Obituary: Tūhourangi leader Allan Skipwith remembered as an exceptional person
9 Feb, 2021 02:17 AM
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Tūhourangi Tribal Authority chairman Allan Skipwith has died. Photo / File
Those who knew Allan Skipwith knew when he set his sights on a goal, more often than not he got the job done. The Tūhourangi Tribal Authority (TTA) chairman, who died on Friday, will be remembered for both his work with his iwi and in the Rotorua community.
Te Mana o Ngāti Rangitihi Trust (Te Mana) and TTA made the announcement in July last year, one year after the Deed of Undertaking was signed between the iwi.
I’m fortunate enough to have a mathematical concept named after me. And not just Wadge degrees. There’s also the Wadge hierarchy, Wadge reducibility, and the Wadge game. In fact I’ve seen people say they’re interested in “Wadge theory”. A whole theory!
I’ve posted about this before but that was mainly technical and for most readers not all that accessible. It left out the human element, the passion, the drama, the thrill of victory etc. So here’s the real story.
I arrived in Berkeley (California) fresh from getting a math degree at UBC in Vancouver. I arrived a long time ago, in the Fall of 1966 (!). There was a lot going on on campus – roll on from the previous year’s “Free Speech” movement. And the Vietnam war was raging. Soon after I arrived the Marines set up a recruiting table in the student union building. Hundreds of protesters chased them and the police out of the building and across Sproul Plaza into Sproul Hall, the administration building. That wa
Obituary: Much loved 103-year-old lawn bowler remembered as a fine gentleman
1 Feb, 2021 05:00 AM
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To still be actively involved in sport at that age is outstanding. Last week, the Tauranga South Bowling Club farewelled club stalwart Tom Piercy, who died at home on Monday.
Club president Peter Joyce said Piercy was much loved by everyone at the club. He was a very gentlemanly man, very softly spoken but very popular, Joyce said. He joined us in about the year 2000 from memory and until two or three years ago he would ride his bike from home in Greerton all the way to the bowling club. The last few years he had a mobility scooter.