Ngarie, Fly high Girl, you will be missed by all our family. R.I.P

Ngaire you were a awesome friend R.I.P ❤️

It was certainly our saddest day in many years when Hayden rang Sue on Wednesday morning from New Zealand to inform her of Ngaire’s passing. Sue and Ngaire had been very close friends for many decades and shared many happy and fun times together. When Hayden was in primary school, Sue’s eldest boy Daniel used to pick Hayden up on his way past their house, on the way to school. He would always go in and have breakfast with Hayden. One day Ngaire asked Sue why she never gave Daniel breakfast in the morning at home. Sue replied, “he has breakfast every morning”. Of course, Daniel was just having Round 2 at Ngaire’s place. Greg and Ngaire come over to Australia and Ngaire was Sues bridesmaid at our wedding on the NSW Central Coast in April 2001. I know Sue was very proud to have Ngaire as her bridesmaid and was very grateful that Ngaire and Greg made the trip over. While it’s difficult to maintain an ongoing friendship, living countries apart, Sue and Ngaire always kept in contact through Social Media. We always made a point of catching up with Ngaire and Greg in person, when we made it back to Whangarei, to visit family, and would usually spend a night together having dinner or the like. Ngaire was a beautiful person with a wonderful kind nature and was Sues closest friend in New Zealand and she will be very sadly missed by both us! We are very sad that we couldn’t make it in person to NZ for the funeral, at short notice, but we will both be watching the live stream. Thinking of Greg, Hayden, Ryan and the rest of the family on this very sad day. John & Sue Bambury

To Greg and family. So sad to hear of Ngarie s passing. Our thoughts are with you all. We have fond memories of times past.... Including, dare I say it, playing ludo at the kitchen table till the wee small hours. Today you are saying goodbye to a soul mate and best friend, your mum and nana. But the memories will always be there. Thinking of you all today Much love and sympathy Phil and Gayleen

Dear Ngaire, you are the true picture of Motherhood. I called you my mother because that's the first thing that came out of my mouth when I first met you. As Hayden can tell you, she didn't let anyone call her that except for the actual family, but I could. And she let it slide!! I've always considered Hayden my mate and his entire family as my family too. I saw the Aroha and Togetherness from Cain's family as they came over from NZ to visit family in Australia. It was automatic, like they never were apart. Play fighting, laughing, eating together, or watching a show in complete silence. Just living. Your hard work, sacrifice, and love, which you imparted to your children, are still evident to this day. Your passing is a great shock to us all. You will be missed dearly, but you will never be forgotten. You lived a good life, a long life. Something worthy of us all to emulate. We will miss you so much. Thank you for living so well for all of us. We will continue living to the best we can, in your memory. Keep watch over us and say hi to our eternal family for us. Rest Well, Mum.