Ross M Bodle

Ross M Bodle: Born in Hastings, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand 1939. Moved to Gisborne City (East Coast) North Island 1945. Attended Lindisfarne College Hastings. Career: Farm Advisory, Management/Director, Historian, Sailor, Realist, Landscape/Seascape Artist, interested in people of all cultures. Now deaf due to an industrial accident whilst building the youth training ship 'Spirit of New Zealand' turned to writing for an income.