Kia ora! I come from a farming district in Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand. After completing my secondary education, I trained in photography and publishing. I continued this until I left New Zealand in 1995 to backpack on an overseas experience (OE). When I returned to New Zealand in 1998, I undertook a psychology degree through Massey University while working part-time as a communications and study-skills tutor at Eastern Institute of Technology. In 2008, I completed a Masters Degree in Education with an honors endorsement. In the same year, I left EIT and co-founded a training company, The Pacific Institute (TPI NZ), with Ian Richards, under the banner of The Pacific Institute (Asia/Pacific). In 2010, TPI became Innervate and we continue to offer a diverse range of performance and well-being training and seminars across all sectors. Throughout these years I continued to follow my passion for writing. I have written many educational articles and books and more recently screen-plays for film and television. |
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