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Happy birthday Steph!
We hope you have had a fantastic birthday!
We have very fond memories of staying with you, John, Lula, Gus & Minnie in Masterton a few years ago.
Lots of love from Tone, Chris & Phil xxxx

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Dear Nan,

Happy 80th birthday!! Have an AWESOME Day and I hope you get lots of presents too. I have loved you for 1 decade (or 10 Years) and Counting!! I hope that today is one of the most special in your life!! You are an inspiration to us all!

Cant wait to see you again!
Love Gus

XXX

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Much love to you on your 80th Steph, from Cathy, ex Eastbourne 

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Much love to you on your 80th Steph, from Cathy, ex Eastbourne 

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It’s a very special friends birthday 🎂…made our welcoming to Eastbourne warm & welcoming …so many years ago ..1984 .. John, yourself & your beautiful daughters created fond memories ..babysitting & piano teaching..cake stalls..Labour Party gatherings & fundraisers.. your flare with colour in the garden & home..your scarfs…we love you Steph…much hugs ..have a wonderful day  🤗 rex & cathy xx

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It’s a very special friends birthday 🎂…made our welcoming to Eastbourne warm & welcoming …so many years ago ..1984 .. John, yourself & your beautiful daughters created fond memories ..babysitting & piano teaching..cake stalls..Labour Party gatherings & fundraisers.. your flare with colour in the garden & home..your scarfs…we love you Steph…much hugs ..have a wonderful day  🤗 rex & cathy xx

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Pixs to follow

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Dear Stephanie,
happy 80th birthday. Wish you good health and happiness.
Thank you for your kind help and friendship during our stay in Masterton and unforgetable memories from France.
Love from Olga and Jiri

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Happy Birthday Steph. 80! What a great age. So many great memories of times out at Eastbourne.  This is the only photo I can find.  Smoking sure looked cool back then. Love Echo

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Happy Birthday Steph. 80! What a great age. So many great memories of times out at Eastbourne.  This is the only photo I can find.  Smoking sure looked cool back then. Love Echo

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A swim before lunch

Best enjoyed in a sea, warmed by a Northerly

A walk over the hill

Kit’s treadle sewing machine works late into the night, whipping up ball gowns, dungarees and corduroy pinafores with room to grow

The delicious smell of Youth Dew on your skin

And ‘My Boy’, Joe always a few steps behind you

A whirl of activity always

Friends, family, lunches, dinner parties, tennis, badminton, skiing, travels to the corners of the earth, Labour Party meetings, so much activity and energy, yet never a sign of stress or worry

Fishing off the Days Bay wharf

Lemon square, bran muffins, soups in the pressure cooker, three course meals on a Tuesday night and veggies, so many veggies from the ever-giving garden or the Coop

The Coop.  Inspired living before anyone had even heard of grocery delivery.

Books and art and creativity in abundance.  Potting in ‘The Pottery’.  A huge garden wherever you go.

A teenage party that derails in your garden on a summer’s night.  And a hug, no judgment, never judgment, for a contrite daughter full of beer and still wearing her togs.

And after all the care that went into your children, a career that launched and fed and nurtured the imagination of hundreds of lucky kids.

A farm resurrected, that is part of our story and still in our blood.

And later, long swims in a balmy Mediterranean sea.

Grandchildren, so adored and cherished.  They tell me how much they love you.

Grandparents never known by us but so much family history imparted and shared, bringing your whanau to life after they’d gone and tying us to our whakapapa

So much style always.  80 years of beautiful clothes, nails, jewelry but more than that, an energy and a light that lifts us all.

Your laugh.  Your sense of fun.  The ability to make friends with all you meet, irrespective of age and life path.

Helen Reddy. Joan Armatrading.  Grace Jones.  Tunes to be belted out while drying the dishes. Neil Diamond sung at the top of our lungs on a hot Wairarapa day.

A soundtrack to your extraordinary life, lived with so much love.

How we love you so.

