Shannon PitmanOpen Justice multimedia journalist, Whangārei·NZ Herald·2 Aug, 2026 07:00 AM4 mins to read‌Geramy Pascua had been drinking whisky before driving his friend Rondy Sepaya.Geramy Pascua had been drinking whisky before driving his friend Rondy Sepaya.Rondy Pedrido Sepaya was a man whose sense of duty stretched far beyond himself.He was the son who paid the bills in the Philippines and funded his nephews’ schooling to give them choices he never had.

Every dollar Sepaya earned in New Zealand was tied to the people waiting