LAMPSTAND. The. Issue: 25. Remembering our fallen, 100 years on. The annual magazine for Old Boys and Friends of Wellington College

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1 LAMPSTAND The 1 November 2015 Issue: 25 Remembering our fallen, 100 years on The annual magazine for Old Boys and Friends of Wellington College Wellington College Old Boys Association PO Box 16073, Wellington, NZ 6242 Tel: oldboys@wc.school.nz The Lampstand 2015

2 The Lampstand 2 ISSUE No. 25 Wellington College OBA PO Box 16073, Wellington 6242 Tel: oldboys@wc.school.nz * TAKEN FROM THE WCOBA DATABASE FACTS and FIGURES Old Boys recorded on our database: 32, 663 Old Boys recorded as Deceased: 9,400 Old Boys without ANY Contact Details: 9,242 Old Boys with an Address: 4,272 Most Popular First Names Most Popular Surnames 3 The Lampstand is published annually for alumni and friends of Wellington College. Opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect the views of the Association or the College. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: Proofreading by Gil Roper ( ). 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 encourage you to be involved. STAYING IN TOUCH: The WCOBA is about staying in touch with those who share that common experience and connection. The WCOBA maintains a database of all students who have attended Wellington College - currently just over 32,000. Keep your contact details upto-date, especially your address so you can be informed on news and events (especially reunions and functions). Communication via helps keep our postage and printing costs to a minimum and of course is instantaneous. Stephanie Kane, Editor WCOBA Executive Officer and Wellington College Communications Manager s.kane@wc.school.nz Friday, 20 October - Sunday, 22 October 2017 Where are You? Join us on Facebook 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 - or through our Facebook Pages - Wellington College AND Wellington College Old Boys. Are your Details Up to Date? Do WE have your address? We know most of you are not actually lost or missing... we just don't have your current address or physical address. But fear not... we are slowly but surely finding missing alumni through Facebook and Linked In. However, if you are in contact with fellow classmates or sons, brothers, fathers etc, please direct them to our website. Finding our Old Boys will help us inform them about forthcoming reunions, events and of course, the 150th Celebrations in By joining the WCOBA, you can help us to print the Lampstand, fund Old Boys' events, as well as support College Awards, buildings, activities and the Archives. LIFE MEMBERSHIP: $ (Includes a Life Membership Certificate and Lapel Pin) If you wish to just make a donation to the WCOBA to cover general administration, we would very much appreciate your support. Details are in the enclosed insert or on our website. To ensure you are kept up to date with all the exciting and informative alumni news and events, please ensure your contact details are correct. It only takes a few minutes to guarantee you will never miss out on hearing about upcoming reunions, events and important alumni and College updates. All you need to do is us: oldboys@wc.school.nz STAY CONNECTED WITH WELLINGTON COLLEGE John William/Bill David James/Jim Robert/Bob Peter 19% 11% 10% 10% 8% 8% Michael/Mike Richard/Rick Ian Thomas/Tom Andrew George 7% 6% 6% 5% 5% 5% Where we post The Lampstand: 8378 New Zealand 416 Australia 120 England 71 United States 36 Canada 13 Thailand 7 France, Germany and Israel 5 Scotland, Switzerland and United Arab Emirates Argentina, China, Cook islands, Fiji, Hong Kong, Japan, 3 Netherlands and Samoa 2 Denmark, Ireland and Malaysia Finland, Indonesia, Italy, Kenya, Malta, Mexico, 1 Micronesia, New Caledonia, PNG, Tonga, Vietnam and Wales 354 By only Can you spare us $5.00? Smith Wilson Brown Taylor Young 18% 14% 11% 10% 10% Williams Jones Martin Anderson Scott 8% 8% 7% 7% 7% * These figures are taken from the database as at 30 September, By 31 December, there will be a further 320 added when the Class of 2015 is included, plus students from other year groups who have already left or will do so at the end of Most popular month to be born: OCTOBER Most popular day to be born: WEDNESDAY Firth House Boarders 1811 students lived as Boarders at some stage*. 398 are recorded as deceased. * weeks/months/years "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.

3 4 Digitalising our HISTORY "UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF HEADMASTER ROGER MOSES, WELLINGTON COLLEGE CONTINUES TO THRIVE. DESPITE THE acting From the PRESIDENT EVER INCREASING DEMANDS ON ROGER, HE ALWAYS MANAGES Our thanks to those Old TO MAKE TIME FOR OLD BOYS AND TAKE AN INTEREST IN THEIR about half of those who had signed the menu had been killed on the Boys who have kindly ACTIVITIES. THANK YOU ROGER FOR YOUR ONGOING SUPPORT shores and slopes of Gallipoli. sponsored a digital issue of AND WISE COUNSEL.". the Wellingtonian - which will As has become our custom at the College s ANZAC services, we relate soon become a on-line version the story of an Old Boy killed on active duty. This year we honoured It is my privilege to present the for one and all to access. There Jack Howard ( ) who was killed in Afghanistan in It Wellington College Old Boys President s are still quite a few to sponsor, so was particularly poignant as Jack s life was recounted by his father report. I do so on behalf of Matthew Roger Howard. Present at the assembly were eight Old Boys who perhaps if you can sponsor your Beattie who is currently on sick leave are currently serving or recently retired with the New Zealand Armed cohort s magazine or you could from the Executive. We wish Matt a speedy Forces. There is now a plaque for Jack Howard on the back wall of the sponsor your son or father or recovery and look forward to his return to Assembly Hall. This has been donated by the Old Boys Association. grandfather s year or just any year. the helm of the Old Boys Association. Alternatively, you may wish to In June, a group of current Wellington College students laid 25 just make a donation towards the has been another busy year for the Wellington College Old poppies at the base of the New Zealand Memorial at Chunuk Bair, process. It s a one-off payment of Boys Association. In many ways, the heart of the Association is the Gallipoli. Each poppy had the name of a Wellington College Old Boy $60.00 (payable to the WCOBA) gathering of Old Boys. These events take place in many forms. They killed at Gallipoli written on it. In August, a delegation from the Old and with your support, we will be may be year group reunions or gatherings by geographic location. They Boys University Rugby Club presented a magnificent carved wooden able to get each issue scanned, 1913 Peter Bischof provide the opportunity for old school mates to catch up, reminisce and rifle to the College. The rifle commemorates the life of College Old (with OCR text recognition 1914 Peter Bischof also to be brought up-to-date with what is currently happening on the Boy and star rugby player, Hāmi Grace who was killed at Chunuk Bair. for searching) and loaded in 1915 Peter Bischof academic, sporting and cultural fronts of the College. a magazine format on the 1916 Peter Bischof The achievements of Old Boys over a diverse range of activities are Wellington College website Peter Bischof John Waymouth 1918 Peter Bischof Over the past twelve months, Headmaster, Roger Moses and the always proudly noted. Many of these achievements are highlighted in Kenneth McDonald Executive Officer, Stephanie Kane have hosted functions in Tauranga, this edition of The Lampstand Stuart McIntyre 1975 Levin and Wellington (coinciding with the Quadrangular Tournament.) Also noted in The Lampstand is a record of those Old Boys who 1894 Peter Bischof Peter Davenport 1977 As well, the classes of 1965 and 1974 turned up in force to enjoy their have passed away in the course of the year. One of these is John 1895 Peter Bischof Graeme MacFarlane 1978 respective 50 and 40 Years-On Reunions. These year group reunions Marshall. John s life was one of service to the community, including 1896 Peter Bischof 1924 Paddianne Neely Peter Bischof continue to be a feature of our annual calendar. They are well attended the Wellington College community. John was Head Prefect in Peter Bischof Vas Coory 1980 and Old Boys come from far and wide to enjoy themselves and to He personified what it meant to be a proud Old Boy. John served the 1898 Peter Bischof 1926 Simon Kember 1954 Bill Hinkley Peter Bischof 1927 Simon Kember 1955 Warwick/Trevor Bringans 1982 inspect first hand their old school. College as a member of the Board of Trustees and as Chairman of 1900 Peter Bischof 1928 Simon Kember 1956 Malcolm Perrett 1983 the College s Foundation as well as taking an interest in all matters, 1901 Peter Bischof 1929 Simon Kember 1957 Hugh Maehl 1984 Paul Swallow The Leavers Lunch for the current Year 13 cohort affords an Wellington College. It was John who along with Stephanie Kane, 1902 Peter Bischof Robbie Bruce 1985 opportunity to welcome what will be the youngest group of Old Boys introduced the first 40 Years On Reunions back in At his funeral, 1903 Peter Bischof Barry Green 1986 into the fold. As well as these formal gatherings, up and down the there were many Old Boys present. Among the splendid eulogies, 1904 Peter Bischof Stephen Sherring 1987 Rakesh Patel country and overseas, small groups of Old Boys make contact with was one given by his old school mate and opening bat partner, Keith 1905 Michael Monaghan Hugh Aston 1988 one another and catch up. The bond of being a Wellington College Old Quinn and one delivered by Headmaster, Roger Moses. The College s 1906 Peter Bischof Jeremy Cooper 1989 Boy is a strong one. Chorale also sang Peter Bischof Peter Bischof Nick Cooper Peter Bischof John Wedde 1992 Ramesh Naran This year as a nation, we commemorated the 100th anniversary of the In Labour Weekend 2017, the Wellington College Community 1910 Peter Bischof landings at Gallipoli. In early April 1915, a group about 40 Old Boys celebrates 150 years. Planning is well underway as we prepare for this 1911 Peter Bischof Tim Castle 1994 serving with the New Zealand Army met up for a Reunion Dinner in stand-out event. From now on, updates will keep you posted with the 1912 Peter Bischof Alexandria. At the dinner there was no deference to rank and men of range of activities and events planned all ranks mingled freely, starting conversations with, do you remember 1997 that time at school when.. At the end of the evening, everyone signed In conclusion and on Matt s behalf, I would like to thank the members 1998 Name (s): the menu and it was posted back to J P Firth. Within a few months of the WCOBA Executive; Bob Slade, Matthew Rewiti, Brian Smythe, Guy Randall, Roger Moses, Scott Tingey and Ernie Rosenthal. I would Cohort: eg Class of 1965: * 2001 particularly like to acknowledge the work tirelessly carried out by the OLD BOYS... YOUR ASSOCIATION NEEDS you! Association s Executive Officer, Stephanie Kane. Stephanie s eye for * Alternative year to sponsor: Or any random year 2003 The WCOBA Committee are seeking new and youthful detail, superb organisation and perseverance at tracking down Old 2004 members to join their Executive. Boys are all pivotal to the success of keeping the family together and Donation: To the general processing of the Wellingtonians OR To the Lampstand If you have skills in accounting, law, finance, well informed marketing, event planning or business nous - why not Cheque: $60.00 payable to WCOBA or Credit Card details below Under the leadership of Headmaster Roger Moses, Wellington College 2008 put them to use? 2009 continues to thrive. Despite the ever increasing demands on Roger, he 2010 The Executive meets around four times a year and with always manages to make time for Old Boys and take an interest in their 2011 the 150th approaching, we welcome your input. activities. Thank you Roger for your ongoing support and wise counsel. Expiry: / / Visa Mastercard 2012 Name on Card: 2013 Please contact the WCOBA Office: Robert Anderson ( ), Deputy Principal 2014 oldboys@wc.school.nz for more information. r.anderson@wc.school.nz Please post to WCOBA. PO Box 16073, Wellington 6242 or oldboys@wc.school.nz with your card number. v 5

4 6 WCOBA Administration WCOBA OBJECTIVES THE WELLINGTON COLLEGE OLD BOYS ASSOCIATION WAS FOUNDED TO: 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. 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. Arrange reunions and other functions for Old Boys. Where needed, support current students at the College. THESE AIMS ARE MET BY THE ASSOCIATION BY UNDERTAKING THE FOLLOWING: Produce The Lampstand and similar publications each year, covering activities of Old Boys and other relevant information. 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. Provide financial support for College activities, including sporting and cultural activities, sponsorship and academic prizes, as well as supporting the Archives. Organise various reunions and other social functions - at the College, nationwide or internationally for Old Boys who the Association wishes to encourage and extend. Administer charitable funds managed by the Association for current and past students, including assistance with fundraising appeals. 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 Up. 5th Form 7 Up. 6th Example 2: Started 1963 Left 1965 Cohort is still 1966 (as you were in Form 3 at another school) Form 3 Form 4 Form 5 Form 6 Form 7 Up. 5th Up. 6th C1 4C1 5C1 5U2 6XX 3XX 4C1 5C1 5U2 6XX Thus 1966 is your Cohort Year (ie the five years from Form 3 to Form 7/Upper 6th Thus 1966 is your Cohort Year (ie the five years from Form 3 to Form 7/Upper 6th) 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. Your Executive 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 Old Boys and former staff are invited to receive the College s Collegian Newsletter (issued quarterly) and Free of Charge. Each issue contains an abundance of news from the College - academic, cultural, sporting, plus success stories achieved by our students and staff. The Collegian is ed so if you wish to keep up to date, please us to be included in the circulation list. "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". This 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, from Victoria University. The backdrop photo is of Chunuk Bair in the modern day, featuring Suvla Bay in the background, the NZ Memorial and the Turkish trenches. Hāmi Grace s photo and replicas of his service medals are also included. The display is finished off with the Hāmi Grace Story and other acknowledgements being hand One hundred years on from the Gallipoli landings, it is singularly appropriate that we, the current Wellington College wider community, should reflect soberly on the ultimate sacrifice made by over two hundred and twenty Old Boys in the Great War that 'was to end all wars.' It was on that Aegean Coast that Lieutenant-General Bernard Freyberg, arguably Wellington College s most famous son, won his first Distinguished Service Order, when he swam ashore in the Gulf of Saros to light flares which would distract the defending Turkish forces from the real landings taking place at Gallipoli. It was in the Battle of Chunuk Bair, fought a few months later, that the Wellington Regiment, led by Lieutenant-Colonel Malone, was decimated in a brave but ultimately futile attempt to capture the strategic heights and in which significant numbers of recent Old Boys of Wellington College were slaughtered. Amongst the fallen was that remarkable young Māori soldier, Thomas 'Hāmi' Grace, who was both a Wellington Cricket representative and a Māori All Black. On one side of his lineage, he was the grandson of Thomas Grace, the pioneer missionary; on the other he was the grandson of Te Heuheu, Paramount Chief of Ngati Tuwharetoa. In many ways, Hāmi symbolises our emerging identity as New Zealanders in the early part of the 20th century. A former Captain of the 1st XI Cricket team, Hāmi s name is remembered forever on the Cricket Honours Board when he gained the impressive figures of 5 for 66 and 5 for 29 in the traditional against written by calligrapher Daniel Reeve (best known for his work on the Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit films). In addition, the 16th Field Regiment of the Royal New Zealand Artillery donated brass cartridges from their live firing exercise in September These have been engraved From the HEADMASTER Wanganui Collegiate in 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 relegated and the players were discussing which club they would be playing for next year. Hāmi Grace, it was reported, said simply I will be playing for Old Boys! It was, therefore, a very poignant occasion this year at the assembly commemorating Chunuk Bair, when the Old-Boys-University Rugby 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 club which in 2015 won the Jubilee Cup for the first time for many years. How proud, too, he would have been of the forty-three current students who performed a Haka on the summit of Chunuk Bair this year as they visited this most tragic of memorial sites on the History trip to battle sites of WWI. It was a deeply moving experience as the names were read of the twenty-five Wellington College Old Boys who lost their lives in this illfated initiative of the Allied forces. 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. Just as we look back with respect on those who have gone before, such as Hāmi Grace and hundreds of his colleagues, we can also look forward to a celebration of our 150th anniversary in 2017, confident in the knowledge that those same values of loyalty, honesty, commitment, service to others and personal sacrifice, transcend particularities of time and place and will guide and inspire new generations of Wellington College students in the future. Roger Moses, ONZM Headmaster r.moses@wc.school.nz by Alby Frampton with further with his involvement and demise at acknowledgements and notations. one of the iconic actions involving An accompanying book about the New Zealand troops, Chunuk Bair. project, along with a DVD of the dedication ceremonies have also The display was dedicated and been commissioned. Hāmi s story presented to Wellington College at seemed to be most appropriate for Assembly in August, 2015 by Old this project, a gifted sportsman, a Boy, Doug Catley, Life Member dedicated club member together and President of OBU

5 8 the REAL HEADMASTER 20 Years On 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 Headmaster? Having been a Deputy Principal for three years, becoming a Principal and running my own school was the natural next step. Wellington College was a school which aligned closely with my own educational philosophy, so I was delighted to be appointed to the role which I have relished over the last two decades. How has education changed in that time? There have been several significant changes. First, the influence of technology. The students today are all digital natives and this change has had a profound impact on the way teachers must operate. Second, the introduction of NCEA and NZ Scholarship. It has had a major influence on the curriculum and the way it s evaluated. The workload for all has increased markedly. Third, the vast majority of students now spend five years at school before moving on and our schools are now more ethnically diverse. What are some of your favourite memories of your time at Wellington College? The World Vision Runathons have become an integral part of school life and have raised about $800,000 since It is inspiring to see young men having so much fun as well as focusing on the needs of those who have far less. It would also be remiss of me not to mention the McEvedy Shield, that unique athletics event which engenders so much passion. What is your view on boys in same sex v co-ed schools? I have taught in four very good co-ed schools so I do not have strong views on one system over the other. Nevertheless, there was some clear evidence produced in a report by NZCER last year that boys in boys schools in New Zealand were doing very well academically across the decile range. What I would argue strongly is that, for many boys, a single-sex school does provide a good option. School leadership and tone, however, are the most important factors. Where do you think education will head in the next 20 years? I think that, inevitably, learning will become more individualised and there will be an increasing emphasis on the quality of teaching. Parents will become increasingly concerned about the kind of education they want for their children. But the relationship between teacher and student remains the essential component. It was a brilliant English teacher I had at Auckland Grammar by the name of Ken Trembath who inspired me over 40 years ago and whose influence still inspires me. What was the last book you read? An Icelandic murder mystery by Arnaldur Indridason entitled Jar City. I am currently reading, and thoroughly enjoying, Jan Morris s History of the British Empire, Farewell the Trumpets (Pax Britannica). What s on your ipod or music player? U2 s Songs of Innocence, Mozart s Greatest Hits, The Dubliners Greatest Hits. Describe your perfect Saturday. An early brunch with my wife at one of Wellington s excellent cafés, followed with a day of watching Rugby and Football at Wellington College, which are hopefully won by Wellington College. In the evening, our grandchildren come to stay for the night. Once they are in bed, what better way to conclude the day than by watching the Hurricanes on a roll. My wife may have some disagreement with the above suggestions. If you could invite any four people, living or dead to dinner, who would they be and why? CS Lewis, whose writing has had a profound impact on the way I see the world; John Arlott, the greatest commentator in the history of Cricket and long-time wine correspondent for The Guardian; Michael Pallin, in the words of my Deputy Principal, surely the most interesting dinner guest anyone could ever have ; and Cyril Moses, my grandfather who died before I was born and fought in the Battle of the Somme and Passchendaele. A century later, I would love to seek his perspective on how the senseless slaughter to which he was exposed affected his life. Interview: Dominion Post SPEECH-MAKER EARNS TRIP TO GALLIPOLI Head Prefect, George Barton won a trip to Gallipoli for the ANZAC Celebrations. George was our representative in the RSA Cyril Basset VC Speech competition - an annual speech competition open to Y12 and Y13 students throughout the country. Students were invited to speak on the broad topic of New Zealanders in WWI. In wining the competition, George travelled to Wanganui and won the Central and Lower North Island Regional Competition with twelve competitors from the region. George spoke about the qualities of leadership that emerge in a war situation and how it is for these qualities that we remember people. He used as an example, Lord Freyberg, the seventh Governor General of NZ, and an Old Boy of Wellington College, who at Gallipoli, swam ashore from his troop ship in the Gulf of News from the College: ACADEMIC and COMMUNITY Saros and once ashore, he began lighting flares so as to distract the defending Turkish forces from the real landings taking place at Gallipoli. He used this example to look to the future and examine what we learn from war. Usually the national winner, as part of their prize, wins a trip to Gallipoli, but because 2015 was the 100th anniversary of Gallipoli, the eight regional winners all went. George travelled with a group of 25 Youth Ambassadors and as part of the NZ Defence Force contingent went to Turkey and to Gallipoli where he spent two weeks, including the night prior to ANZAC Day on the Gallipoli Peninsula. In addition, as part of his prize, George won an iphone and $1000 for himself and $1000 for the College. George is also the leader of the Wellington College Chorale and the grandson of the late Dr George Barton, QC. PREMIER SCHOLAR AWARD 2014 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 Joshua's accolade came after gaining an Outstanding Scholarship in Biology, Calculus and Physics and Scholarship in Accounting, Chemistry and Statistics. For his efforts, he will receive $10,000 for three years, during his study of engineering at Auckland University. Wellington College Headmaster, Roger Moses said he was proud of Joshua, who was a hard-working and modest student. It is an extremely good effort to make it into the top 10. This was the third successive year in which a student from the College had won the top honour. Our students once again performed extremely well in 9 the NZ Scholarship examinations without quite reaching the stellar heights of The 109 scholarships gained, places us once again in the top few schools in the country. Five other students including Jack Trevella, Daniel Petrovic, Jazz Kane, Jonathan Logan and Alexander McLachlan, were named as Outstanding Scholars, which means that they were all in the next 50 students nationally. Thus, to have 10% of the best 60 students coming from Wellington College is a truly superb result. We are proud of the fact that, during the past five years, we have had more students win scholarships than any other school in the country. RUNATHON CONTINUES TO ENGAGE STUDENTS 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.