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I am sailing - every time I hear this song, I hear Steph singing along to it x

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I am sailing - every time I hear this song, I hear Steph singing along to it x

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Rod Stewart - Sailing (Official HD Remastered Video)

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Huge congratulations on reaching a wonderful milestone. You have welcomed me into your wonderful family with such kindness, warmth and generosity. Sometimes too much generosity as you still think that I needed 'feeding up' and must eat all the leftovers! From Wendover, to La Croix, Pounui, Skeets Road and everywhere in between, you have been a constant source of fun, energy and enjoyment. I hope that you have a wonderful day. Happy Birthday Love Dunc xx

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Fiji, 1980

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Sailing on Quinquereme, 1970s

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Querida Stephy. Te mando mucho cariño desde el otro lado del mundo. Y un gran abrazo. https://youtu.be/KbXFL6i9aws

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Playing For Change - Carnaval toda la vida - Argentina

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Wishing you a very Happy Birthday Steph, raising a glass from The Maldives. Have a wonderful day love Jane and Mike 😘🥂🥂🎂

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Wishing you a very Happy Birthday Steph, raising a glass from The Maldives. Have a wonderful day love Jane and Mike 😘🥂🥂🎂

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Tina Turner - The Best (Official Music Video) [HD Upgrade]

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Tanza Road, 1960s

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I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky,

And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by;

And the wheel’s kick and the wind’s song and the white sail’s shaking,

And a grey mist on the sea’s face, and a grey dawn breaking.

I must go down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide

Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied;

And all I ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying,

And the flung spray and the blown spume, and the sea-gulls crying.

I must go down to the seas again, to the vagrant gypsy life,

To the gull’s way and the whale’s way where the wind’s like a whetted knife;

And all I ask is a merry yarn from a laughing fellow-rover,

And quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long trick’s over.

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Congratulations on reaching yet another milestone. So many super memories from both NZ and UK. Your energy and enthusiasm have been a great inspiration to everyone; keep at it!!
Love Bill xx

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Hari Huritau Steph. Remember early 60's rousing with ? Ray Cundy shearing gang in Masterton. Was that how you ended up there now. Arohanui. Alan.

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Hari Huritau Steph. Remember early 60's rousing with ? Ray Cundy shearing gang in Masterton. Was that how you ended up there now. Arohanui. Alan.

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Thinking of you from across the oceans on your 70+10 day! Hope you are celebrating hard!

I also hope that we’ll be able to go for a walk again on Hampstead Heath (or somewhere closer to your home) when life & travels return to some sort of normal.

Big love and hugs from Zürich.
Mel XXX

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London, 2019

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Tora Walk 2008

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Mount Miyajima, Japan 2012

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Family reunion, 2013

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Coromandel walk, 2020

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Bream Head walk, 2018

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Bream Head walk, 2018

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Dear Steph,
I was hoping (but haven't managed) to find the beautiful photo of you, Belinda and Julia with my mum Ester at your house in Pounui. I don't recall the date, but probably in the 1980s, guessing from the way Mum and you friends look in it. I have always wanted to tell all of you, and you in particular for hosting it, how very touched - and grateful - I felt that you, my dear friends of so many years, were actually caring for my mum by including her in that outing when I was so far away in the UK. Instead, for your 80th, I have sent another photo or two from our most recent tramping trips, such beautiful bonding occasions for us all to treasure. Looking forward to Taranaki, but in the meantime, have a wonderful 80th (I have passed that threshold, a whole month ahead of you... It's not too bad at all, except for the scary number).
With much love from Barbara

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Happy 80th Steph!!!
I’ve got such fond memories of your visits to Auckland - I’ve always appreciated your kindness and sense of fun.
Have a great birthday and I look forward to catching up soon!!
Bridget xxx

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Steph and friends on the Heaphy, 2007

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Happy Birthday Steph! You can be the trailblazer into the new decade, as you have been the linchpin since Tanza Road days. Love from all here in Nairobi, Deborah & Jo & Tabitha XX X

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Heading off to walk the Heaphy, 2007

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Steph and Ester Einhorn at her 90th party, 2003

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Pounui Christmas 2006

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Pounui Christmas 2006

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C.1961 Petone Waterskiing Club

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Steph on our Cobb Trip 2013. Snappy as ever, after a week of roughing it.

