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Rod Newbold, Life Member, MRM

Submitted by Bruce Duncan on Fri, 21/06/2019 - 11:56am

Roofing specialist, hunter, and tramper Rod Newbold was born on the Auckland’s North Shore in 1953. He went to Rangitoto College, which was very new and small at the time — and so was he.

“I played rugby for Rangitoto 1st fifteen for over three years, and if you’ve seen me run, you’ll...

Darrell Back

Submitted by Bruce Duncan on Thu, 30/08/2018 - 10:16am

After almost 50 years in the roofing industry, Darrell Back, the immediate past president of the NZMRM, has seen a lot of changes but he has always regarded his industry colleagues as “family”. As Darrell says, “As president I likened industry to a family – we are a unit that has strong ties to...

Tony Barbarich

Submitted by Bruce Duncan on Mon, 21/05/2018 - 12:21pm

People who know the Auckland octogenarian and New Zealand Metal Roofing Manufacturers life member Tony Barbarich, Director – Business Development, MetalCraft Roofing,  Auckland, tend to use the same descriptions when talking about him. He never loses his cool, talks sense and people listen to...

Bruce Stewart

Submitted by Bruce Duncan on Fri, 18/05/2018 - 10:40am

Bruce Stewart, who became an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the New Year Honours list, has a long history in roofing manufacturing.

When two young Milton builders started out on their own in 1955, they weren’t thinking much beyond the house they were building on the...

MRM Life Membership for Stuart Hayman

Submitted by Bruce Duncan on Tue, 30/05/2017 - 12:38pm

Stuart Hayman, who has been a consultant on technical issues to NZMRM since leaving Gerard Roofs in 2009, was made a Life Member at its September conference in Noosa. 

Stuart has been involved on many projects of technical significance to the roofing industry - from...

Lorraine Mills

Submitted by Bruce Duncan on Tue, 11/10/2016 - 2:22pm

CEO Lorraine Mills – 

gone too soon

By Rooflink Editor, Jenny Bain

 

Words seem inadequate during times of loss and the sudden passing of CEO Lorraine Mills was a shock, not only to her family but to all who knew her at a...

Barrie Moss obituary

Submitted by Bruce Duncan on Tue, 11/10/2016 - 2:24pm

Barrie Moss, one of the pioneers and stalwarts of the longrun roofing industry in this country, and lifetime member of the MRM, passed away earlier this year. 

Born in 1929 in Gisborne and schooled at Gisborne Boys High School, Barrie  started as a plumbing apprentice for Oldings before...

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