About me ...

I am a native New Zealander (Kiwi) and I have been an ordained minister since 1957.

I started my working life as a Coach Builder, then I joined the Royal New Zealand Navy as a Seaman and stayed with the Navy for 3 years.  Then I felt called to enter the ministry and studied for four years in theological college.  I was ordained in Dunedin and ministered there for four years followed by a parish in Maungaturoto (north of Auckland).  Then I went as a missionary to Paupa New Guinea and I loved it there, the only reason I came back to New Zealand again was because of my children's education and career needs.

On my return I served in a parish in Central Otago for five years and at the same time was employed by the Justice Department as a chaplain in a boys prison then called Borstal.  While there I became an Army Territorial Chaplain and also trained as an Industrial Chaplain.  I then moved to a cooperating parish in Upper Hutt (Wellington) and also served at the same time as an Army Chaplain to Linton Army Base in Palmerston North.  I continued to serve as an Industrial Chaplain in Upper Hutt and as well I was the first Chaplain to be appointed to the Central Institute of Technology.  I was a visiting chaplain at Wi Tako Prison (now called Rimutaka Prison).  I then had a parish in New York on an exchange ministry which lasted 15 months.  Upon my return from New York, I helped out in a parish in Stokes Valley (Upper Hutt) for about four years.  This has given me the unique ability to communicate and get on with people of all ages and backgrounds.  Now I serve as a celebrant.

Whether you are arranging:

• a Wedding

• a Renewal of Vows

• a Baptism / Name giving Ceremony

• a Gay / Lesbian commitment Ceremony

• a Reconciliation Ceremony

• a Funeral

You can relax and rest assured that you have made the right choice and that your important day will be a professional success that you can be proud of.
No matter what ceremony you engage Norman for it is taken as an opportunity for you to have a unique and personalised ceremony for your day.

After a mutually acceptable time for a meeting has been made it is simply a matter deciding, together, what format your day will take on.  I will not tell you what the service is going to be like, rather, after you have looked through the options available, you choose what you would like and it is my task to make that happen for you.