Obituaries A great legacy of his teaching years was the founding of the Hawke's Bay Primary Schools Māori Culture Festival, now Ngati Kahungunu Primary Schools’ Kapa Haka Festival. He was Chairman of its organising committee for 17 years, and it has been a passion of the couple since the first festival in the mid-1970s. He served terms with the National Council of Māori Education and the Hawke's Bay Education Board. A World War II veteran, he was the third Hawke's Bay-based member of 28 Māori Battalion to die in the last two months, leaving just three surviving members in Ngati Kahungunu's rohe, including Wairarapa. Ted was also a long-standing member of the Taradale Rotary Club, of which he was President in 1975-76. Timothy David WAKELIN Tim passed away suddenly in July this year aged 23. From a very early age, Tim developed a passion for sport, especially rugby. At primary school he played for Wests and made the Wellington Region age-grade teams moving from fullback to hooker and finally settling into his natural position, open-side flanker. He was also a keen cricketer, ran cross-country and threw the javelin until his mid teens - also making representative teams in these sports. But Tim's ultimate love was rugby, and this was where he excelled. Tim was one of the real characters of Wellington College Rugby. As a Junior, he played for two great years in the U15 A team. One of the highlights of his Wellington College rugby career was winning the Most Valuable Player (Junior) award in 2005. He then went on play for 2nd XV before being selected for the 1st XV in 2006. Tim had such a fantastic time in his first year in the team he decided to return in 2007 for a little extra game time in the sport he loved at the school he loved. Tim played a key role in the this undefeated side as a leader with a great sense of humour and bruising uncompromising play on the field. Tim was always considered as a player with real potential and was selected in the all the Wellington age grade teams while at school. His easy going nature and competitive spirit will live in the memories of all those that have shared time with him on and off the field. After leaving school, Tim played rugby for Old Boys' University juggling his rapidly growing career with practice and games. A serious shoulder injury had curtailed his game time in the 2011 season, so Tim focused on passing on his love of the game by supporting the growth of the OBU Junior Club. He was a much loved coach by players and parents. THE LAMPSTAND • 2012
Tim's funeral service was attended by a large contingent of the Wellington College and Wellington Rugby community. The rousing Haka, performed by his former team mates and friends, was a tribute not only to Tim but also demonstrated the strong bonds of friendship and camaraderie built on the rugby field and in the Wellington College corridors. Lincoln Rawles and Nathan Frew (1st XV Coaches, 2006-07) Meredith Atkinson, (Tim's Mother) TREVOR JAMES YOUNG Politician Former MP Trevor Young was devoted to his community, country and God, as mourners at his funeral were reminded. Trevor was an honourable and decent man and a man of integrity, Paul Swain, who succeeded him in the Eastern Hutt seat after his retirement, said Trevor was an inspiration to him and a true servant of the people in every sense of the word.
and current Labour MPs. He met Trevor in 1985 and later thought about standing for Parliament. Trevor told him he was planning to retire and gave Paul his blessing to seek selection. Paul won selection and was publicly endorsed by Trevor. Trevor had a special understanding of the process of law-making which he put to good use in Parliament. But in local politics Trevor helped shape Lower Hutt and in Parliament became a member of Norman Kirk's inner circle. He placed constituents and his family before himself and had to endure personal attacks from lobby groups. He maintained his integrity and was respected across party lines. Trevor had the gift of oratory and was very persuasive because he so strongly believed what he said. Trevor was MP for the Hutt seat from 1968 till 1978 when a rearrangement of the valley's seats created the Eastern Hutt seat which he held until retiring from politics in 1990. He was Labour's deputy chairman of committees from 1984 till 1990. He received a QSO for public services. The Hutt News
Former Western Hutt MP John Terris said Trevor was never afraid to speak his mind and his forthright and Christian values probably cost him political advancement. Politics was often about compromise but Trevor was not a compromiser. Trevor was born in Turua (near Thames) in 1925 and grew up in Cambridge and Blenheim. He did his secondary schooling at Wellington College. His family settled in Naenae and his first job was with the Public Trust. He joined the Labour Party and at 22 as was asked three times to stand on its ticket for Lower Hutt City Council elections in 1947. Eventually someone took him aside to say he was unlikely to be elected but the experience would make him better known in the community. The reluctant candidate avoided campaigning but was elected. He was mentored in his new role by Mayor Hay. He combined work and unpaid local politics with law studies at Victoria University from which he graduated in 1958. In 1952, he married Ailsa, whom he met through the church, and they spent their whole married life in Lower Hutt. They celebrated 60 years of marriage in February. Trevor was a city councillor until 1968 when he was elected to Parliament in a by-election following the death of Hutt MP and former Prime Minister Sir Walter Nash. The morning after the election, a solo mother was on the Youngs' doorstep asking for help to find a house. It was the beginning of a more intensive level of service to the Hutt Valley public. Paul Swain, who succeeded Trevor as MP for Eastern Hutt, spoke on behalf of several former 69