Terry
Bonisch
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Passed
away in Brisbane in August 2004.
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Russell
Buchanan
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| John
Butler
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Living
at Orawia
jkbutler
at xtra.co.nz
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Bill
Cochran
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Bill
Cochran died in Christchurch on 9 December 2008 after a
long battle with cancer.
Click here
for a picture of Bill and Liz Cochran with their family
and the funeral sheet.
billandlizcochran at hotmail.com |
| Jim
Cutler
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Jim
has now retired to Lowburn in Central Otago where he has
taken up fly fishing. Prior to that he was living in
Wellington. Manager Corporate Documentation (Planning),
Planning Branch, Headquarters New Zealand Defence
Force.
I married Glenda in 1969 and we have two adult daughters
(Brigitte, Doctor of Physiotherapy and working in her
own practice in Springfield, Illinois USA, and
Charlotte, Doctor of Chemistry and working as a Head
Scientist in Boston, USA. Glenda is the Finance /
Administration Officer for the Departments of Surgery
& Anaesthesia and Obstetrics & Gynaecology,
Otago University - Wellington.
When not at work in Wellington I am frequently seen
patrolling the banks of the Tongariro River at Turangi
and seldom return home without a bag limit of fine
rainbow trout. For something different - and after
a year of training and having been challenged by my
oldest daughter - I participated in the United States
Masters Swimming “Big Shoulders” long-distance swimming
event (5 kilometres) in Lake Michigan in September 2006,
at Chicago. After a storm-tossing swim (the
roughest in many years) I managed to arrive home in 1
hour 54 minutes - 7th in my age group (over 60s);
not bad for an old bugger.
Glenda and I may retire (?????) in a few years and will
most likely end up somewhere in Central Otago.
A record of my army career, etc and some more photos can
be seen by clicking here.
jimglen.cut at hotmail.com |
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Graham Daly
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Living
in Australia |
| Norman
Daly
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Since
leaving Marist in 1959, and becoming a certified
carpenter, most of my working life has been involved in
building and construction. My 9 year employment
with Southland Enterprises, as a Woodwork Instructor /
Supervisor was very satisfying, and taught me a
lot. In March 1999, we moved to Canberra,
Australia, and I continued in my trade. We retired
in 2008 and now live in Christchurch.
My interests include Rugby and social golf. My
involvement with Southland Rugby Union led to me
representing Southland Junior Advisory at N.Z.R.F.U.
level.
I married Esme in 1968, we have 2 sons, & 3
grand-children.
Norm and Esme are now living in Queensland.
nandedaly at xtra.co.nz |
| Bede
Dowling
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Bede died suddenly of a heart attack on 26
January 2009. He had been faming at Mabel Bush.
Click here
for a picture of Bede and Elizabeth Dowling with their
family.
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| Ken
Dowling
Click here
to see complete photo
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Living
at Wheatsheaf, Victoria, Australia. Jim Hair's call was
a real pleasure. He lives close to Thames Ditton, home
of AC cars, where Anitra and I lived while working in
London. Apart from cousin Bill Cochran, I think Jim was
the last classmate I met since dipping out at Uni.
Jim was working in Dunedin where I was into my post-army
IT career at Allied Computer Processors. Coincidentally,
ACP had a reunion QB weekend but I opted for the Vietnam
Vets reunion in Wellington. http://lattas.org/acp.JPG
shows we had something special at ACP - NZ's first biz
commune :-) Marist and Tuakau photos are most
interesting and I am surprised at my ready recognition
of classmates. Wouldn't be true of my other 13 schools!
The Tuakau sports day photo had a sequel in that since
1974 Anitra and I have been orienteering which, with XC
skiing, has taken us to out of the way places in
Australasia, Canada and Europe. After Dunedin I lived in
Christchurch, Calgary, Melbourne, Wheatsheaf. Our home
of 10 years near Daylesford places us in one of
Oceania's best orienteering areas. With Victoria's
largest forest backing onto us, we are keen mountain
bikers and annually stage Cyclic Navigator - www.mapsport.net.au
Unfortunately we have to work in Melbourne but hey, our
own forest block keeps us carbon positive ;-)
kldowling at
fastmail.fm |
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Peter
Duggan
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Living
in Invercargill |
Leon
Finn
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Living
in Cambridge. From memory, I left Marist back in late
1954 due to the family moving initially to Palmerston
Nth and then to Hamilton.
