
Fonterra before he went back to his
creative side working for Weta.
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Tim, who is survived by two teenage
children and parents who live in
Wellington, was a close friend
of the Lord of the Rings fan site
TheOneRing.net. In a post following
his death to skin cancer, one
member paid tribute to the friend
of Middle-Earth. Sailing into the
West and hopefully pain free. The
collecting world lost a good friend
tonight but the world lost a great guy.
The Dominion Posy
SIMON LOCKHART
Wellington College: 1949-1952
S
imon Lockhart, QC and Retired
District Court Judge passed away
in early November.
Simon was admitted to the Bar in
1959 and he was appointed Queen's
Counsel in 1982. He was a former
Vice President and Council Member
of the NZ Law Society. He also
served as a Member and Deputy
Chairman of the NZLS's Disciplinary
Tribunal. He was a former President
and Council Member of the
Auckland District Law Society as
well as Chairman of the ADLS's
Legal Aid Assignment Committee.
Simon retired as a District Court
Judge in January 2007 after a
distinguished ten-year career
on the Bench, in both civil and
criminal jurisdictions. He was a
former partner in the Auckland law
firm Jackson-Russell, and then a
Barrister.
We hope to include a full Obituary in
next year’s issue.
IAN MacGILLIVRAY
Wellington College: 1969-1972
I
was a colleague of Ian at
Wellington College in the 1960s
and very quickly gained a lot of
respect for his Science knowledge
and his unique classroom control.
Several of us had been appointed
as first year teachers in 1964, and so
we had a lot to learn about handling
adolescents and about the subjects
we were directed to teach. That's
where Ian came in: as an older
more experienced teacher he was
so generous with his knowledge,
but never dogmatic about what to
do with it. One characteristic which
we all picked up was his passion
for the subject of Chemistry, and
also his sharp wit. His laugh was
unmistakable.
I was lucky enough to encounter
him again after I had spent two
years overseas. From Wellington
College, Ian had been appointed
Head of Chemistry at Wainuiomata
College, where he quickly gained
a reputation as a superb Science
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and Chemistry teacher. By this time
I had come to know all his family:
wife Audrey, and daughters Margot
and Anne, for which he was a doting
and proud father.
Ian also had other passions; Soccer
and Classical Music. He had a
sizeable collection of classical
music which he listened to often.
One day he said to me that he was
envious because I had a vast ocean
of classical music yet to discover,
whereas he had pretty much heard
it all.
If one had been out with Ian there
was always an invitation to drop into
his place to hear some new version
of a Brandenburg Concerto, or
some such, but also to have a 'wee
dram' (nearly always Glenfiddich).
It was after one or two of these
that he would talk about his home
country of Scotland, an enthusiasm
I shared since I had recently toured
much of the country.
Ian was a very memorable
character and I feel privileged to
have known him.
Ernie Barrington, Colleague
JOHN MARSHALL
Wellington College: 1960-1964
J
ohn Marshall
was a stand-up
Wellingtonian with a
brilliant legal mind and
spent his life battling for
truth and fairness.
He was a cricket fan, perennial
Wellington College Old Boy, a
selfless friend, and a loving family
man with a strong commitment to
his faith.
He grew up the son of Sir John
Marshall, better known as Jack
Marshall, who went on to become
Prime Minister of New Zealand
in 1972. Despite being the Prime
Minister's son, friends remember
him as the person who treated
every person the same, no matter
who they were.
John went to Wellington College
as a teenager, where he quickly
amassed a large and loyal group
of friends. Veteran broadcaster
Keith Quinn sat next to Marshall for
five years at school, thanks to the
proximity of their surnames. John
was fun, funny, very popular and
loyal, Keith said.
In 1964, John was elected Head
Prefect for the school, and decades
later his class still considered him
their 'leader'. We had a Reunion in
2004, and John was automatically
the Chairman of the committee,
the leader at the function. We still
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regarded him as our head lad all
the way through. John was about
as close to a perfect person as a
human gets, Keith said. He was
probably the most decent person I've
known in my life.
John was also quite the cricket fan.
He was a strong batsman at school
and played at a senior level for
some years before retiring his love
for the game to the grandstand.
who understood the profession and
who was able to explain the reasons
for the changes and to guide the
profession through them was needed.
John Marshall was that man, New
Zealand Law Society President Chris
Moore explained.
Keith still recalls himself and John
'bragging endlessly' about the
big batting stand they made as a
pair opening the batting for the
Wellington College 1964 team.
His concern at the high rate of stress
and depressive illness in the legal
profession also led him to establish
the Law Society's Practising Well
initiative. Throughout his career he
gave much to the community and
he was a firm advocate for pro bono
work by lawyers, saying it was the
most satisfying work a lawyer could
do, Moore said.
John loved his wife Mary deeply,
and their relationship was a
pleasure to watch, friends said.
She remembers clearly when they
met at a party at his sister's flat in
Wellington in April, 1975.
John was also a significant
contributor to the national life of
the Presbyterian Church in New
Zealand. He was a religious man, but
never pushed his beliefs on others,
son John said.
They married in 1977, and while they
didn't make it to their 40th wedding
anniversary, they celebrated 40
days from the day they met this
year. He was just the most wonderful
husband and an extraordinary
human being, right through it's been
wonderful, Mary said.
He recalled travelling to Norway
with his father and meandering
around the hillside terraces of
Bergen, where John complained to
his dad that all tourist attractions
were religious sites. John replied:
Johnny, you may not be a Christian;
but you're a good Christian.
The way he lived the last eleven
months of his life, after being
diagnosed with a brain tumour, was
a joy, Mary said. From the word go
he didn't waver for one moment. He
always said he had a wonderful life,
he loved his life, and that was such a
gift to all of us, she said.
As a father, John didn't mind what
his children did, as long as it was
meaningful, his son said. Dad
wanted to give us the freedom to
discover what we believed in, to
engage in our own spiritual journey,
to be authentic to ourselves...To
treat others as we would wish to be
treated ourselves.
Mary and their three children, John,
Annabel and Clementine, and his
granddaughter Rose, called him
an exceptionally warm, loving and
supportive husband, father and
grandfather.
John was a highly regarded litigator
whose services to law were
recognised this year when he was
made a Companion of the New
Zealand Order of Merit.
He was former President of the
New Zealand Law Society, and
in his five-year tenure as Chief
Commissioner of the Transport
Accident Investigation Commission,
John led such prominent New
Zealand cases as the Carterton
balloon disaster and the Easy Rider
fishing boat tragedy.
He's a tremendous loss for the legal
profession and he was just a very
good man, Law Society Executive
Director Christine Grice said.
John led New Zealand's legal
profession through major reforms of
the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act.
The change in the way legal services
were regulated was radical. Someone
Knox Church Dunedin minister
Kerry Enright said John was
an asset to the church. He was
conciliatory and gentle in his
style, and his professionalism and
wisdom together with his warmth
and convivial humanity echoed the
churches values and helped people
respond in difficult circumstances.
Wellington College Headmaster
Roger Moses first met John in his
role on the Wellington College
Board of Trustees, when John
appointed him to the Headmaster
role 20 years ago.
The Head Prefect in 1964, he went
on to sit on the Board of Trustees
and be Chairman of the Wellington
College Foundation.
John was integrity personified, Roger
said. He treated everybody with
incredible dignity and respect, no
matter who that person was. He grew
up in an environment where he knew
a lot of important people, but to
meet John, he treated everybody with
absolute equality.
The Dominion Post
MISILUNI MOANANU
Wellington College: 1990-1995
The following article
was published on Club
Rugby in 2012 - when
Misiluni (Luni) Moananu
became the third brother
in his family to play
200 Premier club rugby
matches for the Poneke FC.
F
ollowing a short battle with bowel
cancer, Luni Moananu has passed
away. As recently as four months
ago he was playing Jubilee Cup
rugby, where he packed down for
the Wellington Axemen at tighthead
prop against beaten finalists and
long-time rivals Marist St Pat's.
Luni had many big battles against
MSP through the years, including
in several Jubilee Cup finals. His
greatest success against them
was in the 2003 final at Westpac
Stadium. A significant milestone for
Luni was his 200th Premier match
for the Club.
After a stint as Poneke's Rugby
Development Officer, he transferred
to the Axemen to play for in 2015.
He started in seven matches for the
Axemen, helping them reach the
Jubilee Cup for the first time in 20
years. At the end of May he played
against Poneke.
Family and friends, the Poneke FC,
his old school Wellington College
and members of the greater
Wellington rugby community are
greatly saddened by his loss. It's
said that once you join Poneke you
become part of a family; you don't
just play, you belong! The Moananu
brothers epitomise all of this.
Oldest Moananu brother Fili
played at centre for Poneke for
a few seasons in the late 1990s,
middle brother Fa'atoto first played
Premier rugby against MSP in
1994, while the younger twins, Luni
and Misapalauni ‘P' made their
Premier débuts in 1997. Between
them they've amassed upwards
of 700 Premier caps in almost two
decades of service to the Club.
The Moananu brothers, out of
Wellington College, have variously
played representative rugby for
four different provinces. Toto played
for the Lions in 1995, 1997 and
1998 and Luni in 1998. All have
also played for the Wellington
Bs. Both P (2002-2004) and Luni
(2002) played for the HorowhenuaKapiti NPC side, while Luni also
had a season with Marlborough.
In one of his first games for the
Lions, Luni propped against Kevin
Barrett, father of Hurricane and
All Black, Beauden Barrett. His
performance in that game played
some part in Luni spending a
season Taranaki with games for the
Taranaki Development XV before he
returned to Poneke.
