Ko wai au? Kia ora e hoa, my name is Zac. Ki te taha o tōku matua, Scotland. Ki te taha o tōku whaea, Norway. Te Whau is home to me now. My parents met here in Avondale and now it’s where I do life. I’ve spent most of my adult life working with both youth and adults as an educator/ facilitator/ consultant within the public and private sector. It’s with the knowledge I hold that I can help you find fulfillment in the relationships that matter most to you. I take a change-theory, person-centered approach and specialise in group work.

Nā reira, Why Father Time? The young people in our lives have so much to teach us. They hold a mirror for us to see ourselves in an honest light. It was from working with youth that I recognised how parental figures are the key determinant on healthy outcomes for a young person, partilcularly as they begin to form their own relationships. Father Time as a program was designed with the recognition that we, as adults, also need support and coaching through new challenges and stages of life, like fatherhood.

My work has pinpointed a common ground we stand on as men - our shared desire to be ‘a good man’ and ‘a good dad’ as well as the need be known and understood by other men. Father Time provides a space to listen, share, and problem solve in confidence within a group of dads.