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New Zealand Police Association NewsletterNovember 2002Memorial Wall, RNZPCWho said Holiday Homes are always full?“The most consistent concern I have from members is that they say it is difficult to get into our Holiday Homes”, saysPete Hayes, Manager of the Police Welfare Fund. “However when you look into their concerns a little more deeply, manymembers leave it to the last minute”.“There are plenty of vacancies in the homes through November and December, up until the first ballot week, whichbegins on Sat 28 December. There are also many vacancies from the end of the Ballot period, 25th January rightthrough into March and beyond”, says Pete.Many members can have an affordable family holiday in some of New Zealand’s best locations during summer.Get on the net and check out the vacancies (www.policeassn.org.nz, or if you do not have access to the web, ringthe Customer Service Centre on 0800 500 122 (Police Network 44446).HOLIDAY HOME AVAILABILITYNovember December FebruaryPaihia 6, 18, 20-21 1, 10-12 7, 9-10, 14, 20-24Stanmore Bay 1, 3-7, 10-14, 17-21, 24-29 1-4, 6, 8, 11-12, 15-20, 22 1-14, 16-19, 27Whangamata 4-7, 17, 24-28 1-6, 8, 15-17 2-3, 12-13, 16-19, 23Mt Maunganui 5-6, 11-14, 17-21, 24-26 11 8Ohope 1, 3-7, 10-14, 18-21, 23-28 1-5, 8-12, 16-19 1Rotorua 3-7, 11-13, 18-19, 22-24, 27-28 1-15, 17, 22 1, 3-12, 16-17, 23-27Taupo 3-4, 7, 12-14, 18-21, 25, 27-28 1-6, 8-10, 17-22 4-7, 9, 12-13, 16-18Turangi 3-7, 10-15, 17-21, 24-28 1-5, 8-27 1-13, 16-26Napier 10-13, 20-21, 24-30 1, 5, 23 3-4, 10-11, 17-18, 26-27Paraparaumu 1, 17-19, 25-28 1-3, 17-18 4-6, 9, 11-17, 26-27Wellington No Dates Available No Dates Available 5Nelson 1, 4-7, 20-21, 28 1-5, 22, 26-27 2, 20Hanmer Springs No Dates Available No Dates Available 2-7, 17, 19-20, 23Christchurch 3, 5, 9-12, 17, 21, 26 1-4, 18 4-5, 10, 19-20, 24, 26-27Tekapo 7, 13, 20-21, 26,28-29 8-10, 16 1-2, 5, 23Wanaka 1-6, 11-12, 17-19, 25-29 1-5, 8-10, 12, 16 2-7, 9, 11-12, 23, 26-27Cromwell 2-6, 12, 17, 21, 25-28 1-12, 16 3-5, 9-10Queenstown 7 No Dates Available 10, 18-20, 24, 26Te Anau 5-7, 13-15, 18-20, 25-28 1-4, 8-12, 20 4, 7-11, 16, 19-20, 22REMEMBRANCE DAY 2002Remembrance Day held at the PoliceCollege honoured those Police memberswho have died while in service in NewZealand, Australia and the SouthPacific. The numbers that attendedwere significant, signifying respect andsupporting those family, friends andcolleagues who grieved.Police commemorated serving policeofficers killed while on duty throughoutNew Zealand, Australia and the SouthPacific and members of police, swornand non-sworn, serving and retired whodied in the year past.Superintendent Alistair Beckett,welcomed those present, mindful that itwas only a few weekssince the memorialplaque for DetectiveConstable DuncanTaylor was unveiledand that September2002 marked the firstanniversary of theterrorist acts in theUnited States thattook so many lives. He said, that thesenseless deaths reminded us of thefragility of our own lives and reinforcedthe need for police to consider theirown safety. He said Police provide awealth of vital services 24-hours-a-day,but more importantly they are preparedto lay down their lives in that service,“in my mind nothing can be morenoble than to perform our job well.”Inspector Robert Duindam read thenames of the New Zealand sworn andnon-sworn members who died while inservice over the last year as follows:• Detective Constable Duncan JohnTAYLOR (Feilding)• Aleksander Andrzej ROSNER(Wellington)• Senior Constable David JohnMERRIFIELD (Foxton)• Detective Sergeant Peter JamesEVANS (Waitakere)Inspector Duindam, also read thenames of 7 members of police slain onduty from Australia, Fiji and Papua NewGuinea.With the recent sad passing of Rik Bos,President of the Wellington RetiredPolice Club, Mr Lawrie Philpot from thesame club was asked to read the namesof 49 retired police members, who haddied in the past year as the serviceremembered them also.Chaplain Winton Davis words rangout, “May our loneliness be eased, ourhurt healed and our hope rekindled,as we know that death is not the end,but rather the completion of our livehere on earth.”161Remembrance Day 2002