Dave Kimura grew up in the beautiful Manawatu with his many siblings, residing in Foxton until his teen years. My father told my siblings and I a story about how he was given money to go and purchase meat for the week, but instead of buying meat for his family, he bought a bus ticket to Wellington and did not return until many years later when he had a family of his own. My father worked at Longburn freezing works just out of Palmerston North and would send us money back as he lived in dorms on the work site. I vaguely remember going to visit him there when I was a child, we would drive up from Naenae, a small suburb in Lower Hutt and spend the day up there before heading home. Years later the freezing works shut down leaving my dad unemployed but at least he got to come home. Dave was also a patched member of the Petone Mongrel Mob which was a huge part of his life once he stopped working, he never really worked again after that. Dave was a very respected member of his chapter, he was the vice President but he didn't need a gang to back him up my dad was more then capable of looking after himself. Dave was a very humble man, but if you got on the wrong side of him, you would wish really quickly that you hadn't! He never went out of his way looking for trouble, but would defend his family and himself pretty swiftly if need be. Dave had 5 children with Gaye Kimura 4 are still living as at Tuesday 3rd April 2018. My dad has been gone for 18 years this year, and what I remember most about him is his itchy feet to roam and his love for cars. Dave was always roaming up and down the island, many of his trips were to pick myself up from my travels up and down the line too, I guess I inherited that from him. Dave now has 18 Mokos and 3 Great Mokos most of whom carry his last name. Dave now resides at Motuiti Urupa along the Himatangi straights just out of Foxton at his Whanau Urupa. To this day he is remembered and we visit him in Foxton every chance we get, his stories are told to his Mokos so they will always know if their koro Dave.