Career
He received the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Meda He was on the Hutt City Council from 1974 to 1977, and was on the Greater Wellington Regional Council from 1986 to 1992. He was also on the Stokes Valley Licensing Trust.
He was born in Bedford, England of New Zealand parents.
His father was later in the British colonial service in Ceylon. He was educated at Palmerston North Boys" High School then Otago University and Victoria University of Wellington where he graduated in law.
He was a barrister and solicitor from 1961, specialising in environmental law.