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Peter Owens,1940-2025: A born storyteller

Obituary: He knew the power of words to entertain, persuade, and build bridges.

Peter Owens.

Nevil Gibson Mon, 30 Jun 2025

Lawyer, schoolteacher and freelance journalist Peter Joseph Owens has died in Gore, aged 85.

He was born in Christchurch, where was educated at St Bede’s College and with his three siblings helped his father parents in a baking business, Delicious Cakes, in High St.

In 1966, he graduated with a law

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Nevil Gibson Mon, 30 Jun 2025
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