Peter Durney is writer of fiction and children's books based in Auckland, New Zealand. Peter started life as a mechanical fitter, completing his apprenticeship on the Matahina Hydro-Electric project, then later graduated (L.Th.) from the New Zealand Bible Training Institute. He entered teaching and completed a B.A. Degree from Massey University. After many years teaching in New Zealand’s Far North, he went to South Korea as an ESL teacher. Later he went to England where he took a job as harbourmaster on an inland waterway marina. He and his wife lived for four years on a Canal narrowboat. Now retired, Peter lives in Papakura, Auckland where he continues his literary interests.