6 10 News from the College: THE ARTS News from the College: THE ARTS 11 Much has happened in the Wellington College Arts scene this year, with early on, our two entries into the Sheilah Winn Shakespeare Festival; where excerpts from Julius Caesar and The Winter s Tale, winning special performance awards. Junior and Senior Drama once again entertained and impressed their audiences and as usual both were written, directed and produced by students. Senior Drama's In Limbo, had the added challenge of being performed in the Girvan Library technically and artistically very tricky but the reaction of the overflowing audience on closing night confirmed that the cast and crew more than met the challenges of site-specific drama. The combined Wellington College and Wellington Girls' College Kapa Haka group Te Haeata Awatea has represented the College superbly this year, welcoming international sports teams to New Zealand and manuhiri to our school. In Term One, the group welcomed the English World Cup Cricket team into the capital and this received lots of media coverage. Term Two began with a massed Haka performed by students from many different Wellington secondary schools to honour the 100th anniversary of ANZAC Day. It was a huge event and the conclusion to the amazing parade organised by Peter Jackson. The biggest highlight was the FIFA U20 World Cup team welcome at the Wellington Airport for Panama, Austria, Argentina and Ghana. However the main goal for the year was to perform at the Regional Secondary Schools' Competition, which was achieved and once again Wellington College and Wellington Girls' College were seen on the Kapa Haka stage at the regional competition level. At the end of 2014, the Polynesian Club also set a goal - to perform as a Tu Tangata school once again marked Wellington College s return to the annual Tu Tangata festival after a five year hiatus. 35 students from years 9-13 performed in the festival. Their performance showcased a variety of items inspired from the islands of Samoa, Tonga, Tokelau, Niue and Fiji, with an added spice of 'Kiwiana'. The group made their mark on the festival, setting high expectations and a solid platform for the future. The group was a real hit when they performed a set to close the Foundation Black and Gold Awards. Debating has continued to flourish. We have always had the numbers and an excellent Debating community, run largely by the senior debaters who are generous with their time, coaching and mentoring but it s been a year or two since we won a competition. The Premier B team changed that this year with their outstanding and decisive win against St Patrick's (Town) in the finals in the Debating Chamber at Parliament. Music continues to be an integral part of school events from Rock Band performances in Assembly to representation at formal events in the community. As a school, we are so fortunate to be able to enjoy excellent performances and there is genuine recognition and appreciation of the talent of our musicians in the student body. The fact that there were Twelve Blues awarded for Music this year, for national representation - indicates the high calibre of Music at Wellington College. The Chorale were outstanding ambassadors for the College on their international concert tour to China in collaboration with Wellington East Girls College. At the Regionals Big Sing, they received two Best Performance awards and at the National Competition, gained a Silver award and one of four Best Performance trophies for their highest marks in the New Zealand music category has seen the Chorale have its most successful and rewarding year since its first year as a national representative Choir in 2006 and were worthy recipients of the College's Arts Group of the Year for The Jazz Band has been a welcome and much enjoyed part of a number of events this year and began what has been a great year by winning a Gold Award at The Tauranga Jazz Festival then they went on to be named as the Best Big Band at the Manawatu Jazz Festival, where a number of members won individual awards. There were two Blues awarded this year for Dance an indication of a developing talent and this was also a Stage Challenge year. Created, directed and produced by the students, 90 students presented a compelling Stage Challenge dance portrayal of the descent into chaos that occurs when boys are left to their own devices. The story, loosely related to The Lord of the Flies, was conveyed with skill, enthusiasm, humour and enormous energy. It was a powerful and popular performance that gained the students third place. All of this talent and enthusiasm for the Arts contributed to our most successful Cultural Extravaganza yet combined with Wellington Girls' College a fantastic showcase of Music, Dance, Kapa Haka and Polynesian Club performances were enjoyed by an audience of over So it has been a great year and our high level of involvement, success and commitment to Arts has been noted in the national Arts community. In an exciting development and being aware of our reputation in the Arts, the Arts Foundation of New Zealand has chosen Wellington College as a pilot school - the only North Island school to be involved, to launch a Core partnership programme that will see NZ Arts Laureates Arts practitioners at the top of their respective fields, working alongside our senior students as mentors and facilitators. The programme, which will kick in for 2016 was launched in the Brierley Theatre with Arts Laureates such as the well-known photographer Anne Noble, presenting to senior students. The Arts Laureate of most interest was Old Boy, Arthur Meek ( ) - now an acclaimed actor, film maker and playwright, fresh from New York where he performed his own one man show. The other exciting development is of course the new and eagerly awaited Memorial Hall and Performing Arts Centre. This has been a massive community effort but I would personally like to add my thanks to Tony Robinson whose support of the Arts has been fantastic and whose affirmation of all we do on the Wellington College stage, and belief that we deserve a fine performance space has been unwavering. The extracurricular Arts scene is thriving and with these new developments and with the students enthusiasm and talent, and the staff commitment to the programme, we expect things to Arts Group of the Year: The Chorale go from strength to strength. Kirsty Hazledine, Arts Director 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 SUCCESS FOR KIP CLEVERLEY Kip 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.

7 12 News from the College: SPORT News from the College: SPORT 13 competition. The fastest growing sport of Futsal (a version of indoor football) has seen over 250 students play in summer and the Senior and Junior A teams both won locally and finished third at the Nationals. We have also seen success in Orienteering where George Englebeck (Y12) and Joseph Lynch (Y11) both won NZ titles and in Floorball (Indoor Hockey) where the U15s are National Champions. Joint McEvedy Captains, Robbie and Harry Delany hold the coveted Trophy Over 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 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 ensuring our provision of sport. 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 The year began well with a superb effort from Chris Well s ( ) 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. apparent we had a chance. Winning all four javelin titles was a highlight 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 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 U m (9:48.24s) and Cam Robinson second nationally. This was an outstanding effort which bodes well for in the U15 Javelin (46.93m). the future. 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 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 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 Heading into the Winter season, the major fixture on the calendar was the hosting of the 89th Quadrangular Rugby Tournament. Playing Christ's College first up, Wellington College won The final against Nelson College proved to be a highly competitive but low scoring affair with Nelson edging out the home team 6-3. Disappointment was certainly felt but at the end of the day Nelson were the better team on the day. The season proved to be a tough one for the 1st XV but it will be a lesson well learnt for the young team and they finished in the Top 4 locally which ensure that they maintain an important presence in the preseason Hurricanes competition. Two teams (U80 and U65A) made the local finals but unfortunately did not win. 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 ( ) grew in stature as the season went on, finishing second locally but more importantly fifth at NZSS Champs. Here they took the scalps of Mount Albert Grammar School, Westlake Boys' High School and Auckland Grammar School. These were great results. Apart from the nine teams that won their respective leagues, the 15/1 team (Colts) went through the season unbeaten and won the inaugural Westlake Invitational Tournament. The future indeed looks bright at the top level. Cross-Country has a strong tradition at Wellington College and there is a young cohort coming through which has the potential to regain those past glories. At the NZSS Championships, the U16 team which has been dominant all season, went on to win both the three-and-six-tocount. The Seniors also did exceptionally well in a strong field to take out Bronze in the six-to-count. The 1st XI Hockey team continues to maintain its presence as a top local and national competitor. They won all their Traditionals, finished second in the Wellington competition and were eighth at the Nationals, thereby maintaining their position in the Rankin Cup for next year. For the first time in five years, the Senior A Basketball team qualified for the Nationals but arguably the performance of the season was the Senior B winning Division 1 and the Bill Eldridge Trophy. The Senior A Underwater Hockey team dominated the local competition to win the CSW Senior Championships and the Central Regional Championships. Going through to the NZSS Championships, they made the final to eventually go down 3-2 to Mairehau High School in a pulsating final. Swimming, the one sport which covers both summer and winter, once again proved to be very strong at Wellington College. Under the leadership of Martin Vaughan who has convened Swimming since 1983, our boys were unbeaten locally and finished third at the NZSS Champs. 34 students have either represented New Zealand or won a national title and the following students were presented with Wellington College Blues for being selected at NZSS level (U19) or above. These are certainly the ones to watch for in the next few years. Isaac Anderson NZ U20 Ultimate Frisbee team Utu Ah Kuoi NZ Senior Men's AFL team Devlin Forsythe NZ U19 Swimming Champion Seb Hamilton NZ U20 Ultimate Frisbee team Kemara Hauiti-Parapa NZSS Rugby Team Theo Moore NZ U20 Ultimate Frisbee team Ben Paviour-Smith NZ U19 Underwater Hockey team Luc Saker NZ Senior Men's Futsal team George Sanders NZ U20 Climbing Champion Representative Callum Treweek-Stephen NZ U20 Ultimate Frisbee team Finally at the recent Wellington College Foundation Black and Gold Awards for 2015, the following awards were presented: Junior Sportsman of the Year: Naitoa Ah Kuoi Literally a huge talent, Naitoa continues to excel at several sports. In AFL, he played for the NZ U16 team which travelled to Australia and also played the Victorian team here in Wellington. He completed his second year in the Wellington College 1st XV team, cementing a starting position and being named MVP of the team at the end of the season. He was also member of the Wellington U16 Rep team which won the Hurricanes Region Tournament. Naitoa won Player of the Tournament. He was also member of the Senior A Volleyball team and the winning McEvedy Shield team. Senior Sportsman of the Year: Luc Saker Captain of the Senior A Futsal team, Luc won the WC Senior Player of the Year for the second year in succession. A member of the Wellington U19 and Senior Men's teams, he was selected for the NZ Mens team (Futsal Whites), playing four tests in July scoring two goals. Luc was the youngest player in the team. He coached our Junior A team which came third at the NZSS Nationals and also coached the Wellington U12 Rep team. Luc is also a member of our 1st XI Football team, winning the Most Valuable Player Award and at the NZSS Championships, was named Wellington College Player of Tournament by opposition coaches. Dave Keat, Sports Director

8 Study Tour to Europe Wellington College s ANZAC Service 15 As final assessments are handed in and the end of my five years at Wellington remember visiting Jim Morrison s Grave with you. Both visitors and the College community would not have been able to miss the Wellington College s 2015 ANZAC Service held on Friday, 24 April was a moving experience. Nine spoke movingly about his son Jack who was killed in December, 2010 while serving in Afghanistan while the three Deputy Head Prefects moved to lay a wreath at the foot College draws nigh, I ve been We arrived home on 17 July via lengthy rows of crosses set in Old Boys who have served or with the British Parachute of the Memorial Window. remembering. This year has 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 a poignant highlight whose 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 I was part of the Europe Study beaucoup! The named crosses represented Ted Reynolds the first Old Boy to lose his life in WWII. years. A plaque to honour Jack as one of our fallen, was unveiled by 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 During the service, Y13 student the family at the back of the 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 Roger Howard, with his wife Anne William Pereira gave a rendition Memorial Hall, now alongside on 28 June. There, on the once emotional toll on me when visiting again. University, and contemplate my Western Front in and daughter Charlotte are the of Epitaph. Y11 student, Michael those who died in the Boer War bloodied grounds of Gallipoli, we the Sachsenhausen Concentration final walk down the school drive parents and sister of Private Jack McKenzie played The Battle of and both WWI and WWII. remembered the fallen, including Camp Memorial and Museum. Amidst the homage we paid in my blazer and tie, I think about For all those who attended, Howard, (Class of 2004). Roger the Somme on the bagpipes our Old Boys with a resounding There, I took no photos. to the fallen, we did the usual our school s upcoming 150th Haka at Chunuk Bair. We paid touristy things. Anniversary. 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 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- You kindled courage to stand ancient, on the cusp of two great the occasional German grave. cream at the Spanish Steps was and to stay; continents. I couldn t help but feel We stopped to remember at a decidedly cooler. You led our fathers to fight 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 Lieutenant Matt Singleton and Lieutenant Tama Wawatai, (both Class 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 renowned intrepid Kiwi spirit the once divided city. The mighty We who were born in the calm Blackwell and James Hartshorn. which was unveiled at the ANZAC Service. to enjoy this Turkey of cruising Le Quesnoy was a town we Brandenburg Gate and the Berlin after thunder on the Bosphorus, reflecting in visited that has immortalised the Wall gave us pause. Cherish our freedom to think the divine Blue Mosque, and Kiwis who liberated it in 1918, with and to do; 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 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 (Retired), Lieutenant Tama Wawatai and Lieutenant Sione Stanley, Class of 2002.

9 16 Memories of a Young Man Memories of a Young Man 17 The address given by Jack Howard s father, Roger Howard at the 2015 ANZAC Service. Eleven 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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. dead, killed in Afghanistan on his second tour. His name was Jack Howard and he was my son. in three school productions Othello, Midsummer s Night Dream had been conducted over the phone by the Matron who told him her those who had graduated from prison. ducked into cover cursing myself when I heard Dave screaming ANTENNA! No wonder they d STILL GOT MY LEGS, BUT I'M IN A LOT OF PAIN...BOSS BOSS! I'VE... deployment, Jack said: I ve always had this intrinsic belief that I am lucky. When I look back and reflect But these attributes didn t appear out of nowhere. In large measure, Let me tell you his story. Jack was born not far from here, in Wellington Hospital, on Good Friday Apart from two years in Singapore when he was small, 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 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 Four months later, Jack deployed with 3 PARA to Afghanistan. And so began a series of descriptive, considered, and lengthy ed reports on his experiences. 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. 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 [on various incidents during my last tour] I realise [there] was one of my nine lives gone. And as his s from his second tour revealed all too clearly, he 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, 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 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. 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 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. 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 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 badged members as well as several attachments. 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 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 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. 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. it in an 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, 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. 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. 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 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. 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. 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 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. Jack started at Wellington College in 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. 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 Sir. Finally, in June he reports on his What were you first full blown contact. By then reading? he had become the platoon Psychology, signaller: I ll never forget that philosophy and feeling standing on the top [of the religious studies, ridge] and silhouetting myself [as] I Above: Jack Howard in his final year at College. Left: Jack in his PARA Uniform 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 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 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 ( ) British Army, Brigade Reconnaissance Force, Parachute Regiment, 3rd Battalion

10 18 ANZAC STORIES A Last Letter Home Alexander McColl ( ) 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. Like many of his schoolmates, he was quick to enlist when the war broke out. He landed at Gallipoli with the Wellington Battalion in April 1915 and took part in much of the heavy fighting on the Peninsula. He was wounded but returned to active service and was present at the evacuation in December By 1916, Alex was in France with the 1st Battalion, The Wellington Regiment. On 1 July, he wrote to his mother, excited at the prospect of leading a raid on the German lines. France. July 1, 1916 My Dearest Mother, Just a small note in case I should be incapacitated for a few days or so. Today is a red letter day in my history as I am taking out a raiding party against the huns. 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 not be our fault. I suppose you think it rather strange that I, as an Adjutant, should be selected for this job. I am really the luckiest of men to have got the chance. In the first place, all subalterns were selected for the job, but through a most unfortunate bombing accident, two of these were killed. Captain Nareby was next thought of but soon 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 take the party. I know that the Colonel did not like me going but his hands are tied and personally I consider myself the luckiest of men to have the opportunity of leading such a splendid body of men that I have under me. They are all trained like fighting cocks. I have been at Football etc for the last few weeks. I have most of the old Football team here including some very well known reps, just the boys for this game. Am feeling absolutely confident, so please, dear mother, do not worry about me. I am quite sure you would not have me do otherwise, especially if you saw how pleased the men were when they found I was coming down. I have received several of your lovely letters lately, written as only you know how to write them. I am quite excited about the improvements to the house and would dearly like to see them. I would love to fit into my old place at home once more. Best love to all the girls and many thanks for their letters. Tell Dad I am trying to keep his good name untarnished. Received a lovely birthday parcel a few days ago. All my love and good wishes. Ever your loving son, Alex Captain Adjutant, Alex McColl was killed in France on 2 July, 1915 aged 24. Leading a successful trench-raid the evening before, he was anxious for the same removal of his wounded and went back out to look for them, becoming wounded himself, dying of his wounds. His grave is in the Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, Armentieres, France. Friends to the End A fine scholar and sportsman, Douglas (Dougie) Harle ( ) was one of Wellington College's outstanding students in the years immediately before the war. Dougie, a 24-year-old Second Lieutenant in the Canterbury Infantry Regiment, was killed during the successful attack on Gravenstafel Spur on 4 October, A fellow officer reported that he showed great dash and initiative in leading his men against an enemy machine-gun post in a farm building. He was killed just as the position was practically taken'. Dougie was buried in the Dochy Farm Cemetery. The surrounding landscape today is a far cry from the wasteland of Back then it was a sea of mud, pock-marked by shell holes that quickly filled with water and became graves for many men. His school reports highlight a young man of outstanding character: Prefect, top scholar, talented gymnast and Lightweight Boxing Champion; in 1911, he was also Dux. Dougie completed a law degree at Victoria University College before being accepted for military service, at the second attempt, in early He was commissioned as an Officer. Shortly before the Battle of Passchendaele, Dougie and two old school friends, Norman Shrimpton [pictured left] ( ) and Ken Luke [pictured below] ( ), went on leave to Boulogne. For many New Zealanders, the war was a great adventure. The very real possibility of being killed or maimed was often pushed to the back of the mind as these young men lapped up their first taste of overseas travel. The opportunity to visit places such as Boulogne, with its famous port and Roman-walled old town, was one of the reasons these old school friends had enlisted in the first place. The food, wine, sights and smells would have been a welcome diversion for young men who were about to participate in what has been described as New Zealand s greatest disaster. Ken Luke was the only one of the three friends to survive the war. Norman Shrimpton was killed in 1918 and is also buried in Belgium. Ken returned to Wellington and became Civil Engineer. He was responsible for designing and building the iconic Wellington landmark, the Band Rotunda at Oriental Bay. WWI Fundraising Students at Wellington College raised 2945 for patriotic funds during the War, in part by growing vegetables. This sum amounts to more than $300,000 in today s money. Fundraising also began in 1916 for a School Memorial Hall. This opened in March 1928, thanks to a donation of 6000 from the Old Boys Association. WWI Masters The Board of Governors at Wellington College topped up the military pay of teachers who enlisted to the level of their teaching salary. They were also given a grant of 50 per year, and those commissioned before going overseas received a further 20 for equipment. One member of the teaching staff, PA Ongley, was killed in action at Bapaume, France, in August 1918, another Dr GV Bogle serving with the NZMC was killed while attending to the wounded in September, 1916 in France and JH Goulding was killed in the trenches at Gallipoli in June, Six other members of staff were wounded including AE Caddick, AJ Cross, JR Cuddie, AW Diprose, HTM Fathers, GW Morice, CM Taylor and OW Williams. T Brodie survived unscathed. Two Masters, JB Mawson and OW Williams, were awarded the Military Cross. GV Bogle J H Goulding PA Ongley ANZAC STORIES Voluntary cadet groups existed in many schools prior to 1909, when the Defence Act introduced compulsory military training. This act required nearly all boys aged between 12 and 14 to undergo 52 hours of physical training each year as Junior Cadets. Initially, this training was supervised by their teachers. A School Rifle Volunteer Cadet Corps had been established at Wellington College in 1870, and school cadets were to remain an integral part of life 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 physically fit. Photographs of boys in the military uniform of the school s cadet corps or shooting teams make the transition from schoolboy to soldier more plausible. Many of the more than 1600 Old Boys who served overseas during the war had learnt to handle a gun, salute and march in formation on the playing fields of the school. Students were even awarded merit certificates in bayonet instruction. [see image below left]. Many schoolboys were also Boy Scouts. The Boy Scout movement began in New Zealand in While preparing boys for war is not something we associate with the modern scouting movement, its founder, Robert Baden- Powell, 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. These principles were heartily endorsed by Firth and were key ingredients in 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. THE COLD HARD FACTS: Of the 1643 Old Boys, known to have served, 225 have laid down their lives and 340 have been wounded. As some of the 1643 did not actually reach the firing-lines, the fact that our casualty lists amounts to 33 ¹ / ³ percent of the total on active service and shows to what extent our Old Boys must have shared in the 'rough and tumble' of the fighting. THE WELLINGTONIAN, 1919 Left: A Certificate of Merit for Bayonet instruction, presented to Wellington College Cadets,

11 20 ANZAC STORIES: WWI in Watercolours and Ink ANZAC STORIES: Tough Man of the Somme dies in Africa 21 As part of the WWI Commemorations this year, a catalogue was published by the Royal New Zealand Navy in conjunction with Watercolours NZ Inc on the occasion of a national exhibition which featured works in watercolour and in ink Esmond Hurworth Atkinson, Surrender of the German Fleet in the North Sea, 1919, by seven servicemen of the NZ charcoal and watercolour on paper. Hocken Collections, University of Otago Expeditionary Force and the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve who packed watercolour paint or pen and ink into their kitbags. One of the artists featured was Old Boy, Lieutenant Esmond (Es) Hurworth Atkinson RNVR ( ) [ ] and his story was recounted in the catalogue by his grandson, Richmond Atkinson. My grandfather, known as Es, was born in Wellington in His maternal grandfather was pioneering New Zealand water-colourist J C Richmond, whose daughter, artist D K Richmond, was an influential aunt in the lives of Es and his brother Hal and two sisters. When Es was seven years old, the family moved to 'Rangiuru by the Sea' near Otaki, where the children spent the next five years 'messing about in boats', and Es furthered his interest in painting and the natural world. His schooling included a spell at Wanganui Collegiate School, later returning to Wellington College. On leaving school, he joined the Department of Agriculture, Biological Section, and studied towards a BSc degree. In 1916, he worked his passage to England to enlist in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. On the way he enjoyed short botanising trips ashore at Albany in Western Australia. Above: Torpedo firing 19/07/18 on board 'Constance'. In England, he married Alison Burnett, a long-time family friend, and viewed the works of 'Caroline Class' in the distance. Private Collection. his artistic heroes, Frank Brangwyn and especially JMW Turner, while in officer training. Below: American Battleships, 24/07/18. As a Lieutenant, he served as a signals officer, first in a seaplane carrier, Riviera, on a Private Collection Mediterranean voyage, and then on the light cruiser Constance, from the deck of which he witnessed, and later painted, the surrender of the German High Seas Fleet in the Firth of Forth. Returning to New Zealand in 1919, he transferred from the Biological Section to the Dominion Museum as official artist, but afflicted by epilepsy, he was retired in He 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. William Clachan was made of tough stuff. The Old Boy and schoolteacher was wounded three times on the Western Front. He twice suffered head injuries, and on the second occasion, doctors found the bullet which caused his first head wounds. Each time William recovered and, after time away from the battlefront to recuperate, threw himself back into action. Born in Sydney to Scottish parents, William grew up in New Zealand. He went to Te Aro Primary School, then Wellington College from , before studying German and Science at Victoria University. He enlisted at the outbreak of war in 1914 and was one of seven young soldiers selected after a stiff exam for a commission in the British or, as it was called, Imperial Army. William sailed with the NZ Expeditionary Force as far as Egypt, then went on to Britain, where he joined the Middlesex Regiment - the so-called 'Die Hards', named after their commander, William Inglis, who, wounded and having had his horse shot by Napoleon's forces in 1811, called to his men to 'Die Hard'. In London, William was directed to a tailor for his uniform and equipment. He would need, he was told, the considerable sum of 100 to 200 pounds depending on the unit. He had his first taste of trench warfare in March During fighting in the battle for Hill 60 in Flanders, he took a bullet in the head. Despite treatment, the lead remained undiscovered. William stayed at the front and in July, took part in the battle of Hooge in Belgium, where he suffered a further head wound, and nearly lost an eye. The silver lining was that the bullet lodged in his head for three months was recovered. The soldier was soon back on his feet and took charge of his company in the first major Somme offensive in July This time he was hit with machine gun fire above his ankle and was sent back to England to recover. A year later, having completed further officer training, William was seconded for duty with the King's African Rifles in East Africa. For a young man from Wellington - he was in his mid-20s - the sights were stirring. In a letter, he wrote: By day we had great fun shooting crocodiles - my word, their tails do lash. The hippos and rhinos also kept us amused. At one very interesting mission station we visited Mary Moffat's [David Livingstone's wife's] grave. William's destination was Nyasaland - what is now Malawi. Handed command of a company of Askaris, William's task was to train the young men, mostly members of the Yoo tribe. He was impressed: They are a hundred times keener than the recruits we were getting in England, he wrote. He felt they would give the Hun a rough time, but saw that fighting in Africa was not easy: The great trouble is the food and ammunition supply - Africa being a country of miles - not yards, he observed. The grass was so high that it is quite easy for two opposing forces to miss one another. Above Left: William James Clachan. Above Right: Men of the King's African Rifles at Njombe, German East Africa. With the Askaris, William was called on to settle disputes. A man steals another man's wife - so then he has got to pay the original hubby 30 shillings for her, and so on. This case does not occur every day, but every now and then it crops up. The men all have their wives and kids in the lines with them, so frequently you have a wife (umkazii in native lingo) run in before you for some minor offence. They come in with a cloth round the hips, usually a kid slung round their shoulders by another cloth. In early 1918, the British attacked German forces at the confluence of two rivers and William's company, the first to advance, came under heavy flanking fire. The commander fell early in the fight. His name is on a memorial in Mangochi, near the shore of Lake Malawi. NZ Herald Left: The Malawi Cemetery was used from October 1917, to December 1918, There are 60 war casualties commemorated in this site and just one New Zealander - William Clachan.

12 22 Architect s impressions of the new Memorial Hall and Performing Arts Centre Under Construction 23 This 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. 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 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.