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John, Belinda Mclean, Steph & Gabrielle Samols and the alpacas (the family pets?)

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Coromandel 2020. Intrepid women take a tour around Coromandel with Walking Legends.

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Steph, ever the intrepid woman, has provided us with a lifetime of fun since we met at university, in 1960. She has been a flatmate, a hitch hiking companion, a shearing gang affiliate, a sister in law, a tramping companion: a lifelong friend, who is always helpful, compassionate and great fun to know.
Julia xx

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Rod with Nick on Hampstead Heath.

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The view out your window at 17 Tanza Road up towards our flat, with Rod's station wagon parked out the front.

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My dear cousin Stephanie
In the lead-up to her momentous birthday, I have been thinking a lot about shared moments with and around Steph. They are so many. Here are just a few:
Happy memories of us as cousins living on opposite sides of Wellington harbour, both sea and beach lovers, me arriving for visits to stay in Seatoun, through the tunnel on the wooden-seated trams. Playing hopscotch on hot summer pavements. Always that smell of ozone and sea. Childhood – on the verge of change. Streamers thrown, from us on the Rangitane to the Moodys on the wharf, as we were leaving for England in 1956, the boat pulling out and breaking the coloured paper threads. Steph arriving in London in 1965 for her OE - which turned out to be a fairly long E indeed - bedding down with us at 31c Tanza Rd until eventually moving down the road to 17 Tanza to more spacious accommodation with Rod and friends. Loading me and my 2 preschoolers after I’d been widowed into Rod’s “shooting brake” with 4 other adults – Steph, Rod, Sandy, Ken, me, Nick and Kate - for a trip to Northern Ireland to meet Moody kin, at Easter in 1965: we stayed in youth hostels, Steph made daisy chains with the children on a grassy slope somewhere; she also dropped her camera into the sea at the Giant’s Causeway: they were all so tolerant of me and my lively pair of fatherless little people. It was very crowded but great fun, and for me it was a wonderful distraction at a difficult time in my life. Thank god for Kiwi cousins!

A few of Steph’s other amazing activities on behalf of our family included finding the perfect house for us to buy – from an advertisement on a local noticeboard outside a shop window in South End Green; minding our, by then 3, children while David and I went on a belated weekend’s “honeymoon”; whipping up little frocks for our girls – I remember a floral brown one with lace adornment for Anna in particular. And she was great at whipping up food for various occasions. The one story that for me particularly embodies Steph’s spirit and thoughtfulness was the time of the scones. David and I were married on 17th March 1967, a Friday. We had decided that since our wedding was a small affair at Hampstead Registry Office, on a working day, we would celebrate the occasion with a party on the following Sunday afternoon. We laid in some booze, mostly bubbles (Veuve du Vernay, we thought it was very sophisticated back then) and possibly thought a bit about some food to accompany it though I don’t remember much forward planning for the event. As I remember, we were lounging around in bed (Nick and Kate were down at Ma’s) in the morning when there was an invasion of the kind you always wish for. There were Steph and Julia, also now ensconced down the road at No. 17, on the doorstep, asking what they could do to help get things ready for the party…as they probably didn’t get much sense out of us, they just set to and made several batches of scones in our ridiculously small kitchen. That was the highlight of the catering, and was an unforgettable example of Kiwi initiative – seeing what needed to be done, and just doing it!

