Peter
Badman
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| Howard
Barnes
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to see John at work on his property
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Living
in Invercargill
h.k.barnes at woosh.co.nz
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| Charles
Bates
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Living
in the Philippines. After leaving Marist I moved to
Christchurch where I spent a year at St Bedes before
entering the seminary. I later moved to Dunedin and
then Whangarei. Very involved with softball there –
playing, coaching and as an administrator, including a
period as President of the Softball Association for
the area north of Auckland. Became a professional
bridge player, including writing on bridge for many
publications and newspapers. I attended an
International Bridge tournament in the Philippines,
teaming with three other players from around the
world. I eventually moved to Manila 30 years ago where
I was heavily involved with playing and coaching
bridge and softball. I was offered a softball coaching
position at the International School of Manila. What
initially started out as a short-term contract
eventually lasted for 7 years. I then took up a
position as Director of Student Activities at Brent
International School, Manila. In this role I am
responsible for every subject that doesn’t involve a
grade. This includes organising international
sporting, debating, etc. tournaments and much travel
throughout the Asian region. I am twice married and
have two sons, one in Australia and the other in
Christchurch. I still play some bridge but am now more
interested in golf.
http://www.brent.edu.ph/
charleybates at gmail.com
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| Gus
Beullens
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Living
in Nelson Bays.
Owner operator of
Gustaves Menswear in Nelson. Married Mary
(Donaldson) and have 4 children and 8 grandchildren.
Keen fly fisherman, and All Black supporter.
http://www.gustaves.co.nz/
gm.beullens at gmail.com
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| John
Bewley
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to see the photo of John's family
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On
leaving school I took up the butchery trade.I worked
at a number of shops around Invercargill till about
the end of 1972. I then bought a butcher shop in
Nelson and took my wife (Barbara Rogers ) and 3 kids
with me.
In 1983 I remarried to Liz my present wife.We have two
children who are now both 15 Jasmine and Krystal who
we follow around the country to swimming meets and
netball games.
My first 3 children Tony lives in Aussie, Mark is an
accountant in Wellington, and Rachel who lives in
Richmond just out of Nelson all keep in touch We have
6 grandchildren 2 to each of them.
At present I am in charge of a Supermarket
butchery in Nelson city and Liz has her own business
in land information.
When I get time I like to go fishing and diving and
also like to play the odd game of golf.
jbewley at xtra.co.nz
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| Kevin
Boyle
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I
was truly astounded to receive a call from Jim H.
Congratulations Jim and Allan for such a good idea and
the hard work.
I had a wonderful first career. NZ Tourist Dept mostly
in Wellington. Travelled a lot in NZ and other
countries. Did the OE and travelled widely though
Middle East and Europe. Settled down in late 70’s and
have been very happily married for 30 years. One
beautiful daughter, works for the Queensland Premier’s
Department.
I held a number of positions in NZ then I was posted
to NZ Tourist Office in Brisbane 1985. Regional
Manager. Very enjoyable, challenging 5 years. All came
to an end in 1990 with closure of NZ Tourist Bureaux.
Rogernomics. Back to Wellington. The dreaded
redundancy. Returned to Queensland’s Gold Coast in
1992 to financial hard times for a few years. Did a
number of jobs.
Joined Queensland State Government in 1996. Started at
the bottom again. Took all opportunities offered and
currently I am a Senior Policy Analyst in the
Department of Industrial Relations. Really enjoy the
job.
Along the way I obtained some training and educational
qualifications including a teaching qualification.
Just finished a post grad programme in public sector
leadership. May go for the Masters. Looking at
possibility of teaching after retirement. I'm
now with the Department of Justice and
Attorney-General, still in a policy role and still
enjoying it. I'll have to seriously think
of retiring - maybe in a year or two when I'll be
almost 70. Imagine it! Just looking at the Marist
pages, even half that was impossible
to comprehend. There is still a lot of the boy in
all of us, I think; just tempered a bit by experience
and (some) wisdom. My wife Gail and I were just
laughing nd saying today after cleaning up
after painting our bedroom that its so
true youth is wasted on the young.
We love living on the Gold Coast and have a lot of
friends, including Kiwis. Walking and bike
riding are main exercises. May get back into tennis.
I’ve experienced the best of times and the worst of
times and can say that life is just great – not always
easy but just great. I’ve learned to enjoy the now,
look to the good in people, not to carry baggage and
to retain my sense of humour when things are not going
well.