After leaving College in 1962, I spent three years
in retail and in 1966 entered Holy Name
Seminary, in 1968 went to Holy Cross College
Mosgiel where I studied Theology and the left after
deciding studying for the Priesthood was not for me.
In 1970 I married
Judith and over a period of time four sons
arrived. I have worked for the Department of
Labour for over 40 years having worked in Hamilton
and Palmerton North. My career has covered most
activities within the Service and currently I work in
the Immigration Division on Border and Compliance
activities. Leon retired at the end of 2013.
Judy and I own a very
large two storied home in Cambridge with six
bedrooms. We still have one son at home, have three
grand children and another due any day.
As a family we are very
musical, with a great passion for Irish music and
dancing. A drop of the hard stuff never goes a stray.
On the 16th of May this year, I am being ordained a
Permanent Deacon for the Catholic Diocese of Hamilton by
Bishop Brown, so this will be a great occasion for me.
If you go to www.diaconate.co.nz. you
will find information on the Diaconate, and also some
recent photos of the class group who are being ordained
with me. I am
certainly looking forward to this new vocation.
My memories of Marist
are still very vivid to me, and they were certainly
great days.
God Bless.
leonandjudy at slingshot.co.nz
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Patrick
Hanning
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Living
at Grove Bush
pandm at farmside.co.nz
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Mike Hope
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I
attended St Josephs Primary, finishing my school years
at Marist Brothers. I played drums in a band that was
formed at school called Cotton Pickers. In 1959 I joined
a band called Tracers and in 1962 I played
professionally in Christchurch for 6 months. Up until
the time of playing in Christchurch, I worked for an oil
company, paint company, timber company, plus motor
dealers. I married Bev Wills in 1964 and have a
family consisting of 3 girls and 1 boy. From 1981 to
1995 I did rugby commentaries from Rugby Park,
Invercargill, for Radio N.Z. My wife Bev passed away in
1987. I remarried in 1994 to Kathryn Corbin. Kath has 2
boys and 1 girl and now between us we have 11
grandchildren. Kath and I moved to Brisbane in 1996. I
am currently working for a timber company and hope to
retire late next year.
mandkhope at bigpond.com |
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Bernard
Kelly
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Bernard was in our Class
of 1954 . But, sadly, died six months into his
schooling. It was a sad day for the boys in Standard Two
when they drove the hearse and coffin through the
Guard Of Honour up the drive to Tay Street. It was the
first time most of the students had experienced death.
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Peter
Keppel
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Peter
lived in Akaroa, where he worked as a Real Estate agent.
He and his wife, Lesley, also ran The Maples Bed and
Breakfast Lodge. Peter died in Christchurch on 28
July 2022 after a long illness.
peterandlesley at xtra.co.nz
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Maurice
Kerr
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Allan
and Jim are doing a great job. Thanks, and don’t
give up on those who, like me, are a bit slow in
supplying their current profile.
I have been happily married to Bernadette since
1969. We have had five children. Michelle
died when she was three. Maree, Janine and Denise
live in Wellington and Marty is currently in
London. We also have three grandchildren.
I joined State Insurance after leaving school and stayed
with them, through various changes of ownership, for 38
years. After working for five years in
Invercargill, I transferred to Auckland where I met and
married Bernadette. We spent ten years there and
two in Timaru then came to Palmerston North in 1978. My
redundancy experience occurred in 2000 however new
opportunities presented and I have been working in an
independent capacity, mainly as a loss Adjuster, since
then.
Palmerston North has been good to us. The
children's’ education needs were met by Our Lady of
Lourdes primary school, St Peter’s College, Massey
University and Otago University which equipped them to
fly the coop and make their own way in life.
