I was born in 1964, at the Mater Hospital. The catholic gynaecologist at my birth was Dr Dunn; father of Bishop Patrick Dunn. Most catholic mothers went to him in the 50's-70’s to give birth to their children. I grew up in Meadowbank, very near the Orakei basin in which we had great fun, swimming, fishing, eeling, and boating all summer long. I went to Mt Carmel primary school and then to Remuera Intermediate. After this, I went to Selwyn and Liston College’s. Our family were very “outdoors” people and I have fond memories of fishing, rabbit and duck hunting, and many trips to our friends batch on the Waikato river. When I was 21 years old, I went to Australia to join the Confraternity of Christ the Priest, a new religious order just starting up in Melbourne. Later, I return to New Zealand and finished my Priestly studies at Holy Cross Seminary. I was ordained by Bishop Patrick Dunn on the 31st of July, 2002 at the age of 38. On my ordination card I took the moto… “Through Him, with Him, and In Him”. I have been a parish priest in many Auckland parishes since I was ordained and I am presently Parish priest of St Benedict’s, Newton. I am the Spirtual Director of the Legion of Mary New Zealand, and the Priest Chaplain at the Auckland Catholic Tertiary Chaplaincy.