David Wakim, a much loved Auckland activist and a tireless champion of the rights of the Palestinian people, has died suddenly whilst travelling in Namibia.

David was an inspirational man who devoted much of his life to the struggle for peace and social justice.

David was a pharamacist 'half-way down Dominion Road' in Auckland by day. Late into the night he was an active member of Pax Christi, the Palestinian Human Rights Committee and a founder of the Council for Christians and Muslims in NZ.