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As I am a proud bi-cultural kiwi. illustrated with I was born in South Africa to the challenges Afrikaans parents and came to New faced last year, Zealand at nine years old. I spent my it is essential formative years in rural South Otago that we as a where my father was a rural GP. I group take finished my schooling and under- ownership for graduate studies in Dunedin, moved the profession to Wellington where I worked for as a whole, central government and an indus- because try association before moving to ultimately we Taranaki five years ago. I currently stand and fall work as General Counsel and Chief together. of Staff for TSB in New Plymouth where I live with my partner.