Actor Peter Vere-Jones will be remebered for his golden voice

Published: Jan. 26, 2021, 11:44 p.m.

New Zealand actor, Peter Vere-Jones, will be remembered for his "golden voice", after dying yesterday aged 82. He had been a professional actor since the 1960s and his career included parts in several radio plays, a stint on Shortland Street and acting in Peter Jackson films such as Bad Taste and the second Hobbit film, Ken Blackburn has acted alongside Vere-Jones since the 1960s and is with us now.