13 24 The ARCHIVES A goodly heritage, proud traditions, cherished memories The ARCHIVES 25 The year began with Property Staff, Kelwyn D Souza and Roy Smith completing the much needed shelf storage space for masses of large framed historical photographs and large reunion display boards. These items are finally off the floor and can be accessed with ease. A dream come true! Thank you. One room though is covered with all the Prefect and House Prefect boards that adorned the walls of Firth Hall. This area is being earthquake strengthened so these boards along with the life size portrait of J P Firth and other historical photographs have been stored in the Headmaster s House. It was a massive job to take them all off the walls, carefully number then wrap them in conservation material before transporting them across the grounds to their temporary home for safekeeping. Marvellous gifts continue to be donated to the Archives including a large charcoal and watercolour framed print of The Surrender of the German Fleet in the North Sea 1919 by Old Boy, Lieut. Esmond Hurworth Atkinson RNVR ( ) [see story on page 20] was kindly donated by former parent, Claire Clarke. Claire obtained this print and displayed it at the Watercolour exhibition Splash held in the Wellington Anglican Cathedral this year in commemoration of WWI artists. Richard Boag ( ) and the Old Boys' University Rugby Club have had a large framed tableau made of a photograph of Chunuk Bair in the background with a carved copy of an Enfield rifle, the type used by Hāmi Grace ( ) set in front along with a portrait included of Hāmi. David Wesley has compiled the life story of one of our early Masters, Augustus Francis Merlot, along with numerous photographs from and A fascinating story with a great deal of research involved. Ashleigh Flynn, the Events Administrator of the NZ Arts Foundation was very pleased to see the display we had on Ballet dancer and Old Boy, Alexander Grant. ( ). Ashleigh very kindly sent two copies of the Arts Foundation booklet featuring Alexander Grant their NZ Icon Awards winner Three Old Boys have sent splendid collections of photographs, programmes, school reports and testimonials that have proved most valuable. Thank you Mike Monaghan ( ), Ewen Thompson ( ) and Rodney Callender ( ). These collections will prove ideal for the 150th Celebrations display. The Class of 4A, 1941 has been dear to my heart for many years. I was deeply saddened to see another of the boys had died, George Gair ( ). It was George who nominated me to be an Honorary Member of the Class of 4A, 1941 during a reunion in London. I will always remember him stopping off at the College in 1992 en route to the airport to take up his new job in London as High Commissioner for New Zealand. He dropped off his 4A school blazer that had been hidden in the back of his wardrobe all those years. It featured in the College s 125 years display. Over 160 visitors have signed the Visitors Book this year. I ve been touched by the generous remarks. Some include: Fabulous displays. Fascinating objects. Fantastic history. My father s history, a top guy. Well done, I m completely blown away. A magnificent history, beautiful collection. Two comments really took my breath away: Blessed to be here. It is a privilege to have this insight in the beautiful history of my school - thank you. Seeing this amazing history makes me proud to be part of the school. I can appreciate the work that has gone in to present this. I found this last comment after a visit by Te Piringa, the Māori families of Wellington College when they visited the Archives one evening in October. Finally the word, Respect. This was written by a special gentleman - Professor Verne Harris. Verne hails from South Africa. He was the personal archivist of Nelson Mandela and has set up the Nelson Mandela Foundation. Thank you to all the donors for the material that continues to flood in. It is your contributions that cause these words of praise to be forthcoming. My thanks to Ted Clayton for his continued work on the newspaper collection and other areas of the Archives he helps with. A valuable colleague. Headmaster Roger Moses, Tony Robinson, Penny Basile, Marilyn MacLennan, Glenda Schmitt and Stephanie Kane are so supportive and I thank them all for their kindnesses. 150 years of Wellington College is on the horizon. Please remember to send in photographs for the display as soon as possible to make it a success. Is there anyone out there that can help donate display cases to show off our material please? I would dearly love some help there! May the Festive Season be a happy one for all of you. Paddianne W. Neely College Archivist Remember The Archives before you go to the tip! 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 Please send your stories Photographs College Life; Students, Staff, Old Boys, Form Classes Uniforms Caps, Ties, Blazers, Boaters Sports Gear Jerseys, Caps, Boots Medals, Prizes & Dux, Badges, Awards, War Medals, Academic, Sports Trophies and Cultural Awards Art Work Paintings, Sketches Books & Music By Old Boy Authors/Singers or about Old Boys Reports & Papers Academic, Certificates, Governing Boards, Headmasters, College Mothers', Parents Assoc. Correspondence Letters to and from Staff, Students and Old Boys Do you have form class photos (preferably named) from 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: (W) (H) or oldboys@wc.school.nz Prep Room, Firth House (L-R): Terry Turner, Jim Collins, Professor Verne Harris (Centre) seen here with Don and Paddianne Alf Miles. Photo: J Tunnell, Neely. Photo: PW Neely, Archives Archives. Ewen Thompson 'tied up' in Mr Farland's Classroom. The Wellington College Pipe Band outside the West School around Photo: E Thompson, Archives Photo: Mac Gapes, Archives. Mr Wall's English Class, 1978, featuring Human Biology. Photo: E Thompson, Archives 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. NEELY, MRS PADDIANNE QSM: For services as an archivist (NYH) Paddianne Neely has been recognised as a leader in the establishment of school archives throughout New Zealand over the last 36 years. 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. 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

14 26 Reunions: CLASS OF 1965 Photos: Billy Dancer, Class of 2015 Reunions: CLASS OF Back Row: Hamish Hancock, Hugh Cromie, Monty Black, Bert Lamb, Phil Pacey, Roy Hughes, Mark Williamson, William Sommerville, John Culliford, Jim Lynch Third Row: Dale Renouf, Russell Morrison, Peter Barker, Norman Paris, Bob Tricklebank, David Hamilton, Jock Struthers, Peter Martin, Bryan Lawrence, Pete Rodger Second Row: Brett Windley, John Wedde, Paul Martin, Rob Earles, Ted Raba, Duncan Milne, Bob Sadler, Barry Hellberg, Philip Chong Front Row: Steve Taylor, Gerry Cooper, John Raine, Ted Clayton [Master], Roger Moses [Headmaster], Michael Monaghan [Head Prefect, 1965], Tony Lendrum, Stewart Whitney, Ken Houston, Keith Woodford Absent: Andy King VISITORS TO THE COLLEGE IN 1965 The Class of 1965 returned to Wellington College in March and were welcomed back by Headmaster, Roger Moses. Many of the group had met ten years earlier at the 40 Years On Reunion and it was nice to also see some new faces of those who couldn t get return on the last occasion. Sadly since they last met, six of the cohort have passed away. Joining the group in the morning was 1961 Head Prefect, Gil Roper [who is currently working at the College] and 2015 Head Prefect, George Barton. Following the drinks reception and music medley from the Chorale, the dinner ensued, with the College s Deputy Principal and Old Boy, Rob Anderson hosting the function. In March, Dr William Pickering visited his old school [pictured left with Headmaster, Seddon Hill]. Four months later, he would be on the front cover of TIME Magazine - his second appearance. The Firth House Boarders were able to enjoy the newly-installed television set in 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. Class of 1966 Reunion: 50 Years On Friday, 1 April WC

15 28 Reunions: CLASS OF 1975 Photos: Billy Dancer, Class of 2015 Reunions: CLASS OF Back Row: Third Row: Second Row: Front Row: Trevor Moss, Adrian Risman, Gregory Szakats, Ron McKenzie, Paul Steele, Terence Burns, David Knott, Rod Miller, Grant Coppersmith, Nigel Clements, John Hebenton, Mino Cleverley David Shillson, Alan Lear, Peter Williamson, Duncan Hall, Steve Gray, David Ironside, Kenneth Johnston, Paul Hunt, 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 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 (Headmaster), Peter Morrison [Head Prefect, 1975], Kingsley Baird, Mark McHugh, David Sole, Giff Goldsmith, Dave MacCalman The 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 WC

16 30 Ten Years On: The Class of 2005 Ten Years On: The Class of 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. Firstly, I would like to pay tribute to an absent friend of our cohort, Andrew Truesdale. Andrew tragically passed away in July, I was not present at his funeral but from all accounts it was an extremely moving ceremony that reflected the amazing work he had done as a volunteer and as a paramedic for Wellington Free Ambulance. Nothing showcased this more than the guard of honour he received from St John Ambulances and staff lining the streets outside Old St Paul's. It seems like yesterday that we walked down the Coll Drive as students for the last time. After coming to terms with the fact that it has actually been ten years since we had the honour of donning the black and yellow uniform, I have tried to piece together what everyone in our cohort has been doing in that time. The results are truly impressive, so without further ado, here is the Class of 2005, ten years on. Max Harris, Peter Clark, and Edward Stace have all achieved amazing academic success and received full scholarships to Oxford. Ed and Max were both recipients of Rhodes Scholarships and Max has been elected as an Examinations Fellow at All Souls College, Oxford. The seven-year fellowship is one of the world's most competitive and prestigious academic awards. Jono Ross continued his outstanding success in the pool and represented NZ at Waterpolo. Nick Douglas, Matt Thompson and Jason Roche, all hailing from the prestigious Northland Primary School, teamed up to represent NZ in Handball (the Olympic sport, not four-square). David Plowright traded in his outdoor football boots for indoor ones and played goalie for the NZ Futsal team. Michael Grain has represented NZ in the small-bore rifle and also cleaned out every circus he s ever been to. Jamie Eades definitely takes the alphamale title for our year and has been a two-time NZ Muay Thai Champion. David Isaacs and Luke Dustin have both been to the World Championships in Canoe Polo, and after helping carry us to McEvedy glory in Billy Crayford has won seven NZ Men s Open High Jump titles and also represented NZ at the World University Games. We wish Billy all the best in his quest to make the Commonwealth Games in The success of our cohort, however, is not, and will never be judged on the number of academic achievements or sporting awards. We have doctors, administrators, personal trainers, professional sportsmen, armed servicemen, teachers, lawyers, engineers, investment bankers, and sales people all leading the way in their chosen fields. I actually think the greatest indication of our cohort s success is that we have not had any politicians yet! Patrick Rosevear co-founded Rosevear Brothers, a tailoredclothing outfitter. Due to his constant dealings in China, Pat became fluent in Mandarin and if what I ve seen on Facebook is anything to go by, he is now a reality TV star in China. When his schedule permits, he also practices law. Thomas Golding did a BSc in Geophysics and Geology, and then a MSc in Petroleum Geoscience with First Class Honours at VUW. He is now in Perth working for Shell as an Exploration Geoscientist, exploring for new oil and gas reserves in Australia and Southeast Asia. Sam Templeton, who I had the pleasure of running into at a bar in Lagos, Portugal only a few months ago, has decided after working for Weta Digital here in Wellington that he is going to take his talents to Berlin. Tom Bridgewater set up a small business named project out of as to what the last decade has entailed for him, but I can report that he has followed his strong entrepreneurial nature and been extremely successful in his ventures down in Queenstown. I touched on David Isaacs s his garage that helps people get sporting achievements earlier, but unique and bespoke furniture outside of the pool he spent a year into their homes at a price that volunteering in Israel, completed they can swallow. What started a Masters in Mechanical out as a hobby in his spare time Engineering, designed Aircraft is starting to gain traction and he and Super Yacht components in is doing some really innovative Auckland, and also designed parts things in the community. of the last America's cup boats. He now lives in Singapore working Simon Worker, one of your for a Silicon Valley IT company, Deputy Head Prefects, graduated and on top of that, I would not from Otago University and then have been able to put this article spent a year in Beijing working together without his assistance. and studying Mandarin before moving home. He is now based I know there will be many more in Auckland working for a NZ success stories out there and Investment Bank and Corporate congratulations to you all. I Advisory company. apologise that I have not been able to track you all down. Your other Deputy Head Prefect, Adam Cahill, has been one of Personally, after leaving school the toughest people to track I was very fortunate to make down for this article. As Mark a career playing rugby. I had Tinkle very aptly commented on the honour of representing our the WCOB page, you'll need to hometown Lions in the ITM Cup send smoke signals or a pigeon and to also go on and play four to contact Adam. Unfortunately, seasons of Super Rugby. After I have not been able to get a recovering from a serious back first-hand account from Adam injury, I decided it was time to Michael Hobbs from the Highlanders during the Super 14 match between Stormers v Highlanders at Newlands Rugby Stadium in 2010 in Cape Town, South Africa. head to greener pastures (and in this world, and to not stress too smaller opponents) and I have much about the future. Tomorrow been based in Japan playing in is not guaranteed, so handle 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 kind of person that I want to be College nurtured us to be. remembered as. Unfortunately, after too many After two shoulder surgeries head knocks on the field (or this year alone, my body/mind too many beers off it), I cannot is telling me it is time to give remember if I offered any decent rugby away and move into the advice during my final address next chapter of life. I look forward as your Head Prefect. I ll take this to giving my body a break from as my chance to atone for that if the rigours of professional I didn t. sport, and further challenging the capabilities of my mind at We have now spent twice as Business School in the United long out of Wellington College States. than we spent as students, a few weddings, babies, and overall I am sure many of you have had signs that the boys we once were similar experiences in your own are now becoming men. Mario careers. Puzo, the author of The Godfather, once said Great men are not Nothing tends to work out exactly born great, they grow great so as we had intended, but then wake up every morning and be again, that is the beauty of life. the best that you can be. You only There is an old Yiddish proverb get one shot at this life. Don t die - man plans and God laughs with the music in you. - regardless of your religious beliefs I think there is something Michael Hobbs that everyone can take away from 2005 Head Prefect that saying. I ve always taken it mjd.hobbs@yahoo.co.nz to mean to enjoy each and every day that we are blessed to have Oxford Scholars (L-R): Edward Stace, Max Harris and Peter Clark. Read their story on page 46.

17 32 Missing Old Boys To 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 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 Bay of Plenty Branch Lunch 2014 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 An 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. The attendees gathered for pre-lunch drinks and much reminiscing of school days in many instances long passed. After welcoming those present and acknowledging those Old Boys who had passed away in the past twelve months, we followed with a roll-call and some memories of special times at the College. Graeme Ingham ( ) proposed the Toast to the College and was followed by Roger Moses, who spoke with feeling about the many achievements and notable events at Wellington College of today. As usual, his speech was well received by all of us. Lynn Morrison ( ) proposed the Vote of Thanks to Roger and this was strongly supported. The luncheon finished with a spirited rendition of Forty Years On. The annual event once again proved to be a most happy occasion. 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 Please get in touch with your Head Prefect, Jono Anderson and share your news and plan your reunion. janderson@sacredheart.school.nz Bringing OLD BOYS Together WCOBA Quadrangular Tournament Beers n Bites The 85th Quadrangular Tournament, hosted by Wellington College was held in late June. On the Tuesday evening, we invited Old Boys to 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 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 ( ) somewhat belatedly, his 1st XV Cap. Nelson College break 14-year drought with Quadrangular Tournament win Nelson 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 the result reflecting both the tightness of the exchange and both teams' defensive fortitude. It was by no means a dour spectacle as both teams attempted to give the ball plenty of air in the pristine conditions. The defence from both teams held firm, as did Nelson's discipline to avoid conceding an equalising kickable penalty. The elation of the Nelson team on the final whistle, mirrored by the despair of Wellington fully demonstrated the significance of this victory. Christ's College beat Wanganui Collegiate 22-0 in the early It was a pleasure to welcome a number of regular Quadrangular Tournament Old Boys to Office 150 for a coffee before the final matches QUADRANGULAR TOURNAMENT is at Christ's College from 4-6 July, WCOBA Function on Tuesday, 5 July at the Classic Villa, Worcester Street kindly hosted by Peter Morrison ( ). oldboys@wc.school.nz for more information or a friendly reminder closer to the time. match to secure third place. Barry Ward ( ) 33

18 34 Reunions: CLASS OF 1995 Class of 2015: Leavers' Lunch 35 My good mate and colleague Jamie Crump hit me up a few months ago and suggested I look at organising the Class of Years On Reunion as he d done for the class of 94. I d missed the ten year reunion so was keen to see the lads after 20 years and thought I d at least check in with Stephanie at WCOBA to see if anyone was organising it already. generous contribution to cover the food, all was set. In the classic party style only four people were in attendance until 8.00pm whereupon we had a full house within 30 minutes or so. It was great to see the vague recognition on the lads faces as they walked in the room, changing to hearty smiles and handshakes. When she let me know that no one was, I thought why not and asked for some advice on how to go about it. Stephanie was amazing and sent me the roll of 95 to begin the task of contacting everyone, and along with Jamie s Facebook page from the previous year for reference I picked a date and cracked on. A shout out to Julian Watt and Bojan Cvetkovic for helping me to contact everyone. This was much appreciated. It was great to see so many Old Boys living overseas sending in their messages about how they would love to have attended - it was good to see the spirit still alive. Saturday, 7 November at the Cambridge Hotel was the plan, and with the support of Stephanie on behalf of the WCOBA with a The night picked up from there and was really rewarding for me personally seeing everyone reconnect, in some cases for the first time in 20 years! I d like to also say how sad we all were to hear how class of 95 Old Boy, Misiluni Moananu had lost his battle with cancer and passed away only a few days after the event. He had accepted the invite and we know he would have been there if he could. Our thoughts are with his family. Thanks again to Stephanie and the lads that helped make the Class of reunion a reality, was a blast. Euan Howden, Class of 1995 A big shout out to Euan for taking control and arranging the Reunion. Congratulations Euan! Stephanie Kane. The 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. Guest speaker, Steve Wrigley, Year 13 Dean, Steve Lyster and Head Prefect, George Barton also each gave speeches, in which they congratulated the students on the fine young men they have become, and challenged them to go out into the world with purpose and selfbelief. One of New Zealand top comedians and Old Boy, Steve Wrigley ( ) 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. Steve credits Wellington College for producing five of New Zealand s current top comedians: Dai Henwood, Nic Sampson and Joseph Moore - who are regular panellists alongside Steve on 7Days - plus Raybon Kan. Headmaster, Roger Moses wished the students well for the future, assuring them the school had prepared them well for life beyond Wellington College. With a rousing rendition of Forty Years On, the Class of 2015 now become part of the 32,000 plus Old Boys of Wellington College. Steve won the Billy T James award in 2008 and was the first ever comic to follow that up with back to back nominations for the 2009/2010 Fred Dagg award. His live shows during the comedy festival are always a sellout, and his energetic and infectious humour sees Steve as a regular addition to comedy showcases on television. Class of 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 We can contact fellow classmates through and social media, plus help with the event itself - logistically and financially. It just needs someone from the cohort to get the ball rolling. 1996If Stephanie Kane at oldboys@wc.school.nz 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. 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.

19 Honours for Old Boys The citations for each recipient are provided by Government House CNZM: Companion of the NZ Order of Merit ONZM: Officer of the NZ Order of Merit MNZM: Member of the NZ Order of Merit QSM: The Queen's Service Medal NYH: New Year Honours QBH: Queen's B'day Honours 2015 Honours 37 BAIN, JOHN, JP ( ) MNZM: For services to the community and sport (QBH) HUNN, JOHN ( ) ONZM: For services to business and philanthropy (NYH) MARSHALL, MR JOHN, QC ( ) CNZM: For services to the law (QBH) MARTIN, BRUCE ( ) MNZM: For services to tertiary education (QBH) PIRANI, MR IAN (1953) QSM: For services to conservation (QBH) ROBERTS, MR IAN (1943) QSM: For services to the community and education (QBH) SWALLOW, MR PAUL ( ) MNZM: For services to the State and the community (QBH) WINGFIELD, MR BLAIR ( ) MNZM: For services to health and sport (NYH) John Bain has contributed to the Northland community for more than 35 years. 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 was Whangaruru Rugby Coach for Māori Youth from 1992 to He joined the Whangarei St John Ambulance Area Committee in 1977 and has served as its Chairman since 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 [John was overseas when the investitures took place] John Hunn has contributed to the community for more than 50 years. 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. 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. John 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 He was a member of the organising committee for the Presidents of Law Associations in Asia Summit for 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. [John's wife Mary accepted John's CNZM]. Bruce 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 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. Ian 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. Ian Roberts has been a member of the Lions Club of Kairanga for 37 years and served as President in 2004 and Ian has been the approved pyrotechnic leader for the Lions Club's fundraising fireworks displays since 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 Since retiring, Ian has had continuous involvement as a consultant to schools over the past 15 years. Paul 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 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 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 Blair Wingfield has contributed sporting and community services, particularly to leukaemia sufferers. Blair was diagnosed with myeloid leukaemia in 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.

20 38 Here's to 'Mr JPL' AUDITORIUM NAMED FOR FORMER DIRECTOR, DR WILLIAM PICKERING The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Projects Centre Auditorium has been dedicated in honour of Dr William Pickering ( ). 39 Dr Pickering was JPL s longestserving director who led the 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 in Pasadena, California. JPL is managed by the nearby California Institute of Technology for NASA]. William is only one of a selected few that have appeared on the cover of TIME Magazine twice. In a ceremony in July, past JPL leaders, dignitaries, current employees and many retirees packed the venue in Building 321 as it was formally named the William H. Pickering Auditorium. His legacy shaped the JPL of today, said JPL Director Charles Elachi. William Pickering joined JPL in 1944, and ten years later was named Lab Director. When the Soviet Union launched the Sputnik Satellite in October 1957, William quickly organised a team to design and build Explorer 1, America s first satellite, launched 31 January, When NASA was created later that year, JPL became the agency s only centre 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 Right: William Pickering (left), James Van Allen and Wernher von Braun display a full-scale model of Explorer 1 at a news conference announcing the successful launch institution for deep-space exploration. Elachi noted there was a lot of pressure on JPL during Pickering s tenure, due to the Cold War and President John F. Kennedy s pledge to safely send astronauts to the moon by At that time, we barely knew how to launch things, he said. Key successes under William included Mariner 2 s successful flyby of Venus in 1962 and Mariner 4 s first close-up photos of Mars in William retired in He died in It s rare that a federally funded building is named for a person, noted JPL Deputy Director Larry James. It s a very special day for JPL. We are honouring a tremendous leader who really made such a difference for science and exploration and for the world. It s testament to what Pickering meant to this organisation and the nation. Under Pickering, JPL really became part of the fabric of the American culture, part of the nation s identity, said David Crouch of the NASA Management Office. Leon Grice, consul general of New Zealand in Los Angeles, said William Pickering remained very connected with his home country, with a focus on education. When Elachi first came here, he joked, William Pickering was one step below God. But he added that one of William s favourite honours came when JPLers reverently called him 'Mr. JPL.' William Pickering was pictured on the cover of Time magazine on 8 March, 1963: William Pickering: from Roxburgh Street to Venus, and again on 23 July, WELLINGTON COLLEGE S 35 th ALL BLACK Lima Sopoaga caught the Wellington College careers officer by surprise during his final year of school. Asked to outline his career plans, the youngster said confidently: To be an All Black. Lima had grounds for optimism. He was in the NZ Secondary Schools team and had been in the Wellington College 1st XV for three years. He'd captained the side through a particularly successful season in The first five-eighth fulfilled his career goal in the rugby cauldron of Johannesburg's Ellis Park, when he guided the All Blacks to an exciting win over South Africa in July. Lima is 24, and it's interesting to see how his game has changed since he left school. He ran the ball more at school, when defences were not as tight, and his place-kicking has become more consistent. Having said that, Wellington College rugby followers still talk about his brilliant kicking in Tauranga, when he led the school to its only National U15 title. Growing up in the Hutt Valley (apart from a year in Dunedin), he naturally wanted to play for the Hurricanes. He was quickly into the Old Boys-University senior side and by 19 was in the Wellington rep team. But Jamie Joseph, who knew the Wellington rugby scene well, understood Lima s ability and in October 2010, signed him as Colin Slade's understudy for the Highlanders. Lima helped the NZ U20 team win its World Cup in Italy in 2011, but his career has been stalled by two serious injuries. However, his play has benefited through the influence of Highlanders Assistant Coach, Tony Brown. He showed his class in this year's Super Rugby final, when he outplayed the Hurricanes' Beauden Barrett. Lima was a decisive factor in the Highlanders winning their first Super title. Lima was unlucky to miss out on the All Blacks Rugby World Cup squad of 31 this year. He was a standout out performer for the Super Rugby Champions and impressed in his test debut in the All Blacks victory over the Springboks at Ellis Park this year. The talented up-and-comer is seen as a vital player for the All Blacks in 2016 with Daniel Carter retiring from international rugby, and signing for Racing Metro, and Colin Slade leaving for Pau in France next season. Just this month, Lima has resigned with New Zealand rugby and the Highlanders until the end of the 2018 season. Lima is pleased to have locked in his future as he looks forward to a pre-season with the Highlanders as they try to defend their Super Rugby title. I'm so grateful for the opportunity to sign to the Highlanders until 2018, he said. I owe a lot to the coaching staff and the organisation for sticking by me and allowing me to develop not only as a player but as a person. I wouldn't be where I am today without the great team culture, team-mates, coaches and medical staff. I'm looking forward to my future with the Club. Lima has been a key player for Coach Jamie Joseph in his time in charge of the southern franchise. He holds the season record for points scored by a Highlander with 191 in He is the second-ranked Highlander for most career points on 453 behind assistant coach Tony Brown. Lima has also been nominated for the Investec Super Rugby Player of the Year at the 2015 Steinlager New Zealand Rugby Awards which will be held in December. New Zealand Rugby general manager of rugby Neil Sorensen said Lima's signing was awesome news for Highlanders fans. Lima is a class act, and has shown in both the All Blacks and Highlanders jerseys that he has some fantastic skills, said Sorensen. It's exciting to think that we're just scratching the surface of what this young man can deliver. Meanwhile Joseph, is pleased to have secured the services of Sopoaga in the long-term. Lima has worked really hard in the past few seasons to develop his game, he has grown into a skilful first five and become an important member of our team, said Joseph. What's more exciting is that I don't think he has achieved his full potential yet and is only going to get better. July 23, 1965

