He died this weekend aged 76.

The company website, states Yealands was known for his irrepressible imagination, inexhaustible energy and unswerving passion.

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03 Dec: Heavy rain's expected across the West Coast of the South Island throughout today

29 Nov: A major West Coast highway will re-open again overnight, after being plagued by rockfall and slips

29 Nov: Jan Smuts was a white supremacist. Nelson Mandela a black liberation hero. New book explores what they have in common

29 Nov: The Police Minister says gangs are showing a high level of compliance with the new laws

26 Nov: A 55-year-old man's due in court, charged with murdering a woman in Blenheim

22 Nov: An annoying last wicket stand is keeping Canterbury from an emphatic victory on the final day of their second round Plunket Shield match against Central Districts in Nelson

20 Nov: Emergency services winched a pilot out of the water last night, after ditching their plane in Tasman Bay, 42 kilometres north of Nelson

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