McCully appointed

Former government minister Murray McCully has been appointed to the board of Far North Holdings, the commercial arm of the Far North District Council. Mr McCully, the long-serving Minister of Foreign Affairs under the previous Nationalled Government, was born in Whangarei, raised in Dargaville, and now spends much of his time in Taiharuru near Whangarei Heads. He joins other board members Bill Birnie (chairman, an investment banker and former High Court lawyer), Ross Blackman (Russell-based former Team New Zealand business manager for the America’s Cup), Ian Walker (Kaitaia farmer and businessman) and Kevin Baxter (Kerikeri farmer and businessman).