David Ballantyne

David Watt Ballantyne was born in Auckland on 14 June 1924. A great-grandson of Hēni Te Kiri Karamu, he was connected through his family to Te Arawa. After a brief spell in the army and medical studies that he abandoned, he joined the Auckland Star as a young reporter, then worked at the Southern Cross. He left for London in 1954 with his family, stayed there as a journalist for more than ten years, and returned home in 1966. He died at home, in Ponsonby, a district of Auckland, on 24 February 1986.

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• NovelSydney Bridge Upside DownDavid Ballantyne · 1968Literature