sentences:  He was educated at St Joseph's College, Masterton.He spent six years from the age of 15 in Redemptorist monasteries in Australia and had begun training to be a Catholic priest in that order when he returned to New Zealand and embarked on a lengthy career in film, television and media.Later in life, he was based in Omapere, Hokianga, New Zealand before his death from a stroke at the age of 63.