The brothers have each spent
time overseas with Luni playing in
Hong Kong, and P spending the
2001/02 Northern season playing
in Scotland. P also joined up with
Toto for a short stint in Cambridge
in England.
Luni also toured the UK and Canada
with the NZ Youth team in the late
nineties, along with fellow Old Boy,
Poneke and Lions player, Evan
Belford. His selection for the NZ
touring side followed consecutive
trials for the NZ U19s and the NZ
Colts, and previous representative
honours with the Wellington
Secondary Schools, Wellington
U19s and the Wellington Colts.
We hope to include a full obituary
provided by the family in next year’s
issue.
COLIN MURRAY
Wellington College 1941-1942
C
olin was born in
Hokitika in 1926
to Eoin and Elva
Murray. He was a proud
New Zealander and
dedicated his adult life
to serving his country
primarily as a Trade Commissioner
promoting and building trade
relationships between New Zealand
and other major countries. He
attended Wellington College from
1941-1942.
Colin was with the New Zealand
Embassy in Tokyo from 1947-1953,
and then Osaka from 1963-1970. He
was instrumental with Expo 70 and
putting New Zealand on the map
hosting dignitaries from around the
world including the Crown Prince
and Princess of Japan. His heart
was always in Japan and this is
where he met a young Japanese
girl, Bessie (who happened to work
at the Australian Embassy) and they
were married in 1966.
He was posted to the High
Commission in Hong Kong (19721975), Embassy in Manila (19751978) and finally the Embassy
in Moscow (1981-1985). Colin is
survived by his devoted wife and
best friend Bessie, his daughter and
three grandchildren.
Colin leaves behind a legion of
close friends around the world who
will remember him for his integrity,
cheeky sense of humour and just
'getting the job done'.
NZ Herald
HUGH NEES
Wellington College 1933-1935
H
ugh Nees and his
wife Jean were
married for 67 years
and couldn't bear to live
a day apart.
Both died in their sleep
of natural causes, after telling family
they didn't want to live without each
other. Despite doctors' predictions
that Joan would die before Hugh,
he was the first to go, at 10.20am on
Tuesday morning. Joan let go just
two hours later, at 12.30pm.
Both had been in declining health,
and spent the last three months of
their lives sharing a double room at
Eldon Lodge, in Paraparaumu. The
couple were rarely apart. They first
met in the Hutt Valley in the 1940s.
Hugh was a Baptist minister and
the couple lived in Dunedin, Levin,
Gisborne, Tawa, Taumarunui and
Papua New Guinea, working closely
together in churches in these places.
They always followed the activities
of their children and grandchildren
with great interest.
Not only did they share a common
purpose, they had a strong
personal love for each other, a
close relationship. It was based
on a strong faith in God, and a
belief that marriage was a lifelong
commitment.
The couple were keen gardeners,
and both played golf in their
younger days before taking up
bowls together at their retirement
village later in life.
The Dominion Post
JOHN SHERRING
Wellington College: 1942-1946
J
ohn Sherring was born
in his Grandmother’s
Nursing Home in
Newtown in June
1928, the son of Harold
Sherring, an Old Boy
of Wellington College
(1917-18) and Catherine (nee
Cronin). He was the oldest of their
four children – brother, Stephen
attended 1956-1960.
Growing up in Paraparaumu where
his parents settled in 1931, he
attended Paraparaumu School and
in 1942 as a third former, joined
eight other boys who entered Firth
House that year. Being such a small
group of boys, they became a very
close knit group and maintained
a firm friendship throughout their
lives. Unfortunately with John’s
passing, only two members of that
group now remain, Clive Westbury
and Merv Crocker. In 1946 as a
member of 6A, John was both a
School and House Prefect.
On leaving Wellington College,
John went to Canterbury University
where he studied for his Bachelor
of Engineering degree. While there
he joined up with another Old Boy,
John Hunt, who was Head Prefect in
1945 and they both boarded in the
same hostel for a time at University.
In 1950, John took a year off from
completing his degree to get some
more funding behind him and
during that year returned home
and worked at Paraparaumu Airport
which at the time was the airport for
Wellington.
On returning to Christchurch,
John continued his involvement
in student life as Secretary of
the Students’ Association and
associated student activities and
completed his Engineering degree.
For his service he was made a
Life Member of the Students’
Association. He was involved in
assisting with the organisation
the annual University Sports
Tournaments and he part in
Smallbore Rifle Shooting as well as
refereeing Rugby. He also served in
the Army Territorials as an engineer,
putting some of his technical
skills into practice. Perhaps John’s
most unusual distinction was
the presentation to him of a NZ
University Drinking Blue during
his time at Canterbury, something
perhaps his parents may not have
approved.
After qualifying, John joined the
Christchurch Drainage Board as
an Engineer and it was here he
developed his interest in water
reticulation and sewage systems.
In 1955, he married Marion Scott
from Waverley and they settled in
Christchurch. He had met Marion
some years previously when she
visited the family in Paraparaumu on
school holidays from New Plymouth
Girls’ High School where she and
John’s sister, Helen, were students.
John and Marion shifted to
Tauranga in 1958 and he joined the
staff of the then Tauranga County
Council as the Water and Drainage
Engineer. Over the years, John
was involved in the design and
construction of the irrigation and
water reticulation systems which
were being put in place in the
County and particularly around the
Te Puke area to assist the Kiwifruit
industry. The development of the
coastal farmland between Mt
Maunganui and Te Puke into what is
now the Papamoa residential area
also occupied much of his time
and interest. Another responsibility
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with the Council, was for the Parks
and Reserves in the area. In the
summer, many a Sunday drive
with his family was to see the
locals enjoying the parks and also
to check on those residents who
were breaking the water usage
restrictions. John retired from the
County as Deputy County Engineer
in 1988. He joined IPENZ in 1952 and
was bestowed Life Membership of
the Institution in 2008 for services
to the engineering profession.
Following on from his initial interest
while at university, John was very
active in both Small-bore and
Full-bore Rifle Shooting and for a
number of years made the annual
trip to Trentham for the Ballinger
Belt Competition. However, it
was in Small-bore shooting that
he particularly was involved as a
participant and as an administrator.
He represented New Zealand
both as a competitor and as an
administrator and had trips to
Russia, USA and Mexico. John
was Manager of the New Zealand
shooting team at the Auckland
Commonwealth Games in 1990
and was particularly thrilled
when Stephen Pederson got the
first Gold Medal of the Games.
He represented Waikato and
Tauranga for many years and was
a life member of both the Waikato
Small-bore Rifle Association and
the Tauranga Small-bore Rifle Club.
In later years he took enormous
pleasure in coaching college
students the finer points of shooting
and particularly the safety issues
involved.
John and Marion, after shifting to
Tauranga, had two children, Beth
and Geoffrey. Unfortunately Geoffrey
needed to attend a special school
for those with disabilities and both
John and Marion became heavily
involved particularly in raising
funds for the IHC Homes. John was
devoted to Geoffrey and spent many
hours reading to him, taking him on
rail trips and to orchestral concerts
all things which Geoffrey enjoyed.
He also took a keen interest in Beth’s
netball and tennis in her younger
days and more recently watching
his grandsons’ representative cricket
and granddaughter’s badminton
successes.
John loved music and had eclectic
tastes ranging from classical to
Gilbert & Sullivan comic opera and
Broadway shows. He had a love of
books and reading and he passed
on this love to his grandsons who
are now both lawyers.
John took a keen interest in
Wellington College after leaving
in 1946. His brother Stephen was a
Firth House boarder from 19561960 so he was always interested in
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the changes which had taken place
since his time there. He, along with
a number of other Old Boys from
the war years, was always proud of
the fact they were also ‘Old Boys’ of
Wellington East Girls’ College. This
arose because for a time the Army
took over the College buildings
during the war and a number of the
boys were shifted up to Wellington
East for their classes. One of
his fellow 'Group of Nine’ , Merv
Crocker, referred to this event at
John’s service and recounted that
in recent years, a number of the Old
Boys had been invited to attend a
jubilee reunion at Wellington East.
In more recent times, John was the
Secretary of the Tauranga Branch of
the Old Boys’ Association. He also
took a keen interest in the College
Archives, presenting a number of
items which he had accumulated
from his and his father’s time at
College including Cadet uniform
pieces, a slide rule, a trouser press,
Firth House crockery and other
sundry items.
John was pre-deceased by Marion
in March 2013 and with his health
also in decline with dementia, John
was in care for three years prior to
his passing in July 2015.
Beth Derby and Stephen Sherring
WILLIAM SIME
Wellington College: 1937-1938
B
ill Sime, who was Principal of
Taita (now Avalon) Intermediate
from 1977 to 1985 died recently
in Australia. He is remembered as
someone who made a significant
contribution to the culture of the
school and was popular with both
staff and students.
He grew up in Wellington during the
Depression. After leaving Wellington
College, his first job was delivering
telegrams for the Post Office. In
1939, he delivered the telegram to
the German Ambassador informing
him that New Zealand was at war
with Germany.
Bill served in the Royal New
Zealand Navy from 1941 to 1946
and was in Singapore when it fell
to the Japanese. In 1946, he met
and married Jean, a marriage which
lasted 69 years.
Post war, he trained at Christchurch
Teachers’ College. Later he took the
family to Fiji where he taught.
In 1962, he began teaching at Taita
Intermediate with his wife. The
development of progressive ideas
in education was always important
to Bill and during his time at Taita,
he abolished corporal punishment
and introduced a whanau system
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of class groupings. Bill will always
be remembered as someone who
made a big contribution to the
school.
