BobParker
- Presenter
Bob Parker did 12 years as guardian of the big red book, presenting and writing This is Your Life. Other presenting roles include Young Farmer of the Year and This is New Zealand (made in NZ for American cable television). He also appeared as a "weird dancing man" in the feature film Snakeskin. After doing time as mayor of Banks Peninsula in 2001, he began a six year stint as mayor of Christchurch in 2007.
Screenography
Biography
Bob Parker was born in Christchurch in 1953. The son of a plumber, he grew up in the Christchurch suburbs of Heathcote Valley and Somerfield, and later attended Cashmere High School.
Intending to become a pharmacist, he began studying chemistry at the University of Canterbury. After nine months, he withdrew from the course and spent time working as a labourer, factory worker and wine waiter.
Awards
2014 Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (KNZM)
For services to local body affairs and the community
“I remember watching Brian Edwards on TV ... and thinking, now there’s a guy who is doing something he obviously enjoys, he has an interesting life, he is meeting interesting people and he looks pretty happy at what he’s doing”