1/23/2024 0 Comments Kerry packer obituary![]() He was his own man, mature beyond his years. “For me, my abiding memories of Nicky were his individuality. Nick was also the Senior High Jump Champion two years in a row. ![]() He was a school prefect and club captain of Vernon. Nick and his wife Helen attended the 40th reunion of the 1976 1st XV in 2016. A “first-class” pupil was a frequent phrase on his reports. Nick also played 1st XV Rugby and famously didn’t play in 1974 to concentrate on School Certificate. ![]() He went on to play for both Manawatu Senior Men and Central Districts Under-20 while at school. He represented the 1st Cricket X1 for four years and is on the Honours Board a remarkable 8 times. Nick will always be remembered as on of the school’s finest sportsmen. Nick Parkinson (1972-76) sadly passed away recently in Kaikoura. Tony is survived by his wife Jamie and children Oliver, Ana and Cleo. His many friends, professional colleagues and old teammates remember a highly capable jurist and a gentle and supportive man. ![]() He was later appointed a District Court Judge in Napier and went on to be made an Associate High Court Judge firstly in Christchurch and more recently Auckland. As a young solicitor in the Hawkes Bay he played senior rugby for Napier HSOB in 1973 and then set up his own firm in Taupo in 1974. In 1971 Tony married Jamie Betts from Masterton. He represented University in athletics every year and in 1970 played Senior A rugby for the University club on the wing. On leaving school Tony did a Law degree at Victoria University in Wellington. As an all-round athlete, Tony was good enough to be offered a Track and Field scholarship to the University of California. His school coach, Mr IA Colquhoun wrote of him, “Build first-class for a power winger”. Tony scored 14 tries in 1965 and 16 tries in 1966 (in 16 matches). In his time in the 1st XV the team did not lose an Inter-School match. In his final year he was a School Prefect, the all-round Field Events athletic champion for a third time and an outstanding try-scoring wing in his second year in the First XV. Tony was an ‘A’ stream student at Boys’ High from 1962 – 1966. His son Oliver returned from the UK during the Covid 19 lockdown and successfully applied to the High Court for permission to visit his dying father in hospital. One of the finest all-round athletes to attend PNBHS, passed away on in Auckland from a brain tumour. Left Picture: Tony running with ball in hand for the PNBHS 1st XV Māori Party president Che Wilson paid tribute to Waho on Facebook, posting that he was a champion of Te Reo Māori and an educationalist at all levels, leaving a great legacy.Īnthony Peter (Tony) Christiansen 1948 – 2020 | PNBHS 1962-1966 ![]() He would always speak to me in te reo Māori, which was appreciated but a challenge to me … He was a very gentle person as well, non-threatening, but very strong in being able to uphold kaupapa Māori.” Rurawhe said Waho was an adviser to former ministers of education, and his views as a Māori educator were highly-sought after in other areas of life as well. “He basically made it a goal of his to make certain the language survived, he was an exceptional teacher.” He grew up and brought up when the language wasn’t available to us. “ a skilled educationalist, one that inspired virtually a whole generation to love the Māori language and learn the Māori language. MP Adrian Rurawhe, Ngāti Apa, referred to Toni as an extraordinary person. He was appointed to the Teachers’ Council in 2006 and was a former trust member of Te Kōhanga Reo National Trust and was teaching online Māori classes shortly before his death. He did postgraduate study in Māori language policy and planning, and went on to hold positions in the kōhanga reo and kura kaupapa Māori movements. He was also the principal of Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Mana Tamariki in Palmerston North for more than a decade. Toni, of Ngāti Rangi, Te Ati Hau-Nui-ā-Pāpārangi, Ngāti Apa and Ngāti Kahungunu was an education stalwart and champion of Māori language. Toni had been out walking when he was swept down the Tokiāhuru Stream, about 10 kilometres east of Ohakune. It is with great sympathy we inform our Old Boys Community about Toni Waho (known at school as Toni Davis). ![]()
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