The Hutt News
WILLIAM SLATER
Wellington College: 1944-1948
B
ill Slater studied at
Wellington College,
Canterbury University,
and completed postgraduate studies in Paris
(France).
Over the years, Bill enjoyed a
wonderful career in the field of
civil engineering, specialising in
pre-stressed concrete. His expertise
in the field was well-known and he
was able to be part of the many
exciting projects including: the
Benmore high pressure penstocks
(still a world record), CN Tower,
Habitat (’67), Olympic Stadium
Montreal, Confederation Bridge,
Hydro Building (Toronto) and many
others.
Bill’s other passions in life were sport
and travelling. In spite of his stature,
Bill played rugby, was a fierce and
ranked competitive Squash and
Tennis player and represented the
NZ Universities in Hockey against
the Australian Olympic team. Bill
enjoyed mountaineering and
trekking in New Zealand, England,
France and visited over 40 countries
during his travels.
Bill was pre-deceased by two wives
and leaves his fiancée and partner
Sonia Banquier. He was a father to
two children; three step-children;
grandfather to 13. Bill also leaves his
brother Dennis and many cousins,
nieces, nephews, great-nieces and
great-nephews.
Stuart Slater (1960)
BRIAN SUTTON-SMITH
Wellington College: 1938-1940
B
rian Sutton-Smith,
a developmental
psychologist whose
work, was prolific,
scholarly and precedentsetting, died in March
White River Junction,
Vermont, USA. He was 90. His
death, at a nursing home, was from
complications of Alzheimer’s disease.
Brian was one of the first people
to bring the study of play into the
academic arena, and for more than
half a century he was considered
the field’s foremost scholar. He
was the author of a spate of books,
including Toys as Culture (1986)
and The Ambiguity of Play (1997);
a consultant to toy makers and
children’s television programmes;
and a regular presence in the
news media, which quoted him on
subjects including the inclination
of modern-day schools to abolish
both school recess as well as
helicopter parents.
A resident most recently of
Sarasota, Florida, Brian was at his
death, an Emeritus Professor in the
Graduate School of Education at the
University of Pennsylvania. He also
had a foot planted in folklore and as
a result, cast a wide scholarly net,
taking in jokes, riddles, stories and
street games as well as toys, board
games, organised sports, computer
gaming and even daydreaming.
Although play has existed since
the dawn of mankind, scholars
long disdained it as a fit subject
for inquiry. But as Brian’s work
from the 1950s onward showed,
there is much to be learned
about the human condition from
studying play’s cultural wellsprings,
developmental trajectory,
psychological import and myriad
variations. Games are rites of
passage, he told The Toronto Star
in 1991. The player performs a task,
gains acceptance of his comrades
and experiences success. It’s playing
out an analogy of life.
Though Brian’s work was
concerned in particular with the
spontaneous play of children, it also
examined the larger forces that
underpinned play of all kinds - what
a child’s make-believe, a mother’s
crossword puzzles and a father’s
endless rounds of golf might have
in common, as he wrote in a 2008
article.
Throughout his career, he sought
to answer a set of fundamental
questions: What is play? Why do
human beings engage in it? What
psychological, cognitive and
cultural functions does it serve?
The answer, he concluded after
six decades of study, was one that
befit his quicksilver quarry: No
single definition could contain it.
Something about the nature of play
itself frustrates fixed meaning, Brian
wrote in 2008. Just as some scholars
spend their lives consumed by the
metaphysics of literature or history or
philosophy or theology - you name it,
came to spend mine in search of the
metaphysics of play.
Brian Sutton-Smith was born,
without a hyphen to his name,
in Wellington, in 1924. His
father, Ernest James Smith, was
Wellington’s Chief Postmaster.
Because there were several Brian
Smiths in his neighbourhood, Brian
was known from an early age by his
full name; as an adult he reinforced
its solidity by adding the hyphen.
As a youth, he studied education
at Wellington College. (Mindful
even then of the human hunger for
play, he chose the school because
it gave students Wednesday
afternoons off for sports). He went
on to earn a bachelor’s degree from
Victoria University, followed by a
master’s in educational psychology.
In the late 1940s he taught at a
Wellington primary school.
Travelling to the United States
as a Fulbright scholar in 1952,
he studied at the University of
California, Berkeley, and worked
elsewhere with the psychologists
Bruno Bettelheim and Fritz Redl.
Returning home, he completed
a 900-page dissertation on the
play of New Zealand children and
received a doctorate in educational
psychology from the University of
New Zealand in 1954.
In 1956, Brian moved permanently
to the United States. He taught at
Bowling Green State University
in Ohio and Columbia University
Teachers' College before joining the
University of Pennsylvania faculty
in 1977.
His years as a schoolteacher also
gave rise to three novels for young
people, written for his students
and rooted in his own rough-andtumble childhood. As he realised,
few works of fiction reflected the
experiences of New Zealand’s
children, who were weaned on a
literary diet of British imports, many
with a lingering Victorian flavour.
In the late 1940s, when Brian’s
novels first appeared in serialised
form, they caused a furore among
New Zealand parents, educators
and public officials. At issue was
their generous use of slang and
vivid depictions of street life.
(Children adored the books,
published in full as Our Street, Smitty
Does a Bunk and The Cobbers).
The major effect the fuss had on me,
perhaps, Brian wrote in 2008, was
that I came to spend the rest of my
scholarly life defensively.
He was called on to defend
himself again in the mid-1970s,
when a federal judge enjoined the
sale of Child Psychology, a 1973
textbook offered by Prentice-Hall.
The book had been written by a
team of ghostwriters, with Brian
as its named author, a practice
not unknown among textbook
publishers of the period.
In a case that received significant
coverage in the news media,
Harper & Row, which had published
a competing textbook, Child
Development and Personality
(written by Paul Henry Mussen,
John Janeway Conger and Jerome
Kagan and first issued in 1956),
contended that some 400 passages
in Brian’s book closely resembled
parts of theirs.
While court documents indicate
that Brian was uninvolved in writing
his book’s first draft — and that he
had warned his publisher against
following the Harper & Row book
too closely. The court held that
Child Psychology infringed on
the earlier book’s copyright and
permanently barred its sale.
Brian’s wife, the former Shirley L.
Hicks, died in 2002; a son, Mark,
died in 2013. Besides his daughter
Emily, his survivors include his
companion, Deborah Thurber;
three other daughters, Katherine
Moyer, Leslie Sutton-Smith and
Mary Sutton-Smith; and ten
grandchildren.
His other books include Child’s
Play (1971, with R. E. Herron), The
Study of Games (1971, with Elliott
M. Avedon) and How to Play With
Your Children (and When Not To),
a parenting guide written with his
wife, published in 1974.
GRAHAM THOMAS
Wellington College: 1964-1978
G
raham Thomas
or ‘GT’ as he was
known by us here
at Hastings Boys’ High
School, began his
teaching at Wellington
College in 1964. His
bright mathematical mind and
ability was quickly noticed and he
was promoted to Assistant Head
and later Head of Mathematics by
1973. It was in 1979 that he was
appointed as Deputy Headmaster
of Hastings Boys’ High School and
on the retirement of Frank Christ,
was appointed Headmaster in 1984.
During his 18 years as Headmaster,
besides leading the school, Graham
lectured in regional and national
Mathematics, was seconded to the
Ministry and Inspectorate advising
Boards on financial planning and
budgeting and was awarded a
prestigious Wolf Fisher Scholarship
in 1990.
Besides the multitude of
Headmaster responsibilities, he
coached rugby for over 26 years
including 1st XV and representative
level.
Graham oversaw the introduction
of Tomorrow Schools in 1989 with
the introduction of a Board of
Trustees and was instrumental in
the establishment of the NZ Super
8 group of schools.
On his retirement in 2002, Robin
Nairn, Chairman of the Board
1993-1996 wrote describing the
retiring Headmaster: Graham
Thomas who with professionalism,
skill, commitment, vision and strong
leadership led Hastings Boys’ High
School, students, staff and trustees
from strength to strength to the
position that the school continues
to enjoy in the community. The
dictionary definition of the word
'dedication' could well be used to
describe the service this person gave
devotion to purpose, single minded
loyalty. He has made an important
and greatly appreciated contribution
to the life of a great school.
When I arrived in July 2002, it was
clearly evident those words were
true as the school, its students,
staff and facilities showed that the
school had been well lead for a very
long time.
was also a very good organiser
and this ability stood him in good
stead when he was appointed to
head the boarding establishment
at Firth House, which often posed
lots of challenges. By this time he
had married Margaret and they
had a son, Craig. Graham handled
his role at Firth House with great
equanimity, coping with student
unrest about the quality of food at
the House to students sneaking out
in the weekends to join parties held
by day boys. But he was always
loyal to the fierce spirit that was a
characteristic of Firth House.
Graham was also a generous and
supportive colleague, giving his
expertise freely.
I quickly realised that Graham
possessed a fine set of financial and
mathematical skills. He became my
Financial Adviser. He analysed SUE
reports and assisted in my annual
returns.
In 1973, Graham's leadership was
recognised and he became Head of
Mathematics at Wellington College.
It was no surprise to his colleagues
and friends that Graham was
eventually appointed Deputy
Principal of Hastings Boys’ High
School in 1979, and from there he
became Headmaster of the school
(1984-2002). He distinguished
himself in that role and left the
school with a strong reputation.
When the débâcle of Novopay
hit New Zealand schools, Graham
was in his element. He analysed
the multitude of pay errors, faxing
through the solution by 9.00am
Monday. There was good reason
why he was number one top
left hand corner on my school
telephone special dial.