21 40 41 Wellington College Football has the largest student participation in history So much for retirement... With over 520 registered players and 34 teams, Football continues to grow at Wellington College and remains the school's largest team sport. Eleven teams won competitions this year but the numbers of students not only playing but also coaching and refereeing Football has provided the real legacy for the code.. The 2015 Football 1st X1 coached by Old Boy, James Webb ( ), had a sound year. Their striker, Christian Martin, the son of Old Boy Russell Martin ( ) was awarded the Golden Boot for scoring the most goals in the top grade and they won the Champs Cup for topping the points table in the College Sport Wellington Youth Premier Competition. They also retained the Wynton Rufer Trophy, a challenge trophy which is at stake for all CSW home games played by the holder. Winning the Champs Cup automatically placed them in the final for the Trevor Rigby Cup against second placed Hutt International Boys School. Wellington College had a bad night and lost 1-3 but at the NZSS Premier Nationals at Nelson the following month, they enjoyed the best performance by a Wellington College 1st XI in a decade. They were unbeaten in pool play and eventually finished fifth with just one loss, 0-1 to Macleans College, but along the way, had accounted for Football powerhouses Mount Albert Grammar School, Westlake Boys High School and Auckland Grammar School. Overall, during the season, the 1st XI played 31 matches in competitions and tournaments, winning 22 with seven losses and two draws. They scored 126 goals with 27 against. For James Webb, it was a great return to a team he had played for, as a student in James is currently a Football Development Officer at Capital Football and has coached extensively overseas and in New Zealand. The holder of the top New Zealand coaching badge, he is currently undertaking a FIFA Confederation Football honours board unveiled A happy James Webb, 1st XI Coach qualification and he was able apply the latest international coaching strategies to his team James is one of a number of Old Boys making a significant contribution to Wellington College Football. A successful Football Academy is in place under Academy Coach, Andre Canton Buckley ( ). The Sir Ron Brierley Turf really proved its value this year with both the Academy and 1st XI utilising it for early morning, before school sessions. Football Old Boys have also made their mark on the field. Daniel Carbonatto-Bowkett ( ) and Angus Kilkolly (2013) were both members of Wanderers SC which was a team from the extended New Zealand U20 squad (Junior All Whites) which played in the NZ National League. Daniel played a number of matches for the Junior All Whites and for New Zealand A. Angus was a key player in an epic Chatham Cup semi-final between his club team, Napier City Rovers and Birkenhead United. The match was decided by a penalty shoot out with Angus converting his shot to help his team win. On the other side was st XI captain, Christian Gray ( ). Other Old Boys have contributed as team coaches and managers. The Wellington College 'Football Boys' past and present continue to make their mark. Former All White and 1980 Football 1st XI Captain, Dave Burgess ( ) 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. The Board honours the Wellington College Old Boys who represented New Zealand in FIFA A ' Internationals, NZSS Reps and 1st XI Captains. 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. As the white hulls of cruise ships appear once again from behind the headlands of Wellington harbour, Cruise Chip Ambassador Mike Pallin is getting ready for tourists flooding into the capital. I m passionate about Wellington, and it s great to get out there and show these people what our city has to offer. The former Deputy Principal of Wellington College for over 20 years, Mike enjoys showing off the city he has lived in for 50 years to some of the 3000 visitors disembarking off cruise ships. As a cruise ambassador, we offer suggestions about how they might want to spend their day. When there are two ships in, there can be 6000 people on the streets, so we are there to make sure they can find their way around. Former fighter pilot Leon Pip Piper reckons a commemoration marking 70 years since World War II ended in the Pacific may be his and many fellow veterans last. Stationed at key points across the city, a team of 90 ambassadors rostered on throughout the season guide visitors around the city. A lot of the visitors just want to catch a local bus and see what the city is really like. The Ngaio resident says the capital s cafe reputation has made itself known around the world. A lot of them just want to get a decent coffee, because the coffee on the ship is so bad. Obviously, they have a huge range of choices. Mike taught at Wellington College for 41 years, eventually working as International Director, which involved showing the best of Wellington to international students studying at the College. As visitor numbers increase, Positively Wellington Tourism is looking for 70 more cruise Marking the 70th anniversary of WWII s end in the Pacific Flight Sergeant Piper, 91, of Plimmerton, was one of about a dozen 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 for Allied forces during the campaign on the Japanese-occupied island of Bougainville. A lot of the veterans from the Pacific are gone, a lot of my mates have died and while it s nice to remember, life goes on. Pip, BSc came from Whakatane High School to Wellington College in 1955, replacing Bruce Cockburn. He left at the end of the following year. The Dominion Post ship volunteer ambassadors to we live in New Zealand s capital join the team. Mike says to be a city and we re only minutes away successful ambassador, you need from dozens of places to explore to be a certain type of person. and enjoy. You need to be passionate about This is why I joined the Wellington the city, knowledgeable about Cruise Ambassador volunteer Wellington and enjoy talking to programme when I retired. people. Taking the cable car to the top 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 choice for places to go and things to Lambton Quay always does it to do. After living in Wellington for for me. 50 years, I still pinch myself that The Dominion Post When 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. The pair met on a blind date in 1951 after one of Barry s friends organised for them to attend a ball together - and they have been dancing together ever since. Barry, an Old Boy and former Master of Wellington College suffered a stroke last year, which has curtailed his ballroom dancing but still maintains an active interest in committee matters as well as photography and their family.

22 42 43 Chamber Music New Zealand earlier this year, celebrated its 50th Jubilee and followed up on one of their first contest winners our very own Bear Trio Miles Golding, Mark Jackson and Christopher Beckett, to see where their music has taken them fifty years on. The National Chamber Music NZ Final was held on 6 August, From over 300 entrants, ensembles from Auckland, New Plymouth, Palmerston North, Wellington, Nelson and Christchurch played to members of the visiting Vienna Octet. Speaking through their clarinettist, Professor Boskovsky, the Octet expressed pleasure at the quality of the performances and awarded first prize to The Bear Trio from Wellington, who had impressed them by their musicianship, sense of style and the skill with which each player had maintained the balance of his individual part. The finalists received medals and a longplaying record given by the Octet. Where are they now? Before heading overseas, violinist Miles Golding ( ) had a brief spell in the original Split Ends, before they became Split Enz! However, as a classical violinist he furthered his study in London with Eli Goren of the Allegri Quartet and co-leader of the BBCSO, and Sascha Lasserson, pupil of Leopold Auer, and then embarked on a very successful free-lance career, performing with some of the top orchestras in London. Miles became interested in period performance in the late 1970s and worked with the Academy of Ancient Music, English Baroque Soloists, London Classical Players Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and the English Concert. Still enjoying a busy free-lance career, he leads the Armonico Consort's Orchestra in their varied programmes of mainly baroque repertoire, and in their popular and highly entertaining theatrical productions such as Too Hot to Handel. He is married to mezzosoprano Catherine Denley, with three sons, all of whom are fine musicians. Cellist, Mark Jackson's ( ) playing career first led him to Australia where he was appointed Principal Cellist of the newly-formed Australian Opera Orchestra and then Co-Principal of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. After moving to London, he became a member of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and then the Co-Principal Cellist of the London Philharmonic Orchestra and appeared on many occasions as guest cellist with the Melos Ensemble. In 1989, he accepted the position of Professor of Violoncello at the Conservatorio Regional do Algarve in Portugal. He now lives back in the UK teaching and playing the cello. Christopher Beckett ( ) pursued his piano studies in France, where he was admitted to the Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique de Paris and obtained two first prizes in piano and chamber music. As a professional, he toured the USA, Canada and Australia with violinist Regis Pasquier and passionate about theatre, he accompanied the actor-cellist Maurice Baquet and the singer Anne Sylvestre for nearly thirty years. Christopher Beckett teaches at the Music Conservatory of Sevres. Recently, violinist Miles Golding got in touch with CMNZ and the opportunity was taken to ask him about his experience of the Contest in its inaugural year. What are your memories of preparing for the Contest? Mostly we rehearsed with the grand piano in the spacious living room at Chris Beckett's house in Wadestown, but we had some coaching from violin teacher Ken Magill in a cramped little room in Firth House at Wellington College, with a horrible upright piano. I can't remember how we rehearsed - we were all so young and hadn't learnt how to listen critically, and so we were pretty dependent on those with more experience to address crucial technical and musical issues. It was very funny that Wellington College, where music was suffered rather than appreciated at the time - sport and marching around in platoons and cleaning Bren guns were the most important extracurricular activities - suddenly realised that they had three musical ambassadors! I am thrilled to see that things have improved: the level and breadth of musical activity there is astonishing. What's your stand-out memory? One of the adjudicators, Alfred Boskovsky, clarinettist in the Vienna Octet, was as tall as his Viennese accent was thick. All that I recall in his speech was his surprise and pleasure to discover the strength and love of music displayed by so many young musicians in such a remote country and we were much more remote in 1965, and that there was such a committed infrastructure that made it possible. How did you decide on your name Bear Trio? Silly thoughts around the fact there were three of us a big piano, a medium sized cello and a small violin. It was as mundane as that!' (Goldilocks and the...!) Are you still in touch with the other members of The Bear Trio? Not for many years, but I renewed contact with Chris and Mark a few years ago to ask if they fancied attending our Forty Years On Reunion at Wellington College (Class of 1967). Mark was unable to do so, but Chris was game. He lives on a houseboat on the Seine near Orly Airport. I went over with my wife Catherine (a singer) and we rehearsed a few sonatas on one of their grand pianos, while Catherine and Brigitte walked, talked, and sang and played too. Chris and I played at the school, and performed two other recitals in Havelock North and at Waikato University. Music still features strongly there, because they know what a powerful beneficial force it can be. In 2013, Catherine and I, along with a local drama teacher, produced a Noye's Fludde in our town, using Brendan Smyth ( ), Head of Music & Radio for NZ On Air announced his retirement after 26 years in the role. As a civil servant and master of government bureaucracy, he had the responsibility for the small packet distribution of $4.7M of taxpayer s funds into the local music economy annually. Thirty-something when he became the new NZ On Air s Radio Manager, he is now an impressively youthful 65-yearold Kiwi music industry veteran who is widely held in extremely high regard, in the local music community and also internationally. In 2011, Brendan was made a Member of the NZ Order of Merit (MNZM) for Services to Music. Pedantic about accuracy, he is by any measure a musicologist, has a degree in Philosophy and a deft sidestep, a couple of tattoos and a disturbingly good memory all local talent. We've put on a few fundraising musical events over the years here, all involving young musicians. It's hard work, but very enjoyable. It's a way of paying back the debt I owe to those who supported me and the other Bears and all those other young musicians in Wellington fifty years ago. Recent events? Playing percussion in another production of the Flud de (I lent them my slung mugs and the wind machine I built, and played them!), a recording of Purcell's Dido and Aeneas, and performing three of the best string quartets ever written - late Haydn, late Mozart and early Beethoven. And I enjoy listening to many kinds of music. SIGNING OFF AFTER 26 YEARS BEHIND THE DESK for names and faces. He is also a big music fan who counts many of New Zealand s biggest pop music names as friends; NZ On Air was involved with the likes of Bic Runga and Brooke Fraser, Shihad, OMC, Scribe, Kimbra, Gin Wigmore; The Naked + Famous, the feelers, Opshop and many more before they became household names. Earlier this year, at the Music Managers Forum Music Awards, Brendan was given the Industry Champion Award for Brendan s contribution to New Zealand music is incomparable, being responsible for all music funding given by NZ On Air and helping to develop many of NZ On Air s initiatives that support all artists in New Zealand including NZ Music Month and the funding scheme Making Tracks. Brendan is building a home to eventually retire to in Martinborough and will switch from being a bureaucrat to fulltime music fan. Myles (on violin) and Chris (on piano) perform at the Class of 1967 s Forty Years On Reunion in 2007 If you were invited to go to your perfect chamber music contest, what would you like to hear played? Music that the ensembles enjoy with their hearts and minds and souls: their joy won't fail to touch other hearts, and they will all be winners. Brendan Smyth (left) with Mark De Jong after he was presented with the Industry Champion Award earlier this year. GRAND DESIGNS This limited collector s edition celebrates the architectural achievement of Bernard W Johns ( ), an architect who influenced and changed the architectural landscape of Wellington and its region, for over half a century [see the 2014 Lampstand for full story]. The book contains biographical information, photographs, designs, plans and the stories of those who commissioned works by Bernard Johns. For over five decades, he helped revolutionise the manner in which we all live. The book sells for $65 plus $7.50 (for postage) a total of $ You can pay by internet banking, please deposit into: Kiwibank VA Innes-Jones: with your name in reference field and/or thebachdoctorpress@ vodafone.co.nz for more information and orders.

23 44 45 French lessons learnt by NZ expats LOOKING RIGHT Mark Forgan ( ) and Jamie Standen started their ad careers at Clemenger BBDO Wellington, then six years later moved to the opposite side of the world and became French, at least a little bit. First stop was Y&R Paris, then CLM BBDO Paris. In 2012, the pair left with the ECDs, Jean-Francois Sacco and Gilles Fichteberg, to help them and ex Publicis president Jean- Patrick Chiquiar launch a new agency, Rosapark Paris. Why did you both move to France? We get asked this question almost every day, but there s still no clear answer! We d done about six years at Clemenger BBDO in Wellington and wanted to see a bit of the world. London s a pretty classic move, but we thought we d go a few hundred kilometres further and see what France was like. We didn t have a job lined up when we arrived. We just turned up with our portfolios under our arms, which was pretty naïve in hindsight, but everything worked out in the end - there are worse things than spending the summer months unemployed in Paris. Just as our savings were running out, we got a job at Y&R Paris. That was when they realised we didn t speak French. Was it a culture shock to be working in a French agency? Day to day, for sure. People smoking inside, creatives pitching up to work at 11am, kissing everyone on the cheek when you walked into a meeting - suits, clients, even the dudes. In terms of working in the creative department, we just kept up the habits we d learnt from Duster at Clemenger BDDO: generating lots of ideas as fast as we could, which put a bit of pressure on other teams who were used to presenting one or two ideas at a time. In that respect, the culture shock worked in both directions! So teams work differently in Paris? When we talk about a team presenting one or two ideas, it s not to say they re lazy. It s more that they prefer to craft something up before presenting it, whereas we re still quite comfortable showing squiggles on paper. The emphasis on craft is huge in France. If given the choice between something beautiful with no idea, and a great idea that looks a bit stink, many French creatives would be torn in two. In New Zealand we used to present to the client concepts that were drawn up by the art director does that still happen anywhere? It certainly doesn t here. Where are you working now? After a stint at BBDO Paris working mainly on Pepsi International, we left with the executive creative directors, Jean-Francois Sacco and Gilles Fichteberg, to help them and ex Publicis president Jean-Patrick Chiquiar launch a new agency, Rosapark Paris. To start a fresh agency was a huge challenge, with all hands on the pump trying to win business and grow the agency. It s our first gig as creative directors too, and after the initial year of pitching we had to then get the creative reputation up and visible. The Brother Circus TV commercial was our first experience in the creative director chair and it s had a great response in the international shows we ve entered so far. Is Rosapark more French, or internationally minded? We really try to have the best of both worlds. As we said, one thing we ve learnt from the French is a strong emphasis on craft, and this is something that s really valued at the agency. On top of that, the agency is in a district of Paris that is famous for craft, in terms of things made by hand. On our street there are guys working with brass, people making the plaster moulures that you use to jazz up your ceiling, and around the corner there s Hermès Atelier where they re stitching everything by hand. So the French have given us craft, and in return we gave them BBQ. One of our first acts was to install one on our agency deck, we fire it up every Thursday night. Lamb chops are called côtelettes d agneau in French, which makes them sound flash as. Are your clients mostly French? The majority of them are. Our biggest client is a French urban supermarket called Monoprix who have won a whole lot of design and packaging awards for their own label products. They re always up for creative work. Last year, for example, we changed the supermarket checkout beep when Monoprix branded products were scanned to a sound that represented the product. Milk made a mooo, eggs made a cluck, tissues a sneeze, and so on. But we are working on more and more international accounts, notably Thalys, the trans- European train network, and Brother International, who are based in the UK. What was the agency s first creative success? We created human emoji for our client Innocence in Danger, which turned out to be something people really wanted to see - or not see, they re pretty hideous. They were widely shared around the world. The dog fat pants campaign was in a similar category - a simple image that people loved to see and share. A great image still seems to be an easy, effective way to get someone s attention, including and especially online - the surfer is scrolling at 100kph and you got to stop them in their tracks! Continues on page 45 The Wellingtonian Newspaper interviewed Wellington businessman Tim Brown ( ) about working for Lloyd Morrison, Fringe Festival and being hit by a bus. Are you Wellington born and bred? Almost. I moved here from Christchurch when I was 12 and went to Wellington College and Victoria University. My parents moved on to Auckland, but I had a romantic attachment that kept me in Wellington, so I didn't go. Did that pan out? Well, we're married and still live together and have three children, so I think it was a good call! Was finance always your career goal? I actually wanted to be a journalist. I did economics at Victoria. Out of the 13 in the class, twelve went to work for the Government and I worked in finance. I figured that all businesses require money, so if I learnt about finance I could get a job at The Economist. But I immensely enjoyed it, so I stayed. What do you enjoy about it? I'm quite a challenging sort of person and like pushing boundaries. Finance is dominated by traditional ways of doing things - it worked yesterday so we will do the same thing today. I enjoy the challenge of trying to get people to look at and do things differently. I ve been fortunate to work for people who have allowed me to do that. What was it like working for Lloyd Morrison? He was a genuine visionary. What was inspirational was that he really wanted to make the world a better place, whether it was symbolic, like trying to change the flag, or other things about making Wellington a better place. He was a big pointer. He'd point at you and say, Your job is X. That would most likely be totally different to your other roles. You d end up with lots of different part-time functions that made a full-time role. As Wellington Airport Chairman, what's your view of the runway extension? It would be a tremendously good outcome for Wellington. I can't think of anything else that would have as big an impact. The interesting part is that it's going to require ratepayer and taxpayer money. That creates a challenge, because people are often suspicious about socialising cost, but privatising profit. How that issue unfolds is going to be fascinating and the solution won't be easy. It's something that could stop the extension going ahead. You are also involved with the Fringe Festival. It's a great event. There's a fascinating entrepreneurial aspect to it. The performers don't need much, just help with how to sell tickets or find a theatre and Fringe gives them the template to do that. There were about 1000 people involved last year, who were willing to have a punt and strut their stuff. Sometimes it s truly terrible, but other times you find the next Flight of the Conchords or (composer] Gareth Farr. What's your favourite arts event? I love the opera. It s so well done. I admire it when people haven't just said, Let's just turn up and put on a show. We are little old New Zealand so it s not going to be good anyway. I've seen La Scala in Milan and in Wellington and I thought it was way better in Wellington. What they produce is riveting. What do you love about Wellington? I don t know anyone here who doesn't give something back. I was talking to the Phoenix owners at the game on Sunday. For most of them football isn't their first love, such as Rob Morrison who is super keen on rugby. So why did they get involved? For Wellington. The Wellington City Council has also been fantastic because it will embrace those types of partnerships. Mountain biking is a good example of that. They get funding for the tracks and other infrastructure, but do the work themselves through volunteers. Do you mountain bike? Yes. It's one of the sports you need to do with other people. I've recently joined a group of guys who go riding most Saturday mornings. I've encountered all these new tracks I didn't know existed, especially on Makara Peak. There are tracks there where you can end up on the south coast. If you had your diving gear you could just jump in and catch some crayfish and five minutes later be back in the city. Where else can you do that? In 2012, you were hit by a bus in Willis St. How do you view that now? It was a life affirming moment. The support of the people I know was unbelievable. It made me feel like a very valued person. But I was very fortunate. I'm a naturally inquisitive sort of person, so to experience intensive care in the hospital was interesting in itself. So overall it was positive. You only have a few moments in your life where things go really wrong. Often you learn more about yourself and those around you in those moments. Do you still jaywalk? My wife has become my crossingthe road policeman, so I m not admitting to anything! She was more affected by it than me, so I don't risk it now and cross at the lights. French lessons learnt by NZ expats from page 44 Is it true what they say about long lunches in France? Unfortunately not! People in agencies here have as little time and as many briefs as people in agencies elsewhere. All the stuff about the holidays is true though - Paris in August is actually a ghost town, except for a few tourists. We prefer to work during this time, there s no one in the office to disturb us. So do you speak French yet? Si señor! hang on...

