Rotorua Business Awards: Nominations now open for 2021
4 May, 2021 10:25 PM
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Nominations are now open for this year s Rotorua business awards, which has a new name and sponsor. More than 100 Rotorua businessmen and women attended the launch of the 2021 Tompkins Wake Rotorua Business Awards at the Pullman Rotorua last night.
Rotorua Chamber of Commerce chief executive Bryce Heard said the awards hit the sweet spot with Rotorua s business community. It s exciting.
Rotorua Chamber of Commerce chief executive. Photo / Andrew Warner
Heard said it was exciting to have Tompkins Wake come on board as the main sponsor after Westpac s 16-year history of supporting the awards.
Jonathan Temm QC obituary: Rotorua mourns great legal mind and master in the courtroom
5 Mar, 2021 12:20 AM
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Jonathan Temm QC at this chambers. Photo / File
If the courtroom was a stage, Jonathan Temm QC was the star of the show. The great legal mind never liked to back down in an argument, but he lost one of his few battles on Wednesday when he died from a brain tumour surrounded by his family.
The 58-year-old has left a legacy among the legal fraternity who are mourning the loss of one of the country s greatest lawyers.
Temm QC was more than just a brilliant performer in the courtroom. His true talent lay in his ability to simply listen, give his time and make people feel like they have been heard.
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Jonathan Temm QC, pictured in 2016 when he acted for Quinton Winders, the man charged with the ‘stop-go’ murder of George Taiaroa.
Lawyer Jonathan Temm QC, who took part in some of the nation’s most high profile trials in recent years, including the Nia Glassie murder trial and the 2016 stop-go murder trial of Quinton Winders, has died. In a statement, the Law Society said it was with heavy hearts they learned of Temm s passing on Wednesday March 3, describing the Former Law Society president and Rotorua lawyer as a courageous, passionate man who dedicated much of his life to leadership roles at both local and national levels across the profession.