I have happy memories of the
1960s years with Graham, both at
Wellington College and the many
social functions out of it, including
a camping and fishing trip to Spirits
Bay in Northland, c 1966, with one
of my brothers. Yes, we caught fish
from the rocks. There was virtually
no one else present!
As Headmaster, I welcomed and
enjoyed Graham’s involvement in
school and only saw it as rewarding
for me, the school and Graham.
In the 14 years of Hastings Boys’
High School, no Headmaster has
contributed more to the fabric
of Hastings Boys’ High school. I
thank you GT for always being the
Headmaster until the end.
Great memories.
Ka Hinga Te Totara Or te Wao Nui a
Tane
Rob Sturch, Headmaster
Hastings Boys’ High School
Graham was a first year teacher at
Wellington College in 1964 having
studied Mathematics at Victoria
University. He had an early view of
what teaching was like because
his father was a Primary School
Headmaster in Taranaki.
Graham was a very keen teacher
and soon gained a reputation
as someone who could teach
Mathematics to lower stream third
formers as well as those seeking
to pass University Entrance. He
also took a lot of interest in sport,
especially Rugby, where he
became a successful coach. He
Ernie Barrington, Colleague
IAN UTTLEY
Wellington College: 1954-1959
H
ead Prefect in 1959,
Ian Uttley and his
wife Christine [Tink]
died together tragically
in September when
returning from their
holiday home in Taupo
- their vehicle went off the side of
State Highway 5 near Te Pohue,
colliding with a logging truck. The
couple were farewelled at the
Napier War Memorial Centre. It was
standing room only as hundreds
turned out to remember a couple
who touched many lives.
Ian was a widely-recognised New
Zealand rugby player. A centre
three-quarter, Ian represented
Wellington, Auckland, and Hawke's
Bay at a provincial level. He was
also an All Black in 1963. He was All
Black 634.
Ian and Tink met by chance on a
beach. Ian, the ‘fastest kid in school’,
was athletically throwing a rugby
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ball around with friends while Tink
couldn't really pass the ball at all.
When Tink went to work at Cathay
Pacific in Hong Kong, Ian missed
her 'sufficiently enough' to realise
that there was more to life than
rugby. They married in Gisborne
in 1965 - the same year Ian scored
the only try in Wellington's victory
over South Africa. He played two
matches at centre for the All Blacks
in Auckland against England in
May 1963. He was known as the
‘grey ghost’ because he could glide
effortlessly through the opposition's
line. Friends said Ian was a modest
rugby player and believed he
played his best football in the
provinces.
The couple recently celebrated
their Golden Wedding anniversary.
Their grandchildren gave them
cards to celebrate the occasion.
These were read at the funeral.
They described them as the most
cheerful grandparents in the whole
wide world who were always
supporting them from the side-line.
In 1960, Ian was awarded a Shell
Scholarship which enabled him
to complete a Mathematics
and Science degree at Victoria
University. Naturally he played
rugby for his university and the
combined New Zealand University
teams that faced international
opponents in those days.
In late 1962, having completed
his degree, Ian joined Shell in the
Finance Department, specifically to
join the computer implementation
team charged with conversion
from manual to mechanised
accounting before the IBM 14-01
computer, Shell New Zealand's
first, was introduced in 1964. In
1968, Ian was appointed Training
Manager and in 1971 moved to
London on assignment to the
Natural Gas business. On his
return to New Zealand, he was
appointed Marketing Manager for
Kent Heating in Auckland and in the
late 1970s returned to Wellington
to Shell Petroleum Mining, first as
Administration Manager and then
EP Joint Venture Manager. This
was followed in the early 1980s as
Planning Manager for Shell Oil New
Zealand Limited. In 1988 Ian and
Christine moved to London where
Ian undertook an HR assignment,
and joined an active Shell New
Zealand expatriate community.
Ian's last position, back in
Wellington, was his appointment as
Director Management Services in
late 1993. This was a busy time for
him, managing a diverse portfolio
of responsibilities including
Planning, Human Resources,
Corporate Relations, Quality, Safety
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and Environment, Administration
Services and some other
management initiatives.
In 1998 Ian decided to take early
retirement and in July left the
company after 36 years’ service.
He and Christine moved to Napier
where their retirement project was
to become perfect parents and
grandparents - in which they were
spectacularly successful.
The All Black’s Player Statistics site
(courtesy of Old Boys’ University
RFC), quotes Ian as Only 10st 9lb
(67kg) and 5' 8" (1.73m) he had
a deceptive gliding run which,
combined with moving in or out to
take a pass, enabled him to make
many openings. After a term on
the Club Committee (1962-64) he
coached the 1st XV from 1975-78
and was the Club's representative
on the NZ Universities Rugby
Football Council until the end of
1986. He was an Auckland Colts
selector 1974.
Ian played for Wellington 1961-65
and 1968, Auckland 1966, Bay of
Plenty 1967, in NZ trials 1963, 1965
and 1967, NZU 1963 and 1965.
The overall calibre of the Club's
teams had started to decline
before he took over. Ian had a quiet,
thoughtful approach to the game
and to his role as a coach.
Educated at Wellington College
(1st XV 1959) and Head Prefect
(1959), he came of a rugby family.
His grandfather George played for
Otago 1901 and North Otago 190311 while father Kenneth represented
Otago 1932, 34, NZ Universities
1933 and played cricket for Otago,
Wellington and the South Island.
He won the Redpath Cup in 1938
as top batsman and was coach of
the Jubilee Cup winning Victoria
University rugby teams in 1950's.
Blair Wingfield (1955-1959), lifelong
friend, team mate at College and
University, Shell Oil colleague
and Best Man at Ian and Tink’s
wedding recalls when they both
played their first game for the
1st XV on the bottom field. It was
against the much vaunted unbeaten
championship leaders Varsity 3rd
1st team with Sam Rolleston on the
wing and Mick Williment at Fullback.
In that same year Mick, straight out
of 3rd grade, went onto play in the
Wellington Senior Rep team. Well we
won the match with Ian scoring the
first try in the Headmaster's House
corner and the late Peter Mahon
kicking a drop goal from a ‘mark’
from a 25 drop out. It was always
exciting to watch Ian slide into a gap
with his markers thinking that they
could turn and catch him. It never
happened, he was just too quick,
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with either Ian scoring the try or his
outsides getting the touchdown.
As a first-five-eight in the 1st
XV, Ian had rapid acceleration
from a standing start and this
often enabled him to glide past
opposition players. What a thrill it
was when Ian became an All Black
and again when he scored the try
for Wellington against the '65 Boks.
Ian's sister Sue was married to the
late Keith Sturrock (1956-1060)
another outstanding WCOB.
BOB WOOD
Wellington College: 1928-1930
R
obin (Bob1) Wood
was an Old Boy who
typified an impressive
generation of New
Zealand WW II veterans,
whose resilience,
optimism and enduring
humour somehow set them apart.
He died in February 2015, aged 100,
in Coffs Harbour on the New South
Wales north coast.
In his long and active life, Bob
gave much back to the community
after the hardship of war. He
helped establish and maintain a
19th Battalion Memorial on the
Cashmere Hills in Christchurch, with
friends, such as Charles Upham,VC
and bar. In Sydney where he lived
for many years, he was involved
in the early days of Birthright, the
support organisation for war widows
and families and maintained close
links with fellow veterans, including
the famous Wellington-born
Resistance fighter Nancy Wake.
Bob was a long standing member
of the New Zealand Sub-branch of
the Returned and Services League
of Australia (NSW) in Sydney and
as President, often led the WW II
veterans’ contingent to Martin Place
on ANZAC Day. He was involved
with plans to commemorate in
bronze, a Kiwi soldier at one end of
Sydney’s ANZAC Bridge, dedicated
in 2008.
Bob Wood was one of the ‘first in
- last out’ of WW II, having joined
the Special Force in Wellington in
September 1939. He embarked
for Egypt with what became the
19th Battalion in the first echelon
leaving in January 1940 and was
commissioned in 1941. He saw
action in the desert campaigns,
until his capture after fierce fighting
at Ruweisat Ridge in July 1942.
His fellow Prisoners of War included
‘Tiny’ Armour, whose father was
Headmaster in Bob’s day and
several other Old Boys in Campo
PG 47 Modena, Italy, among them
my father. When confusion reigned
in the camp after the Armistice was
signed and options given to leave
or stay, Bob and two friends made
a space in the roof of their barracks
by climbing up a pipe and began
leaving food and water in a bid to
escape.
funeral, Phil Wood remembered his
father as honest, forthright, funny,
hard-working and generous. As a
keen fly fisherman, he taught his
boys the value of patience. Be a
stayer, not a sprinter.
As the final batch of POWs was
being transferred to other camps in
Germany, Bob and a Christchurch
friend, Hugh Flower remained for
two days in the roof in extreme
heat, with brief forays out. Finding
that the wire was cut on the wall at
the rear of their hut, and expecting a
bullet at any time, they disappeared
into the night, on a journey south
of about 600km and three months
through central Italy, across the
Apennines as winter loomed.
Bob Wood had joined the AMP in
Wellington from College in 1931
aged 16½, ‘in a new suit and with
a touch of Brilliantine’. Managerial
positions followed in Wangaratta,
Victoria, then Melbourne,
Christchurch, Sydney and as Chief
Manager, UK until Bob retired
from Head Office, Sydney in 1978.
His memoirs were recorded in an
in-house journal, Keep in Touch,
with what a former colleague, John
Lewis, called his inimitable wit, style
and grace.
