Goodbye to a dear friend, Alastair Mundell - from Vince Cholewa and Mark Conroy, 2 April 2026

I know that many of us knew that for some time Alastair had been living with a terminal illness that was wasting his body. On Monday I emailed the weekly DBMM news update and Alastair replied:

Vince

It's time for me to say Good Bye.

I'm having Assisted Dying Tuesday 31st March, 6pm.

Feel free to inform others.

And remove me from the mail list.

All the Best with your Life.

Al

Goodbye dear friend, we were privileged to know you. And I so fondly remember your “Big Onions” - Burgundians with their French chef and the wonderfully modelled camp. One last glass, santé, and our thoughts are with your family and loved ones.

Thank you to Mark Conroy for the pic of Al. 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/824840264342234/posts/3253229804836589

Russell Briant

Thank you for sharing Vince.

Travel well Al.

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Rob Shirley

Russell Briant Did the Hamilton to New Plymouth and return trip to catch up with him a week ago. Thanks mate.

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Vincent Cholewa

A lovely tribute from Julian Hannam at the Taranaki Tabletop Gaming Club

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1BfjCo5ChR/?mibextid=wwXIfr

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Mark Conroy

A true gentleman. Visited Al and family last week....

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Vincent Cholewa

Details of Alastair’s funeral are here

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1CLeC2krxV/?mibextid=

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐖𝐞𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟖𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐥 𝐚𝐭 𝟐𝐩𝐦 𝐚𝐭 𝐄𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐓𝐞 𝐇𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐢 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐥, 𝟒𝟔 𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐭, 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐏𝐥𝐲𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡.

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Scott Bowman

What a shame , I didnt know him well, just through dealings at work, but he always came across as such a nice gentle soul. RIP Al.

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Michael Stonyer

Alistair was someone I always looked forwarded to catching up with

Always smiling always glad to you

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Vincent Cholewa

Al’s death notice, including details of the tribute page at eagars.co.nz/alastair and Al’s funeral.