as a short subject. The film shows David getting into an Avro Anson, and working with a kite on the back of a truck, and a trawler. David attended Stages I and II at Canterbury College, then moved to Wellington where he graduated BSc and MSc from the Victoria College of the University of New Zealand. After graduation David was employed doing sunspot research at the Carter Observatory in Kelburn, Wellington, from where he published his first scientific paper. David Garner was the father of three children by Edna Jean Garner: including Mary Ann Garner, John David Garner and Steven James Garner. His wife was Kirsty Garner. David Garner died 13 May 2016. References 1928 births 2016 deaths New Zealand physicists University of Auckland faculty Victoria University of Wellington alumni New York University alumni Physical oceanographers