Dear Steph, you were always open to new experiences, whether they involved being confined with preschoolers on a lengthy car journey; helping a 15 year old lad to prepare for School Cert after his parents had left him in your care; interviewing women in the Hutt Valley about their contraceptive arrangements (that was a fun gig!!); or being visited by a very friendly ghost while on holiday with us in a ramshackle (and obviously haunted) bach in Kakahi. Those times spent in Central and South America; and holidays spent traipsing around places in Europe and Scandinavia - so adventurous. So many good stories in your arsenal of tales to tell your grandchildren.

You had your share of tragedy yet your enjoyment of life, your wit, and your great sense of fun prevailed. Thanks for being such an integral and continuous thread in the story of my life. Unlike the streamers thrown from the Rangitane in 1956 the links have been stretched but never broken. May your birthday and the year ahead bring all the happiness that you deserve.

Much love, Deryn

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In 1982, the peace of  Christmas Eve, in the abode of  Mr and Mrs David and  Deryn  Groves  at  85  Barnard  Street  in  the  city  of   Wellington,  was shattered by a gunshot, and the body of  Colonel Barbara Fitzjohns of  the Intelligence  Service  was  found  sprawled  on  the  sitting-room floor  in a pool of  blood. Brilliant police work by Detective Inspector Hodgkins and Detective  Sprogg  led  to  the identification  of   the  killer,  the  ruthless Mexican  revolutionary  Maria  Inez Alvarez.  Unfortunately,  she  and  her two  associate  revolutionaries,  one  possibly actually  called  ‘Sayula’,  the other  going  under  the  improbable  pseudonym  ‘Rachel  Kirby’,  managed to  escape  into the  night. To this day,  Interpol  has been  unsuccessful in tracing  her.  She  is however  believed  to  have  returned to  Aotearoa  NZ, under an assumed name, while the other two aforesaid revolutionaries are known to be still plotting overseas. A reward of  NZ$ 100,000 is offered to anyone providing information leading to her arrest.

WARNING:  Maria  Inez  Alvarez  is considered  to  be  highly  dangerous, and should not be approached.

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Happy 80th! Auntie Teff, what a bugger that your older siblings aren’t around to celebrate this momentous occasion with you.  I know Mum (Penny) was immensely proud of you, and maybe just a little jealous of the full and interesting life you lead.  You are my cool and funky aunt, I remember by 13th birthday when you gave me John Travolta’s Staying Alive LP - Penny and Alan would have none of it but you were there for me and shot to number 1.

I think I have to apologise for stealing cigarettes off you when my friend and I stayed with you once in Seatoun.  I suspect you knew but chose to ignore.

Childhood holidays spent with you, John, Rachel and Lula were great fun and I have many memories of wonderful times.  I have posted a photo of you at Penny’s 60th “P” party when you went as a ‘power cut’, which was, of course, time and place - but imaginative and memorable nonetheless.

Thank you for being such a fabulous aunt, lots of love to you.

From Fairlie (and Mark, Bridget and Roddy) Xxx

PS. I found these special photos of the three Moody kids posted below.

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To my most favourite scrabble buddy!!
We hope you have a fabulous day and the celebrations keep going for a long time. Hopefully I can wish you a happy birthday in person one day soon. Love Bronwen, Pete , Archie,Linus and Olive. Xxx

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Happiest of Birthdays to you Steph. You have been a special part of my life since I was 7 years old. From being the most exotic/fun/colorful mum at Muritai School to the lady who puts on 'the best' morning tea spreads for my kids - and every happy (and some not so happy) milestone in my life in-between, you have been there. Thank you for always including me - and then my wee family. Thank you for being so kind and generous with your time. But most of all, thank you for simply being you. We love you and hope you have the very best of days on YOUR special day. Lots of Love Anna, Scotty, Harry and Zoe. xxxxx

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The cats wanted to wish you a happy birthday too....

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Steph conquers a peak on one of our fabulous walks.

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The walkers, Julia, Barbara, Belinda, Penny, Steph. Exploring all corners of Aotearoa together in our last 60th & 70th decades. Love you Steph. Have the best birthday.
Love Belinda x

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May all your birthday wishes come true. Lisa xx

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Stephanie there are so many photos of you throughout our life.

