I am married to Liz and we
have a family of four. Sharon is 30 and has a teaching position at Dulwich
Hamlet Junior School in London, England. Gerard, 29, is a team leader
in the Customer Services section of National Foods in Melbourne, Australia. Bede
and Tim
are both 24. Bede completed his studies and graduated in April 2005 with a
Bachelor in Recreation Management degree from Lincoln
University. He is currently working as a coach at the Christchurch School of
Gymnastics. After spending a year doing a commerce degree, Tim decided
to put aside his studies for a while and qualified as a butcher. He is now
studying for a Bachelor of
Business Innovation and Enterprise degree. Allan
Campbell Christchurch New Zealand Liz is an Associate Principal at Linwood North School where
she teaches 6-7 year olds. Allan Campbell Christchurch New
Zealand At the end of 2003 I
retired from the Christchurch Service Centre of the National Library of New
Zealand where I was the Manager of the Curriculum Information Service.
This service provides resources for teachers in schools throughout the
South Island to assist them with their classroom programmes. The resources
are intended to support the New Zealand Curriculum.
I am leading a very active retired life being involved with many projects
including acting as a voluntary computer tutor at the Burwood Hospital
based Allan
Bean Centre where I assist those with spinal and brain injuries in
developing computer skills.
If you want to see what we look like you
should check out our Family Album.
We live in Christchurch which is the principal city in the province
of Canterbury, New Zealand. Christchurch is situated on the
east coast of
the South Island and has a
population of 348,000 people (2006 census).
Christchurch, which is known as the "Garden City", has beautiful parks and
beaches and is just over an hour away from ski-fields.
Liz and I
spent most of 2004 overseas. Liz took a year's leave of absence from her
position at Linwood North School and had a teaching position until the end
of October at Craven Park School in Stamford Hill, London. She taught
10-11 year old children. During weekends and school holidays we
explored different parts of the United Kingdom and Europe. Once her
teaching contract concluded we spent time in America and Hong Kong before
returning to New Zealand.
2001 was a great year for the Campbell
household as not only did Sharon graduate with a Bachelor of Teaching and
Learning degree but so also did Liz. Sharon's course was a three year full
time one whereas Liz had to fit her studies in and around her family life
and a full time career. We are all very proud of them. Photographs of this
event can be found here as well as photographs of Bede's graduation in
2005.
Our interests
Liz and I enjoy some of New Zealand's fine
wines, travelling around New Zealand (and now the world!) and relaxing in
the thermal pools at Hanmer
Springs. (Follow the link to see some of my photographs of this
beautiful place).
I invite you to take some time to look at my
pages on New Zealand
wines and wineries. Through these pages we were lucky enough to
"meet" up with Vera and
Ray Randall who had a boutique winery in Washington State. Together
we had in June 2000 what we believe was the first ever "transglobal on-line wine tasting" sharing opinions on two
New Zealand wines. The first was so successful that we held a second transglobal tasting, this time enjoying wines sent
from America, including a chardonnay produced by the Randalls. One of the
highlights of our trip to America in 2004 was that we were able to really
meet the Randalls and stay with them for several days in their home.
We
are all keen supporters of New Zealand's national games Rugby and Cricket. Look here if
you would like to know more about the rules and objectives of cricket.
The superb Te
Ara, Encyclopedia of New Zealand aims to provide a comprehensive
guide to the country’s peoples, natural environment, history, culture,
economy, institutions and society. It is currently being developed and
should be completed by 2012
The aim
of the Te Puna
Web Directory is to provide a subject gateway to selected New Zealand
and Pacific Island Internet information resources
Links to
other sites
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