BA in English 1976, Victoria University of Wellington, Diploma of NZ Library School 1978, MA Applied (Social Science Research) VUW, Diploma of Public Health, 2004, PhD 2012, both at Otago Wellington. I have worked as a librarian, a social researcher in Health Services and in Public Health, working on children's issues, sustainable transport,tobacco, firearms policy and other public health issues. I've also worked as a mother at home and an occasional radio documentary maker and film maker.