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GREGORY, Clifton Carey

9/28/2025

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Passed away peacefully at home, Wairoa on Sunday 28 September 2025, surrounded by family. Much loved partner Takky. Loved father and father-in-law of Blair and Trina, Jess and David. Loved pop of Tobias, and Alexi. A funeral service for Carey will held at the Wairoa Fire Station, 65 Lucknow Street, Wairoa on Thursday 2 October 2025 at 1.00pm. Followed by a private cremation.

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ARCHER, Shona Merle

9/26/2025

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Peacefully passed away at home on Thursday, 25 September 2025.
A private cremation will be held in Gisborne on Tuesday, 30  September. 
(As per Shona's wishes, there will be no service)
Any communications to 2 Pipi Crescent Mahia, Wairoa
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PETERSON, Jeanette Rosalie

9/18/2025

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Passed away peacefully in Palmerston North on Monday 15th September 2025 surrounded with love.
 
Loved wife of Neil (dec).  Cherished Mum of Darryl, Neil (dec), and Karen.  Loving Nan of Sel, Nick, Kate, Freyja and her 8 great grandchildren.
Mum will lie at her home, 20 Mahia Avenue for the weekend with her funeral service on Monday 22nd September 2025 at St Peter's Catholic Church at 11am, followed by her burial in Wairoa Lawn Cemetery with her two Neil’s.
Friends and family are invited home for refreshments and to share memories of Mum.
 
“Plant kindness…Gather Love”

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MUNRO, Jacky

9/16/2025

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​He kororia hare ruia kia ihoa o nga mano
Matua Tama Wairua Tapu me nga Anahera Pono me Me Mangai, homai piki te ora, piki te kaha, piki te māramatanga me Te Mangai Ae.
 
It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Jacky.  Loved partner of Huck, mother of Neil and Maiden, nan, sister, aunty and friend to many.
 
The OG Sister of the Fist Frasertown.
Yolzah sister.
 
Jacky will lie at Whetumarama Makoro Marae where her nehu will be on Friday, 19 September 2025 at 11am.
 
Ae anei, ake nei Ae!

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​PARKES, Charles Sylvester

9/14/2025

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10 July 1942 – 14 September 2025
 
Passed away peacefully, surrounded with love.  Loving husband of Faith for 65 years.  Storytelling father of Bonnie, Shane, Janine, Leeanne and Lance. Pop to Dyson, Laura, Stephen, Amber, Toni (dec), Blair, Clinton, Mark, Anthony, Michaela, Leshra, Raymond, Ted and grandpop to many.
 
Dad will lie at Pickering Funeral Chapel where the funeral service would be held on Thursday, 18 September 2025 at 11am.

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​ROPIHA, Raymond

9/13/2025

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Sunrise:  16.10.1956
Sunset:  13.09.2025
 
Devoted to his one true love, Patsy.  Beloved father to Vivian (His Girl).  Precious son of Ieni (Dec) & Ani Ropiha (Dec).  Brother to Merlin (Dec), Ihipera (Dec), Ivan (Dec), Horiana, Te Moananui, Omega (Dec), Mydie (Dec) & Matua.  Pa to Big Kaos (Dec), Tamati, Little Kaos (Dec) and Zalia-Rose.  Papa Ray to many.  Special uncle to all his nieces and nephews.  Special friend to Judy (The Boss). 
 
A service will be held on Monday, 15 September at 11am at Pickering Funeral Chapel.  Ray will travel to Te Tapairu Marae, Waipawa for one night and then on Tuesday, 16 September he will travel to Rongomaraeroa Marae, Porangahau.
 
A final service will be held on Wednesday, 17 September at 11am followed by the burial at Kaiwhitikitiki Urupa, where he will lie to rest with his loved ones.
 
Tukuna tō wairua kia rere, ko ō tapuwae ki te motiha, o Tahu-nui-a-rangi, tukuna tō wairua kia wātea.
 
If you would like to koha to the whanau, please send to S.M Durham (Shelley),  03-0779-0143901-007.
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HAU, Moromona Whetu-o-te-ata

9/13/2025

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The day he blessed us: 13 September 1996
Now at rest: 12 September 2025
 
Kua tō te rā ki tō mātau kāhu tātara.
With hearts full of sadness and aroha, we share the passing of our precious taonga, Moromona Hau. Moromona passed peacefully surrounded by his loving whānau.
 
He blessed the hearts of his mother and father, Janine and Zealand Hau and brought so much joy  to his tuakana and teina, Genryl, Czhaay, Keenan, Christina, Ngareraumati and Amohia. Moromona touched the lives of all his whānau and friends and we have all been blessed to share in his life.
 
Moromona will spend his last days at his kāinga, 99 Apatu St, Wairoa. Whānau and friends are invited to come and celebrate Moromona’s life from Monday 15th September. A final service will be held at his home at 11am on Wednesday 17th September. Following that he will be laid to rest at Arimawha urupā.
 
If you would like to koha to the whānau please send to:
Czhaay Hau
03-0785-0348479-025
 

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​GILBERT, Rihia

9/10/2025

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Sunrise:  22 February 1958
Sunset:  9 September 2025
 
Husband of Teresa (dec), loving dad, koro, uncle, cousin and friend to many. 
 
E te whānau, tēnā koutou.  At approximately 2.30pm, whanau will meet us at Raupunga to accompany dad home to Pūtere.
 
The nehu will be held on Saturday, 11.00am at Pareroa Marae, Pūtere.
 
He maumaharatanga ki tō tātou rangatira, he taonga tuku iho mō ā tātou uri whakatipu.
 
Moe mai ra e te Rangatira
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McNABB, Thomas Mackay “Tom”

9/9/2025

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Born in Wairoa on 17 August 1928.  Loved husband for 73 years of Betty.  Cherished father and father-in-law of Kaylene & Jim (dec), Allan & Anne, Miriam & Maurice.  Grandfather of seven, great-grandfather of 18.  Special “Grandad McNabb”.  Passed away peacefully in the presence of his family, at the grand age of 97, on 9 September 2025.

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​McArdle, Patricia Bethridge (née Topp)

9/8/2025

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Died peacefully 6 September 2025 at Whanganui Hospital, aged 91 years.  Much loved mother and mother in-law of Amanda and Hamish, Mary, Hugh and Kaye, Bridget, Sally and Bryan, and the late Patrick. Loved grandmother to Nicholas, Kate, Becky, Jamie, Oliver, Oscar, Greta, Andrew, Patrick, Lexi, Guthrie, and Amelia. Loved great grandmother to 15 great grandchildren.
A service to celebrate Pat's life will be held at St Chad's Anglican Church, 41 Great North Road, Whanganui on Thursday, 11 September 2025 at 11am.
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