75 year old New Zealander living in  south Auckland .Retired postal worker and unionist.Published poetry widely, articles in union magazines and elsewhere over many years. In 2006 published a book of poems" One-fingered in Papatoetoe"and  'Sometimes like Taurus"" in  2014.""Creeping  along the Bloodline"due out soon.. Stood for parliament twice for the Alliance Political Party.Now back  in the Labour Party.Currently working on  a  book for the Cambodian community.. Helps hospice patients connected to the buddhist centre in avondale,ghost writes for the Cambodian Youth and Recreational Trust. Was  a  part-time paid gardener for  seven years  and an employment advocate for the CAB.Three adult  sons,two grandchildren.

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