\u201cShe was an incredible woman with the biggest heart, a beautiful soul, and a way of lighting up every room she walked into,\u201d they wrote. <\/p>\n
\u201cAnd if there\u2019s one thing we all know, it\u2019s that she sure knew how to party.\u201d<\/p>\n
The family said they\u2019d soon share more details about when Gregory\u2019s celebration of life events would be held.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor now, please take a moment to think of mum, remember how she lit up your life, have a little dance or a laugh in her honour, or give your own mum the biggest squeeze from us.\u201d<\/p>\n
Debs Gregory, a Ray White Glen Eden real estate agent and beloved West Auckland community member, passed away surrounded by family and friends. <\/p>\n
\u2018Squeezed every single drop out of life\u2019<\/p>\n
Trish Adams, co-owner of the business behind Ray White Glen Eden, said her team\u2019s office \u201cand my life, will never quite be the same without her\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe was so much more than an exceptional colleague, she was also a fiercely loyal friend, a confidante, and the vibrant beating heart of our Ray White Glen Eden family,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Gregory\u2019s two decades as a \u201chighly successful\u201d real estate agent helping countless locals into homes was only matched by the human legacy she left behind, Adams said.<\/p>\n
That was \u201cher straight-up, honest advice, her warm, echoing laugh, and the way she made everyone she crossed paths with feel genuinely valued\u201d.<\/p>\n
More than anything, Gregory\u2019s world revolved around her family, Adams said.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe lived her life entirely for her beautiful girls – Myja, Jorja, and Paris – and her son-in-law, Jason. <\/p>\n
\u201cEvery ounce of her tireless energy was dedicated to them and her wider wh\u0101nau.<\/p>\n
\u201cI will forever cherish the memory of catching up over coffee just to hear her talk about her girls with such immense pride and joy.\u201d<\/p>\n
Yet she still had room for others, with the \u201csame big, beautiful heart\u201d extending to \u201ceveryone around her\u201d. <\/p>\n
Adams said \u201cDebs\u201d gave her time to support Vision West and always rallied the Ray White office behind charity drives like the \u201cRide for Hope\u201d. <\/p>\n
Gregory also knew how to let her hair down \u2013 \u201cwhether she was front and center at a concert singing her heart out, or excitedly planning her next big travel adventure\u201d. <\/p>\n
\u201cWhen she was closer to home, you\u2019d usually find her smashing out a training session at F45 or BBM, out on the water proudly representing with her dragon boat family, or just enjoying a peaceful walk with her beloved pug, Nala.\u201d<\/p>\n
Adams said Gregory lived with a \u201cbrilliant vibrancy, fiercely loving her family and her friends, and leaving a lasting mark on everyone lucky enough to know her\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cRest in peace, my dear friend. We will miss you more than words can say.\u201d<\/p>\n
Passionate paddler<\/p>\n
One of Gregory\u2019s biggest passions was paddling, with the Auckland Dragon Boat Association posting a tribute to social media and calling her a \u201cspecial\u201d member of its wh\u0101nau. <\/p>\n
\u201cBubbly, cheeky, funny and full of life, she brought so much warmth, laughter and joy to those around her,\u201d the association said.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe was someone you couldn\u2019t help but smile around, and we know she will be deeply missed by so many.\u201d<\/p>\n
It said Gregory had been looking forward to paddling in the upcoming Pan Pacific Masters Games.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe will be very much in the hearts of her fellow paddlers as they take to the water, with their races dedicated to her memory.\u201d<\/p>\n
A regular Hauraki Blues club paddler, Gregory also took a seat with the Steel Dragons, who called her a \u201cbeautiful soul\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201dWe were honoured to share our waka with you at Nationals this year. Silver on the water, but gold in our hearts,” the club wrote.<\/p>\n
\u201cYour warmth, kindness and spirit will always be remembered.\u201d<\/p>\n
Debs Gregory was a passionate paddler, as seen here in a photo on the Steel Dragons Facebook page.<\/p>\n
\u2018Wicked sense of humour\u2019<\/p>\n
Tributes on Facebook talked of a relentlessly positive Aucklander, who valued her family, her community and the clubs and people she was involved with.<\/p>\n
They spoke of her positivity and \u201cwicked sense of humour, genuine care for her fellow humans and positive glow\u201d.<\/p>\n
One user recounted how she \u201cwill never forget staying out forgetting our responsibilities and partying the night away on her 60th\u201d. <\/p>\n
One tribute summed up her profound influence on the community.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe ripples of her impact on the many many people her life touched will continue to spread for a long time.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cShe was an incredible woman with the biggest heart, a beautiful soul, and a way of lighting up…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":637194,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[74,6116,17901,93609,51,3952,13978,634,312417,6179,8127,156,638,2109,2082,71,41399,2882,3025,111,139,69,10903,22393,6115,5659,38694,10140,30645,698,3807,16550],"class_list":["post-637193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-after","tag-agent","tag-agents","tag-aroha","tag-auckland","tag-aucklands","tag-daughters","tag-death","tag-debs","tag-died","tag-end","tag-entertainment","tag-estate","tag-family","tag-for","tag-from","tag-gregory","tag-love","tag-most","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-popular","tag-ray","tag-real","tag-say","tag-surrounded","tag-tributes","tag-unexpected","tag-until","tag-west","tag-white"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/637193","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=637193"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/637193\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/637194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=637193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=637193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=637193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}