These are just a few from 1987.

Happy Birthday to you.

Much love Virginia xxxx

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UK Christmas, 2018

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Pounui Christmas, 2009

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Tortuguero, Costa Rica 2016

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Thank you for all the wonderful memories, especially in Eastbourne, where you and mum would potter in the garden, cooking wonderful food like the artichokes in the pressure cooker, you and mum having a few gin and tonics, whilst your children were gallivanting all over Eastbourne, playing on the beach, trekking up to Butterfly creek or sitting at the card table and playing Mahjong and many other games which entertained us girls for hours and I think we would only see you when it was feeding time.
Thank you for creating those special memories for me and my childhood, I will never forget those times in Eastbourne and our adventures as a family.
Lots of love to you on this special day.
Love Briony xxxxx

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You’re a mother, a sister, a partner, a friend

An advisor, a listener, a giver no end

The rhythm of the day starts with you

The end falls asleep when you do

Your energy, your class, your sense of fun, and that laugh

Rā Whānau kia koe, Happy birthday “aunty”

Arohanui X Wikitoria

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Wishing you a year of much happiness and joy.
Megan xx

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You’re the Top
You’re a striking canvas
Best portrayed by a Rita Angus

You’re clever and funny
Turn a bad day sunny
When I’m at the bottom
You’re the Top
(apologies to Cole Porter)

I’d say I look up to you, but really,
we’re the same height 😅

Amigos and workmates for several years, and partners: tennis (that QM serve), badminton (such verve), bridge (you have the nerve)

Together and apart: practising Te Reo, sharing books, art classes and magazines,
telling stories, laughing,
sharing friends and cousins, kids and moku,
taking risks and keeping secrets

May it go on and on. I am so lucky.
Wishing you much luck, love and happiness on your birthday and forever, dear one.
HNF

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A favourite photo of my Beautiful Friend on her 70th glorious
birthday.
Memories to cherish.
Fondly
Edinburghian Jackie

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Moon River - one of the many songs in the sound track of Steph's 80 years

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Moon River - one of the many songs in the sound track of Steph's 80 years

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This is a special birthday wish to a lovely Aunty Teffy!  Don’t know why we called you Teffy Teff, perhaps easy to say when you are learning to talk? Stephanie, many a memory comes to mind when I think of you when I was growing up.  A nice holiday once was spent in Eastbourne with you. It was so good to be entertained, a busy schedule of activities was had, lots of new things to learn which I will never forget. I hope you have a memorable celebration in this bizarre time the world is now having.

Lots of love goes out to you and all the best wishes are coming your way. Love Nicki xx

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If I could give you priceless things from my life it would be the ability to see yourself through my eyes and mind.
Then you would realise how special you have been to me since  we first met at the Masterton  Tennis Club followed by our unique friendship  in Masterton and more recently in different  hemispheres.
Although we are now separated by distance your presence is always felt beside me.
Dearest Happy 80th Stephanie, you are truly the epitone of what it means to be a friend.
Forever grateful you came into my life.
My Loveliest Loves on your 80th,
Your Edinburghian Jackie

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Just a warning seen recently on Facebook-

A lady invited a friend around for a meal and offered her beef tongue as part of the main meal. "Oh no" says the friend "I can't eat anything that comes from the mouth of a cow."
So the lady cooked her eggs instead!

