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Vol 44, No 23
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PAST AND PRESENT: Celebrating the Mercy Cross, from left, Sister Mary di Pazzi, Sister Patrice Lowell, Mercy Cross artist Lou Prendergarst-Mathieson, Holly Pukeiti, Sister Mary Irenaeus and Sister Teresa Anderson. See story page 2. Times photo Wayne Martin
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HE New Zealand rowing and business communities are feeling a significant loss following the passing of Sir Don Rowlands last Thursday at age 88. Sir Don was a figurehead of NZ rowing, having spent nearly 70 years involved in the sport. In 1950, he won a silver medal in the men’s rowing eight at the Commonwealth Games in Auckland, which was followed by gold in the single sculls at the 1954 Games in Vancouver. Following his success on the water, Sir Don became a renowned leader and climbed the ranks of both national and international rowing organisations. He was chairman of the organising committee for the 1978 World Rowing Championships at Karapiro, and for the 2010 event at the same
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venue, the Don Rowlands lands was such an active Centre, a multi-purpose member of the rowing community facility, was community and he has constructed and named achieved some extraorin recognition of Sir Don’s dinary things throughout contribution to the sport. his lifetime. He was awarded a “He showed a breadth bronze medal of the Olymof vision that transformed pic order in 1981 for his the sport of rowing in New input into the rowing at a Zealand. He was a great SIR DON number of Games. leader of the sport and had ROWLANDS He represented New a talent for managing peoZealand and Australia on the inter- ple; he was an excellent communicanational rowing federation council tor and listener.” for a number of years, and earned Sir Don also made a major impact the world rowing award for distin- in the commercial world with a guished service in 2009. number of companies. Rowing NZ says: “[Sir Don] is a In 1953, he joined the Fisher & huge loss for the rowing community Paykel company as an engineer, and sadness will be felt throughout which was the start of a 48-year New Zealand and across the world. association. It has been a real privilege for New He went on to become a director Zealand rowing that Sir Don Row- at Fisher & Paykel, and his reputa-
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tion for leadership saw him asked to become chair of Mainfreight in 1983, and he remained with the company for 28 years. A statement from Mainfreight says: “We are deeply saddened by the death of Sir Don Rowlands. “His contribution to the company’s success and culture are a legacy that will endure, and he will be remembered by us with much affection and gratitude.” He was awarded an MBE in 1973 and a CBE in 1979 for his services to rowing and business, and inducted into the New Zealand Business Hall of Fame last year. He was made a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the 2015 New Year Honours. Sir Don’s funeral is being held tomorrow at Holy Trinity Cathedral in Parnell.
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THE TIMES has always been known as a company that thinks about the future. Recently it became even clearer that it was time to refresh the brand and that is exactly what we have done. While Times Newspapers has been publishing its community newspapers for more than 40 years, 2015 has brought about fresh beginnings. A key to the future is the recent exciting re-launch of the Howick and Botany Times, re-named Botany and Ormiston Times to reflect the development of one of New Zealand’s newest towns, including the Ormiston Town Centre straddling Ormiston Road, Flat Bush. And we’re not stopping at that with a revitalised look planned for the Thursday Howick and Pakuranga Times. Both newspapers aim to reflect the needs of communities they serve. With our continued investment in the latest technology, the new looks are a more accurate reflection of how the publishing business and our community has evolved. It now makes sense to drop the Monday edition of the Howick and Pakuranga Times and bridge the gap more efficiently through technology, such as TimesLive www.times.co.nz and our Facebook page, while regularly sending news updates to our email subscription database. In this way we will continue to deliver the latest news on Monday. And you won’t notice any difference in the way we work. We are still locally-owned and operated, proud of our independence and committed to provide great service to our clients and readers. Another piece of exciting news is the move to new premises in Botany Town Centre. On March 27 we will leave our East Tamaki offices, purpose-built for us about a decade ago. We are relocating upstairs at Botany – oh how the ‘Times’ change so quickly! Times Newspapers managing director, Reay Neben says the new developments “will be huge”. “But I see this change as an exciting new direction for us all. “Thanks for your ongoing support. We couldn’t have done all these things without you.”