I have recently been appointed to this part time role that has me overseeing the communications activities for WaiBOP Football, one of the seven federations that make up NZ Football. My primary focus is web, social media and public relations. An exciting part of this...
I was asked by Metso Paper to produce the web copy for the landing pages for their new Opti concept family of products. This is a higly technical subject area, but I broke this down into simple language that brought out the key points and highlighted the main theme:...
Our family went camping recently. It was a typical kiwi camping excursion, full of sand, salt and stink (not too many showers available out there…). It was a great opportunity to take some photos, however, and I came across these...
In January I finished off a full overhaul and content update of Metso New Zealand’s password protected technical information website. The site is essentially a glorified library, so we had to ensure usability was simple and intuitive. One of the coolest parts of...
I am now the marketing guy for MIMICO, a Matamata-based company that sells, hires and services heavy machinery for the quarrying, mining, contracting, construction, recycling and forestry industries. MIMICO operates throughout New Zealand and is the distributor for...
I built the new website for Waikato FC , the Waikato’s entry in New Zealand’s ASB Premiership (NZ’s football national league). I have been maintaining the site with basic content during the season, which is played through the New Zealand summer....
We found this big boy in the Purangi Estury at Cooks Beach on February 9. It was a clear, hot, summer afternoon and he was just hanging out, soaking up some rays…until my son stuck a stick under him to have a closer look (don’t worry, no marine life was...
This place is a little gem, tucked into the base of the Kaimai Range near Te Aroha. Waiorongomai Valley is an old gold mining settlement, now either in ruins or completely gone, with plenty of history and bush tracks a plenty. There are some great views back out over...
I love my visits to Cooks Beach. They are far too infrequent. But always memorable. There are some pretty spectacular beaches on the Coromandel Peninsula and Cooks is the best of the bunch. This pic was taken during a recent stay. The headland to the right of the pic...
I took this photo recently while I was out driving near the base of the Kaimai ranges, which rise near my home in Matamata. This photos was taken here (you can just make out the railway line). The stretch of Old Te Aroha road between Okauia and Te Aroha is really,...