24 46 Endless possibilities for these Oxford academics On page 31, there is mention of three Class of 2005 members who achieved considerable academic success winning scholarships to study at Oxford University. We caught up with the three of them to see what they are up to. Edward (Ed) Stace said, it s amazing to think it's been ten years since I left Wellington College. The photo of the three of us was taken at Zappis Bike Shop and Café oddly decorated with NZ Triathlon and Cycling Kits left over from the 2012 London Olympics. The NZ team were based in Oxford and made Zappis their home base. I'm at Balliol College, just finishing year one of three, reading for a DPhil in Musculoskeletal Sciences. Oxford has been fantastic and the year has flown by with many adventures, conferences and trips. The Balliol, Rhodes Scholar and Oxford student communities are brilliant and I'm very lucky to be here. I'm working as part of a team to design a surgical implant to improve tendon repair rates. Instead of using different chemicals and molecules to influence cell behaviour, we are modifying the surface architecture at the nano-scale to get cells to grow and function more favourably for tendon regeneration. It's a fantastic team and the facilities and equipment we have are really world leading. I rowed for both the Balliol College and Oxford University Lightweight Rowing Club against Cambridge. (This isn't the big race in London but that's the next goal). Sadly we lost our race by only four feet, after six months training and dropping 10kg but it hasn't put me off. I am currently rowing with the Oxford University Boat Club, trying to earn a seat in the Boat Race against Cambridge on the Tideway. It'll be a tough slog through winter to try and make the crew but I'll give it my best shot. The Rugby World Cup has been a great opportunity to catch up with some of the guys who've come from back home and I am certainly looking forward to a trip home soon to catch up with everyone. Max Harris was elected as an Examination Fellow at All Souls College, Oxford in The prize fellowship is one of the world s most competitive and prestigious academic awards. Max, out of Auckland University was selected as a Judge s Clerk for the Chief Justice. He won a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford and with his 2014 prize has had an incredible opportunity to pursue research in any field he wished. The prize gives Max funding for up to seven years to do any kind of writing or research - and at the moment, says Max, I m working on a book project on New Zealand politics. Before this I did Master's degrees in law and public policy. When time permits, I play cricket (at a pretty low level), and social Football and social Touch Rugby. I've also debated for Oxford and done some work for homelessness charities. After completing a Bachelor of Biomedical Science and an MSc at Victoria University, Peter Clark won a Woolf Fisher Scholarship and went to Oxford to study for a DPhil (read PhD) in Organic Chemistry. His final exams are on as this magazine goes to print. Oxford Scholars (L-R): Edward Stace, Max Harris and Peter Clark Peter said, my work has been on designing and making small molecule inhibitors of some proteins implicated in cancer and other diseases, towards boosting understanding about the proteins, and which hopefully leads towards new treatments for the diseases. I am starting a postdoctoral fellowship in Vancouver in November, where I will be doing similar work, but targeting processes that are involved in both cancer and a number of neurological diseases, including Alzheimers and Parkinsons. I have continued playing rugby and powerlifting from my College and University days, but I wasn't able to play rugby in Oxford as my supervisor literally would not let me out to play. I had to try alternative sports that had early training slots - after a year of training, I am still a horrific archer. Instead, for the past three years, I have actually become a Cheerleader (apparently 13 years of lifting locks in the line-out and five years of powerlifting are ideal training for throwing girls up to five-metres in the air). I also ran the College Bar for a year, and made the most of the Oxford social circle. Peter has had a few articles published in international science journals, and also spoke at a few conferences during his Oxford time. [I am sure we will see these three in future Lampstands as their academic studies and career paths develop. Editor]. INTERNATIONAL ACCOLADE A Victoria University student has won an award for research into where the New Zealand Government could be accommodated after a major natural disaster. Master of Architecture student Ben Allnatt's ( ) thesis, Plan B Hive: An outpost in the Hinterland, won the Institution category of the 2014 International Architecture Thesis Awards. Inspired by the 2011 Christchurch earthquake, Ben s thesis proposes an alternative government outpost could be established on the outskirts of Wellington. The Wellingtonian The latest Kiwi ingenuity from Alan Gibbs Businessman Alan Gibbs ( ) company [Gibbs Amphibians] has unveiled three new amphibious concepts a side-by-side off road vehicle (ORV) and two and three-wheel road legal motorcycles. Just like all other Gibbs amphibians, the three new concepts can transition between water and land, in seconds retracting their wheels and switching to jet propulsion at the touch of a button. The side-by-side Terraquad is based on the earlier Quadski platform and adds roof bars and a rear load deck. At 690kg it s heavier than the Quadski but uses the same 104kW engine for a top speed of 80km/h on land and 65km/h on water. Aymon McQuade ( ) was appointed to the Executive Director role with New Zealand Specialty Coffee Association. In recent years, he has been heavily involved with many coffee competitions including the AeroPress NZ Brewers Cup, Huhtamaki NZ Barista Champs as both judge and competitor, and the World Barista Champs in 2012 based in Vienna. The Wellingtonian Newspaper interviewed Aymon about coffee bean origins serving the rich and famous at Notting Hill. How many coffees do you drink a day? Usually three or four, mostly at home. If I go a few days without one I tend to get a headache. Has the coffee industry changed in New Zealand? In the last few years a lot of companies have employed coffee specialists, who have to ensure the quality of coffee. There's a growing number of roasters going directly to the source of their coffee and having a direct relationship with the farmers. The Biski is a two-wheeled motorcycle powered by a twocylinder 40kW engine. It can hustle along at 80km/h on land and, once its wheels are tucked into the aluminium hull, can reach 60km/h on water. The company says it can cope with a rider weighing up to 120kg. The road-legal Triski gets one more wheel, a much more powerful engine and a slightly bigger payload rating. Its turbocharged two-cylinder engine is rated at 100kW, good enough for 135km/h on land. But the three-wheeled design slows it down on water, where its limit is 65km/h. Pictured right with his Quadski, Alan s first vehicle was the What excites you about the industry? It's constantly evolving. There's always a new coffee or people getting involved who are passionate about coffee and about sharing coffee with other people, like I am. What's your favourite way to make coffee? Filtered, with no milk and unadulterated. From the farmer to the roaster there's a lot of work done to create the characteristics in a coffee, so I want to taste them. What's the best way to ruin a coffee? By drinking tea! Do you judge tea drinkers, then? No. I actually work for Bell Tea and Coffee company two days a week. I've worked there 5 1/2 years as a lower North Island sales rep. When I'm at the company's Gravity Coffee headquarters in Auckland, I attend cupping events where you can sample the new teas and coffees. I enjoy trying new and interesting things, whether its beer, wine, food or coffee. Are you Wellington born and bred? 160km/h Aquada sportscar of 2003 and featured in previous Lampstands. Gibbs Amphibians was founded by Alan and pioneers highspeed amphibious vehicle technologies. He has also Yes. I grew up in Plimmerton and have been living in Mt Cook for three years. Before that I lived in Brooklyn, then Hataitai. Where did you train as a barista? On the job. I stayed at Parade Cafe about a year, then worked as a barista in Sydney, and at a wine bar in Melbourne. After that I went to London. I started working in a pretty crummy bar and grill. Then one of the staff started working at Electric House, a members' club in Notting Hill, and she poached me. That was good fun. What was Notting Hill like? I love how eccentric it is. You've developed two high speed amphibious trucks called Phibian and Humdinga. They can be seen on www. gibbsamphitrucks.com 47 Read more on Gibbs Amphibians at THE COFFEE EXECUTIVE got massive state housing blocks on one side and some of the most opulent pieces of real estate in the country on the other. The people associated with each mill around in the same community. I've been to the carnival a few times. It's such a wonderful melting pot of cultures expressing themselves in music, food and dance. Did you serve any celebrities? The Club was mostly for arts people - anyone from actors to screenwriters to casting agents. I saw Elle Macpherson, Kate Moss, Sting and Mick Jagger, but I didn't fawn over them. I just gave them a bit of Kiwi hospitality.

25 48 49 BACK on the road again for Adam Having cycled from London to New Zealand from 2011 to 2013, Adam Glover ( ) has picked up where he left off. Cycling out of Wellington in March this year, on what he says he expects will be another two-year adventure and challenge. Cycling 40,000km from Wellington to Alaska to Argentina while fundraising for the New Zealand Asthma Foundation is the intention. When we caught up with Adam in September, he had just passed the 10,000km mark. His travels so far have seen him cycle from Wellington to Auckland, where he then picked up a ride on a container ship that took him across the Pacific, through the Panama Canal and after 25 days, he arrived in Philadelphia on the West Coast of the USA. His first goal was to then reach the end of the Dalton Highway, (the same road used in the TV programme Ice Road Truckers), the most Northern public road in Alaska and gateway to the Arctic Ocean at Prudhoe Bay. In the States, Adam cycled out through Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota and Montana. On his first day on the road, Adam was invited in by some locals and after dinner, learnt his host was the Amish Mafia. The second day, more locals invited him in for a meal and a bed. This great hospitality has continued. One night Adam was put up in a hotel for free by a local radio station. His most interesting host was when he spent a night with firemen in a local fire station in Montana. It didn't take long for Adam s first snow encounter. While crossing the last mountain pass into Pittsburgh, Adam made the Pittsburgh Tribune after getting caught in a blizzard. The local reporter couldn't believe his eyes when he saw a cyclist coming over the top of the pass while it was snowing. Adam says his close call hasn't been with traffic. It was in Montana where he was left shaking and rather pale after accidentally coming face to face with a rattle snake. Adam s journey has created some interest which has led to a number of live radio interviews and making some North American papers and even radio news bulletins. Adam says he enjoyed crossing the States as it was like a history lesson as he constantly passed places of notable historical events such as Gettysburg and the American Civil War. Having crossed into Canada, his route north took him through British Columbia, Alberta and the Yukon. 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. Adam has had to become very Bear Aware. Especially while camping out. His first real bear encounter came in the Yukon on The Alaskan Highway. He had his trigger on his bear spray after been approached by a black bear on the road. In August, Adam made it to Alaska and after reaching Fairbanks, started the toughest part of his trip so far, cycling the 800km beside the Alaskan Pipeline on the 75% dirt Dalton Highway all the way to Deadhorse. The hills were steep and Adam said he spent more time pushing his bike than ever before, fully laden with two weeks food. At one point, it was 400 km between services. After four days, Adam crossed the Arctic Circle. The mud and rain were the worst part. Rather than drinking his water, he was having to use it to clean his bike, because the gears were jamming up regularly. Snow again found Adam as he crossed Antigun - the highest road pass in Alaska. Despite the tough times it was all worth it, said Adam. The landscape was out of this world and he said, he was travelling slow enough to see a hand full of Caribou. More excitingly, Wolves, Dall sheep, Muskoxen and lots of Grizzly Bears. To mark his arrival, Adam dipped his front wheel and then himself in the very chilly sea. Having reached the Arctic Ocean, Adam is now planning to head to the bottom of South America. This will see him pass through Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica followed by Panama, Columbia, Ecuador, Bolivia, Peru, Chile and Argentina over the next 18 months. You can find out more about Adam s trip at adamglovercycling.com A link to his fundraising page for Asthma can be found here as well. MOVE ENDS INTERNATIONAL CAREER In February this year, New Although the decision closed Zealand allrounder James the chapter on playing for Franklin ( ) NZ again I know I've been signed a two-year deal with incredibly fortunate to Middlesex, a move that have spent over a decade has ended his international being involved playing career. international cricket, and have had some of my James, a veteran of 179 greatest memories and international appearances experiences in cricket for NZ, qualified as a nonoverseas player courtesy of on my cap. playing with the Silver Fern 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 Cricket, Angus Fraser James last represented (also an England selector) NZ in a Test just over two said. At the end of the 2014 years ago. While he has not season we sat down to played an ODI since June analyse our shortcomings 2013, he was part of New and felt that we needed to Zealand's 30 Probables for add quality, consistency the World Cup squad. He and nous to our squad. has relocated to London James will provide this. He permanently with his family is fit, strong and motivated. and acknowledged the He has a lot to offer and decision made has ended continues to perform to a his international career. high level wherever he plays. He replaces Gareth Berg, It will be a nice little the allrounder whose lifestyle change for the retirement through injury whole family, to be based last year left a gaping hole in London for a couple of in the Middlesex team. years, James said. While I'm very honoured Having an Irish grandfather to be joining Middlesex for has enabled James to sign the next few years, I want for Middlesex as a local. to first take my cap off to They will be the fifth county Wellington, for whom he's played for, having I've had a hugely previously enjoyed enjoyable and a decent stint at memorable career Gloucestershire in New Zealand, and shorter James said. It's ones at Essex, been an absolute Glamorgan and privilege to play for Nottinghamshire. Wellington for over 15 years. Talent spotting pays off Rugby fans can thank two ultimately, contest the 2019 World Old Boys, Chris Lendrum Cup and at the same time, fending ( ) and Ben Castle off those offers made by overseas ( ) for securing a clubs and league franchises. number of player contracts to play professional rugby in New Both have been at the forefront Zealand. of contracting the country's elite, liaising with players, Super Head Prefect in 1998, Chris is Rugby Teams, All Blacks Coaches New Zealand Rugby s Player and player agents. They remain Services & Integrity Manager, and confident the majority of New is responsible for managing the Zealand s influential young employment of New Zealand s players will stay loyal to the professional players. He has led black jersey. The attrition and player contract negotiations for movement offshore is a constant the NZRU since 2010 and has part of the game. It's an economyto-scale issue and unfortunately been recently joined in that role by Ben as the Manager of Player for everyone who is a fan of New Relationships. Zealand rugby it's here to stay, said Chris. The ongoing success of the Ben is a former professional rugby All Blacks on the international player. He began his career with stage helps ensure that they the Bay of Plenty Steamers in remain the most attractive 2002 and went on to represent the proposition for young players to Chiefs and the Junior All Blacks. aspire to. Ben left offshore to continue his career in 2008 where he played More recently, Chris has just in Australia for the Western Force returned from the Rugby World and in France for Toulon. He later Cup, having seen the efforts of the joined the Welsh regional team team s negotiation skills come to Newport Gwent Dragons. Ben fruition. I would say the experience retired from professional rugby in there was a wonderful culmination of four plus years of hard work for a large number of people As contract negotiators, Chris and involved with the team. It was very 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,

26 50 51 Singing about Wellington Musician Andrew Laking Why does Irish music appeal? ( ) talks to the I like how it tells a story. It's a very Wellingtonian Newspaper organic music, and so is the music about touring, bad Irish weather scene in Ireland. They tend not to and writing songs about do music courses; they learn off Wellington. other people from a young age. It's passed down through generations You lived in Ireland for ten years. - there's history behind it. Why did you move there? 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 supposed to be for a year for a and learnt a lot. More than change of scene and to see what anything, I became very familiar it was like living in Europe, but I with how it works and functions. stayed for ten years. Your band, Gráda, has toured Have you always been interested extensively. In how many places in Irish culture and music? have you performed? Yes, I studied at the At least 1500 cities. We toured Conservatorium of Music [now for ten years and used to tour New Zealand School of Music] for months on end. One year we and started getting into folk music. were on the road for 220 days. My brother lived in Scotland for a We toured a lot in Europe and the year and came back with lots of United States. Also we toured in interesting songs. I got to know Asia, Australia and New Zealand. some people in Wellington who were involved in folk music and it Does touring get boring? evolved from there. We toured the Netherlands once, and did about 30 shows. It's a tiny country, so we stayed in the same hotel in Amsterdam. Each day we'd being disappointed by how mild drive to a different place and the the winter was. I was keen for a bus would back into the venue. good solid winter. It can be pretty We'd perform and then get back on miserable in winter in Ireland, but the bus. There's really only two or the communities have been built three towns in Holland as I recall. for it. What was it like coming back to Your latest project, The Empire New Zealand? City, is a CD and book of There's not as much music going songs about Wellington. Why on here as in Ireland. But overall Wellington? there's a lot of creativity and music When I moved back here I'd been happening. New Zealand is a immersed in the Irish folk scene small country though, and bands for so long, singing songs about have a shelf life. Small populations Ireland. I turned towards writing make it harder. There's only so songs about where I was living. I many times people can go to didn't set out to write the album, your concert. In Europe, we'd just but I'd written a few songs about pop over to Germany and the Wellington and thought it would demographic multiplied. be interesting to flesh it out and tell the whole story. How does the weather compare? I remember getting back here and The Empire City traces the history of Wellington, from the middle of the 19th Century till the present day. Stories are told through song, text, paintings and photographs and offer a creative insight into the history of life in the capital city. The book includes a CD with original songs by Andrew Laking, and features a number of exceptional guest artists including Bret McKenzie ( ), Riki Gooch, Toby Laing ( ), Norman Meehan and Justin Firefly. The songs are given context by historical notes and illuminated through a number of previously unseen archival photos, and over 20 new paintings by Bob Kerr marks the 150th year since Wellington became the capital of New Zealand a fitting time to release The Empire City. SURVIVOR S BOOK IS A WORLD FIRST Each year nearly 3000 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer in New Zealand, and about 600 die annually. Despite these statistics, this new book Blasted by Seeds by Tom McGrath ( ) the first of its kind in the world to describe brachytherapy treatment from the patient perspective - shows that success can come out of adversity. Based on a personal diary and medical correspondence, Blasted by Seeds covers the period from 2007 when Tom underwent PSA tests and a biopsy to establish the extent of the disease. He then had to select a form of treatment from amongst several options. The story focuses on his choice low dose rate brachytherapy and post-procedural challenges. Major issues in the narrative include coping with unpredicted discovery of a potentially life-threatening disease, having to make decisions with long-term effect based on limited knowledge, and maintaining patience and determination until a point is reached where doctors can confidently advise success. Tom was born and educated in Wellington. After attending Wellington College then university, he embarked on a varied career, including secondary school teaching in the mid 1970s. Following this he worked as a factory inspector, and later as a union organiser and a parliamentary research officer during the period of the Labour Government. From 1988 to 2011, he was an academic staff member at a tertiary education institution and specialised in teaching employment relations and human resource management. He currently works part-time teaching New Zealand Diploma in Business courses at a private training institute. Tom holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) and a Master of Public Policy degree from Victoria University of Wellington, and a Diploma in Business Studies from Massey University. He has written chapters in books about management and human resource management, in the course of his academic work. His recreational interests include Latin dancing, mountain biking and swimming. Tom McGrath, with wife Julia. Blasted by SeedS Tom mcgrath One man s account of diagnosis and treatment for prostate cancer through low dose rate brachytherapy Blasted byseeds Tom McGrath 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 Soft cover, A5, 150 pages. First published June 2015 Writes Hill Press Ltd, PO Box , Wellington. Please purchase orders to lynn@writeshillpress.co.nz Bright young things: 30 aucklanders under 30 going places NZ HERALD THE REPORTER: TVNZ reporter Chris Chang ( ) joined the newsroom three years ago as an intern but quickly rose through the ranks, to make his way onto the company's flagship bulletin. From sports and weather to serious news reporting, Chris has proven he can turn his hand to anything. THE FUNNY GUY: Former yellow Power Ranger Nic Sampson ( ) may be best recognised from his acting roles (most recently as DC Breen in The Brokenwood Mysteries) but his real talent lies in comedy. Selling out the Basement Theatre earlier this year with his show National Treasure, the comedy writer is also behind many of the jokes on Jono and Ben, Best Bits and Funny Girls. He also appears on 7Days.

27 52 53 Putting the smarts where they are needed Honour bestowed on Wellington college s proposed memorial hall architect Adam Davy ( ) may have a pretty good IQ but he's first to admit he has the emotional intelligence of a brick. I have no emotional intelligence except enough to realise that, laughs the Managing Partner of Wellington accountancy firm BDO and head of BDO New Zealand's Advisory. As for his IQ of 160, the clients who know him well describe him more as densa rather than Mensa [the world's largest high IQ society]. It's a fine line - it doesn't indicate anything rationally, it just means I'm somebody who thinks differently. As a result, his clients are often on the receiving end of what he thinks is good but sometimes blunt advice. I don't sugar-coat anything. It's got to be real, the 'if you don't do this then you'll be out of business in five years' time' type stuff. But my clients who know me and get me, appreciate that. And those who don't just shouldn't work with me! Behind his bluntness and his self-confessed lack of emotion though, Adam says it is passion that drives him, and it's as strong today as it was when her first entered the world of accounting 35 years ago. It's about helping the client achieve what they want to do. It's not about bookkeeping. You're helping to solve people's problems, you've got their backs. Most of my clients are the owner of the business, as opposed to being a shareholder in a big business, so it's real to them. I know their kids, I know their families... It's still all about the financial relationship, but I take it personally because I want them to succeed, and I get huge satisfaction from that. Over the past 25 years at BDO, Adam has looked after mostly small to medium-sized businesses that can have up to $80m a year in turnover. They're owned by real people, and the biggest thing you can do for them is get them to the stage where they can exit through succession planning. To see a client cut the apron strings and get their nest egg out of it, to see them succeed while the business continues on is the greatest part of all. As managing partner of BDO Wellington, decision making and problem solving are part of everyday life. Adam says all his problem solving begins at the end. I don't start with the process. I start with the outcome and work my way back - I do the same with a maze puzzle. Some people may fear that I'm a loose cannon because I've gone straight to the answer. I don't do it consciously, I can't articulate the inner why, but it's a principle I've applied throughout my working life, and it works for me. So whenever a client has a problem, I just pick it up and solve it quickly, and it's that buzz of being able to help a client that spins my wheels. Adam was recently named as Xero's Most Valued Partner of the Year He knows his accolade is to do with BDOs around the world following his lead on cloud accounting but he says the award isn't about him. I want the clients to get what they deserve, so I want our BDO partners to realise this is what the way of the future is, and then the clients to be better off for it, that's the true accolade. The son of a banker who was one of the five founding managers of the world's first overnight cheque clearing houses, Databank, Adam says one of the skills he picked up at school was more about footwork than figures. He says because he thought differently, at school it was all about survival. You either got bullied or you had to run fast. Luckily I learned to run fast! Adam never studied accounting at school. I went to Victoria University not knowing what I wanted to do, then I got engaged and I had to get a job. I saw a notice on the board for a tax consultant. I thought everyone hates auditing so it had to be a goer and I'd done my own tax return before. I remember my first day at work. The partner asked me to do journal entries and I said 'what's a journal? But true to form, Adam quickly found his feet, starting with the answer and working his CAN YOU HELP? way backwards. He studied for an accounting degree while he worked at the company that is now BDO but failed five papers, simply because he never finished the first chapter of any textbook. He says he got bored. So he wound up finishing his degree extramurally, becoming a qualified chartered accountant with five Ds to his name. But knowledge still matters to him. The irony is, our motto at Wellington College was Lumen Accipe Et Imperti, which means receive the light and pass it on. At the time I knew what it meant literally but now I know its true meaning, it's about having that knowledge and passing it on to the people around you, and that's exactly what I'm doing. The Dominion Post The 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, ( ). Wellington College Careers Adviser Tel: Mob: e.rosenthal@wc.school.nz The New Zealand Institute of Architects has conferred its premier individual honour, the Gold Medal for career achievement, on Stuart Gardyne ( ), a director of the Wellington firm 'architecture+'. The Gold Medal is the highest level of professional recognition a New Zealand architect can attain. For Stuart, it acknowledges an accomplished career during which he has achieved consistently high standards for and with his clients. In awarding the Gold Medal, the Institute of Architects noted Stuart s generosity to architecture as a profession as well as the wider public realm. Stuart has become an architectural leader as well as an excellent designer, and the profession he so admirably represents has benefitted enormously from his collegiality, intelligence and integrity. He has become a place maker, and his city is profitting from his understanding of its people and its patterns, his sympathy for cultural aspirations and his knowledge of commercial realities, his willingness to test a brief and his eagerness to challenge himself. Tommy Honey, New Zealand architecture critic and commentator, described Stuart as a thoughtful and astute architect who has made a significant contribution to the city of Wellington. I ve always found Stuart to be an extremely generous person his commitment to the city to Wellington is extraordinary. I think the City Gallery is an example of him giving his architecture to the people of Wellington. Stuart, whose work spans residential and commercial projects of all scales, first made a name for himself in the early 1990s with the significant conversion of Wellington Public Library into City Gallery Wellington. He would return to the Gallery in 2006 to design a distinctive extension. Clad in a rusted metal skin, the extension respects the proportions of the original building while meeting the requirements of a modern public art gallery. In the coming years, Stuart will begin a third stage of work that will better integrate the building with Civic Square. A born and bred Wellingtonian, Stuart through his architecture has helped shape the city and its surrounds for close to four decades. Significant projects include the Pataka-Porirua Museum of Arts and Culture, Morrison s Bush Cabin and Ponatahi House in the Wairarapa, the Hutt City administration building, the acclaimed Conservation House and Spark Central in the city and, on the waterfront, the Te Wharewaka o Pōneke-Te Raukura. Stuart grew up in a suburb populated with architecturally designed houses Wilton, in Wellington, and knew he wanted to be an architect from the time he started at Wellington College. His first job out of Architecture School was with the architecture firm Structon Group, where he quickly rose through the ranks to become a director after just five years. In the late 1980s, Stuart established the practice 'architecture+', where he continues to make a name for himself with buildings that respect the people who occupy them and the landscape, whether urban, rural or natural, that surrounds them. Stuart and his company 'architecture+' were awarded the contract to design the new Wellington College Memorial Hall and Performing Arts centre and are looking forward to the culmination of his design at the proposed opening in All in a day s work When Chiefs Assistant Coach Andrew Strawbridge travelled to Samoa as Manu Samoa s Technical Adviser for their test against the All Blacks, he contracted a life-threatening eye infection and it was thanks to Old Boy, Dr David Galler ( ) who saved his life. David has been on a sabbatical from Middlemore Hospital and has been at Samoa s Moto'otua National Hospital, heading their Intensive Care Unit. Andrew s family subsequently set a Givealittle appeal for specific medical equipment for the hospital's intensive care unit, saying that by supporting Dr Galler and his 'wonderful ICU team it would make it much easier to continue their amazing, compassionate work. The money raised (around $64,000) will help to buy medical equipment for the unit including a computer, syringe pumps, an echo machine, airways equipment, a dialysis machine, a vital signs transport monitor, and a portable oximeter. David was formerly Principal Medical Advisor to the Minister of Health and Clinical Director of Acute Care at Middlemore Hospital. He then moved to Samoa with his new passion advancing intensive care in Samoa, working as a volunteer. His expertise has made so much improvement in the emergency needs of the ICU. He has worked well with the nursing staff who have admitted to being exposed to a whole new range of experience especially with the emergency attention given to Manu Samoa, said National Health Services, Chief Executive Officer, Leota Laki Sio.

