Quite apart from the work he did at Te Papa, Dr Sed­don Ben­ning­ton was someone who will be remembered by many Wel­ling­to­ni­ans, both per­son­ally and pro­fes­sion­ally. I met him a couple of times through the Civic Trust, and was always impressed with his charm and intel­li­gence.

His funer­al will be at Ron­go­maraeroa (Te Papa’s marae) on Wed­nes­day after­noon and his cas­ket will be brought onto the marae on Tues­day 21st July at 4pm. Those wish­ing to pay their respects will be able to do so until 10pm that night. Dr Ben­ning­ton will remain on the marae overnight until the con­clu­sion of the funer­al ser­vice on Wed­nes­day, and there is also a memori­al book to sign on Level 2 of Te Papa.