Friendly Italians sometimes
sheltered and fed them and they
stayed in barns, often with livestock,
and in caves. They cautiously
avoided towns and at times
encountered other POWs on the
move. Finally British commandos
met them on an ice-covered ridge
and escorted them to a base
occupied by a New Zealand unit
near Palombaro, in Abruzzo. Bob
by now weighed 7 stone (44kg)
and being deemed unfit for further
service, was sent home to New
Zealand via Egypt in December 1943.
Bob Wood was one of the few
escaped prisoners to return to
active service after some months
on furlough. He returned to Italy
for the remainder of the war as
Company Commander, promoted
to the rank of Major with the 22nd
Battalion Armoured Brigade.
In 1945, he joined the POW
Repatriation Unit in Margate, Kent
and married his English fiancée Lyn
in London. Lyn had herself survived
an intrepid journey by vehicle
overland from England to India via
Afghanistan in the 1930s, with her
then husband and another couple.
Both men died of cholera in India.
Bob and Lyn returned to Wellington
and had two sons, Errol and Phil,
now both living in Bellingen, New
South Wales.
Bob remained a proud Kiwi and
told Lewis after his move to Sawtell,
NSW that on a good day, he could
see New Zealand. And on a very
good day, he could see the All
Blacks giving the Aussies another
beating.
In August 2013, the New Zealand
Veterans in NSW (WW II, Korea and
Vietnam) celebrated at the Sydney
Maori Anglican Fellowship Church
of Te Wairua Tapu, Redfern. Frank
Harlow from Taranaki (on Crete
when the Germans dropped 6,000
paratroopers on Allied positions)
had turned 100 the day before and
Bob 99, the day after. Both were
bestowed with a korowai, (feathered
cloak) and a birthday cake. The
occasion also marked the 75th
anniversary of the New Zealand
Sub-Branch of the RSL (NSW).
Bob’s 100th birthday was suitably
celebrated in Sawtell last August
with a large gathering of family and
friends.
He was interviewed for the Saturday
programme on Radio New Zealand
National by Kim Hill on 30 June
2012. When she signed off she
said, And that was Bob Wood, 97
going on 98. Bob added: And still
dangerous!
Rosanne Robertson, Family Friend
Delivering the eulogy at Bob’s
C
ompiling the Wellington
College Old Boys list of
casualties has been an
interesting and lengthy exercise,
cross referencing against the
list produced for the 1919
Wellingtonian and subsequently
for the Tablets at the back of our
Memorial Hall.
With thanks to Google, the
Auckland Museum Cenotaph
and the NZ War Graves Project,
together with the British, Canadian
and Australian WWI Sites, I have
endeavoured to record the most
accurate information below, while
at the same time, I have also
discovered a number of errors
that have been in place for almost
100 years.
The 1919 Wellingtonian and
Tablets state that 222 Old Boys
died but in fact that number also
includes three staff members
who never actually attended the
College as students. There are
also at least two Old Boys never
recorded on the Tablets [that we
know of] and have subsequently
been added. On the other
hand, there are three Old Boys
recorded as ‘Missing, presumed
dead’ but in fact were Prisoners
of War and either escaped or
survived their ordeal. There are
also inaccuracies where one
brother(s) has been recorded as
deceased when it was actually his
brother(s). There are other minor
inaccuracies such as misspelt
names, initials and these are a lot
easier to amend.
From the list of casualties, I
have managed to locate 167
photos. Many were held by the
College but again using the
afore-mentioned websites, I
have been able to locate quite
a few more. The quality isn’t the
best (as depicted on the cover
of the Lampstand) but at least
our collection has grown. There
still will be inaccuaricies. Please
let me know if you have any
information to add or amend.
The full spreadsheet of our WWI
Casualties is on the WCOBA
website [www.wc.school.nz/
wcoba]. The list also records
where the Old Boy is buried and
any other related information.
There are a number of heroic
stories on our Old Boys on the
Cenotaph and War Graves Sites,
and how they met their demise –
very sad reading indeed.
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ABBOTT, Victor Stephen Henry (Harry)
Second Lieutenant with the Royal Flying Corps
Died aged 23 on 15/09/16 in the Air over England
2
ABERCROMBIE, Clarence Gordon
Corporal with the NZ Mounted Rifles
Died aged 25 on 09/01/17 in Egypt
Killed in Action
12
3
ADAMS, Robert Sefton
Captain with the Royal Field Artillery BWM, VM
Died aged 29 on 15/10/17 in Belgium
Killed in Action
BARDEN, Herbert (Henry) William
Private with the Canterbury Infantry
Died aged 22 on 21/09/16 at Somme, France
Killed in Action
13
4
ADKIN, Gilbert Denton
Private with the Canterbury Infantry BWM, VM
Died aged 26 on 10/09/18 at France
Died of Wounds
BARNETT, Lewen Maughan
Private with the Auckland Infantry
Died aged 21 on 25/04/15 at Gallipoli
Killed in Action
ALEXANDER, James Frederick
Corporal with the NZ Rifle Brigade
Died aged 33 on 4/11/18 at Le Quesnoy, France
Killed in Action
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
BANKS, Henry (Harry) Dunbar
Lieutenant with the Wellington Infantry
Died aged 37 on 04/11/18 at Le Quesnoy, France
Killed in Action
14
ALLEN, Frederick Arthur
Private with the Wellington Infantry
Died aged 30 on 02/10/16 at Somme, France
Killed in Action
ANDREW, Keith James
Gunner with the NZ Field Artillery
Died aged 20 on 09/09/18 at Sea
Died of Disease
ARMSTRONG, Edward Rippon
Trooper with the Wellington Mounted Rifles
Died aged 23 on 09/08/15 at Gallipoli
Killed in Action
ARMSTRONG, Purvis Ford
Lieutenant with the NZ Rifle Brigade
Died aged 25 on 06/04/18 at Somme, France
Killed in Action
ASTON, Eardley Howard
Private with the Wellington Infantry
Died aged 21 on 21/09/16 at Somme, France
Killed in Action
BADDELEY, Herman Stuart
Lieutenant with the Auckland Infantry
Died aged 23 on 25/04/15 at Gallipoli
Killed in Action
BALCOMBE-BROWN, William Edward
Lieutenant with the Royal Field Artillery
Died aged 22 on 29/06/15 at Belgium
Killed in Action
BANKS, Frank
Lieutenant with the Royal Flying Corps
Died aged 29 on 22/01/19 at Ohio, USA
Test Pilot @ Wright Field Test Centre
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Notes relating to the list below:
Brown is Balcombe-Brown.
Bogle was a staff member.
Goulding was a staff member. It
was Clarence Hickson who died
not Claude. Ongley was a staff
member. It was St John Tolhurst
who died not Arthur, [Arthur
actually died at school after a
rugby injury]. Lowell Yerex, I can’t
find a record of him attending
Wellington College. He was listed
as missing, presumed dead but
in fact escaped at German POW
Camp and went on to become
a famous aviator establishing
Transportes Aéreos Centro
Americanos Airline Company.
Lowell’s two brothers attended
the College, and while they both
fought, they also survived.
Stephanie Kane
WCOBA Executive Officer
BROCKETT, Archibald Geoffrey
Second Lieutenant with the Wellington Infantry
Died aged 24 on 15/06/16 at Somme, France
Killed in Action
BROWN, Cyril Ivan
Lieutenant with the NZ Field Artillery
Died aged 25 on 13/12/17 in England
Died of Wounds
22
BRUCE, William Burrell
Rifleman with the NZ Rifle Brigade
Died aged 24 on 07/06/17 at Belgium
Killed in Action
BEATTIE, Percival Moore
Second Lieutenant with the NZ Rifle Brigade
Died aged 30 on 04/11/18 at Le Quesnoy, France
Killed in Action
BRYANT, Lawrence Noel
Private with the NZ Machine Gun Corps
Died aged 22 on 10/10/18 at Le Cateau, France
Killed in Action
BEAUCHAMP, Leslie Heron
Second Lieutenant with the South Lancashire Reg.
