He has affiliations with the Rangitane, Ngati Kauwhata and Ngati Raukawa tribes of New Zealand, grew up in Feilding, attended Te Aute College, Hawke's Bay, and graduated from the University of Otago with a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery in 1963.
He has affiliations with the Rangitane, Ngati Kauwhata and Ngati Raukawa tribes of New Zealand. He grew up in Feilding. He attended Te Aute College. He graduated from the University of Otago with a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery in 1963. Hawke's Bay is Te Aute College.