Post Cricket
After retiring from Cricket he taught at Middleton Grange School at Christchurch eventually becoming Vice Principal there. Some 25 years later he entered politics by joining the South Island based Christian Heritage Party, where he was 3rd on their list of candidates. The party platform was "Family, Justice, Choice and less Government control." However, he failed to be elected and subsequently left the party a few years later following a scandal that resulted in the conviction and imprisoment of the party leader, Graham Capill.
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