Friends Stephanie Simpson and Rebekah Hanson. Late last year Canadian Rebekah Hanson joined the Wanaka landscape firm that Stephanie Simpson had joined about a month before. "She was very courageous, strong and hard working - landscape gardening is intense laborious work, but Stephanie made it look easy. "The mountains are where she filled up and it fed her spirit, so I really believe just being out here for the last few months, being in Wanaka and having the mountains surrounding you, has lifted her up in so many ways." A group of Simpson's friends hope to organise a memorial service for Simpson in Wanaka.

Source: Otago Daily Times February 15, 2020 20:26 UTC