{"id":526535,"date":"2026-07-15T01:45:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T01:45:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/526535\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T01:45:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T01:45:12","slug":"dear-friend-taika-waititi-robyn-malcolm-say-goodbye-to-sam-neill-rnz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/526535\/","title":{"rendered":"&#039;Dear friend&#039;: Taika Waititi, Robyn Malcolm say goodbye to Sam Neill &#8211; RNZ"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMirAFBVV95cUxPV1VJS251MFFudDROM080eTlsLWlyeWdxSm96eGE4RkJnM0dQQVFLNTR6ZXZhRGcwWXUxVVNGT3Jad3doTUp0WFQ5dkVuY045bjl1cWdibkk0S3VKc1JzcHdVbEt5Q1NuMHZKUlRBSzR5Rzc3cXhnUW9ZMVROY2ZDa2VUeGYxcmR4VHRaQ1ZaUmhqem5VaF8zcVBhQTNwX1I1NFNfMW5UNENVSVp2?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8216;Dear friend&#8217;: Taika Waititi, Robyn Malcolm say goodbye to Sam Neill<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;RNZ<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi9gFBVV95cUxPWm9yNlVEOTY3eFJqbVdpQVJuSFphcURHeG1ueEtlTDhQUnB3TUQ2VUlJYkpwdlRoMFpCejhRaVlsS0dvZVRzeURIam1sSWlySTN2eHlVRmdNUTkyY09teWJieVV4OUtYSmJTaTU4NXRSa3dqa1lwbWJYV0lJbTB6MThicXdRRFFEM3VXVTU2VFpJcEZTbkNaMVhxVzlya3NjNFhlUXZKcDctb2lVaDBlTU81X3QxQUlYWGs1Y0dfZUJzUkszaWZNOGRQZ29kbkg4V05uQ0ZoTl9tNi0wY3duRFFSUVFyNHI2VnUyeHN2TzJUZ21qekE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">From The Piano to Sir Sam Neill&#8217;s final days: Moments director will treasure<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;NZ Herald<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiyAFBVV95cUxPOUtpd1p5Y19CVDRjZFJueVVIX3VOS3pCU2xTZmd0eWtYNEpNN25XMzZqVm1xcXpxOURQR1dadTVEU1RYRE5sTXJoaGdaQUcxTXQ5VnFqajV0Q2hxaXpreEdGdWdQLVFfdkhYcXRvNEtlRXZiY0Vzc1MyWE8wTWMzb3NWc3ZxYWkzTFpERGxqUnRrZm1zSlNFV2JCamxTVlRWaHNLdmI3WlVnQ2s4V0tTUXp1UUlpdmFQVDhjdnE1MDA5Y0Q4QV9UaA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u2018You thought he would always be there, like the Southern Alps\u2019: Memories of Sam Neill<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Spinoff<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikAFBVV95cUxOWjlwUnZFZko5NjVrQmQ5TTNNdGl5VUgtQ0gwSUt3U3RnTFV2cTh3RVhYT3VjSW42MXM5XzBaWjNvUG5zT29zYTZNak9BYjlPWDZfUXlUbDJDUWcwUGRhV3VxeTBZSXp6VEtSaEwwLThQZXFEbk1PRy1vTzJOWFp5NldSX0JDQU93a1I3YnpqV1M?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Jane Campion remembers Sam Neill: \u2018He was radiating peace, beaming love\u2019<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMivAFBVV95cUxPRl9ObHlGWGFDaHpxUUdCZEl3a2tzWFNQSHBzeTFYWEJzUzVyMjRNUWo1VkVWUDJjeHRYRjBmeS15djR0Mlhtcmd6UEo3TkM3T3k5WjNEVWc1ZnlSZ2tyMGM4SzhNaTFwSTBsaW00V2t5SXpweVNlcDdrVFBhMG05WTFYRWk4NXBuVzA5Yk4zQ1pUd2lJNVdEMzZHN0pQX3dVc1RlbFpRX2F1TGNJU213cThqRFUxa1pCOXBKRQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The school Sam Neill once said was full of inbreds pays tribute to \u2018distinguished old boy\u2019<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Stuff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#8216;Dear friend&#8217;: Taika Waititi, Robyn Malcolm say goodbye to Sam Neill&nbsp;&nbsp;RNZFrom The Piano to Sir Sam Neill&#8217;s final&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":526536,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[430,156,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-526535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/526535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=526535"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/526535\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/526536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=526535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=526535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=526535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}