Jim Milburn was Principal of Rāroa Intermediate, Maidstone Intermediate and Avalon School, as well as being responsible for setting up the publishing company Price Millburn. He passed away in December 2021 aged 97.

Jim visited Rāroa last year and was given the royal tour, which he thoroughly enjoyed and he was fascinated by the changes that had occurred in his old school. What was obvious was that he enjoyed seeing students being curious and stimulated.

Here is the obituary from the Dominion Post:

Teacher for whom books were everything