We are coming to NZ in December this year (2013) to
revisit old haunts in the SI particularly in
Invercargill. I will send a message out later in the
year to see if anyone wants to meet for a bite to
eat and a beer one night. It might be great catching
up after so long.
boyleaus at gmail.com
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John
Burke
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I
have been living and working in the Wellington area
since 1968 and have lived in Porirua City for all of
that time. I have spent 36 years continuously in
public office of one sort or another, including Mayor of Porirua for 15 years and
am currently President of the Porirua Licensing Trust.
I now sell real
estate. My wife Linda and I celebrated our 40th
wedding anniversary on 6th June 2007. We have 2 sons;
Dean an architect and Aaron who, like me, sells real
estate.
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to see John's full CV
http://www.topagent.co.nz/
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Allan Campbell
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Living in Christchurch. I am married to Liz and we
have 4 adult children and 4 grandchildren. I retired
from the National Library of New Zealand at the end of
2003. Check my web page for more information.
http://allancampbell.weebly.com
acampbellnz at gmail.com
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| Peter
Chiaroni
Click here to see a photo of
Peter's family at his daughter's graduation.
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After
finishing with university in Christchurch I went to
Training College which was enough to put me off
teaching. I moved to Wellington in the seventies
and worked at several jobs the most intriguing of
which was with the National Film Library. I
finally got a job in the printing industry working for
Whitcoulls.
Margaret and I were married in 1980 and we shifted to
Auckland in 1984 where we live on the North Shore in
the Birkenhead/Hillcrest area. We have one
daughter, Marie-Louise, who is 21and in her final year
at Auckland University. Next year she will start work
at North Shore Hospital as a pharmacist.
I am still working but in a much reduced capacity
following a kidney transplant in 1998. I have worked
for the same company, Moore-Gallagher, for almost 25
years. Just recently we have been taken over by
Wickliffe Press of Dunedin.
I now feel at home in Auckland finally after all
these years and Auckland has been good to me.
I have a lovely wife who is a nurse by profession and
who knows her way around the medical world and we
have wonderful friends one of whom gave me a
kidney long before Joah made it fashionable. Best wishes to you all.
Peter died in Auckland on 3 October 2019 after a long
illness.
marzie at xtra.co.nz
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Colin
Cliene
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Colin
was a farmer and harness horse trainer at Utopia,
Westport. Colin was married to Yvonne and had three
children - Nigel, Warrick and Jamie. He enjoyed fine
results with a small racing team, his best performers
being Gypsy Winkle, who won the 1990 New Zealand Oaks
at Addington and Star of Utopia, who won the Rising
Stars three-year old championship on the course the
same year. Sadly, Colin died at Westport on 16 May
2000.
Yvonne is still working Utopia Farm in Westport with
youngest son Jamie, they are still training and
breeding pacers from the Gypsy Winkle/ Star of Utopia
family and milking cows etc. Middle son Warrick
is a managing partner with international accountancy
firm KPMG in Vietnam where he has been for 10
years. Oldest son Nigel is based in Westport
where he owns and operates the local Toyota service
workshop, Hydraulink hoses and Weldwell Agencies
employing 5 staff.
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to see the full photo of Colin with Kevin Murphy
(Colin and Yvonne's best man at their wedding) taken
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| John
Connolly
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I
have lived in Christchurch for the last 12 years.
Overjoyed to leave school, I was then able to satisfy
my passion for speed and motorcycles. Have won five
National titles,and heaps of South Island ones,and set
a number of speed records which filled in time while
working as an Electrician, Electrical Inspector,
Electrical Contractor, Contract Manager, and Auditor,
all in the Electrical industry.
Currently working for Transfield Services
Infrastructure at the Lyttelton Tunnel complex as the
Contract Manager. Married to Lynley for 40 years this
year, I have two daughters, one a Physio in
Invercargill and one a Squadron Leader in the
airforce. Still do a fair amount of racing and we
travel at every opportunity. Had a great life and not
finished with it yet. I only wish I did not spend so
much of it at school.
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to see a photo of John racing one of his motorcycles
jconnolly at xtra.co.nz
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Terry
Crannitch
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Living
in Frankston, Melbourne
lordyd2003 at yahoo.com.au
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Richie
Lowe
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Living
in Auckland. I went to Otago Uni in '65 got Accounting
1 (was best man for Ras's 1st that year), came to
Auckland, didn't do too well so dropped out, bought a
little fruit and veg business (what else) in Mt Albert
for 9 years, sold that, had 18 mths off bumming
around, set up a new fruit and veg business in
Newmarket (THE place to shop in Auckland now). Rents
shot up so had to get out and got out OK, went for a
trip to UK and Europe for 6 weeks came back and became
a business broker, which I still am today. (you can
check me out on www.abcbusiness.co.nz)
I got married in 1970 to Shirley and have 2 boys
Brendan (36), an accountant for SouthWest Trains in
London, Jamie (33) Sales Manager for FujiXerox here In
Auckland (has produced us 2 grandchildren, girl 3, boy
3 months) and Angela, 24. just qualified as a
physiotherapist. I have been in our house for nearly
30 years, so I lead a very stable life. I still play
squash, very involved with my squash club. Titirangi,
was President for 4 years and now getting more senior,
they've made me Patron.
rs.lowe at xtra.co.nz
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| Tony
McGowan
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Living
in Invercargill. After 25 years with Lands &
Survey I finished when the Department was broken up as
Commissioner of Crown Lands Southland. Since then
spent time as Property Manager with Land Corp and
assets manager with Knight Frank along with some small
time farming. Since 1992 have operated as a private
property consultant and currently jointly own and
operate a business providing land consultancy and land
and survey information to the Crown and Public. My
wife Robyn and I have 4 Children 3 sons and a
daughter.
robynandtony at xtra.co.nz
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| Bob
McLean
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On
leaving school I played
senior rugby for Marist for
thirteen years and held
every club office from coach
to president.
I have three married
children, two sons and a
daughter, with eight grand
children . the recent St
Theresa’s school jubilee was
a good occasion to
renew friends.
I have had a full
working life in the
wool, skin and fur
trades and held the role
of NZ Wool Buyers
president for seven years. My
companies have been
involved in all sectors
of the wool industry
including processing, brokering,
scouring and exporting. I
was also a red
deer farmer. I have
diversified now into the
commercial property field
which is less dependant
on the greenies and exchange rates.
I have been privileged
to be part of a
successful class group.
Bob died on 10 October 2021
Click here to see a picture of Bob with a
successful catch.
bobandheather at xtra.co.nz
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Barrie
Molloy
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Living
near Ashburton. Horse trainer. |
| Kevin
Scully
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Living
in Invercargill |
Pat
Spillane
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Deceased |
| Bruce
Thomson
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I
left school and became a Manufacturing Jeweller
finally ending up with my own business with a staff of
seven. Got very involved with Jaycees in the heydays
of 70s and 80s. Had a year as Regional Governor of
Otago Southland Region. I sold out to a staff member
and joined AMP being an Agency manger in Manawatu and
finally Manager of Taranaki. We were all made
redundant around 1992 when AMP changed its mode of
operation.
I worked at a Polytechnic for a couple of years and
began work on my Tertiary education. Better late than
never I guess and I finished up with a Bachelors
degree and a couple of Diplomas. I am in the training
and development arena now, working out of Takapuna. My
website says about my work. www.fortunaintl.co.nz
I have two daughters, Maria, an Occupational
Psychologist, with a PhD and works at Auckland
University and Patrice who with her degree, works in
Australia.
I am involved in skydiving, was an Instructor and
Chief Safety Officer at the Aviation Sports Club at
Whenuapai. I now just jump for fun. Have had a pilots
License since I was 25 but now fly very little. I
enjoy the gym and still play a little squash.
I am married to Lyn and we live in Auckland City.
Between us we have 6 grandchildren. Still a busy life
and retirement seems a long way off.
bruce
at fortunaintl.co.nz
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| David
Wells
Click here to see an
article and a photo of The Echophonics at a recent
reunion concert in Invercargill.
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Living
in Christchurch. Music, not schooling, was my biggest
influence during my formative years and I was part of
The Echophonics pop group for a number of years. I
took up plumbing as a trade and to my dismay am still
doing it. I am married with 4 grown up family and 2
step-children. My wife and I moved to Brisbane in 1986
and lived there for 19 years before returning to Ch-Ch
where most of our family and grand kids are. Never an
academic, I continue to ply my trade.
ethne.dave at xtra.co.nz
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