The Senior Family

We are the Seniors, and we retired from teaching in 2020. David used the opportunity to walk the Te Araroa. When not going walkabout, David spends his time reading, listening to the news and chasing Myrtle, our pet rabbit, around the garden. Helga has been busy learning how to play the piano and paint using watercolours. She spends a large amount of time in the garden, growing vegetables and looking after our bee hive and bee friendly garden. We have two adult children, who have both long since left home and doing well. Liam who lives in Japan and Caitlin who lives in Auckland.

We moved to Christchurch in 2001, swapping one small island, Bermuda, where we had lived for six years, to a slightly larger island, the South Island of New Zealand. We live in Cashmere, a suburb to the south of Christchurch, on the edge of the Port Hills, which means there are lots of places to walk and cycle. We have recently taken up croquet and are members of the Cashmere Croquet Club. We looked at playing tennis but that was too energetic, while the bowls club was the bowls club. Swinging mallets seemed just much more fun.

We enjoy travelling and in February and March 2026 we are cruised on the Queen Anne from Hong Kong to Sydney. This was followed by a week in Fiji in May We will also make another trip to visit Liam in Japan in late 2026 or early 2027. At some point we want to make a campervan trip across Australia.