From a young age the outdoors has always been my own playground. Growing up in a large family of six boys and one sister, finding ways to entertain ourselves on a tight budget (if any) was the aim of the game. Fond memories of Dad taking a tribe of kids out to make giant bows & arrows and hunting for treasure in the local scrap piles has set me up with the skills of Bear Grills mixed with the ingenuity of Macgyver to make the most of any situation. This love for the outdoors lead me to my first job in my early 20s as an outdoor instructor at the Sir Peter Blake Marine Education & Recreation Centre. During my 10 years at M.E.R.C I mastered the skills needed to run activities such as Rock climbing, Abseiling, Archery, Surfing, High ropes, 17 Day Wilderness Expeditions & Youth Development Programs. AUT University was my next point of call in which I graduated with a Bachelor of Sport & Recreation with a major in Outdoor Education. In 2018 I published a book called "Re Wild your Child" An A to Z Adventure Guide for Kiwi kids In Nature & these days I deliver a number of different nature based programmes for organisations such as Auckland Council & schools around Auckland & New Zealand. Craftlab NZ

was created to educate, engage and excite students to

learn & connect to nature with a hands on skill focus.

My mission is to make the outdoors a place where

joyful moments happen, anything can be made, and

life long adventures can & should be had on a regular

basis.