In 1962 I was having my first year out of school and Neville had been caught (by way of a birthday ballot) in the 1st Intake of National Service, which was the then Governments response to the Vietnam war and ended up spending  May to August at Waiouru Military camp in the North Island. Why…

Our Family Dayan was born in May 1974 in Invercargill. We were in the fortunate position to have our home in Riverton and Belda House in Invercargill so Dayan had a home situation wherever we were – the great benefit of working from home. As I travelled a lot from each business Dayan always came…

Bonita 2 days old Invercargill in July 1981 Being the girl of the family and being round Beauty from day one there is no surprise she followed her mum into the Beauty industry. Bonita’s godmother is Daphne Ronald, a dear friend who I met when she attended Belda, like me she loved the Deportment and…