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Supporting the Crawford whanau after the unexpected passing of Keith

  • Livestream links for Keith's wake on Saturday

      11 January 2024

    Hello, Grüss Gott, Kia ora, bula, malo e lelei, Bonjour, hallo, olà & привет

    Happy New Year and trust your new year started as you mean it to go on.

    Two links for the livestream - one for viewing on phones and the other not. Lol.

    We won’t be able to see you but trust you can see us. Kick off is at 12:30pm NZT Saturday, 13/01/24. I’m not even going to suggest your local times for y’all given all the time zones, you gonna need to work that one out for yourself.

    Phone link - https://vimeo.com/event/4002665

    Other link (you might need to copy & paste to a browser - look at me getting all technical lol) - https://vimeo.com/event/4002665/b22b1def69

    Love

    Bettyanne & Dakota

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  • Celebration of Keith Crawford's life Sat 13th Jan 12:30pm Clare Inn 278 Dominion Rd, Auckland

      5 January 2024
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    Bettyanne and Dakota extend an invitation to join them to honour and celebrate the life of George Keith Crawford on Saturday 13th Jan 2024 from 12:30pm at the Clare Inn Irish Pub, 278 Dominion Rd, Mt Eden, Auckland.

    Please RSVP before Wed Jan 10th by texting Yes and your names to Bettyanne on +64 28 412 8426 or email crawfordsnzbdk@gmail.com

    See the attached image of the full invitation and the plan for the afternoon.

    We hope to see you then, to share our memories of Keith and to make a new one.

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  • Bettyanne and Dakota have returned to Auckland with Keith's remains

      21 December 2023
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    Just a quick update to again thank everyone for their emotional and financial support for Bettyanne and Dakota at this time. They have returned to Auckland with Keith's remains, and are now connecting with friends and colleagues, and laying plans for the weeks and months ahead. They hope to organise a proper wake for Keith ("George Keith Crawford") when the time feels right to get together to celebrate his life and all he brought to those that knew him.

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  • Cremation was Thurs, hoping for flight home on Saturday

      15 December 2023
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    Your wonderful words of remembrance and financial support have truly buoyed the spirits of Bettyanne and Dakato throughtout this week. Keith was cremated yesterday and all going well his ashes will be returned to them before midday today as Government Departments etc close early on Fridays. (Keith would have appreciated that!). All going to plan Bettyanne and Dakota, with Keith's ashes, will be on a flight back to NZ tomorrow.

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  • Bettyanne and Dakota preparing for Keith's cremation most likely on Wednesday

      12 December 2023
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    Bettyanne and Dakota want to thank everyone for the words of comfort and remembrance, and for the financial support.  Yesterday they were able to visit and spend time with Keith in the Bourail mortuary which is located next to a school playground.  Bettayanne relayed that he "looked fresh faced and asleep" and that they could hear the school kids running about and laughing outside which lifted their spirits.  She also recounted that "in true Keith style we were driven there by a local but still managed to get lost on the way. Something to smile about and felt so fitting."

    No one can be prepared for something like this - the procedures in Nouvelle Calendonie have required them to provide Keith's birth certificate, their marriage certificate, a shared utility bill and so on - not the kind of documentation anyone takes on a 5 day pacific island break! At the moment if all the conditions are able to be met today, Keith's body will be moved to the city of Noumea early tomorrow morning (Wed 13th) where it will be cremated.  His remains will then be placed in an urn and sealed by the police ready to be transported home in the plane with Bettyanne and Dakota.  The earliest they will be able to fly back to New Zealand, all going well, is Friday.

    Posting one of the last photos taken of Keith, relaxing at their hotel, head in a book, the day before he died.

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