Background
He was born in Dunedin in 1939.
He was born in Dunedin in 1939.
He received his education from Waitahuna Primary and John McGlashan College. Afterwards, he was a farmer in Waitahuna in the Clutha District, some 10 kilometres (62 mi) from Lawrence. Rose married Christine Mary Fulton, the daughter of Bruce I. Fulton, on 22 October 1966.
They had three daughters.
In 1999, he was diagnosed with Parkinson"s disease. He published his autobiography, More Than Meets the Eye, in 2010, with a reviewer commenting that the "political material is particularly interesting".