Early Life
Jones was born in Karachi, Pakistan, and attended St Joseph's College and Karachi Grammar School. He and his mother arrived in New Zealand in 1959, and completed his education at St Paul's College, Auckland, and the University of Auckland, from where he earned an LLB. He began practice as a lawyer.
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