Paul Cressey with Life Education Trust mascot Harold the Giraffe. A tireless advocate for the health of children has died in a freak accident at a Waiheke Island restaurant. Paul Cressey (80) died after tripping while walking down some stairs and hitting his head following a lunch with his close friends and his wife Sheryn on Tuesday afternoon. “They treated him with the utmost respect, they treated us with the utmost respect, they allowed us to be with him that whole period.”supplied Paul Cressey wearing his ONZM medal. Sarah Argyle/Eastern-Courier Paul Cressey photographed for the Eastern Courier in 2013 when he stepped down after 12 years on the Counties Manukau District Health Board.

Source: Stuff June 28, 2020 06:33 UTC