Died aged 21 on 06/10/15 in France
Died of Wounds
BRYANT, Wilfred Hector
Private with the Canterbury Infantry
Died aged 20 on 09/02/18 at France
Killed in Action
BEE, James
Private with the Australian Expeditionary Force
Died aged 26 on 31/08/18 at St Quentin, France
Died of Wounds
23
BURNETT, Noel Fletcher
Private with the Canterbury Infantry
Died aged 26 on 13/12/15 at Sea near Gallipoli
Died of Wounds
24
CALLENDER, George Wilfred (Wiff)
Captain with the Worcester Regiment
Died aged 27 on 25/01/17 at Mesopotamia
Killed in Action
25
CAMERON, Norman Donald
Lieutenant with the Wellington Mounted Rifles
Died aged 21 on 30/05/15 at Gallipoli
Killed in Action
26
CARROLL, Tuahae
Corporal with the NZ Maori Contingent
Died aged 28 on 10/12/15 at Gallipoli
Killed in Action
DCM [Crossed], BWM, VM
15
BEECHEY, Frederick James
Lieutenant with the Otago Infantry
Died aged 34 on 25/07/18 at France
Killed in Action
16
BELL, William Henry Dillon
Captain with the King Edwards' Horses
33 on 31/07/17 at Ypres, Belgium
Killed in Action
17
BENNETT, John Dale
Private with the Canterbury Infantry
Died aged 23 on 04/10/18 at Le Cateau, France
Killed in Action
18
BERNARD, Victor Raymond
Second Lieutenant with the NZ Rifle Brigade
Died aged 27 on 04/11/18 at Le Quesnoy, France
Killed in Action
19
BRIDGE, Lance
Private with the Otago Infantry
Died aged 27 on 13/08/15 at Sea near Gallipoli
Died of wounds, on HMHS Dongola
20
BRISCO, Wastel
Trooper with the Auckland Mounted Rifles
Died aged 27 on 19/05/15 at Gallipoli
Killed in Action
27
CARRUTHERS, Walter Second Lieutenant with the Wellington Infantry
Military Medal [+Bar]
Died aged 24 on 29/09/18 at Havrincourt, France
Killed in Action
CASEY, Martin Thomas
Private with the Auckland Infantry
Died aged 22 on 03/11/16 at Somme, France
Killed in Action
28
CASTLE, Arthur Penfold
Lieutenant with the NZ Rifle Brigade
Died aged 25 on 15/09/16 at Somme, France
Killed in Action
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CHILDS, Harold (Harry) Phillips James
Private with the Otago Infantry BWM, VM
Died aged 22 on 27/07/15 at Sea near Gallipoli
Died of Sickness
30
CHRISTIE, Rupert James
Sapper with the NZ Engineers BWM, VM
Died aged 22 on 28/03/18 at Somme, France
Killed in Action
31
CIMINO, Francis Athol
Private with the Wellington Infantry
22 on 08/08/15 at Gallipoli
Killed in Action
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ELLIS, Sydney Robert
Private with the Wellington Infantry
Died aged 22 on 08/08/15 at Gallipoli
Died of Wounds
61
GRACE, John (Jack) Leybourne
Trooper with the Wellington Mounted Rifles
Died aged 19 on 30/05/15 at Gallipoli
Killed in Action
75
HOWDEN, Peter
Second Lieutenant with the NZ Machine Gun Corps
Died aged 33 on 21/10/17 at France
Died of Wounds
ELLIS, William Henry
Lance Corporal with the Wellington Infantry
Died aged 23 on 14/07/16 at Somme, France
Killed in Action
62
GRACE, Thomas (Hami) Marshall Percy
Lieutenant with the Wellington Infantry
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BWM, VM with Oak Leaf
Died aged 25 on 08/08/15 at Gallipoli
Killed in Action
44
EWING, John Campbell Lindsay
Private with the Wellington Infantry
Died aged 22 on 24/08/18 at Bapaume, France
Killed in Action
63
CLACHAN, William James
Captain with the 1st King's African Rifles
Died aged 26 on 06/01/18 at Sea, Luambala, Africa
Killed in Action
45
FALDER, George Victor Wakefield
Gunner with the NZ Field Artillery
Died aged 22 on 27/07/15 at Malta, Med Sea
Died of Disease
GRAY, Clark Maxwell
Second Lieutenant with Australian Expeditionary Force
Died aged 19 on 19/07/16 at Fromelles, France
Killed in Action
64
CLARK, Ian Compton
Private with the Wellington Infantry
Died aged 24 on 16/09/16 at Somme, France
Killed in Action
46
FEAR, Francis John Herbert
Corporal with the NZ Engineers DCM
30 on 20/09/16 at Somme, France
Killed in Action
GREATBATCH, Edwin Percy
Second Lieutenant with the NZ Rifle Brigade
Died aged 25 on 20/10/16 at France
Died of Wounds
47
COBBE, Ernest
Second Lieutenant with the NZ Rifle Brigade
Died aged 30 on 12/10/17 at Ypres, Belgium
Killed in Action
FERNANDEZ, Cyril Jack
Rifleman with the NZ Rifle Brigade
Died aged 17 on 16/09/16 at France
Died of Wounds
COLE, Robert Holmes
Private with the Wellington Infantry
Died aged 21 on 29/09/18 at Havrincourt, France
Killed in Action
FIFE, Douglas Alexander
Private with the Wellington Infantry
Died aged 33 on 22/06/17 at Belgium
Killed in Action
COMESKEY, James Gerald
Corporal with the Wellington Infantry
Died aged 23 on 29/07/18 at France
Accidental
49
COMRIE, James Morrison
Rifleman with the NZ Rifle Brigade
Died aged 21 on 21/09/16 at Somme, France
Killed in Action
49
CORRIE, Frank Reginald
Corporal with the Wellington Mounted Rifles
Died aged 24 on 09/08/15 at Gallipoli
Killed in Action
50
CRESWELL, Benjamin
Private with the NZ Rifle Brigade
Died aged 27 on 17/09/16 at Somme, France
Killed in Action
51
CROUCH, Foster Brooke
Lieutenant, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
Died aged 36 on 23/03/18 at France
Killed in Action
52
CURTIS, Kenneth Oscar
Lance Sergeant with the Wellington Infantry
Died aged 21 on 11/08/16 at London
Died of Wounds
53
DANKS, William
Driver with the NZ Field Artillery
Died aged 32 on 21/10/16 at Somme, France
Died of Wounds
54
DAVIES, Fred
Rifleman with the NZ Rifle Brigade
Died aged 21 on 15/09/15 at Somme, France
Killed in Action
55
DAWSON, Thomas Howard
Lieutenant with the NZ Field Artillery
Died aged 24 on 11/06/18 at France
Accidental by Gas
56
DEMPSEY, Sidney William
Sergeant with the NZ Rifle Brigade
Died aged 37 on 07/06/17 at Belgium
Died of Wounds
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DODD, Ernest Henry
Lance Sergeant with the NZ Rifle Brigade BWM, VM
Died aged 38 on 11/09/18 at Havrincourt, France
Killed in Action
40
DOUGHTY, William Trenton
Second Lieutenant with the NZ Engineers
Died aged 28 on 31/07/17 at Ypres, Belgium
Killed in Action
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DUMBELL, Horace Cunliffe
Private with the Auckland Infantry
Died aged 21 on 23/06/17 at Belgium
Killed in Action
59
EARP, William Edward
Corporal with the Otago Infantry
Died aged 22 on 02/05/15 at Walker's Ridge, Gallipoli
Killed in Action
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FINDLAY, Ian Culcutt
Lieutenant with the York and Lancaster Regiment
Died aged 18 on 10/08/15 at Flanders
Died of Wounds
FITZGERALD, Roy James
Lieutenant with the Royal British Flying Corps MC
Died aged 27 on 01/07/18 at France
Killed in aerial combat, over Morlancourt
GALVIN, Fergus Kendrick
Sergeant with the NZ Field Artillery
Died aged 25 on 16/07/17 at Belgium
Died of Wounds
GIBB, Douglas Keir
Driver with the NZ Field Artillery
Died aged 26 on 10/03/17 at New Zealand
Died of Disease
GIBBONS, Huon Pulsford
Gunner with the NZ Field Artillery
Died aged 20 on 06/09/18 at Sea
Died of Disease
GILLIES, Hugh Oswald
Private with the Auckland Mounted Rifles
Died aged 32 on 15/09/16 at France
Died of Wounds
GOODBEHERE, Frederick (Jeff) Walter Brian
Gunner with the NZ Field Artillery
Died aged 28 on 06/10/16 at France
Killed in Action
GOWER, Leslie
Gunner with the NZ Field Artillery BWM, VM
Died aged 21 on 26/07/15 at Sea
Died of Wounds
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HUME, Arthur Grenville
Major with the Auckland Infantry
Died aged 42 on 08/08/15 at Gallipoli
Killed in Action
LEVY, Edward (Ted)
Sergeant with the NZ Rifle Brigade
Died aged 27 on 12/10/17 at Ypres, Belgium
Killed in Action
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LEYS, James Robert Ruxton
Captain with the Otago Infantry MC
Died aged 22 on 17/04/18 at France
Died of Wounds
HUTTON, David
Corporal with the NZ Engineers
Died aged 26 on 29/09/18 at France
