He worked at Radio New Zealand for over twenty years on various programmes as a producer on  Morning Report,  making radio documentaries  and broadcasting to the Pacific region with Radio NZ International before becoming the first Manager of the  newly formed Continuing Education Unit.

His NZ qualifications in teaching, literature and drama were put to use at The Curriculum Unit of the Papua New Guinea Education Department and then with The Media Unit  of  the USP in Fiji. While working at the USP he ran workshops  in Tonga,  Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu and  Kiribati. 

His International Development Aid work in Africa includes long term assignments in Kenya, Mozambique and South Sudan

Patrick’s partner, accompanied him on his working assignments in the Pacific and Africa. Her health qualifications and experience were used to improve Women’s Health.  Peggy also worked separately on International Development Aid projects in Nigeria, Uganda and Ethiopia. 

In recent years Patrick has devoted his energies to writing film and stage scripts, poems and short stories.  Several of his scripts have won small awards in  festival competitions. He designed posters for his film scripts Moscow Antigone, Mapogo the Lion, Africa Avenger and The Fires of Troy. Some of the stories include facts.  They are a mixture for adults and children. His three children Marc, Amanda and Jason enjoyed  and or endured many of his stories.

In his spare time Patrick drinks many cups of coffee, enjoys classical music, reads disturbing books, views and listens on radio and websites  to world and domestic news, dramas and Shakespeare productions on screen. He has directed radio and theatre plays in several different countries.

Copyright exists in all original works.

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Patrick Craddock – Pacific Media Centre

Patrick Craddock – National Library of New Zealand