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Cape Palliser Lighthouse, 2017

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We want to wish you a very happy and enjoyable day for the 26th. We hope you still manage to have a few friends and relations around you for the day even if some can't get back to NZ.
We would if we could!
Know that you are loved and appreciated by us still after all this time.
Absence has made the heart grow fonder somehow.
Happy happy birthday- celebrate it in grand style.
- Daniel and Bernie x

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You are an inspirational and caring person who has touched the lives of some many people in a positive and challenging way. You have always been open and friendly to all and could always see the funny side of every situation. I could not resist including this picture as it displays that wicked sense of humour when referring to "Thruster" arriving on his horse in the school playground and wearing mini shorts. You also introduced us to Bev Churcher who was so generous and supportive to us and the school

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Bev Churcher & Tony Johnson at Fernridge School Pet Day

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Stephanie, your influence was an inspiration to all the children. Your commitment to language was unparalled. We loved the fun days nearly as much as the kids did like the 'Fancy hat ' day in the picture.

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Alex Melville 'Fancy hat' day Fernirdge School Masterton

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Loved the times we came out for a meal or drinks and all the amazing people we met at your place - like Sonja Davies - not to mention your amazing cousins.

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Daniel melville, Ali Foster, Stephanie Kirby at Kirby farm

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We had many memorable social events for staff cohesiveness- as if that was necessary - but the drinks and the food were great.
This picture was taken at the "Murder in the House" function held on Upper Plain Road at some fancy homestead.

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Stephanie Kirby & Bernie Melville -Murder Mystery Night - Upper Plain Rd

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Joining the staff in singing at the Melville 50th party

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Your drive and commitment to bi and multi culturalism helped us all to keep alive the desire to make sure all children in the school were appreciated and felt secure. The Kapa Haka Group and the whare iti came about in no small part because of your drive and inclusiveness.

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Opening of Whare Iti Fernridge School May 2002

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Bringing Japanese students into the school as tutors - they loved the experience and we loved billeting them

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Hidekazu, Melvilles Stephanie Kirby and Takahito at Kirby farm March 2001

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Memories of an amazing and challenging group of people to work and socialise with. We were so lucky that you were the centre of this group Stephanie. You brought laughter, joy and realism into the staffroom. Your antics we never ceased to be amazed with. The children loved you as a teacher - a real bonus for the school.

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When Stephanie was 60 Bernie and I turned 50. So I guess now that she is turning 80 we must more than 65 - hard to believe!

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50th birthday - Ngaire Pinkham, Brenda McLean, Stephanie Kirby, Joy Sutherland, Jane

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Aunt Steph, except we’re not allowed to call you that.. “Aunt” is so… not sure exactly.. cheesy? Penny felt the same. Was this a hand me down from Kit?

Dad so fond of his baby sister: He used to tell a story about teaching Steph to drive in his MG, low on fuel, Steph put the pedal to the metal to get home before the gas ran out. All those years later and Dad still thought it was the funniest thing ever, and stomped his foot, slapped his thigh and cried with laughter just thinking about it.

While so jolly, Steph is not likely to let any social injustice pass without notice, in that distinctive voice, which sounds like you’ve smoked 1,000’s of cigarettes.

Most importantly, Steph is so incredibly kind.

Much, much love, Marigold

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Here’s Bridget wearing the bridesmaid’s dress that Steph wore to Penny and Alan’s wedding (Christmas 2008) love Fairlie and Bridget xxx

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Summer day visits to the Kirby household when I was a kid were dreamlike. First entering the house I was mesmerised by the fernery, the rich earthy smell and humid air and the tiny fairy hidden in the fronds. I could have stayed there for an hour but it would have seemed odd. The dress up box was a thing of envy for me, and I would be into it for a new outfit every chance. Tennis up the top involved a lot of laughter (and the occasional trip to the hospital!).  Then lunch! Lunch! Lunch was always spectacular, homemade ginger beer and wholemeal rolls warm from the oven.  Swims at Days Bay, jumps off the pier, ice cream on the beach. The sun going down and shining it’s full face on the town before dipping behind the hills. Heaven.
Steph, you always glowed with warmth and joy and kindness and seemed to delight in the raucousness that occurred. In my childhood memories you are always smiling and laughing and cracking jokes, a sign of a life well lived! And though I rarely get to see you now I know that warmth and joy continue to sustain you and all around you. Happy 80th! Love Miranda xxx