28 54 55 The Wellingtonian Newspaper interviewed Radio New Zealand's Spectrum presenter, Jack Perkins ( ) in March. Was radio your first career choice? No. When I left Wellington College I was a trainee draughtsman in the Ministry of Works. They built drains and roads. I was in the civil design part, building big concrete structures. I was bloody awful at it. So you left? Yes. A friend of mine worked in radio and knew I was a classical pianist. He suggested I could be a music programmer for the New Zealand Broadcasting Service. We called it record shuffling. It would've been one of the few places to be involved with music in I thought I'd give it a year and I'm still here after 66 years. What was it like working in radio in the 1950s? It was like joining the priesthood. You were joining a club of people who were misfits in a way. Some were amazingly talented, but they didn't fit in as bank tellers, insurance agents or shopkeepers. Some were a bit eccentric, but good fun to be around. Radio was something of a haven for gay people. Somebody said to me, 'You're going to work in that queer outfit! It wasn't something a straight teenage cricket player should do. What did your parents think? My father was a coal miner who came out from England in 1950, when I was 10. He had the typical attitude of many of his era. When l said I'd be playing around with records, he said Lad, that's not a proper job. In those days work had to be dangerous, dirty and unpleasant. Otherwise it wasn't proper work. Did you enjoy creating the programmes? At the start. The exciting work was when you were responsible for recording the symphony concert at the Town Hall. But there was no news or spoken report. It was music and it had to be a specific kind so you didn t ruffle the feathers of people straight out of bed having their breakfast. Gradually I became dissatisfied working in the sound desk, so I went to Victoria University and studied Political Science and Philosophy. I came back and ended up in the spoken programmes. How did Spectrum start? In 1972, I helped Alwyn Owen set up the programme. He retired in the mid-1990s but I'm still here. I ve been able to travel all around the country and overseas. It's essentially a human interest programme, portraying life and humans in New Zealand. I never applied for a job after Before that I was applying for radio jobs every week. Any particularly memorable stories from Spectrum? In 1974, I was doing a programme in Fiordland with Don Merton, a leading activist in saving rare birds. His team thought the last kakapo in the wild was in Sinbad Valley. They wanted to catch the bird and transport it to Maud Island, which is pest-free. We found the bird, then Don suggested I feed it a piece of cabbage. I pulled myself up to the hide (a wooden structure from which to view the bird). On one side was a drop of about 3000 feet - frightening! As I put the cabbage on top of the hide, the bird went for it, but bit my hand, so I pulled it down. There was a squawk and a flutter, then dead silence. I had visions of this last kakapo in the world splattered on the rocks below. What did you do? I sat there feeling utterly miserable for 20 minutes. Then the bird reappeared somewhere on the other side. It had got a shock, gone away and sulked. Later on we found there were a whole lot more birds on Stewart Island, but that was the most miserable 20 minutes I ever encountered on Spectrum. How do you find your stories? Murder, blackmail and arm twisting. No, not really. There's no one source. I read newspapers and people send in ideas. Why have you stayed with Spectrum so long? I felt I was contributing something valuable to the history of New Zealand. It's not about hard news, current affairs or controversy. That's covered by Morning Report. We're at the other end of the spectrum. We're about the oddball, the unusual, colourful people and quirky personalities. We welcome the person with strong opinions and strong personalities. Do you count yourself as an oddball? No, I'm a pretty average kind of person. I live in suburbia in Karori and enjoy watching a bit of rugby and cricket. You used to play cricket? That's right. I played senior cricket for 30 years, and was a medium paced bowler. I still love cricket. I've written a cricket book and I've written a bit of poetry, too. Do you think about retirement? All the time, but I do very little about it. I'm 75 in September. I only work five hours a day in the week and might make a recording in the weekend. I don't travel as much as I used to because three of us cover the country. I do the lower North Island. I can't keep going forever, but am still on top of the game - even though I'm sounding a bit old. We followed up with Jack, after this was published to get an update. Jack responds, I ve retired from RNZ since the interview, completing 56 years in radio and 43 with Spectrum. I was afraid that I would pine for work after all those years but I m delighted to report that I don t miss it one bit. I love sleeping in and doing little of great consequence, I recommend it. Thinking back, it was a similar story when I gave up cricket after playing over 40 years, I had no trouble filling my weekends. It s strange how habit can prevent us embracing change. 'I ve done this many times before' seems preferable to 'I ll try something different'. Hanging up his lab coat after 50 years Piecing together dozens of skeletons, helping to design and build the Coastal Ecology Laboratory, rounding up 15,000 rogue bees - Alan Hoverd s ( ) 50 years with Victoria University could never be described as ordinary. The University s Coastal Ecology Laboratory was practically Alan's second home, where he kept marine specimens, maintained equipment and conducted his own research. But after five decades he s ready to hang up his lab coat and farewell the university that gave him many skills, experiences, friends, memories and tasks that Westpac's new CEO, David McLean ( ) was drawn home from the bright lights of New York City by the allure of his dream job back in New Zealand. Unusually for the leader of an Australian-owned bank, David is a New Zealander. Since graduating from Victoria University, David started as a lawyer in private practice, then worked as in-house counsel at a bank, before morphing into a banker, specialising in the debt capital markets. So far, the highlight has been his current role as CEO of Westpac New Zealand. It is a big job, with an organisation and people he knows well, and with the potential to make a positive difference to the New Zealand economy. David has been with Westpac for 15 years, he says ranged from the sublime to the ridiculous. It was a very different era when Alan arrived at Victoria as a 16-year-old in He walked out of Wellington College straight into Victoria s Zoology Department as the University s first technical trainee. From his second day, when he found the laboratory s human skeleton sitting in his chair wearing his lab coat, it was apparent that this was no average working environment. The young Alan kept undergraduate laboratories in top condition, looked after the two tuatara and in-house rodents and prepared It s good to touch the green, green grass of home and previously headed up the bank's New Zealand institutional, private and wealth management businesses. While based in New York heading up Westpac's institutional Americas division, he said he had kept close tabs on the bank's local operations and on New Zealand in general. When you're overseas, you get together with other Kiwis for a drink pretty regularly, find all the bars that have the rugby on TV, and stay in touch with the news, he said. Coming home was not a difficult decision, said David. New York was an amazing place to live. I think it did change me in some ways. But there's nothing like coming home to New Zealand, even just arriving at the airport. The light is brighter, the grass is greener. fish, rats and other animals for class dissections. As the general dogsbody, he also made coffee for the technicians morning tea. This meant boiling water in the billy that rested on an asbestos mat over a Bunsen burner. He always washed the billy thoroughly beforehand, as it was likely he d boiled items like cats heads in it earlier, while preparing teaching specimens. Alan had always shown an artistic talent, and in an age where publications relied on hand-drawn images, his skills were soon put to good use. He drew and painted illustrations that were used as teaching aids, and many others were published in local and international books and journals. Early in his career, Alan was afforded extra training opportunities in glassblowing, metalwork and histology, as well as time to study at Wellington Polytechnic, and then London University College on a Queen Elizabeth II Scholarship, while working at the Central Veterinary Centre in Surrey. He rose through the ranks, becoming a Technical Team Leader who manages staff servicing undergraduate teaching laboratories and coordinates the technical side of things, to keep things running smoothly. He has also been involved with a few University committees. The animal skeletons he has worked on - sharks, orangutans and rodents among them, are testament to some of his many skills. Armed with surgical instruments and taxidermy books, Alan pieced skeletons together, bone by bone, for research and teaching. One time, an iguana skeleton arrived in a shoe box from Australia, in hundreds of pieces. Needless to say it was a challenge to get that accurate and to this day I have no idea if the vertebrae are entirely in the right sequence. As a founding member of the University s civil defence team, he was involved in setting up a flying fox for a training exercise in 1979, which whizzed from the Easterfield building rooftop to the Rankine Brown building. His ability to find unusual tasks has not waned in his later years. In January this year, he was a key player in rounding up and relocating 15,000 bees that had found a home in the walls of a University building. Despite this, Alan feels he is now ready to step back from Victoria. I ll miss the students and my colleagues and all the interesting and highly qualified individuals, but I think 50 years is a good innings. Victorious Magazine Victoria University

29 56 It's all about yachting 57 Operatic opportunities on offer Tenor Jonathan Abernethy felt I'd get into it and find out ( ), 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 found myself. It came with such a big shock, 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. doing is really right. It will open up more doors and help push me to Intermittently, for love of it, he the next level. took singing lessons with local teacher Lesley Graham. It was He will travel overseas and will 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-theshower and turn up. figure out what's best for me. At the time of his win, Jonathan 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 Melbourne season of Falstaff. off, with Graham's blessing, to Such a great production, he said. the NZ Singing School in Napier, Fenton is the real deal. a residential school held every two years and with Dame Kiri Jonathan has travelled a long Te Kanawa - who later met way, musically, from primary and helped him - as one of the years in the St Mark's Church patrons. School Choir and teenage years 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 relationship with the Music School, which might have been Department. I'd get caught up with too much, and especially with my rowing and wouldn't be around. I attitude. It was great fun. Most always treated the musical thing of the singing I'd done in New as a hobby. I wanted to keep Zealand was at the singing school. music as something I enjoyed, not a subject I might not enjoy any There were prizes. He won an more. If I felt like doing it today, I'd Opera Australia award that do it today. I was an irritant in the allowed him to travel to Sydney music department. and watch a rehearsal in the Sydney Opera House. It was Dutifully, at the end of his school pretty exciting, my first time in career, he put his love of music the Opera House. On the last day on the back-burner and settled the company called me up and down at Victoria University to asked if they could hear me sing. finish a BCom ready for an IT I thought I might get on the radio career. I liked computers and but I wouldn't make much of a splash. I was getting over the whole awesome experience of being in the Opera House and meeting people I'd only heard about. They included the show's artistic director, who came over and said, 'just wondering when you can start'. He could hardly believe what he was hearing, but a year later he was living in Sydney and in Opera Australia's Moffatt Oxenbould Young Artist Programme. As soon as they made the offer I thought they're not going to ask twice. It's a good time to do it. I'm young, I can come back to IT; that stuff doesn't change. I was, like, 'this is a good time and an incredible opportunity'. I just have to go as hard as I can for as long as I can and get as far as I can. In his two years with Opera Australia, he has played Don Ottavio in Oz Opera's Don Giovanni, Ruiz in Il Trovatore, Normanno in Lucia di Lammermoor and been a soloist in Opera Australia's Greatest Hits at the Sydney Opera House. In retrospect, his first year started quite small but in my mind it was massive. They gently built things up. There's always been help and support - and being thrown in the deep end would have been horrific. His mum and dad - a Wellington interventional cardiologist - travelled to Melbourne to see him perform as Fenton alongside Warwick Fyfe as Falstaff. His parents, he says, are stoked" by his far-from-it turn of career. Singing, he says has been amazing as a hobby, but it's even better now. I just love it. I was missing out a lot when it was just a hobby. "Opera Australia has been phenomenal. Now, with the award, I've got the opportunity to go away and focus on getting a really high standard, step back and take stock of what areas I can improve on and know how I want to go forward as a singer." The Dominion Post Geoff Stagg s ( ) resumé includes wins in the Sydney Hobart race (three times), the Kings Cup in Spain, Japan Cup, One Ton Cup in Belgium, Kenwood Cup in Hawaii, line honours in The Fastnet and many more including watch captain in the late Sir Peter Blake s Whitbread Round the World racer Ceramco. Geoff grew up in Eastbourne. The Stagg family home was just a short sprint from the Muritai Yacht Club and where the young Geoff began to make a name for himself as a young man in a hurry. He raced to win and took no prisoners. Fair, but tough! After progressing through the very junior classes, Geoff found success in New Zealand and Australia in the Cherub Class, a hard chine, 12 foot plywood dinghy, a class originally designed by the then rapidly emerging Auckland designer John Spencer who, throughout the 1960s and 70s promoted hard chine, plywood yacht design and construction. Geoff raced his yacht Whispers, at a time when the Cherub Class was at its peak and was attracting many of the top young sailors in New Zealand. It was a fine training ground for the young sailor from the eastern bays of Wellington. This was all happening during the late 1960s, about the same time that Chris Bouzaid took New Zealand sailing skills to Heligoland and demonstrated to the world in general that Kiwis can sail! Geoff was typical of many young New Zealand yachtsmen who were inspired by Bouzaid s success and he too, set his sights on distance racing driving man. Wrote Blake, in a bigger yacht. The keel yacht 'Staggy was an automatic choice dream became an obsession! (for one of two watch captains), who would be responsible for In 1974, a short film was made the performance of the boat, 24 The Hum on the sailing legend hours of every day because of his and his yacht Whispers. Directed nature, ability and track record. by Tony Williams and written by He was one of New Zealand s Martyn Sanderson, the doco was best known skippers in his own a paean to the lure of sailing, right, with boats such as the focusing on Geoff s colourful Spencer designs Whispers II and ABOVE: The Glory Days - Geoff Stagg drives Ceramco with the rest of his watch back in the Members Stand. BELOW: Geoff (2015). personality, and his veteran Whispers of Wellington and then ocean-racing crew, as they took the Farr design Granny Apple. on the Wellington to He d won the 1973 Auckland Kapiti Island and down to the Suva race in Whispers II. He Sounds race. Fortunately for the might have a bit of trouble fitting film they delivered on reputation. in under me, but I was sure that Dolphins, Strait squalls, could be overcome. streaking, ciggies, and some fierce 70s moustaches were all in Peter Blake was correct. Geoff a weekend s sailing. Stagg was all he had hoped he would be as a watch captain and In the book, Blake's Odyssey exceptional helmsman. by Peter Blake and Alan Sefton (about the round the world race Geoff s ability to set a boat with Ceramco New Zealand), up for racing, as well as his Geoff, (who was then 33) was helming and winning attitude to described by Peter Blake as a anything he undertook, caught proven performer and a hard- the attention of Bruce Farr and Russell Bowler. Not too long after the Ceramco New Zealand adventure, Geoff packed his bags and headed to Annapolis, Maryland, USA to join the Farr Yacht Design organisation. He rapidly became President of Farr International, the sales arm of Farr Yacht Design for 23 years. In mid-2005, Geoff purchased Farr International, changing the name to Stagg Yachts Inc., running the class management of the Farr 40, Mumm 30 and Farr 395 programmes. Stagg Yachts also run the sales and marketing of the Farr Yacht Design boat products Mumm 30, Farr 36, Farr 395 and Farr 40 and the boat brokerage and project management services for which the company has become famous. Geoff told us recently, that his time is still spent managing the F40 Class as well as running top regattas for the owners - in particular, the Rolex 40 World Championships. He reckons he is up for one more One Design project (body willing) and still has a number of ideas to put forward. I still manage to visit New Zealand, at least one a year, said Geoff. It's such a great country and the recent All Blacks victory received fantastic international and prime-time coverage - all good publicity for our country. It s been quite a journey all the way from Wellington, New Zealand to Annapolis in the United States of America for the wavy-haired lad who left a very full chapter of sailing history in New Zealand.

30 58 59 KARATE KUDOS With over 30 years of martial arts training, Kyoshi Tony Gaeta ( ) has become one of New Zealand s leading exponents and teachers in Seido Karate. Having trained under Grandmaster Kaicho Tadashi Nakamura (the founder of Seido Karate) numerous times over the years, Kyoshi Tony has brought a wealth of knowledge and ability to his dojo and its students. Having trained in Seido Karate while also studying at Wellington College made Tony [pictured right] a prime example of how Seido Karate would help shape student s future health and wellbeing for the better. Kyoshi Tony started his training in 1982 and obtained his Shodan (1st Dan black belt) in July Since leaving College, Kyoshi Tony spent close to 15 years overseas as a professional musician, giving him the opportunity to continue his journey in the martial arts while touring. South East Asia (Indonesia, Malaysia, China, Singapore, Thailand, Korea, and Japan) and the Middle East (The Kingdom of Bahrain, Abu Dhabi and Dubai) became a familiar home over the years. Kyoshi Tony Gaeta was promoted to a 5th Dan in the World Seido Organisation in July Although Kyoshi has won many tournaments both overseas and throughout New Zealand, he feels his biggest achievement in the martial arts apart from opening his own school, has been and continues to be the donations given through fund raising efforts which his dojo has done over the last nine years, with close to $100,000 given away to those less fortunate. This year alone, $15,000 was donated to the Wellington Children s Hospital with whom South Wellington Seido Karate now has a long term relationship. Seido Karate not only offers a balance of fighting techniques along with a confidence building mindset but also complements any other sports in which students might be involved. Kyoshi Tony has passed on his teaching skills to many over the years from current All Blacks and Hurricane players to top football, hockey, and netball players to even Joe Ulberg (seven-time Mr New Zealand bodybuilding champion). Kyoshi Tony has also spent time providing his skills with the Indonesian Army (in Indonesia) along with overseas and local private security companies. The Wellington College programme falls under the South Wellington Seido Karate dojo. All students who start the college programme will be allowed to train at the main dojo free of charge. The dojo is located at 469 Adelaide Rd, Berhampore. Visit co.nz for more information. Tony also runs lunchtime classes for Wellington College students and the classes are well attended. Just recently, South Wellington Seido Karate took out one of the top awards at the Wellington Airport Community awards which were hosted by the Mayor. They were selected from over 600 nominations and took out the 'Highly Commended' award for Sports and Leisure for outstanding contribution to the community. GAME DESIGNER LOOTS THE MUSEUM New Zealand born, Malta-based video game designer and writer Pippin Barr ( ) 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 University of Malta. PUTTING HIMSELF IN ANOTHER PADDOCK A passion for science over 34 years has seen scientist Peter Lorentz ( ) continue seamlessly as his industry has moved from a practitioner's art to a factory. He's not being negative about that change - he's a self- proclaimed techie at heart who loves his toys (while still adhering to the six-digit seriousness of the value of his company's equipment). There's nothing better than taking possession of a new toy that is capable of so much more than its predecessors, he says. We have had a local automation company design us a prototype for folding filter papers. It sounds simple but that's us dipping our toes in the water of automation. We've asked the same company to explore options for automating our soil preparation, because this part of our operation is very ergonomically unfriendly for our staff. Technology makes everything we do so much quicker and easier and yet we've gone from employing just three people in 1981 to 33 permanent staff in Scanning technology will be next, but I'll be watching that from the outside. Peter retires from full-time employment at the end of November after working for Analytical Research Laboratories (ARL) in Napier for 34 years. He was one of three founding principals and shareholders. His official job titles have ranged from Senior Analyst ( ), General Manager ( ), Business Development and Technical Manager ( ) to Technical Director (2003-November 2014). In the early days, ARL analysed agricultural residues in fruit, vegetable and animal tissue to satisfy the demands of the MAF Agricultural Compounds Unit for product registration. Customers included the likes of Bayer, Monsanto, Nufarm, Rhom and Hass and Ciba Geigy. It also did fats and oil analysis for major shareholder NZ Portside Storage. It was a tough start and the company made a loss for the first few years, but one short stretch of seasonal work in 1985 turned the business around. The northern hemisphere market, which was mainly the US, put a nil chlorpyriphos residue requirement on kiwifruit. We were the only people set up at the time to do the work. The NZ Kiwifruit Authority (as it was then) didn't have the infrastructure to separate the fruit destined for America so we tested every orchard's fruit. It was a frantic five or six weeks work but it was hugely profitable and turned us around. It meant we could buy a couple of new pieces of scientific equipment to plug a couple of holes and from then on the business just picked up steam. There was steady food and beverage work from Hawke's Bay companies such as Wattie's and Grower Canneries (McCain's) as well as a growing number of wineries. That work was more aligned to ARL than the work from NZ Portside Storage which was not a good fit with the overall business. It didn't have a very good fit with the business and we weren't making a lot of money from it. The business had been heading down a more agricultural pathway and after some due diligence, East Coast Fertiliser became the majority shareholder. Shortly after that (after a merger) Ravensdown became the majority shareholder. In 1989, Peter sold his shares to Ravensdown, which began a joint-venture with AgResearch. The following decade was a rapid growth phase for the company with total annual revenue increasing from less than half a million dollars to $1.8 million. Once we had momentum, things started to fall into place. Through the early 90s our workload and profitability continued to increase dramatically. We had outgrown our Lawn Road premises and financing a shift to here [Awatoto] was a no brainer. We were doing 8500 soil tests at Lawn Road out of a potential 36,000 to 40,000. When Rodney Green took over as Ravensdown's CEO he asked me to do a five-year strategic plan and I incorporated all of Ravensdown's soils into the mix. The economies of scale of incorporating all Ravensdown's soil work allowed expansion to a greenfields site and a purpose- built facility. The capital expenditure brief was for under a million dollars. Pretty much $999,999 later this building was conceived. We went ahead and haven't looked back. We became the biggest soil lab in the country. The new laboratory was opened at Awatoto in We'll be doing about 70,000 soil tests this year. That scale of work has allowed us to invest heavily in state-of-theart equipment, automation and mature IT systems. Since 2003, ARL has been a fully owned subsidiary of Ravensdown and more recently (2014) it has become a business unit within the cooperative - stepping away from its historic ties with pesticide residue work and also the food and beverage sector, and into a seamless high throughput analytical system. It has been very satisfying setting up methodology and taking advantage of new business opportunities that made us grow. After 34 years, Peter says he's putting himself in another paddock by reinventing himself as an agrology consultant, providing nutrient budgets and farm nutrient management plans. But with a bach in Mahia and a love of fly fishing, hunting, painting, woodwork and cycling, he says he doesn't want to be time poor anymore. Stuff.co.nz

