My mother and father meet and married in Australia my brother was born there then my
grandmother became very ill so my mother returned to new zealand to show her her new grandson
while she was here she found she was pregnant with me so could not fly back in the mean time my
father passed away they say he never fully recovered from fighting during the second world war so I never new him
I was born in auckland new zealand 24 January 1960
We lived in glen innes in a government house in a poor part of town
At age 8 I was sent to a boarding school to join my brother run by a
Charitable trust to help under privileged male children
I am dyslexic I have no school qualifications I left on a Saturday and started
work on the following Monday so at school I was only there to eat my lunch
and run around the sports fields and do any activity that got me out of the classroom
I have had a number of accidents both at school and during my working life
I now have arthritis in both my hips some day in the future they will both need to be replaced when I do not know
I do have a trade qualification in telecommunications and over the years have had a wide range of jobs including a stint overseas
In 2001 we packed up the family and moved from Auckland down here to Taupo believing it to be a far better place to bring up children
I have gone from having nothing to having a very comfortable life with my own business to back to having nothing much
As I have said before I have twins they will be 20 next month
My mum now also lives here in taupo five minutes down the road
I enjoy music the listing to I have a large collection of compact discs and music dvd’s and it keeps growing all the
time about eight stereos in different states of repair at last count thirty odd pairs of speakers
Also I still have all my vinyl record collection and a record player
I enjoy driving I enjoy seeing what is around the next corner
I live in the middle
When I want to live
On the edge
I live beside a lake
When I would rather
Live by the sea