Leading from the front issuu

There were
meant to be five
events for Pat’s 90th but
luckily reason prevailed
and the programme was
scaled back to four. It’s not
that five events would be
too much for Pat, it’s his
support crew that gets
exhausted!
PAT TURNS 90, 2016
On the eve of Pat’s 90th birthday, Maxine Boag said
at yet another civic presentation that Pat continues to
make a difference to many people and organisations
and his story is an important part of Napier’s history:
“A pakeha of Irish ethnicity, Pat has for a long time
been a relentless social-justice-Treaty activist. He goes
to the courthouse weekly, supports many and is well
loved in the Māori community. He has spearheaded
many community events and fearlessly fought against
incarceration of Māori. He has organised dozens of
Treaty workshops and sold Robert Consedine’s book
“Healing our History” wherever he goes amongst Pakeha.
Pat is both a treasure and a thorn in the side, a rebutt
to the Sensible Sentencers, a seasoned fund raiser
for the many causes and people he supports, a friend to
the friendless and homeless and a ‘conscience’ to us,
showing us another way of looking at the world.”
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Awards, travel, parties – fun, fun, fun!