31 60 What makes Wellingtonians laugh? Comedian Raybon Kan ( ) is Wellingtonian to the core, but that doesn't mean he doesn't have a few issues with the place. He is an alumnus of St Mark's Church School, Wellington College, and Victoria University, and his first job was at The Dominion, as it then was. He has been named best comedian twice in both North & South and Metro magazines. He has toured Europe, Canada, and Australia multiple times, but was back in Wellington recently to provide laughs to his audience. Where is your favourite city to perform? Montreal, because it is a comedy city and the people there know how to look after comedians. I am always treated very special there, like an upstairs person. And your least favourite? By contrast, I have been treated like a downstairs person every time I have been to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Last time I was there, everything went wrong. My venue fell over and suddenly all my publicity was wrong, and I got foot problems because of the cobblestones. It was so hot, but Old Boys University (OBU) is one of New Zealand s largest senior rugby clubs. With first class facilities including our artificial training surface at Boyd-Wilson Park, expert coaching and the best social spirit in Wellington rugby, there is something for everyone keen on enjoying their rugby. WCOBRFC was founded in 1897 and teamed up with VUWRFC in 1991, creating a strong, vibrant, club rugby environment. OBU is the current Premier and they didn't expect it to be hot, so there was no air conditioning. It was so unpleasant I wouldn't even think about it romantically. How would you describe your comedy? I was into debating at Wellington College, so my thing has always been disagreeing with stuff. Looking for something that's wrong with a system and dwelling on it. It's not necessarily a constructive approach, but it's how I'm wired: the glass-half-empty approach. What is wrong with NZ systems? Take, for example, everyone starting work at the same time. That's the whole reason there's traffic. The cars are all lemmings. They are just doing it because someone else is doing it, even though the result is the opposite of getting anywhere. Think how smooth everything would be if we all just started at different times. And why do we do it? Just because. I really think no-one gets more than three hours' work done a day anyway. After the coffee, after reading the paper, after all the wandering around, that's all anyone is really doing. So people could just fit that in. I think a lot of it is attendance and being there to meet people. Premier Reserve Champions and has eleven Old Boys in its Premier team with many more involved with the Club. We also boasted Senior Premier A Debating Team 1984 Back: Michael Heron, George Laking, Mr Martin Vaughan Front: Andrew Howman, Anatoly Frusin, Raybon Kan What would you change about Wellington? My first thought was Chinese food. But no, the weather is just unforgivable. The solution to Wellington would be a dome a perspex dome with occasional openings for planes. Then Wellington would be habitable, lush, and the trees would be straight. I also think it's weird with Te Papa that you would have a storehouse of irreplaceable Jubilee cup comes home four NZ U20 team players in To find out more, the Club Rugby Development Officer, treasures right next to the water, on a fault line! What makes a Wellingtonian audience laugh? The Wellington I experience is a very progressive, good-hearted, conscientious, liberal, educated population. To get Wellingtonians to laugh at something cruel can be hard. It always takes a few steps. The Dominion Post Dave Trapper Loveridge, dave. loveridge@rugbyroad.co.nz and get your 2016 rugby in motion now. OBU survived a dramatic Marist St Pats comeback before winning a tense Wellington Club final at Porirua Park. The win ended a Jubilee Cup drought that stretched back to 1966 when University lifted the Trophy, and erased the heartbreak of the merged club's only other finals appearance in 2002 when they lost to MSP. Artistic director wins award New Zealand dancer, bringing his latest aerial Haka group; and when he was six he trained choreographer and theatre production, Tiki 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 Tanemahuta Gray ( ) was the winner of the AMP People s Choice Scholarship. stage. Tiki Taane Mahuta, follows his first aerial production, Māui - One he trained both in ballet and contemporary dance. He says a highlight of his dancing career was when he auditioned to be a part of the Around 32,000 New Zealanders voted during the threeweek voting application on Facebook with 2,200 applicants applying and the top five applicants competing for the $10,000 prize and scholarship title. Man Against the Gods, which was showcased in Christchurch in The show is a blend of strong narratives, a fusion of Māori martial arts, contemporary dance, hip-hop, aerial theatre and soundtracks from Tiki Taane s album, Past, Argentine theatrical troupe, De La Guarda, which is one of the world s best aerial theatre companies. Tanemahuta was selected as one of the 14 performers from 1800 applicants, and he performed in the London season of the shows. He spent five years working with De La Guarda This year, the public were behind Tanemahuta and his vision for Tiki Taane Mahuta. I think it gives confidence just to know that the community felt that it was a really worthwhile social wellbeing kaupapa. Present, Future and In The World of Light. In Tiki Taane Mahuta. Tanemahuta is a seasoned arts performer, dancing for 36 years. From the age of four, he and his siblings were immersed in kapa haka on four different continents and he says it was there that he learnt the necessary skills of aerial theatre. Tanemahuta currently lives in Waikanae with his wife, Yumiko Olliver-Gray and their three tamariki. This brings Tanemahuta a step closer to and they belonged to the Ngāti Pōneke Kapa Wellington poet's tribute to netball greats Watching netball on the small Sandra Edge, you stole kitchen television with his mother my mother away is a stand-out memory of Mark with each neat pass Pirie's ( ) childhood. After the success of his cricket and rugby poetry collections, Mark has gone back to his roots with a collection of netball poems, titled 12 Netball Poems. Sports-mad, Mark has many hats. He works as a poet, writer, literary critic, publisher, anthologist and editor. I used to watch netball with my mum a lot. She after dinner. The poem by Bill Sutton was sent to The Wellingtonian as a reply to Mark's poem about Maria Tutaia, published the week before. Though sports poetry might sound strange to some, Mark said it was a way to entertain people and acknowledge the hard work of sports people. was really into sport, so I got the sports bug from her as well as my grandfather, Mark said. Mark wanted to celebrate the game and paint a portrait of some players with his collection. Netball was a good sport to write poems about The poetry is a way of bringing out small attributes of the game that people might not have seen before in that context. His grandfather, Tommy Lawn, played rugby for Sydenham Football Club and Technical Old Boys in Christchurch and College Rifles in Auckland. because the movement of the game was like a dance, he said. Netball is like ballet in that there's a lot of balance involved and a lot of skill with the athletes moving around the court. It's a hard game to play and I tried to bring that Hopefully they think it's an interesting way of seeing something. Mark is working on a full-length biography on his grandfather, Tommy Lawn, telling the story The netball poetry collection features twelve poems, eleven written by Mark, and a poem about Irene van Dyk written by Bill Sutton that was published in The Wellingtonian. out in the poems. His poem about former Silver Fern Sandra Edge stands out to Mark because he talks of his rugby and business career. 12 Netball Poems is available from about his mother watching the game: 61

32 62 63 organ-ised playing 24-year-old Thomas Gaynor under Douglas Mews. He is ( ) from Wellington currently pursuing his Doctorate 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 Living the dream Jerram Hill ( ) wrote to us from the USA, espousing the opportunities and experiences for young New Zealanders contemplating living there. I was attending Auckland University (Bachelor of Health Studies) and managed to qualify for a Study Programme abroad ending up at the University of California, Irvine - a great school located in Orange County, California. I lived off-campus on Newport Beach and spent the majority of the year playing for the UCI rugby team an amazing experience. The team really became the focal point of my free time, which included training almost every day, lots of social events, and even holidays to lake houses and even a trip to Las Vegas. It was like I was living in a movie! One way to describe the standard of rugby in America is 'developing'. Even though some of the oldest university clubs in America are rugby clubs, the majority of players are not brought up playing rugby or throwing a ball around like New Zealanders are. Consequently, the natural flair and ease of play is hard to find here and players almost have to 'force' how they play, if that makes sense. I returned to New Zealand and completed a oneyear Postgraduate Study (Postgraduate Diploma, Public Health, graduating with Merit) then headed back to California to work. All New Zealand and Australian graduates of Universities can spend a year working in the United States in the year immediately following graduation, which is what I am doing at the moment. Initially it was pretty difficult to find any suitable work. The majority of antipodeans come over here just on a visa to experience living and working abroad but don't tend to work in professional or career jobs. For the first six months all I could find was working at a health food store. However, things fell into place and I was fortunate to secure a great job with a tech startup company called RFSpot, Inc. We work on indoor mapping and other radio frequency-related services using robotics. Thanks to a bit of networking with a fellow Touch Rugby team member I met the previous year, he ended up employing me into his company. In due course, I am hoping that the company will sponsor me for a long-term visa. I can certainly recommend the opportunity for fellow and younger alumni to investigate the opportunity to take up further study and/or work abroad after graduating in New Zealand. This is one of the best experiences I have had to date. The opportunity has opened up many doors for me, and notwithstanding, including playing for the USA in the Touch Rugby World Cup earlier this year in Australia. LOOKING AFTER THE BEST INTERESTS OF STUDENTS Paul Hunt ( ) has been elected as the 2015 President of the Otago University Students Association. His previous role with OUSA was their Financial Officer. He has served on the executives of both the Otago University Debating Society and the Society of Otago Law Students. Paul completed his LLB/BA(Hons) degree in Paul s responsibilities include making the important decisions that 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. 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. NZ selection makes up for nrl loss The pain of losing such a dramatic ARL grand final is something Jordan Kahu ( ) is struggling to overcome. As a rookie selection, Jordan Kahu was thankful that the tour to England with the New Zealand League Team (the Kiwis) helped him move on from the Broncos' heart-breaking loss in the NRL grand final. Jordan played on the wing in that dramatic defeat to the Cowboys a few weeks ago and he said it's something he may never move on from. However, he feels getting to play footy again might help. It's probably going to haunt me for the rest of my life, he said. Jordan played on the wing or at centre for the Broncos this season, featuring in 22 games and scoring nine tries and has been lined up as Justin Hodges' replacement on the right edge. Jordan, who had two serious knee injuries in 2011 and 2012 says physically he's feeling fine and good to go. Field goals don't come around often for Jordan Kahu, but when they do they're usually of significance. In the second test against England, he kicked a field goal to confirm the Kiwis' win over England and the 24-year-old said the last one he did was when he was a youngster. I think the last one I took was at the end of College, Jordan said. His kick at the Olympic Stadium four minutes from time, meant victory was out of England's reach and the series would go down to the final test in Wigan at the time of going to print. Best foot forward for long arm of law Wellington 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. Constable Richard Lavin ( ) was among the 76 recruits who graduated from the Royal New Zealand Police College in Porirua earlier this year, and has joined the Wellington police. The 31-year-old was working at the Wellington City Council in the building consents department when he had a career-change epiphany. He said was inspired by footage of the emergency response to Hurricane Sandy, the 2012 super-storm that ripped through the north-eastern United States. I had been watching it on YouTube - the facade fell off a building and all these police officers, fire engines and ambulances came flowing in and I thought it would be kind of cool to be in that job. Richard has competed in the Korean martial art form taekwondo at national and international level, as part of national, Oceania, and Asian tournaments. He has been studying the martial art for 18 years and first began competing at a national level while at Wellington College. He is currently ranked a fourth dan black belt - the highest title is ninth dan - and said he would continue his training, which was on the backburner while he was at the Police College. He attended the 2005, 2007 and 2009 World Championships, and was awarded a Gold Medal in 2009 in the special techniques category - using jumping and flying techniques to break boards with different parts of his body. But his first task with Wellington police will be staffing the booze buses. He did not think his superiors would be expecting him to use his martial-arts skills in the course of his duties: Only in extreme situations, but not really - they have their own techniques they taught us.

33 64 65 Time to hang up his boots Wynnum Manly Seagulls Captain and two-time premiership forward, Tim Natusch ( ) announced his retirement with the elimination final against the Easts Tigers his last game, hanging up his boots at the end of the Intrust Super Cup season. The 29-year-old joined the Seagulls in 2010 and played a significant role in the Club s back-to-back premierships in 2011 and He captained the side for the past two years, leading them to the finals each season and a preliminary final in 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 turning over for the past couple of months but I just think I couldn t commit to playing. I m one of those players that if I was late for training or whatever, I feel bad so I just can t do it. The 184cm, 107kg enforcer was born in Papua New Guinea but grew up in Wellington, attending Wellington College and playing for the 1st XV. Alongside his career at the Seagulls, Tim played three NRL games for the Newcastle Knights in Solid NBL season capped off with NZ selection Dion Prewster ( ) is finally reaching his potential. Touted as one of New Zealand's brightest basketball talents during his teenage years, the 25-year-old's career had stagnated over the past few seasons. But a strong season with the Wellington Saints in the National Basketball League (NBL) has earned the 1.95-metre swingman selection for the Tall Blacks for the first time and has Australian NBL teams calling. I had a feeling I was going to get a [Tall Blacks] trial but I didn't know, in terms of selection, where I fitted in the picture," he said. "So I guess this is a surprise but then again I had the opportunity to be successful individually and in a team this year, so that has some kind of merit towards getting selected. Dion was born in California to a Samoan mother and American father, but moved with his mother to Wellington at the age of seven eventually attending Wellington College before returning to the US to play College basketball. He came back to New Zealand in 2011 as a Breakers development player and Wellington Saint. He had a lacklustre 2012 season with the Southland Sharks, played for Hawke's Bay in 2013, before returning to the Saints a year later with 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 shooting as the Saints made the NBL final. That form has seen ANBL clubs courting his services even before he was named on Saturday in the Tall Blacks squad to tour Europe. Dion said this year had been a turning point in his career. I'll be 26 next year, so I'm starting to creep up into my prime years and this is a pivotal point of my career where I can really propel myself and play at a really high level. I'm making those steps and being a part of this campaign means you're playing with the elite of New Zealand basketball. Dion s hard work paid off, being snapped up by the Sydney Kings to complete their roster for the upcoming Australian NBL (ANBL) season. How a Wellington criminal lawyer became a reality star Wellington criminal lawyer Patrick Rosevear ( ) took time out three years ago to go travelling in China, and to study Mandarin. But after appearing on a Chinese TV dating show, and translating a Flight Of The Conchords song on national television, he found himself cast in a travel show with a film crew of 120. Now the former Wellington College and Victoria University student is hoping to use his unexpected celebrity to make a show promoting New Zealand tourism to Chinese tourists. It's quite a novel life over here, he said. I guess I'm sort of used to it now, but it was quite strange to see myself on television at first. Patrick moved to Shanghai after visiting on a whim in 2012, falling in love with the city, and deciding he wanted to learn Mandarin. I had that instinct like so many other New Zealanders that I needed to get into the world and challenge myself and learn about other people, so I went to Shanghai for a short holiday and sort of fell in love with the city. He immersed himself in the culture, living with Chinese flatmates and taking two-hour Mandarin lessons seven days a week. His break in TV came after he returned to China after doing a short stint at an Auckland law firm that works with many Chinese clients. His Auckland boss suggested he go on the Chinese dating show Fei Cheng Wu Rao, known in English as If You Are the One, which has up to 50 million viewers an episode. I didn't go on it to find a girlfriend... It's powerful in terms of marketing effects, so we decided we'd try and go on and market our law firm in China, I thought it would be funny and silly. Despite being very nervous about his Chinese language skills on the show, he regaled the girls with a guitar song and Chinese conversation, and ended up winning a date. From there he was asked to be on a chat panel of foreigners, where he busted out a Chinese translation of the Flight of the Conchords song Jenny, about a case of mistaken identity, on national television. That led him to be shoulder-tapped for a government-funded travel show that took foreigners all around China and filmed their reactions, which he has just completed. It has given him the idea of doing something similar with Chinese tourists in New Zealand. 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 more to offer each other outside of trade. I hope more New Zealanders get over here and get more involved with China. I feel like there is so much more to gain than going somewhere comfortable like London. The Dominion Post Steps to success Born in Invercargill, ballet dancer, Harry Skinner ( ) trained under Paula Hunt in Wellington and at the Australian Ballet School. He performed in the Australian Ballet s productions of Don Quixote and Destiny. He joined the Royal New Zealand Ballet in 2008 and his early roles included Peter s Shadow in Peter Pan (2009) and Fritz in The Nutcracker (2010) saw him feature in Verdi Variations and The Sleeping Beauty. Favourite roles in 2012 included 28 Variations on a Theme by Paganini and Balanchine s Who Cares? and he caught critics eyes in Giselle at the end of 2012, with Theatreview reporting that Maree White and Harry Skinner establish wonderful characters during the female and male ensembles. Recent roles include Mr Fezziwig in A Christmas Carol (2014), Lorenzo in Don Quixote, Johan Kobborg s Salute and Bottom in A Midsummer Night s Dream, a role which he performed at the world première in August Harry is studying extramurally for a degree in political science at Massey University. Happy to be home Proud and exhausted after winning rugby's holy grail, Dane Coles (2004) is happy to be back home. He said it was a great honour to represent his country at a world cup, and it felt like a dream when he was out on the field after the final. The Hooker with the fastest feet played a key role in New Zealand's history making defence of the Webb Ellis Cup in England. He started in all but one game and was a crucial part of the All Black's near perfect lineout, as well as proving dangerous with ball in hand. After celebrating their victory, the team flew back to New Zealand to front three victory parades in three cities. We had a bit of a celebration as well and we hadn't had much sleep before those parades. But seeing everyone's reaction actually got us through I reckon. Seeing what it means to other people, it was awesome. Especially the Wellington one, just to see the turnout there was pretty humbling. The feeling of being a world champion was still sinking in. When you're over there you don't really think about it too much, you just get on with doing the job. But to have a few days to reflect, it was pretty special to be there with an All Black team over the world cup, and to get the job done was just awesome. With a history making world cup title to his name, the big question is what now? Going into Hurricanes season, hopefully we can be successful there. Victoria university s sportsman of the year Three 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), the Blues Awards are the highest sporting accolade the University can give to students who have brought credit to the institution through their sporting achievements or contribution to sport. Science and commerce student James Blackwell ( ) was named the 2015 Victoria Sportsperson of the Year. In the past year, James has represented New Zealand in the U20 Rugby team which won the Junior Rugby World Cup in Italy and the Oceania U20 Rugby Championship beating Japan, Australia and Samoa. He is currently a member of the Wellington Lions provincial rugby team.

34 66 67 Also honoured were Liam Albery (2013) for Swimming, Felix Boyce ( ) for Fencing, Oliver Logan ( ) for Hockey, Tristan O Neale ( ) for Underwater Hockey and Brook Walker ( ) for Rowing. James also won the Al Keown Memorial Cup, awarded to the best performed player in the 2015 Wellington Rugby Academy at the Wellington Rugby Union Awards. Former 1st XV team-mate, Northern United and Wellington Lions hooker Leni Apisai (2013), who collected James s award last year, won 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 and impressed with his high work-rate, abrasive play and developing ball playing skills. With a big future ahead of him, Leni is still available for the New Zealand U20s in Pure Food founders Maia Royal, Sam Bridgewater and George Bridgewater aim to make food parcels tasty as well as nutritious. He was ill, and he needed quality nutrition but he was resorting to eating scrambled eggs every night. He really needed a wide and varied diet, said Sam, a former manager at Lloyds Banking Group. The Pure Food Co is also in talks with aged care facilities about supplying multi-serve portions direct. Allan Sargeant, chief executive of Ambridge Rose Manor private hospital in east Auckland, is considering ordering from the Pure Food Co. Around 40 per cent of his residents are on soft diets. There was a gap in the market that these guys are ready to exploit, and it s a good 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 healthy. But blending food is really difficult, we have problems with lumps and you can never accurately tell what their calorie or protein intake is. The extensive development and trial period has been financially taxing on The Pure Food Co. In the early stages, received around $20,000 of lifeblood funding from Callaghan Innovation. The new business has fielded inquiries from customers in Australia and the United States, but it is concentrating on the New Zealand market for the time being. Cutting edge research earns honour The 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 some of New Zealand s most interesting companies. Among the Wellington College Class of 2014 was Tom Green ( ). Fencer out to make a point At the recent Commonwealth Fencing Junior and Cadet Championships held in Cape Town the team had the best results of any Junior Commonwealth event NZ has attended. Victoria University Blues recipient, Felix Boyce ( ), the recipient of three Bronze Medals, had a spectacular result, the best any individual NZ fencer has had at a Commonwealth Junior event. Felix, seeded 19 after poules, placed 3rd= in Men s Foil going out in a hard fought semi-final against Kamal Minott (ENG) losing He then 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 down in a close defeat. Thirdly, as one of the anchors of the Men s Foil Team, Felix helped the team effort to secure the Bronze Medal. Smooth food operators The 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 ( ) and his brother Sam ( ) 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. Adds George: It was a big shock to our mum as she was thrust into a caregiver role... She was spending up to 30 minutes extra just trying to prepare the meals for him, which often weren t great. We thought, there has to be a solution, but, unfortunately, when we needed it the most, there was nothing available. Consultations with health services clinicians and aged care industry representatives revealed that the family s experiences were not unique. There are tens of thousands of New Zealanders affected by eating difficulties including stroke patients, people suffering from serious illnesses and a growing number of elderly, Sam said. The Auckland-based firm s meals come in flavours such as roast lamb ragu, fish pie and roast chicken - designed to be like normal food, only blended and easily heated. The pouch meals were developed over an 18-month period, in part at the Food Innovation Network s Food Bowl facility near Auckland Airport. Pretty early in the piece we figured out it isn t as easy as blending the meal, Sam said. One of the key things for us to ensure was that the 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. 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 drive, the business has put its energy into developing quick dispatch and delivery processes, rather than finding retail stockists. We were out there trialling it with people in their homes and they kept wanting more and more. It seemed pretty unfair to show something as an option and then say: Sorry; it s only a sample. Although Sam and Maia run the day-to-day operations while George, who is based in Cambridge, focuses on his training, the athlete s competitive spirit is pushing the company forward. George is great because he wants the very best, and that s helped a lot with driving the development, Sam said. Rugby world cup - our OLD BOYS who played a part IN IT Kane Thompson Samoa Will Helu Tonga Otago student part of winning team An Otago University Business School team tasted global success early in the year at the 26th Scotiabank International Business Case Competition hosted by Ivey Business School at Western University, London, Ontario, Canada. Otago tied for first place with National University of Singapore the current world champions. Congratulations to team members Jeremy O Connor, George Lill, Tim Saunders ( ) and Chris Sadler (Medicine). Tim Saunders (Back Right) Dane Coles New Zealand 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 University of Canterbury congratulated Tom for his outstanding research contributions, as well as for his hard work during the challenging four-year Mechanical Engineering Honours programme. TJ Ioane Samoa Paula Kinikinilau Romania Share your news Wellington College Old Boys Association PO Box 16073, Wellington 6242 Tel: oldboys@wc.school.nz

35 68 WELLINGTON COLLEGE MEMORABILIA 69 Near-death experience inspiration Seven years after New Zealander Mark Major ( ), fell down a 9m-deep hole in Beijing and broke his back, he has turned his near-death experience into a tongue-in-cheek mobile game called, Plummet Free Fall, which has this month became the No 1 free game in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus. 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. Rather than wallow in pity, Mark decided he would profit from his accident, and through his start-up company Broken Back Games produced a game. In making the game, Mark wanted to inspire others to not only overcome the twists of fate but also to realise their own entrepreneurial ambitions. College Wellington College Wellington WELLINGTON COLLEGE Plummet Free Fall is now officially the favourite app in Belarus, bettering Facebook, Whatsapp, VK and Twitter. It is not hard in today s world to build something like this, Mark said. All you need is inspiration, vision and tenacity. Mark explained his accident: I was interning in Beijing [in 2007]. One night, I was walking to my local 7-Eleven and all of a sudden I found myself free falling. About 7 metres down I crashed through a plank, which slowed me down. I believe to this day that the plank saved my life. He was eventually hoisted out by firefighters and passersby, and Thanks, old boys I wish to thank the WCOBA for sponsoring me for a 'once in a lifetime' opportunity aboard the Spirit of Adventure. Not only did this trip allow me to complete my Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award, it has also enabled me to see and experience things I never thought I would be able to do. I will admit, I m not the best at leading, but I often found myself taking control of certain activities. For example, with our morning ritual of waking up at 6.00am, running around the ship, warming up on deck then finally swimming. I found myself in a unique position where I took control of the whole ship, and led a warm up routine. This was no ordinary routine as on the ship I was nick-named Panda. I ended up embracing this to create a Panda-themed warm up. Not only did this help break the ice, it also cheered up the people creating a sense of enjoyment for something usually frowned upon in the early hours of the morning. I will always remember the numerous activities which I experienced with my watch (Port B) - the most memorable being the ability to sail around in lugers which are small single sail boats. These boats required co-operation from my whole watch, and after a few minutes on our own we were able to sail around the glassy waters surrounding the ship. Mark, an avid gamer, modelled his game on the successes of titles such as Flappy Bird and Temple Run, with their sole objective of achieving high scores. Plummet lets users assume a cartoon version of Mark as he 'plummets' down an endless shaft, tilting the phone left and right to avoid obstacles and continue falling. NZ Edge The whole idea of being on a large vessel for ten days with nobody I knew was something I never saw myself doing. However it became one of the most enjoyable parts of the voyage. I made many friends from all over the country with whom I still actively communicate via social media. The whole trip was something never to forget, and I am left with incredible memories and friendships. I challenged my limits in areas such as public speaking, leadership and physically trying new things. In fact, I enjoyed it so much, that I look forward to going back as a leading hand to help aid the new trainees on board and make a journey for them to never forget. Logan Wiffen (Y13) Wellington College BBQ Aprons: Great for the Summer BBQ's and Indoor Cooking $22.00 Wellington College Boxer Shorts for the discerning male: Small/Medium/Large $13.00 Wellington College Key Ring $11.00 Wellington College Golf Towel $15.00 Wellington College Scarf: Show your support along the sidelines. $35.00 Wellington College Old Boys' Tie $30.00 YOUNG Wellington PILOT who MADE AUSTRALIAN AVIATION HISTORY For a brief period in the 1900s, New Zealander Joseph Joel Hammond (1899) gave a small Australian suburb in Melbourne a significant place in the annals of aviation history. Hammond, a young man with a passion for flying machines, came to the then rural Altona in 1911 with his Bristol Boxkite biplane, as the base for a series of thrilling airborne endeavours. In his first feat, in February 1911, Hammond took off from Altona, and landed in Geelong 55 minutes later. In doing so, he completed the first town-to-town flight in Australia. Three days later, the 20-year-old adventurer, described in a newspaper article at the time as a tall, clean-shaven, athletic-looking man, with fearless eyes, undertook the first powered passenger flight in Australia, taking his ever-obliging wife on a 12-minute journey in the skies above Melbourne three years after the Wright brothers completed the same feat. Originally a farmer before the flying bug took hold, Hammond kept his biplane 'under a tent' in Pier St and legend has it his first flight was delayed after the plane hit a cow during takeoff. Joseph Joel 'Joe' Hammond was born in New Zealand in 1886 and flew with the RFC in WWI. Sadly this remarkable, yet often forgotten, New Zealand aviator was killed when his plane crashed during a war bonds ORDERS CAN BE MADE ON THE ACCOMPANYING FEEDBACK FORM promotional tour in Indianapolis, September No family ever came forward to collect his remains, which in a compassionate gesture were interred in the family plot of local businessman and co-founder of the Indianapolis Speedway, Carl Fisher. It seems a sad but fitting grave for this pioneer and adventurer.

