John
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Founder & Managing Director
My daughter Amy and my son-in-law Matt are the sixth generation of my family in Marlborough. My mother grew up here, and when I was a child I spent countless summers on my grandparent’s farm in the Wairau Valley. They were happy times. As a boy I thought Marlborough was paradise. I still do. Now, my grandchildren visit me here, just like I visited my grandparents. In starting Mount Riley in 1992 I feel as if I’ve come full circle.