Peter Dowd
Dear Wayne,I'm sorry that you have gone so soon and before I could tell you what I have written here.Thank you for your friendship. You were a man of integrity in both your business and personal dealings, always seeking the best outcomes for those your worked with and for. I admired your bravery, being willing to swim against the prevailing current when your convictions led you to different conclusions from those that others came to. You were visionary and your considerable intellect, your continual learning and your attitude enabled you to see connections and solutions that others did not. And yet you were humble enough to admit when you were wrong.I loved your extensive vocabulary and the opportunity to discuss issues on a high intellectual plane. Your unique and humourous way of expressing concepts, challenges and relationships was always entertaining, if often somewhat colourful...I am honoured that you considered me friend enough to share your stuggles and joys with and I hope that my input has been of some use to you over the years. I am so glad that you found Tuk, your lovely wife of whom you were so proud. My family and I remember her generous hospitality when we visited. You would share with such admiration her capabilities and achievements. Please let her know that if she ever makes it down to New Zealand that she has a warm welcome and place to stay with us Dowds. Wayne, we are such wonderfully designed creatures with the ability to survive so much. We are rugged, and yet so fragile. We know this world is broken when someone with so much more to offer has been cut down so early. I am so grateful that I got to see you just 6 weeks ago. I greatly appreciated you Wayne and am glad to have had you in my life.Oh Wayne, I really wish that I could have said these things to you "in the living years". I pray God's peace in your rest and His comfort and peach for Tuk and the rest of your family.I miss you my friend,Peter Dowd