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Issue Number 29/30, May 2008

Kapatiran Issue No. 29/30, May 2008


IN MEMORY OF STAN HEMSLEY
- Murray Horton

Stan Hemsley, who died in Christchurch in May 2007, aged 88, was a PSNA member throughout the 1990s and into the early years of this century until he had to go into care. He never went to the Philippines, indeed he never went outside NZ (although he was a seaman and fisherman for years in his youth, he only ever worked in domestic waters) but Stan was an internationalist who always attended any PSNA activities during the decade or so that he was a member.

Of course, PSNA was only one of the myriad of groups to which Stan devoted his considerable energy and was not his top priority by a long shot. He was a dedicated environmentalist and peace activist for many decades. Among others he was an active member of both the Campaign Against Foreign Control of Aotearoa and the Anti-Bases Campaign (he was a regular at protests at the Waihopai spybases in the 1980s and 90s). I wrote lengthy obituaries of him for both Foreign Control Watchdog and Peace Researcher. The Watchdog one (in number 115, August 2007) can be read online at http://www.converge.org.nz/watchdog/15/10.htm and the PR one (number 34, July 07) at http://www.converge.org.nz/abc/pr34-142a.html. Stan was a great old battler and campaigner of the kind who is sorely missed.


DEATH IN THE FAMILY

PSNA expresses our deepest sympathies to Eileen Shewan, a PSNA founder (Eileen was previously involved with Philippines Solidarity Group Otautahi [Christchurch]), our committee colleague for the first half of the 90s and a long time Kapatiran writer, for the death of her husband, Ian, who died in February 2007 in Christchurch, aged 66.

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