We live on ten acres near Palmerston North and enjoy
regular family and grandchildren visits. I
continue to be kept busy with contract insurance work
and Bernadette is the Principal’s Secretary at St
Peter’s College. We enjoy small farm life and I
maintain an interest in thoroughbred horse racing.
emuoaks at xtra.co.nz |
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Sam Lawlor
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Deceased |
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Simon Lowe
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Living
in Auckland. Simon is married with 2 children. After
moving to Auckland he initially worked in the family
fruit shop before being employed as a bus driver for the
Auckland Regional Council. He now drives a taxi. |
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John
McColl
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Living
in Nightcaps
j.mccoll at
nettel.net.nz |
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Michael
McNab
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Jim
McSoriley
Photo taken from newspaper article
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After
Marist I joined the Post Office and trained as a
telegraphist in Invercargill. Worked in
Invercargill till 1966 when I was transferred to Rotorua
(what a culture shock that was!!), then to Tauranga and
on to Headquarters in Wellington where I joined Overseas
Telecommunications. During a career of 21 years in
Headquarters I also spent time as the Administrative
Assistant to the Deputy Director-General of the PO which
work I really enjoyed and represented New Zealand at a
number of Commonwealth Telecommunications meetings
overseas. I was a casualty of the corporatisation of the
NZPO in 1988 and took voluntary severance at the
beginning of 1989. Then I worked for the
Australian High Commission in Wellington for ten years
as their Information Librarian and thoroughly enjoyed
it. Since being made redundant there (thanks to
the internet!!) my wife Lynda and I have operated a very
successful cleaning business. Lynda and I married
in 1979 and we have lived in Karori in Wellington since
our marriage. We have no children. I am
active in the local Catholic Church. I well
remember joining Form 2 at Marist with Brother Andrew
who was probably the best teacher I ever had. The years
at Marist I remember very fondly and I was horrified on
a visit to Invercargill a couple of years ago to see
that the site is now a flaming great sales park with
supermarkets, mitre 10s etc. I love reading, running and
I am an avid All Blacks supporter.
Click here to see an extract from a TV ONE
news item of Jim commenting on the bailout of South
Canterbury investors by the government
mcsoriley at xtra.co.nz
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Dominic
Monti
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Living
in Bay of Plenty. Self employed since 1985 Firstly as
Hydro Mechanical & Diving Services until 1994
Maintenance of Hydro generating plant and construction
diving. 1994 1995 Kvaerner Energy site supervisor Hydro
maintenance. 1995 until present, self employed as
Aquapower Assistance Ltd. Specialising in supervision of
Hydro maintenance and refurbishment projects in NZ as
well as some overseas work. I have been quite involved
in the refurbishing of the Roxburgh machines which
ironically I watched being built in the fifties prior to
moving to Bluff and attending Marist. Also carry out
industrial engraving mainly for the electrical industry.
Our industrial engraving from home keeps us occupied
in-between hydro work and whenever possible we escape in
our 5th wheel caravan for some R&R.
Married to Elaine since 1969 - three married children
and seven grandchildren.
dominic.monti at xtra.co.nz
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Kevin
Murphy
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Living
in Mataura. On leaving Marist at the end of 1960 I
completed my apprenticeship in carpentry and
joinery.
I have been married to Margaret for 40 years. I have one
son, two daughters and one grandson with a new arrival
due in September 2008.
I have been kept busy following the family and grandson
in sport - rugby, athletics, softball, hockey and soccer
both at provincial and international level. I am still
actively involved in the Pipe Band (50 years), rugby
refereeing (42 years) and Fire Brigade (25 years).
I have been working at the local freezing works
(Mataura) since 1981, the last 24 years as a boilerman.
Click
here to see the full photo and the text of
an article from the Mataura Ensign
brothermurphy19 at hotmail.com |
Mike
Newbury
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Living
in Trentham. Painter and decorator.
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| Richard
O'Connell
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Married
Monica, three sons and one grand-child.
All the boys have left home with their own careers and
interesting lifestyles, such as climbing the worlds
mountains, one has had a kidney transplant at age 26 and
another is an ultra distance athlete and last year ran
in a 250km race across the Gobi Desert. (I tried to
explain to him that the wheel has been invented.)
I arrived at Marist as a shy country kid to start 3rd
form and after 5 years returned to farming and country
life. Initially on a family farm and then Monica and I
have farmed on our own account 405 acres at Mabel
Bush, part of the original farm. By today's
standards just a large lifestyle block. Four years ago
we changed our farming practice to make life easier
and start the slide to retirement.
