John COLLINS Obituary

John was a good friend and mentor to me in the Electrical trade when I first emigrated to NZ in the nineties. Later I worked with him at SIT in Christchurch. John always had time for those that wanted to learn leaning over backwards to help them. John was soften quite entertaining in his teaching methodology and always had a good yarn to tell which was usually but not always relevant to the subject matter never the less classes always went quickly and were never boring. He always had a great sense of humour and a cheery disposition. Not always politically correct but his forthrightness at times was refreshing. John you will be sadly missed by those who worked with you and so many of those students you taught so diligently over many years, no one could ever fill your shoes. My sincere commiserations to Susan and all those in Johns family circle. Tim Broad (Electrical Inspector Stack Electrical)

Dear Susan and family
I was shocked and saddened to hear of John´s death. What a loss to our community. We appreciated greatly the work he did for St Vincent de Paul and the help he gave to the Motueka Food Network. We didn´t have him for long but he was a kind, generous and decent man who will be truly missed. Our sincere sympathy.