John Shadbolt

John has spent the majority of his life working in UK and Southern Africa having relocated from Zimbabwe to NZ in 2001 with his wife, Dorille. During his time in Africa, he worked in Training and Human Resources in Zambia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Botswana. Since moving to NZ, he has been working in Human Resources spending 10 years with Bridgestone before retiring. He has also been involved with Rotary over the years. John was on the initiating Board for Adult Literacy in Zimbabwe.

John joined Parish Council a number of years ago, having been a member of the Church since 2002 and has been actively involved in many Church activities, as well as being part of the audio visual group. John has been our Presbytery representative on Council for many years and is Co-convenor of the Coastal Region presbytery, and convenor of the Mission Fund Committee.