I have been involved in many farming, community and
sporting organisations at both local and national level.
However, as part of the slide towards retirement I have
got out of most, except that I am still a councillor for
the Southland J.P.'s Assn.
I am a keen follower of all sports and roll the odd
bowl, and hit an even odder golf ball.
We have enjoyed a bit of travel in recent years but
still have a few countries to tick off the "Bucket
List" Monica retired 18 months ago and feels I
should also so there would be more time to travel
Despite, currency fluctuations, bank managers and
commodity prices the farm in Southland has given me a
rewarding and fulfilling life. Also great to bring up a
family where the outdoors and the cycles of life are so
evident. As a family we have done everything together
from scuba diving, skiing, to land yachting.
The days at Marist seem only like yesterday.
dick.monica at xtra.co.nz |
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Kevin
O'Meara
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After
living in Brisbane for several years, Kevin has now
moved permanently to California to be closer to his two
daughters in San Francisco. Kevin also has a son living
in Berlin. Professor
Kevin O'Meara was a mathematics lecturer at the
University of Canterbury where he taught and researched
broadly within algebra. He received a doctorate in 1971
for "Right Orders in Full Linear Rings." Kevin co-wrote
and published the book "Advanced Linear Topics in Linear
Algebra; Weaving matrix problems Through the Weyer Form.
It was published in 2011. Kevin retired in January
2003.
staf198
at ext.canterbury.ac.nz |
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Kastytis
Palaikis
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Living
in the U S A. |
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Ron Pasco
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Living in Invercargill.
Dorothy & I have been married for 38 years and
have a family of three. Neville the eldest is
married to Jan and they live in Invercargill. He
works as a truck driver for Farm Direct delivering
fuel to outlets and farms - really enjoys it.
Aileen is a school teacher married to Tony -
living in Cromwell. We enjoy visiting our
grandchildren Jacob aged 4 Mackenzie aged 18
months. Our grandchildren give us endless
pleasure. Gerard our youngest is a chef in Ti
Hoi in the North Island. He has travelled
extensively with his chefing career.
When I left school I worked at John Edmonds which in
latter years became Carters Hardware. I enjoyed
working for them for 46 years - the majority as a
Sales Representative. I retired in December 2005
and am enjoying having time to plan and enjoy
activities and interests. Currently Dorothy
works at Kew Hospital in the office for three days a
week which is ideal.
We plan to travel to Europe in May next year on a 19
day tour and will enjoy viisting Ireland for 7
days. Our previous travels have been to
Australia, Fiji and Rarotonga. Thoroughly enjoy
travelling and hope to do much more in future years.
Ron passed away on 28 June 2020..
dotpasco
at xtra.co.nz
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Brett
Pearce
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Living in Otatara
brett.pearce at atspec.co.nz |
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Ron Perriam
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Living
at Kennington, Southland
r.perriam at xtra.co.nz |
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Tony
Phillips
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Was
living in Invercargill.
Tony died after a long battle with cancer on 9th July
2011.
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Wayne
Robinson
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Living
in Nelson |
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Russell
Sinclair
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Living
in Invercargill. I’ve worked at the Alliance
Freezing works for 41 years. I have been married
to Gloria for 36 years and we have two children, a
daughter Dana (35yrs) and a son Mark (34yrs) and they
both live in Australia, where they both have great jobs
and in January 2008 Dana will give us our first
grandchild (at long last) which will be a
grand-daughter.
I’ve lived an active life, used to belong to a harriers
club and I used to run marathons, I enjoy swimming,
walking, still ride my bike to work and I like to play
golf most weekends.
gloriasinclair at xtra.co.nz |
Barry
Taylor
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Living
in Rakahouka, Southland. Barry is retired having
previously been a butcher, owning a butcher shop, then
working at Makarewa and running a small farm. Married to
Rhonda he has a daughter, son and a grandson.
jaykayp at ihug.co.nz (his sister's email address)
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| Charles
Todd
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Living
in Paraparaumu
todfam at clear.net.nz
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Dave Wyatt
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Living
in Takaka
david.alex at xtra.co.nz |
