Honours/decorations

ONZM for services to broadcasting, 1996

Current parliamentary roles

• Member, Finance and Expenditure Committee
• Member, Local Government and Environment Committee

Personal details

Partner and teenage son.

Education/qualifications

Associate Teaching Collegiate of London (ATCL) 1977

Career

• Broadcaster for thirty years
• Member, National Health Committee
• Chair, New Zealand Book Council
• Member, Institute of Directors 2010
• Owner, travel company

Community activities

• Patron, Hospice New Zealand
• Director, Outward Bound
• Patron, Mary Potter Hospice
• Patron, Alzheimer's Wellington

Leisure activities

Gardening, reading, bush walking and paddle boarding.