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Kade Cory-Wright
We first became aware of Kade Cory-Wright’s interest
in journalism when I mentioned to Tracey at Shine Hair
Salon that we wanted to create a student intern position
at PakuViews. She told me about Kade and encouraged
me to read the article about his awards that had just
appeared in The Local Advertiser. Kismet!!
We liked Kade immediately, taken by his friendly yet
humble manner. Impressed with this budding writer’s
accomplishments and character, we feel honoured to
consider him part of the PakuViews team and delight in
giving him his first byline, the first of many we hope!
Kade plans to study journalism when he attends
university, and is keen on having a career as a sports
writer. This year, however, he will be flying the flag for
Tairua at Thames High School, where he was selected as
the school’s Head Boy for 2012.
Kade has an impressive scholastic record, and like his
grandfather, excels at sports, soccer being his favourite.
Kade admits that his earlier years of homeschooling
instilled him with a sense of self-motivation and
perseverance.
Of his grandfather and this article, Kade says, “I think I
could interview him for days. He’s a natural storyteller.”
Derek and Doreen loved to socialise in Tairua as well as travel the globe. Shown
dancing at the Rugby Club and, in 1994, standing in front of Hadrians wall in
England and outside a temple in Kuala Lumpur.
Pictured at a friendly Croquet game,
Derek has always been active in many
sports, but Rugby has always been his
favourite. At 90, he still enjoys a game
of bowls. Although he no longer plays
Rugby he’s still an avid fan, he didn’t
miss a Single All Blacks game in the
2011 World Cup.
BELOW: A family photo just before Mark and Maria flew out to England in 1990.
Pictured l-R: Derek, Vivienne, Andrew, Doreen, Maria and Mark.
father, with whom he would not get a chance to
apologise to before his sudden death in the years
following. He also talked with grim expression of
how he grew apart from Doreen in Tairua for a
few years, before eventually patching things up.
His head bowed and eyes solemn all the while.
Doreen passed away six weeks ago.
As the predictions and the events match up the
eerie reality strikes, these happenings must
be more than coincidences. Sitting back after
ravelling up the topic of the fortune teller, he
allows a moments silence for me to absorb what
has been said. His life has been dictated by what
he was told by a fortune teller when he was 18,
and he has lived in dangerous confidence
that each thing would come true,
as they did, his whole life.
Derek sits, leaned back in his
armchair with a stack of old
western books on a small
table and a lamp shining
bright even though its 2.00
PM. With a smile, having
finished reminiscing, he sits
forward a little before saying “did I
ever tell you about my uncle Cyril, and his
aeroplane crash?”
He really does love to talk.
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PAKU VIEWS
ISSUE 4 AUTUMN/WINTER 2012