Sir Ebia Olewale — eulogy at funeral
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, GIRLS AND BOYS. 1. INTRODUCTION IT IS MY VERY GREAT PRIVILEGE TO SPEAK TO YOU TODAY ABOUT MY VERY GOOD FRIEND PETER KERRY O’CONNOR.
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Eulogy at funeral by John Bottoms
ANGLICAN CATHEDRAL. PORT MORESBY. 27 AUGUST 2004. LADIES and Gentlemen, girls and boys. Before I start, can I apologise to you in advance if I become a trifle emotional at any time and ask you to excuse me. My name is John Bottoms, and I am Peter’s friend from Cairns where I run a law firm and he has entrusted to me the job of being executor of his Will.
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Peter O’Connor — biography
Peter Kerry O’Connor was born in New Zealand in 1945 and was married to Alison with three children, Glen, Brett and Claire. Peter enjoyed very early success in the insurance industry in New Zealand and subsequently moved to Melbourne after his marriage broke up. He was again successful in the insurance industry and then he moved to L F Ericson where he was eventually promoted to run the L F Ericson office in Port Moresby.
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O’Connor bequest benefits NZ art gallery
In January 2010, staff of the E H McCormick Research Library at the Auckland Art Gallery were invited to an Auckland storage facility where a set of bolt cutters was used to break the lock revealing for the first time an archive of one of New Zealand’s more enigmatic painters, John Weeks (1886–1965). Inside, were 16 large wooden boxes filled to the brim with art donated by the Estate of Peter O’Connor.