Biography
Born and raised in Murihiku (south and west Southland, Aotearoa NZ). Sometime farm labourer, tractor driver, ditch digger, freezing worker, factory packer, orchard picker, roustabout, wool classer, proof reader, legal and historical researcher, writer, medical doctor, scientist doctor, editor, international consultant, publisher, marae worker, trustee, grave digger, lots of unpaid stuff, student, unemployed musician. Piano, violin, organ, voices, kapa haka and trombone have all suffered from my efforts. Apologies.