MEET PETE

Born in England. Lived in Egypt. Moved to New Zealand aged 5. Schooled at St Peter's, Cambridge. Left at 15 to work with Harry M Miller, Australasia's biggest concert promoter. Toured with The Who, Gene Pitney, Eric Burdon & Animals, Shelley Berman and many others. Drummed for guitarist Peter Posa and won NZ Battle of Bands with 'Green & Yellow'. Joined PYE RCA Records as an A&R Exec. Joined TVNZ. TV Producer / Director. Launched Russell Crowe's career on Shazam! hosted by top UK TV celebrity Phillip Schofield. Produced this top rating weekly prime time pop show for 5 years; specials with Duran Duran, Boy George, Elton John, Commodores, Twisted Sister, Cliff Richard, Billy Idol etc., led Jolly Roger, a trio on world cruise ships. Formed PG & The Hot Tips, 4 singles on CBS. 1986: To London... director at MusicBox, BBCTV and Thames TV, producer of Sale Of The Century and Star Search. Became TVNZ's Head of Entertainment, delivered 600 hours of TV annually for TVOne and TV2. 1993: Washington DC... performing music for Washington's Best talent agency. Drum dealer. 1996: Back to London... Producer with National Geographic Channels, Canal +, corporate clients. 2001: Return to NZ... property investment and event organizer. 2004: Florida USA... Music and TV Production with Comcast CN35. Now in Video Production, TV formats, writing, recording music. Pete is a versatile singing drummer too and can offer an All-Star line-up of musicians when required!

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