Graham HOWELL Obituary

Very sorry to hear Graham had passed away.
I appreciated Grahams help.
Graham had a vast knowledge of the law.
I new Graham when he worked in the Ministry of Defence in 1985.
Graham will be missed by all who need help with their rights.
Rest in peace

Condolences to the family if Graham Howell. I really appreciate all the work Graham put into trying to get all my entitlements via his advocacy work representing me. RIP Graham and my heartfelt thanks for liasing with winz for me.

Brother Graham, well done, good and faithful servant. Enter into the joy of your Master.

Both my sister and I were advocates for the Benefit Rights Service back when it was part of the People's Centre.

We were actually just talking about Graham last night, when she contacted me today to say she had found out he had passed! We would've come if we'd known.

Graham, Stephen Ruth, and Noel Ellis are heroes of ours. Their tireless selfless fight for the rights of the most vulnerable are examples of what decent human beings are.

We have so much respect for you Graham. A gentle and kind man with a warrior's heart.

Love, Steve and Keri xxx

I've belatedly caught up that Graham has died - and am so saddened to hear this, it seems way too early and he was such an enormously dedicated activist with so much more to do.

Graham was a stand-out for his diligent research and penetrating analysis when we was one of my students at Victoria University of Wellington. I really admired him. I'm out of Wellington now and could not get to his funeral. My condolences to his family and friends - and those many, many people he assisted. The world is poorer for his loss. I will plant a puriri tree in his memory on our land on the Coromandel east coast. I'm so very sorry he has gone.

I te whitinga o te Ra Kowhuiwhui ana te Pipiwharauroa
I roto i te ngahere Kui kui kui, me te pupuhi o te hau Maungatere me te aroha a o tamariki o teina me to whaea ki a koe e to matau hei tiki pounamu
E takoto mai nei me o tipuna matua I Te Uruti
Nou te hiahia kia haere Takoto mai i to moengaroa
Waiho matau i muri nei Tangihotuhotu ai
Aue aue Te Mamae ee
With the crossing of the son The Shining Cuckoo flutters in the forest
Lamenting and chanting Kui kui kui and the wind of Maungatere flows to you
with the love of your children and your brothers and sisters and your mother
You are our precious child, now revered as the Tiki Pounamu.
Lie here with your ancestors, Within the womb of Te Uruti
Yours was the desire to travel Rest peacefully
We are left behind Sobbing and crying the pain cuts