Date of Birth:	7 November 1941
Address:	Parliament House Wellington New Zealand
Telephone:	03 688 6844 (electorate office) 04 470 6556 (Wellington office)
Facsimile:	03 688 6944 (electorate office) 04 495 8447 (Wellington office)
Education:	Shinfield Road (Reading, England) Clinton and Waihaorunga Primary Schools Timaru Boys' High School

WORK EXPERIENCE : FARMING

Self-employed farmer from 1963 until entering Parliament in 1984, farming 400 ha. of steep to easy rolling downs at Waihaorunga in South Canterbury, and 160 ha. of irrigated land in the Waitaki Valley.

Particular interests included livestock improvement programmes and farm forestry.

WORK EXPERIENCE : PARLIAMENTARY

1984 - 1990	Member of Parliament for Waitaki
1990	Minister of Agriculture and Forestry
1993 - 1996	Member of Parliament for Timaru
1996 -	Member of Parliament for Aoraki
1999 -	Minister of Agriculture Minister for Rural Affairs Minister for Trade Negotiations

Caucus Committee Experience:

Primary Industries & Rural Services (former Chair)
Ad Hoc South Island Committee (former Chair)
Environment
Economic Management (former Chair)

Parliamentary Select Committee Experience:

Primary Production (former Deputy Chair)
Defence
Finance & Expenditure (former Chair)
Maori Affairs

Particular Interests during Parliamentary career:

Rural communities
Land-based industries
Sustainable Land and Resource Management
Economic Management
Tax Reform
Micro-economic Reform
Public Sector Accountability
Health care policy

Formerly (pre November 1999) Labour Spokesperson for: