More Info →Don Bird part 2: Childhood a working life - Manawatu Conversations

Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio 18th February 2020. Part 2 of 2.  Don’s early childhood, lost 2 mothers in childbirth, then father died, raised by step-mother. Siblings, family relationships. Moved from Ashburton to a farm in the far north for a year, then Auckland. Had to leave school, part-time university study for commerce degree. Transferred to Dunedin. 1956 set up own business. Independent loss adjusters. Amalgamations. Work still very similar. Lloyds. Interesting aspects of the work. Work ethics.