Dates

• Existence: 1946 - 2014

Biography

Dave Feickert was born in New Zealand in December 1946. He attended Whanganui Boys College and obtained degrees at Victoria University in 1967 and 2008.

He was a research officer for the National Union of Mineworkers from 1983 to 1993, and was also an ergonomist and specialist in stress research. He undertook PhD research at the University of Bradford and was a member of the Working Environment Research Group where his work included research into technology, health and safety and related areas for the trade union movement. He was appointed Assistant Head of Industrial Relations for the National Union of Mineworkers in 1983 and then NUM Research Officer from 1985 to 1993. He later returned to New Zealand where he worked as a mines safety and energy advisor for New Zealand, China and Europe. Dave Feickert died in July 2014.

[Some notes from his obituary in the New Zealand China Friendship Society]

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