Died of Wounds
MILLER, George Charles Stewart
Lieutenant with the Australian Field Artillery Brg
Died aged 25 on 04/03/17 at France
Died of Wounds
108
MURRAY, Lincoln Bishop
Driver with the NZ Field Artillery
Died aged 20 on 13/04/18 at France
Died of Wounds
NAPIER, Norman Campbell Private with the Otago Infantry
Died aged 22 on 09/04/18 at Somme, France
Killed in Action
LOMAX, Charles Mark
Private with Australian Expeditionary Force BWM, VM
Died aged 30 on 04/10/17 at Passchendaele, Ypres
Killed in Action
109
NEWMAN, Reuben McCarthy
Lieutenant, Indian Army Reserve of Officers
Died aged 24 on 23/11/18 at India
Died of Disease
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NEWTON, Ramsay Alexander
Trooper with the Wellington Mounted Rifles
Died aged 21 on 09/08/15 at Gallipoli
Killed in Action
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NICOL, Robert Kenneth
Captain with the Imperial Forces MC, BWM, VM
Died aged 23 on 05/08/18 at Persia
Killed in Action
HARRIS, Roy
Captain with the NZ Medical Corps
Died aged 23 on 05/10/18 at Somme, France
Killed in Action
JENKINSON, Horace Edward
Sergeant with the Wellington Infantry
Died aged 25 on 18/10/17 at Belgium
Died of Wounds
LYON, Eric
Corporal with the Canterbury Infantry
Died aged 29 on 29/09/18 at Havrincourt, France
Killed in Action
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Died aged 24 on 04/10/17 at Ypres, Belgium
Killed in Action
JENKINS, Frank Malvyn
Private with the Otago Infantry
Died aged 20 on 09/08/15 at Gallipoli
Killed in Action
LORENZEN, Wilfred Edwin
Private with the Auckland Infantry
Died aged 22 on 08/08/15 at Gallipoli
Killed in Action
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NORRIS, Edward Ainslie
Gunner with the Wellington Infantry
Died aged 31 on 18/08/16 at England
Died of Wounds
66
HAYES, James Noel
Corporal with the NZ Rifle Brigade
Died aged 24 on 26/09/16 at Flers, Somme
Killed in Action
JENNINGS, William Henry
Private with the NZ Rifle Brigade
Died aged 23 on 21/09/16 at France
Died of Wounds
MacDOUGALL, Allan Captain with the Royal Fusiliers
Died aged 30 on 04/08/16 at Somme, France
Killed in Action
82
67
HECKLER, William Henry
Lance Corporal with the NZ Rifle Brigade
Died aged 31 on 25/07/18 at France
Died of Wounds
JICKELL, Hugh Nelson
Lieutenant with the Auckland Infantry
Died aged 26 on 19/10/17 at Belgium
Died of Wounds
97
113
83
PARSONS, Forrest Gale
Second Lieutenant with the Royal Flying Corps
Died aged 34 on 26/10/16 at France
Killed in Action
HELEY, Kenneth Holist
Corporal with the NZ Rifle Brigade
Died aged 22 on 12/09/18 at Havrincourt, France
Killed in Action
JOHNSTON, Cameron Gordon
Second Lieutenant with the NZ Rifle Brigade
Died aged 23 on 07/06/17 at Belgium
Killed in Action
MACHU, Norman Joseph
Private with the Canterbury Infantry
Died aged 25 on 15/10/17 at Ypres, Belgium
Killed in Action
98
114
84
PARSONS, Sydney Herbert
Private with the NZ Machine Gun Corps
Died aged 21 on 04/08/17 at Belgium
Died of Wounds
HEYWOOD, Ian Martin
Corporal with the Canterbury Infantry
Died aged 21 on 20/12/17 at Ypres, Belgium
Killed in Action
JORDAN, Noel Luttrell
Private with the Wellington Infantry
Died aged 20 on 02/10/16 at Somme, France
Killed in Action
MacMORRAN, James Captain with the Wellington Infantry
Died aged 29 on 30/08/18 at Bapaume, France
Killed in Action
115
85
PATERSON, George Robert
Driver with the British Expeditionary Forces
Died aged 22 on 08/05/15 at Gallipoli
Killed in Action
HICKSON, Clarence Hyndman
Private with the Wellington Infantry
24 on 30/09/18 at Havrincourt, France
Killed in Action
KANE, Francis William
Rifleman with the NZ Rifle Brigade
Died aged 27 on 12/10/17 at Ypres
Killed in Action
MAGUIRE, John (Jack) Edward Casbery
Surgeon Captain with the Royal Army Medical Corps
Died aged 34 on 01/09/18 at England
Died of Sickness
116
86
PEARCE, Nathaniel (Niel) Arthur
Lieutenant with the Grenadier Guards
Died aged 21 on 25/11/17 at France
Killed in Action
68
HIGGIE, Colin Leslie
Private with the Wellington Infantry
Died aged 21 on 02/04/18 at France
Died of Wounds
KEASBERRY, John Compton
Private with the NZ Engineers
Died aged 21 on 28/04/15 at Gallipoli
Killed in Action
MAKEHAM, Charles Edgar
Second Lieutenant with the NZ Rifle Brigade
Died aged 24 on 12/09/18 at Havrincourt, France
Killed in Action
99
117
87
PETERSEN, Harold Maximillian
Lieutenant with the NZ Field Artillery
Died aged 33 on 04/10/17 at Belgium
Died of Wounds
69
HIGGINSON, Thomas Cecil
Lieutenant with the Grenadier Guards
Died aged 24 on 15/09/16 at Somme, France
Killed in Action
KELLY, Eric Lindsay
Private with the Otago Infantry
Died aged 25 on 26/08/18 at France
Died of Wounds
MALLARD, John Frederick
Gunner with the NZ Field Artillery
Died aged 22 on 27/09/16 at France
Died of Wounds
100
MANOY, Reginald Lewis
Sergeant with the Wellington Infantry
Died aged 24 on 16/09/16 at Somme, France
Killed in Action
118
PLIMMER, Isaac Harold
Gunner with the NZ Field Artillery
Died aged 35 on 09/10/15 at Gallipoli
Killed in Action
65
HARLE, Douglas Allan
Second Lieutenant with the Wellington Infantry
BWM, VM
FREYBERG, Oscar
Sub Lieutenant with the Royal Naval Brigade
Died aged 34 on 04/06/15 at Gallipoli
Died of Wounds
GALLIE, Oscar Eugene
Captain with the Royal Field Artillery
Companion (DSO) AWMM, Citation for MC
Died aged 28 on 07/12/17 on Ypres, Belgium
Killed in Action
HOWIE, James Leslie
Private with the Wellington Infantry
Died aged 25 on 01/09/18 at Havrincourt, France
Killed in Action
107
JAMESON, Ian Douglas
Lance Corporal with the Wellington Infantry
Died aged 21 on 08/05/15 at Gallipoli
Killed in Action
FREEMAN, Herbert George
Private with the NZ Rifle Brigade
Died aged 20 on 15/09/16 at France
Died of Wounds
GALE, John (Jack) Frederick Estcourt
Trooper with the East African Mounted Rifles
23 on 28/01/15 at Tanzania
Killed in Action
LESLIE, Norman James
Trooper with the Otago Mounted Rifles
Died aged 18 on 27/08/15 at Gallipoli
Killed in Action
78
HALL, George Foden Rooking
Second Lieutenant with the Royal Engineers BWM, VM
Died aged 28 on 28/06/17 at France
Killed in Action
FLAVELL, Carleton
Corporal with the Wellington Infantry
Died aged 21 on 09/06/17 at Belgium
Killed in Action
FREYBERG, Paul Milton
Rifleman with the NZ Rifle Brigade
Died aged 32 on 18/06/17 at Ypres, Belgium
Died of Wounds
92
91
70
KIELY, Robert Dale
Corporal with the NZ Rifle Brigade
Died aged 29 on 29/03/18 at Somme, France
Killed in Action
HINDMARSH, Herbert
Trooper with the Otago Mounted Rifles
BWM, VM ANZAC Comm Medallion
Died aged 22 on 27/08/15 at Gallipoli
Killed in Action
71
72
73
74
88
HOLMES, Walter Anderson
Sergeant with the Wellington Infantry MM
Died aged 22 on 03/10/16 at France
Died of Wounds
POLLEN, Norman Essex
Private with the NZ Medical Corps
Died aged 23 on 03/12/17 at New Zealand
Died of Disease
MARCHANT, John Allman
Acting Sergeant with the NZ Rifle Brigade
Died aged 44 on 15/09/16 at Somme, France
Killed in Action
101
119
KIRK, Edward Richmond
Gunner with the Wellington Infantry
Died aged 23 on 21/07/15 at Sea
Died of Sickness
MASON, Richard Burnside
Trooper with the Wellington Infantry
Died aged 23 on 10/08/16 at Egypt
Died of Wounds
POWELL, Wilmot Frederick
Trooper with the Wellington Mounted Rifles
Died aged 24 on 09/08/15 at Gallipoli
Killed in Action
102
120
89
LE CREN, Hubert Ernest
Second Lieutenant with the NZ Rifle Brigade
Died aged 27 on 26/08/18 at Bapaume, France
Killed in Action
McARTHUR, Charles Trooper with the NZ Camel Corps
Died aged 22 on 27/11/17 at Palestine
Died of Wounds
POWLEY, Alfred James
Captain with the Wellington Infantry MC, BWM, VM
Died aged 30 on 20/09/16 at Somme, France
Died of Wounds
103
90
LEARY, Ernest Richard
Second Lieutenant with York and Lancaster Reg.
