Local Folk – Allan Martin

Most retirees who reach the age of 96 would be content to sit in the garden and simply reflect on their luck. Not so Allan Martin of Warkworth. The former director general of TVNZ has just won six gold medals at the NZ Masters Games in Whanganui and, when he’s not out with his walking group, doing Tai Chi or writing letters to The Listener, he’s quietly preparing for the next Masters Games in Australia this October. In his time, Martin has been a pilot for the Portuguese air force, a Gold Coast ferry skipper and a stockman on a ship bound for South Africa. He spoke to Sally Marden about his lo...