36 70 Obituaries 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. 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. Obituaries 71 Class of 1931 Bade, David Laurence (Laurie) of Kapiti Wellington College WWII RNZAF, AFC Class of 1932 Wood, Robert McGregor (Bob) of NSW, Australia Wellington College WWII, Major, POW Class of 1935 McArthur, James William (Jim) of Wellington Wellington College WWII RNZAF Class of 1936 Barber, Ian Alfred Bloomfield of Kapiti Wellington College WWII 2NZEF Coad, Allan Oliver of Kapiti Wellington College Class of 1937 Schirner-Bade, Lincoln Alfred of Bay of Plenty Wellington College Nees, Hugh of Kapiti Wellington College Parker, Keith Frederick of Marlborough Wellington College WWII Class of 1938 Mears, Ronald Ashton of Auckland Wellington College Class of 1939 Bourne, Peter Edward of Canterbury Wellington College Craig, Lewis Thorne of Bay of Plenty Wellington College WWII S/LT, RNZN Crocket, Alexander McIntyre of Hawke's Bay Wellington College McCabe, Eric Desmond OBE of Kapiti Wellington College OBE (Military), WWII Sqn Leader RNZAF, Co#2 Squad Class of 1940 Alcorn, Armer Morris of Wellington Wellington College Gray, David Randolph Chapman of Wellington Wellington College Healy, Eric Stanley of Wellington Wellington College Luke, George MacDonald of Auckland Wellington College Styles, Maxwell Roy of Bay of Plenty Wellington College W/O Class II, NZ Army Class of 1941 Bond, Stanley Frank of Wellington Wellington College WWII Sgt. 20 Armoured Reg. NZEF Brown, Eric Hamblett of Wellington Wellington College Coulter, William Thomas (Bill) of Horowhenua Wellington College Evison, Henry Charles (Harry) of Canterbury Wellington College Heraud, Clifford Brian, QSM of Waikato Wellington College WWII Sime, William (Bill) Hutchison of VIC, Australia Wellington College Class of 1942 Barber, Richard Trevor of Canterbury Wellington College Firth House, 1st XI Cricket, 1st XV Matheson, Ian of Waikato Wellington College 1938 McRobie, Bruce Marshall of Auckland Wellington College WWII RNZN Pinel, Ian Francis of Auckland Wellington College WWII RNZN Stratton, Alfred Edward (Ted) of Taihape Wellington College WWII RNZAF Sutton-Smith, Brian [Professor] of Vermont, USA Wellington College Thornton, Royd Hale of Nelson Wellington College Class of 1943 Dasent, Wilfred Effingham (Bunt) of Wellington Wellington College Jenkins, Bruce Grove of Bay of Plenty Wellington College MacDonald, Malcolm Charles PhD, BA, MCom of Bay of Plenty Wellington College Patterson, Alexander Whitelaw of Hawke's Bay Wellington College st XV 1943 Streeter, Geoffrey Rowland of Bay of Plenty Wellington College Class of 1944 Barr, Roy Oliver of Horowhenua Wellington College Doreen, Henri Laurance of Horowhenua Wellington College Gair, George Frederick CMG QSO of Auckland Wellington College Gilchrist, Peter James Hayes of Auckland Wellington College Hastings, Harold Edward of Manawatu Wellington College 1940 WWII NZEF, J Force Josephson, Peter Andrew of Auckland Wellington College st XV 1942 WWII 16th Field Regiment Kernohan, Ronald Cameron of Northland Wellington College Class of 1945 Aburn, Gerald Stephen of Kapiti Wellington College st XI Hockey Craig, John David of Kapiti Wellington College Prefect 1944, Head Prefect 1945 Murray, Colin Bruce of Auckland Wellington College Class of 1946 Gapes, Donald Charles of Auckland Wellington College Howe, John Clinton of Wellington Wellington College Pope, Rangi Herbert of Wellington Wellington College st XV 1946 Sherring, Erle John of Bay of Plenty Wellington College Young, Brian Oliver of Auckland Wellington College Class of 1947 Cryer, Austin Hugh of Auckland Wellington College st XI Hockey Milburn, Philip Hastwell of Canterbury Wellington College Rich, John Charles of Waikato Wellington College 1945 Tierney, Peter Edward of Bay of Plenty Wellington College st XV 1947 Weston, Murray Geddis of Calgary, Canada Wellington College Class of 1948 Bruce, Allan William of Queensland Wellington College Dutton, Gilbert Walter of Auckland Wellington College Ede, John Bernard, OBE of Auckland Wellington College Fyfe, Peter McCoy of Wellington Wellington College Griffiths, John Alexander of Waikato Wellington College st XV 1947 Hammington, Colin Milton of Wellington Wellington College Hunt, Warren Alfred, AE, JP, BE(Hons) of Auckland Wellington College WWII Group Captain, RNZAF Macnab, Robert Lawrence (Bob) of Wanganui Wellington College Slater, William (Bill) McCarthy of Toronto, Canada Wellington College Townsley, Graeme Clifford of Wellington Wellington College Class of 1949 Eastwood, Harry Roy of Manawatu Wellington College Jobson, Peter Joseph of Auckland Wellington College st XV 1949 Palmer, Arnold Edwin of Wellington Wellington College Class of 1950 Beaglehole, Timothy Holmes of Wellington Wellington College Prefect 1950 Burrell, Ian William of Nelson Wellington College Day, Nicholas Arthur (Nick) of Hawke's Bay Wellington College Johnson, Joseph Frederick MNZM of Wellington Wellington College Magner, Robert of Wellington Wellington College Shepherd, John Leslie of Taupo Wellington College Young, William Graeme of Auckland Wellington College Class of 1951 Clare, Barry Charles Ronald of Wellington Wellington College Drysdale, Keith Woodward of Kapiti Wellington College Stuart, Alistair McGregor of Wairarapa Wellington College Turner, Terence Stephen of Auckland Wellington College Firth House Wilson, Ian Thomas of Kapiti Wellington College 1947 Class of 1952 Hill, Cyril Allan of Hawke's Bay Wellington College 1948 Korea: Sgt 16th Field Regiment Lockhart, Simon Grant, QC of Auckland Wellington College: Prefect/Firth House Prefect, 1st XV Poynter, James Benjamin Roberts of Hawke's Bay Wellington College Class of 1953 Craig, Peter Earle of Horowhenua Wellington College Dunn, Murray Lawrence MPS of Auckland Wellington College Prefect 1954 NZ Table Tennis Rep Marple, David Rex of Poverty Bay Wellington College Reynolds, Richard Allen of Hawke's Bay Wellington College Watchman, Keith John of Wellington Wellington College Firth House Class of 1954 Davies, Cuthbert Malcolm of Hawke's Bay Wellington College Hoare, Graham Owen of Auckland Wellington College Firth House MacLeod, Kenneth Donald of Wellington Wellington College Class of 1955 Amoore, Ian Norman of Auckland Wellington College Arthurs, Terrence (Terry) of Wairarapa Wellington College RNZN Commander Henare, David Wynyard (Maui) of Wellington Wellington College st XI Football Oliver, Kenneth Charles of Hawke's Bay Wellington College RNZAF/RAF Thomas, David Clemens of Wellington Wellington College Class of 1956 Beyer, Colin Andrew of Wellington Wellington College Commander of the Order of the Lion of Finland Bryant, Leonard James of Wellington Wellington College Gault, Thomas Munro KNZM, QC, Right Hon of Auckland Wellington College Class of 1957 Hughes, Trevor William of Wanganui Wellington College Class of 1958 Allan, James Alexander (Jim) of Kapiti Wellington College Dudfield, Harry William of NSW, Australia Wellington College Ellison, Ross Garner of Bay of Plenty Wellington College Kearsley, Michael Joseph of Wellington Wellington College Mahon, Peter Stewart of Auckland Wellington College Prefect, 1st XV 1958 Tukaroa, Taura Atua O Te Maka of Horowhenua Wellington College Uttley, Ian Neill of Hawke's Bay Wellington College st XV , HP 1959, All Black 1963 Wilson, Robert Alexander John (Bob) of Wairarapa Wellington College Class of 1959 Baker, Edric Sargisson (Dr) of Bangladesh Wellington College Wylie, Graeme Dallas (Squid) of Kapiti Wellington College Class of 1960 McGregor, Peter Stewart of NSW, Australia Wellington College Wilson, Keith Stuart of Wellington Wellington College Class of 1961 Hudson, Alan Robert of Auckland Wellington College Class of 1962 Atkins, Francis John of Hawke's Bay Wellington College Firth House Bell, John Culford of Wairarapa Wellington College Halley, Douglas Jock of Auckland Wellington College st XV , Prefect MacLeod, Peter Murray of Canterbury Wellington College Class of 1963 Jaynes, John Charles of Auckland Wellington College Wilton, John Robert of Queensland Wellington College Class of 1964 Brabin, Lloyd Graham of Canterbury Wellington College Horsley, John Mervyn of NSW, Australia Wellington College Marshall, John Livingston CNZM of Wellington Wellington College Head Prefect 1964 Perry, Geoffrey Huntley Gordon of Auckland Wellington College Class of 1965 August, Graham Allen of Horowhenua Wellington College Class of 1966 Faye, Daniel Guthrie of Wellington Wellington College 1962 Hough, Colin John (Huffy) of Wellington Wellington College Morrison, Bruce Arnott (Chips) of Hawke's Bay Wellington College Firth House Prefect. 1st XV Class of 1967 Spackman, William Rodney of Otago Wellington College Class of 1970 King, Alexander Stuart (Sandy) of Hong Kong Wellington College Class of 1971 Conway, Peter Lindsay of Wellington Wellington College Class of 1973 Elmes, Gary James of Wellington Wellington College Class of 1975 Walter, Erin John of Kapiti Wellington College Class of 1977 Hennessy, Sean Patrick of Wellington Wellington College 1973 Meek, Stephen Eric of Wellington Wellington College Class of 1978 Drakeford, Mark Peter of Wellington Wellington College Jenkins, Christopher Edward of Auckland Wellington College Class of 1982 Coldham, Geoffrey James MB, ChB, FRACS of Auckland Wellington College Deputy Head Prefect 1st XI Hockey & 1st XI Cricket Class of 1983 Launder, Timothy Ian of Wellington Wellington College Class of 1986 Pearce, Matthew John Webster of Wellington Wellington College Class of 1988 Salesa, John Teve Utufiti of Wellington Wellington College Class of 1994 Moananu, Misiluni of Wellington Wellington College st XV 1994/95, Prefect 1994/95 Class of 1998 Atack, Samuel Alexander of Wellington Wellington College 1998 Staff Buchanan, Hugh Duncan Wellington College Craig, John David Wellington College and Greenlees, William Francis Wellington College Hunter, Roger Herbert Ingram Wellington College MacGillivray, Ian Wellington College Murphy, David James (Dave) Wellington College Thomas, Graham Edwin Wellington College 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

37 72 Obituaries Obituaries 73 IAN AMOORE Wellington College: Ian 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 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 , 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 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: 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. When 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 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. Laurie was awarded the Air Force Cross in 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. Of the three boys and three girls in the Bade family, all but one survived into their 90s. Laurie had three children, Ian ( ), Keith and Catherine and five grand-children and two great-grand-children. 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 ( ), Deputy Mayor of Kapiti Coast District Council. Asked what he thought contributed to making him a centenarian, Laurie replied old age. 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 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 EDRIC BAKER Wellington College: The 2012 Lampstand featured a story on Dr Edric Baker New Zealand s own Mother Theresa. Sadly, in September this year, Edric passed away. Edric Baker was an inspirational New Zealand medical doctor who worked in an isolated rural area in northern Bangladesh for 35 years. 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. 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. 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. 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: Trevor 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. 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. 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 and finished in , but it brought him only one century, and 2002 runs at an average of 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 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 st 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. 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. I still follow it with interest, Trevor said earlier in 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. Fellow Old Boy, Trevor MacKay ( ) also offered his memories of Trevor. 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. 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. 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. 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. TIMOTHY BEAGLEHOLE Wellington College: Tim Beaglehole was an historian, university administrator and scion of a famous New Zealand family of scholars. 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. He made a particular mark on Victoria with his intensive efforts to develop its art collection. His best-known work was perhaps his 2006 biography of his father, John Cawte Beaglehole ( ), 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. 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. 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. 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). 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 ( ) was the first Professor of Psychology in New Zealand and his cousin David ( ) 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

38 74 Obituaries Obituaries 75 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 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 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: John 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 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 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 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 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 Years On Reunion at the College in 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 ( ), with help from John s family and friends COLIN BEYER Wellington College: Colin 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 [ ] 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 went on to Victoria University of Wellington. He graduated with LL.B. and was admitted to the bar in 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. 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 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 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 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 Consul- General of Finland from 1993 and by 2006, the Dean of the Consular Corps in Wellington. Colin leaves behind his wife Faith. He had four children and four step children [from three marriages], four of whom are College alumni. ALLAN BRUCE Wellington College: Former 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 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 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 In 1982 he was appointed Chief Executive Officer/Chief Fire Officer of South Australia's Metropolitan Fire Services until retiring from active service in 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 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 and captained the team in 1957 and 1958; retiring in Allan also played for the English Basketball team in He played 16 internationals which included the 1955 European Championships in Budapest, Hungary and was the Captain in 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: Geoff 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 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, 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 ( ) PETER CONWAY Wellington College: Peter 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

39 76 Obituaries Obituaries 77 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 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 [ ] 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. The Dominion Post HARRY DUDFIELD Wellington College: Harry attended Brooklyn School prior to starting at Wellington College in 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 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 ( ) MURRAY DUNN Wellington College: Murray 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, 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. 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 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 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: Ross Ellison began at Wellington College in 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 ( ) 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 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. 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. 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 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 ( ) HARRY EVISON Wellington College: Harry 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 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 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 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. 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 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 Post- Primary 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

40 78 Obituaries Obituaries 79 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 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 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 ( ) 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: The 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 , 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 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 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: Sir 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. Sir Thomas was born in Wellington in 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. 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. Graduating LLB in 1961, Sir Thomas was admitted to the bar in He continued to study, and completed an LLM in 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. 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 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 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 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). 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. 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). 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 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: The 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 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: 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 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

41 80 Obituaries Obituaries 81 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, 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. The stock market was a serious interest and he was an active 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. John Wedde ( ) WARREN HUNT Wellington College Warren Hunt was born in Auckland, the family later moving to Wellington, where Warren was educated at Kilbirnie School and Wellington College from Warren was always one of the more 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. 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. 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 He was survived by three children Michele, Anna and Brett until his death this year. Bill Glass ( ) BRUCE JENKINS Wellington College Bruce 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 Cross- Country 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 as did his four sons John ( ), Alan ( ), Graham ( ) and David ( ). 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 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 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. Bruce is survived by his four sons John, Alan, Graham and David; his ten grandchildren and twelve greatgrandchildren. John Jenkins ( ) PETER JOBSON Wellington College: 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. The 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 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,

42 82 Obituaries Obituaries 83 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 ( ) ALEXANDER KING Wellington College: 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, 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 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 belonged in Hong Kong. It was fast, exciting, unaffected by political correctness, intellectually stimulating and unpredictable. It was Alexander to a tee. 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. 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. Farewell, Alexander, you made our lives better. We wish yours had been longer. You are deeply missed and never forgotten. Hedley Thomas, Close friend My 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, 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. Richard King ( ) TIM LAUNDER Wellington College: Tim 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. 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. 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. 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: Simon 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 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: 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

43 84 Obituaries Obituaries 85 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: John 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 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 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. 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. 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, 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. 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. 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 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. 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 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. 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. 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. 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: The following article was published on Club Rugby in when Misiluni (Luni) Moananu became the third brother in his family to play 200 Premier club rugby matches for the Poneke FC. Following 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 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 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 All have also played for the Wellington Bs. Both P ( ) and Luni (2002) played for the Horowhenua- Kapiti 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 Colin 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 Colin was with the New Zealand Embassy in Tokyo from , and then Osaka from 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 He was posted to the High Commission in Hong Kong ( ), Embassy in Manila ( ) and finally the Embassy in Moscow ( ). 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 Hugh 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: John 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 ( ) and Catherine (nee Cronin). He was the oldest of their four children brother, Stephen attended 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 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 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 His brother Stephen was a Firth House boarder from so he was always interested in

44 86 Obituaries Obituaries 87 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 Beth Derby and Stephen Sherring WILLIAM SIME Wellington College: Bill 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 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: Bill 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: Brian 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 GRAHAM THOMAS Wellington College: Graham Thomas or GT as he was known by us here at Hastings Boys High School, began his teaching at Wellington College in His bright mathematical mind and ability was quickly noticed and he was promoted to Assistant Head and later Head of Mathematics by 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 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 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 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. 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. 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. 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. 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 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. 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 ( ). He distinguished himself in that role and left the school with a strong reputation. 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! Great memories. Ernie Barrington, Colleague IAN UTTLEY Wellington College: Head 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 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 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 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 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 computer, Shell New Zealand's first, was introduced in 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 This was a busy time for him, managing a diverse portfolio of responsibilities including Planning, Human Resources, Corporate Relations, Quality, Safety

45 88 Obituaries WELLINGTON COLLEGE'S WWI CASUALTIES 89 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 ( ) he coached the 1st XV from and was the Club's representative on the NZ Universities Rugby Football Council until the end of He was an Auckland Colts selector Ian played for Wellington and 1968, Auckland 1966, Bay of Plenty 1967, in NZ trials 1963, 1965 and 1967, NZU 1963 and 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 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 ( ), 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, 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 ( ) another outstanding WCOB. BOB WOOD Wellington College: Robin (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 Bob Wood was one of the first in - last out of WW II, having joined the Special Force in Wellington in September He embarked for Egypt with what became the 19th Battalion in the first echelon leaving in January 1940 and was commissioned in He saw action in the desert campaigns, until his capture after fierce fighting at Ruweisat Ridge in July 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. 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. 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 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. Delivering the eulogy at Bob s 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. 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 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. 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 When she signed off she said, And that was Bob Wood, 97 going on 98. Bob added: And still dangerous! Rosanne Robertson, Family Friend Compiling 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 ABBOTT, Victor Stephen Henry (Harry) Second Lieutenant with the Royal Flying Corps Died aged 23 on 15/09/16 in the Air over England ABERCROMBIE, Clarence Gordon Corporal with the NZ Mounted Rifles Died aged 25 on 09/01/17 in Egypt ADAMS, Robert Sefton BWM, VM Captain with the Royal Field Artillery Died aged 29 on 15/10/17 in Belgium ADKIN, Gilbert Denton Private with the Canterbury Infantry Died aged 26 on 10/09/18 at France BWM, VM ALEXANDER, James Frederick Corporal with the NZ Rifle Brigade Died aged 33 on 4/11/18 at Le Quesnoy, France ALLEN, Frederick Arthur Private with the Wellington Infantry Died aged 30 on 02/10/16 at Somme, France 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 ARMSTRONG, Purvis Ford Lieutenant with the NZ Rifle Brigade Died aged 25 on 06/04/18 at Somme, France ASTON, Eardley Howard Private with the Wellington Infantry Died aged 21 on 21/09/16 at Somme, France BADDELEY, Herman Stuart Lieutenant with the Auckland Infantry Died aged 23 on 25/04/15 at Gallipoli BALCOMBE-BROWN, William Edward Lieutenant with the Royal Field Artillery Died aged 22 on 29/06/15 at Belgium BANKS, Frank Lieutenant with the Royal Flying Corps Died aged 29 on 22/01/19 at Ohio, USA Test Wright Field Test Centre 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 BANKS, Henry (Harry) Dunbar Lieutenant with the Wellington Infantry Died aged 37 on 04/11/18 at Le Quesnoy, France BARDEN, Herbert (Henry) William Private with the Canterbury Infantry Died aged 22 on 21/09/16 at Somme, France BARNETT, Lewen Maughan Private with the Auckland Infantry Died aged 21 on 25/04/15 at Gallipoli BEATTIE, Percival Moore Second Lieutenant with the NZ Rifle Brigade Died aged 30 on 04/11/18 at Le Quesnoy, France BEAUCHAMP, Leslie Heron Second Lieutenant with the South Lancashire Reg. Died aged 21 on 06/10/15 in France BEE, James Private with the Australian Expeditionary Force DCM [Crossed], BWM, VM Died aged 26 on 31/08/18 at St Quentin, France BEECHEY, Frederick James Lieutenant with the Otago Infantry Died aged 34 on 25/07/18 at France BELL, William Henry Dillon Captain with the King Edwards' Horses 33 on 31/07/17 at Ypres, Belgium BENNETT, John Dale Private with the Canterbury Infantry Died aged 23 on 04/10/18 at Le Cateau, France BERNARD, Victor Raymond Second Lieutenant with the NZ Rifle Brigade Died aged 27 on 04/11/18 at Le Quesnoy, France BRIDGE, Lance Private with the Otago Infantry Died aged 27 on 13/08/15 at Sea near Gallipoli Died of wounds, on HMHS Dongola BRISCO, Wastel Trooper with the Auckland Mounted Rifles Died aged 27 on 19/05/15 at Gallipoli 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 [ 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 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 BROWN, Cyril Ivan Lieutenant with the NZ Field Artillery Died aged 25 on 13/12/17 in England BRUCE, William Burrell Rifleman with the NZ Rifle Brigade Died aged 24 on 07/06/17 at Belgium BRYANT, Lawrence Noel Private with the NZ Machine Gun Corps Died aged 22 on 10/10/18 at Le Cateau, France BRYANT, Wilfred Hector Private with the Canterbury Infantry Died aged 20 on 09/02/18 at France BURNETT, Noel Fletcher Private with the Canterbury Infantry Died aged 26 on 13/12/15 at Sea near Gallipoli CALLENDER, George Wilfred (Wiff) Captain with the Worcester Regiment Died aged 27 on 25/01/17 at Mesopotamia CAMERON, Norman Donald Lieutenant with the Wellington Mounted Rifles Died aged 21 on 30/05/15 at Gallipoli CARROLL, Tuahae Corporal with the NZ Maori Contingent Died aged 28 on 10/12/15 at Gallipoli CARRUTHERS, Walter Second Lieutenant with the Wellington Infantry Military Medal [+Bar] Died aged 24 on 29/09/18 at Havrincourt, France CASEY, Martin Thomas Private with the Auckland Infantry Died aged 22 on 03/11/16 at Somme, France CASTLE, Arthur Penfold Lieutenant with the NZ Rifle Brigade Died aged 25 on 15/09/16 at Somme, France