18 April, 2007

Death of community board member

Waitakere City Councillors today acknowledged the passing of New Lynn Community Board member Bill Buchanan.

This morning's Council meeting began with a minute's silence after which Mayor Bob Harvey and councillors including Carl Harding and Assid Corban paid tributes.

Mr Buchanan died suddenly on Monday night.

Mayor Harvey says he was a hard working member of the community board with a real affinity for the New Lynn area.

"He worked at grass roots level in the community and was very much a doer rather than a talker".

This morning's Council meeting also noted the recent passing of John (Jack) de Vere, who was a former Glen Eden Borough Councillor, as well as the deaths of former Helensville Mayor Eric Glaeish and Massey resident Don Selwyn who was a central figure in New Zealand film, theatre and television.

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