Tom scott at speakers new zealand

Tom Scott, after being conceived on the banks of the Blackwater River in Ireland, was in due course born in London, a fact he does not want widely disseminated.

Tom scott at speakers new zealand: Tom is New Zealand's

In , along with his mother and twin sister he was transported aboard the Tamoroa to New Zealand aged 18 months. He remembers little of the voyage apart from the mutiny and a loud bump when crossing the International Dateline. Tom Scott, one of New Zealand's greatest characters, commenced his academic career studying to be a vet and ended up with a degree in anatomy and philosophy.

While studying at Massey University however he worked on the university's capping magazine, where his drawings were even then a quantum leap ahead of anything seen before. It wasn't long before he decided to pursue his love of journalism and current event commentary and develop his unique cartooning talents. In the early 70's Tom turned cartooning and political journalism on it's ear with his cartoons depicting political figures and events.

Tom's run ins with the late PM Sir Robert Muldoon took much of centre stage during Sir Robert's political career however there is no doubt that both respected each others talents albeit from different perspectives. Tom co-scripted the very successful film version of Footrot Flats with Murray Ball, has written several television plays, a television series and several books.

A very talented New Zealander who is passionate about New Zealand and what it stands for, his passion has brought him in touch with Sir Edmund Hillary and in Tom wrote a biography on Sir Edmund. They also took Hillary back to the South Pole. Tom also has writen a play based on his father's life called The Daylight Atheist this, the first play by Tom, received critical acclaim in New Zealand and in June opened in Australia to great reviews.