Hi. My name is Rocky Argyle Rhodes and I live in New Zealand, on the island of Waiheke in the Hauraki Gulf.
I changed my name by Statutory Declaration in 1996. My former name was Stuart Raymond Bunker.
My interests include:
mental health
mental illness, or alternatively whatever name is applied to such experiences
association football (soccer)
scrabble
travel
criminology
I was born in England.
I have also visited (or lived in), in order of visitation:
1969 USA
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1969 Fiji
1971 Bahrain
1971 Singapore
1971 Australia
1972 Samoa
1974 New Zealand
1984 Papua New Guinea
1987 Tahiti
1997 Peru
1997 Bolivia
1997 Chile
2001 Canada
2001 Holland
2001 France
2001 Tanzania
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2001 Kenya
2001 South Africa
2002 Malaysia
2004 Korea
2006 Japan
2006 Germany
2006 Hong Kong
2012 Mexico
2013 Switzerland
2013 Ireland
2013 Denmark
2013 Sweden
2014 Jamaica
2014 Cuba
2014 Panama
2015 Philippines
2017 Macao
2017 China
2017 Iceland
2017 Belgium
2017 Italy
2017 Vatican City
2017 Turkey
2017 Thailand
2021 Cook Islands
My working life was divided between accountancy, driving a taxi, and working in various roles in community mental health support. I'm now happily retired and happily married and looking for new adventures.
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