Dear Paul May all your struggles now be over .You will now get to be with your beautiful son for ever no more seperation and heart ache - what better Guardian Angels could he have than you and Nic . At peace with your beautiful sister Nicola . Fly High and Fly Free Much love Karl Arnita Brydee and Madison .

Absolutely gutted. Fly high Paul, rest in peace xx

To a man who always made me smile , generous to a fault and someone who was a light in dark places. sorry and i hope now u have as much light as u need. love you mate

💔😢RIP... I have found merioes of you Paul, i wish this world looked after you better

goodbye my bro sorry i couldnt make it down thank you for some of the best times i will never forget you holmes

Rest peacefully Paul, your laughter and spirit will be greatly missed. Sending our love and strength to all the family. Nikki, Dave, Grace & Paige

Sending love and light to your family, farewell Paul! You will be missed by all! RIP xo

To Paul's dear family. My memories of Paul from kindergarten, Frankley, Devon and Spotswood are of a vivacious, charasmatic, sport-loving, fun loving, hilarous character. He had strong morals and principals and was a reliable and trust worthy friend. I treasured our friendship from an early age and loved bouncing on the tramp with him eating icy-poles and tying the wrappers to our tree, competitions holding our breath underwater, and skateboarding in Woolies carpark. He was brave, confident but not vain, a great listener and wow could he run! When Carter is older I would love him to get in touch so I can tell him tales of his dads younger years and pull out photos to show him from our primary school excursions. I am so sorry he is gone. Tiffany

Paul, so very sad to hear this tragic news. Will always remember spending heaps of time at soccer, at your family home and ours. You were such a crack up and always entertained us with your funny antics. I know you've faced many battles and now you can rest peacefully with your sister and Nan. Keep it real up above, much love to you and your family xox

hey RIP PAUL another wicked person gine far to soon paul thanks for the friend ship and support over our fonterra days hugh hugs to all your family xxx

RIP Paul, althought its been awhile my school memories of you were your big smile & happy go lucky ways, always laughing, always joking around... Its sad to hear that was lost, hope you find it again in heaven. rest easy buddy.... Karl

oh my potato irs whitey i cant believe im here on this page writing this what are me and lisa going to do without our potato no3 i guess your 3rd bucket finally overflowed my friend man i wish i knew its was even close to being full i hope your better now rest easy i love you thank you for being my friend xxx

Farewell Paul, I remember all the mischief we used to get up to and the laughs. So very sad that you are gone.

mate..... what an I say you’ll be missed, the trip fishing a couple of weeks ago was a blast and a good day filled with some good yarns and company, who would have thought a anchor float would move so quickly hahaha cheers for all your advice & support over the last 12months for my dramas, was humbling to be able to be there for a few yarns too...... Fly high up there pal....

man ,i hadn't seen you in years bro n then recently caught up ,n had a great night ,,i know you were battling inner demons and for awhile ,, depression man hard pill to swallow for all of us been through or going through it ,,im saddened to hear of you going man but ,glad you can rest in peace now bro ,,im just glad i have great memories of our past and the last time we saw each other ,,much love bro to you n your family ,rest in peace ,Paul 😢❤️

rest easy my friend fly high you will be missed Xx

Condolences to your partner and family mate...will miss seeing your happy face, go dance in the sky gorgeous guy xo

hey buddy so many years have passed since those days at spotswood college hanging out in the quad. Rest easy man . Shaun xx

Rest easy Paul. Remembering Spotswood, Palmerston North and Bobbie. Much love to Kay, Brian, Bruce and Dean. xx

Oh Paul, so sad to hear of your passing :( I remember you reaching out the night my husband went missing. You'll be missed. Much love to your family.

oh cuzzie!!! Rip with Nic. we love you xx big hugs to all the family