Meet The Team
Meet the people behind the launch of the West Franklin Breeze. Bill and Ngaire Deed are the publishers, they are also editorial contributors. Design and layout by Go Graphics Print and Signage, Waiuku.
Bill Deed
Bill has either worked for, owned or had an input into every Waiuku based newspaper except the Advocate of 1914.
Bill started his interest in newspapers when he was still at primary school. He wrote his own newspaper when he was just 12, using the proof press at the Waiuku News newspaper. He started writing stories for the paper at the same age.
Bill’s life-long interest has been about ships and history and often an article relating to these subjects will grace the pages of the Breeze.
Ngaire Deed
She was born in the Franklin Memorial Hospital and lived in the Waiuku district all my life. Brought up on a farm on the west coast, she enjoyed riding on the beach and looking after all animals on the farm.
After marrying Bill, she became the accounts manager for our printing business and learn’t the print trade.
In July of 1997 Bill and Ngaire were asked to join the Waiuku & Districts Post where she became manager, a graphic designer, proof reader and eventually took over the front of office position.