Died aged 21 on 23/07/16 at France
Died of Wounds
McCOLL, Alexander Baston
Captain with the Wellington Infantry
Died aged 24 on 02/07/16 at Armentieres, France
Killed in Action
104
121
LEES, John Edward Leonard
Private with the Wellington Infantry
Died aged 27 on 31/08/18 at Bapaume, France
Killed in Action
McINNES, Horace Alexander
Private with the Canterbury Infantry
Died aged 20 on 01/10/16 at Somme, France
Killed in Action
PURDY, Robert Gleadow
Major with the NZ Rifle Brigade MC, Croix de Guerre
Died aged 26 on 28/03/18 at Colincamps, France
Killed in Action
105
122
LEGG, Bertram Willoughby
Sergeant with the Wellington Infantry
Died aged 26 on 15/07/16 at Sea
Died of Disease
McKEE, Frederick George
Second Lieutenant with the Canterbury Infantry
Died aged 24 on 20/09/16 at Somme, France
Killed in Action
QUICK, William Bunyon Austin
Private with the Wellington Infantry
31 on 10/12/16 at Somme, France
Killed in Action
106
MILLAIS, Geoffrey Guille
Gunner with the NZ Field Artillery
Died aged 19 on 05/10/16 at France
Killed in Action
123
RADCLIFFE, Julian Vernon
Sergeant with the NZ Rifle Brigade
Died aged 33 on 25/05/16 at Somme, France
Killed in Action
HOPKIRK, William Spottiswood
Second Lieutenant with the Wellington Infantry
Died aged 23 on 01/06/16 at Somme, France
Killed in Action
HORNE, William John
Lieutenant with the Australian Expeditionary Force
Died aged 42 on 18/09/18 at France
Killed in Action
ORR, James
Private with the Wellington Infantry
Died aged 25 on 29/07/17 at Ypres, Belgium
Killed in Action
KING, Cyril Vernon
Private with the Wellington Mounted Rifles
Died aged 20 on 03/07/16 at Somme, France
Killed in Action
HOGBEN, George McLachlan
Lance Sergeant with the Wellington Infantry
29 on 08/08/15 at Gallipoli
Killed in Action
HOGBEN, Herbert McLachlan
Private with the Canterbury Infantry
29 on 27/03/18 at Somme, France
Killed in Action
MACE, Guy George
Lance Corporal with the NZ Rifle Brigade
Died aged 32 on 29/03/18 at Somme, France
Killed in Action
91
PRYDE, Alexander
Private with the NZ Field Artillery
Died aged 34 on 10/04/18 at Somme, France
Killed in Action
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WELLINGTON
COLLEGE'S
WWI CASUALTIES
The numbered photos on the front cover of this magazine link with with the numbers
in this list of Wellington College causalities in WWI. Sadly, we have not been able to
locate a photo of every individual
124
RAWNSLEY, Brian Duret
Corporal with the NZ Field Artillery
Died aged 24 on 20/09/16 at Somme, France
Killed in Action
140
SOLOMON, Hubert Philip
Second Lieutenant with the Royal Flying Corps
Died aged 34 on 20/10/17 in England
Killed in Action
154
125
RICHARDSON, William Robert
Sergeant with the Auckland Mounted Rifles
Died aged 31 on 05/12/15 at Gallipoli
Killed in Action
141
SPROTT, Maurice William Campbell
Captain with the Imperial Forces MC
Died aged 34 on 21/03/18 at Somme, France
Killed in Action
VIAL, Grahame George
Gunner with the NZ Field Artillery
Died aged 22 on 25/09/17 at Ypres, Belgium
Killed in Action
155
126
RITCHIE, Vincent Theodore
Second Lieutenant with Australian Expeditionary
Died aged 22 on 12/10/17 at Belgium
Killed in Action
142
ST GEORGE, Eric Varnham
Rifleman with the NZ Rifle Brigade
Died aged 19 on 09/09/15 at Wellington
Accidental Death in Camp
WAKEFIELD, Oliver Second Lieutenant with the Household Cavalry
Died aged 40 on 12/10/17 at Ypres, Belgium
Killed in Action
127
ROBERTS, John Victor
Bombardier with the NZ Field Artillery
Died aged 21 on 27/08/18 at France
Died of Wounds
143
STAPLES, Edward Stock
Driver with the NZ Field Artillery
Died aged 23 on 04/12/18 at England
Died of Disease
156
128
ROBINSON, Roy George
Lance Corporal with the Wellington Infantry
Died aged 26 on 30/03/18 at Somme, France
Killed in Action
STAPLETON, Henry Leighton
Private with the Otago Infantry
Died aged 22 on 26/07/18 at France
Died of Wounds
WALTER, John Bruno
Private with the Royal Army Medical Corps
Died aged 21 on 23/10/15 with HT Marquette, Lost
at Sea in Aegean Sea
157
129
RONALDSON, Brian Corporal with the Wellington Mounted Rifles
Died aged 21 on 27/08/15 at Gallipoli
Killed in Action
144
STILL, Charles Haselden
Sergeant with the NZ Rifle Brigade MM
Died aged 26 on 28/09/17 at Ypres, Belgium
Killed in Action
WARD, Roland Leslie
Private with the Otago Infantry
Died aged 24 on 16/08/15 at Gallipoli
Killed in Action
158
130
RUSSELL, George Burton Escott
Corporal with the NZ Rifle Brigade
Died aged 23 on 15/09/16 at Somme, France
Killed in Action
145
STRACK, Karl Justus
Second Lieutenant with the Wellington Infantry
Died aged 23 on 04/10/17 at Ypres, Belgium
Killed in Action
WARDROP, Charles Lawrence
Captain with the NZ Rifle Brigade
Died aged 29 on 12/10/17 at Ypres, Belgium
Killed in Action
159
131
RUTHERFURD, Thomas Wyville Leonard
Captain with the Wellington Infantry MC, BWM, VM
Died aged 28 on 19/10/18 at Mesopotamia
Died of Sickness
146
STRANG, John Donald Kay
Captain with the NZ Engineers MID
Died aged 22 on 15/09/16 at Somme, France
Killed in Action
WATSON, Alfred Godfrey
Corporal with Australian Expeditionary Force
Died aged 28 on 27/04/15 at Gallipoli
Killed in Action
160
132
SALMOND, William Guthrie
Captain with the Wellington Infantry BWM, VM
Died aged 26 on 09/07/18 at France
Killed in Action
147
STUART, Alfred Meliss
Lance Corporal with Lord Liverpool's Own Reg.
Died aged 46 on 16/09/16 at France
Died of Wounds
WEBB, Arthur Llewellyn
Private with the Otago Infantry
Died aged 20 on 28/09/16 at France
Died of Wounds
133
SCALES, Cecil Hastings Jack
Lance Corporal with the Wellington Mounted Rifles
Died aged 25 on 30/05/15 at Gallipoli
Killed in Action
148
STUBBS, Eric Guy
Lieutenant with the NZ Machine Gun Corps
Died aged 26 on 03/10/18 at France
Died of Wounds
WALMSLEY, Guy Harold
Private with the Canadian Infantry
Died aged 32 on 03/06/18 at France
Killed in Action
WEBB, Earl James
Corporal with the NZ Expeditionary Forces
Died aged 22 on 04/05/18 at France
Killed in Action
WILLIAMS, Cecil Ernest
Lance Corporal with the NZ Rifle Brigade
Died aged 26 on 22/08/18 at France
Died of Wounds
SCALES, George Arthur Maynard
Sapper with the Wellington Mounted Rifles
Died aged 22 on 18/12/15 at England
Died of Sickness
SUTHERLAND, William Robert
Rifleman with the NZ Rifle Brigade
Died aged 30 on 12/10/17 at Ypres, Belgium
Killed in Action
161
134
SEDDON, Richard John Spotswood
Captain with the Wellington Infantry
Died aged 37 on 21/08/18 at Bapaume, France
Killed in Action
TANNER, Charles Cyril Pontin
Captain with the Royal Garrison Artillery
Died aged 26 on 05/10/18 at Baghdad, Iraq
Died of Sickness
WILLIS, Cecil Nicholson
Sergeant with the NZ Rifle Brigade
Died aged 33 on 07/12/17 at Belgium
Died of Wounds
162
135
SHORT, Leslie Howard
Private with the Wellington Infantry
Died aged 19 on 08/08/15 at Gallipoli
Killed in Action
149
TATTLE, Philip Gardner
Lance Corporal with the Wellington Infantry
Died aged 26 on 29/04/15 at Gallipoli
Killed in Action
WILTSHIRE, George
Private with the Royal Berkshire Regiment
Died aged 20 on 23/07/16 at France
Killed in Action
163
136
SHRIMPTON, Norman
Gunner with the NZ Field Artillery
Died aged 22 on 12/04/18 at Somme, France
Killed in Action
150
TOLHURST, St John Alexander Molesworth
Captain with the NZ Medical Corps
Died aged 36 on 08/05/18 at France
Killed in Action
WINDER, Holloway Elliott
Lieutenant with the Auckland Mounted Rifles
Died aged 28 on 08/08/15 at Gallipoli
Killed in Action
164
SMITH, Alexander
Rifleman with the NZ Rifle Brigade
Died aged 21 on 25/05/18 at France
Killed in Action
151
TUCKEY, Richard Septimus
Warrant Officer with the Canterbury Infantry
Died aged 39 at 10/06/18 at France
Died of Wounds
WRIGGLESWORTH, Alfred Gunn
Lieutenant with British Expeditionary Forces
Died aged 23 on 06/09/14 at Somme, France
Killed in Action
165
137
SMITH, John Black
Gunner with the NZ Field Artillery
Died aged 23 on 06/10/16 at France
Died of Wounds
152
TURNER, John Lancelot Harcourt
Captain with the NZ Field Artillery MC
Died aged 25 on 14/07/16 at Somme, France
Killed in Action
WRIGHT, Reginald Clarke
Private with the Wellington Infantry
38 on 21/08/15 at Gallipoli
Died of Wounds
138
SMITH, Leonard
Second Lieutenant with the NZ Field Artillery MC
Died aged 24 on 13/06/17 at Belgium
Died of Wounds
153
TURNOR, Percy Edward
Trooper with the Wellington Mounted Rifles
Died aged 25 on 27/08/15 at Gallipoli
Killed in Action
166
139
SMITH, Sidney O'Carrol
Lieutenant with the Royal Rifle Brigade
Died aged 25 on 25/08/16 at France
Killed in Action
TYER, William Edward
Rifleman with the NZ Rifle Brigade
Died aged 37 on 31/08/18 at Bapaume, France
Killed in Action
WYATT, Herbert Digby
Gunner with the NZ Field Artillery
Died aged 19 on 15/06/17 at Belgium
Died of Wounds
167
SMITH, William Henry
Private with the Canterbury Infantry
Died aged 24 on 05/09/18 at France
Died of Wounds
VALLANCE, Lancelot Brentwood
Private
Died aged 33 on 12/10/16 at Masterton
Accidental Death in Camp
YEATS, Douglas Duncan Mearns
Lance Corporal with the Auckland Infantry
Died aged 26 on 22/10/16 at France
Died of Wounds
WYATT, Gordon Charles
Gunner with the NZ Field Artillery
Died aged 22 on 30/11/18 at France
Died of Disease
The named crosses, set in the gardens at
the start of the school drive leading up to
ANZAC Day, represented Old Boys killed
at Gallipoli in 1915 and as well as those
killed on the Western Front in 1916.
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