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Grahame R Champness
Reserves Ranger - WestlandNZ Parks WorkedArthur’s Pass National ParkWestland Tai Poutini National ParkAoraki Mount Cook National ParkLand Districts WorkedWestland Land DistrictDate of BirthDecember 1944Date of Death11/1/2026QualificationDiploma of Parks and ReservesBiography Grahame was appointed to Arthur's Pass as a Ranger in November 1968 and resigned 12/1/1971.
From Grahame Champness: "Tony Jones started at Mount Cook the same week as me. Janet Wood also worked in the shop at Mount Cook."
From Murray Reedy: "Grahame was a great example of the skills and attributes required of a ranger. His tussle with authorities to ban rock quarries from the Franz Josef glacier valley is legendary and insightful. Grahame saw the futility of blasting roads up glacier valleys 40 years before anyone else would admit that it was pointless. He was an inspiration to many of his peers."
From Warren Chinn: "Grahame assisted the Ministry of Works in the late 1960s with the Tasman Glacier snow surveys and the NZAC Pioneer Hut re-build."
