A man who walks with dinosaurs

He has tasted unprecedented success and won't rest because of what he has unearthed in Hawke's Bay.
Havelock North arts entrepreneur Bruce Mactaggart opens his screaming and stomping life-sized dinosaur show at Auckland's Vector Arena, which he co-owns, on June 29.
Walking with Dinosaurs is the largest touring show in history, with more than seven million tickets sold in over 146 countries.
"No one knew how it would fare because it was unlike anything anyone had ever done before," he said.
"The magnitude of the investment was similar only to a Broadway musical or a show that was such a guaranteed slam dunk success like a U2 or AC/DC."
With the US market conquered and his wife unexpectedly expecting their third child, the issue of a permanent home came into focus four years ago.
Success gave the Mactaggart family choices.
"We both called Melbourne home but we literally looked around the world for a place to put down some roots.
"We kept coming back to New Zealand because it had everything.
"My experience is that when people have a sea change there is a trade off.
"Havelock North, now I might be wrong about this and if I am I don't care, I don't know any other place in the world that has so much.
"The vision and generosity of the early settler families like the Chambers, one of the world's first hydro-electric plants was here, the first motor vehicle to New Zealand was imported here.
"You have excellence of education, you can go to Terroir at Craggy Range and sit at the balcony at one of the finest places in the world, there's world-class fishing at the Tukituki River, Pacific beaches are 15 minutes away and you're a couple of hours from the ski fields.
"You've got 58 world-class wineries within a 15-minute drive, you've got libraries that are quite astonishing in their breadth.
"And then I discovered something that I think is just incredible.
"I'm amazed at the breadth of intellectual capital that is here.
"I started to meet more people, like one who is hugely successful in his business around the world and is theoretically based out of San Francisco, but actually lives in Havelock North and is a major player in China.
"You run into a Rod Drury and you look at what he's doing, and I won't tell you the name of my next door neighbour who had responsibility for one of the biggest investment names in the world. So I can sit with him, by my pool with a glass of wine and talk about how we'd structure something with $200 million.
"That's before we get to the locals and there are so many, the Dick Frizzells of this world.
"I'm flabbergasted by the capability that sits here. I'm not just talking about the business perspective, I'm talking about why it is a great place to live and why it has remarkable potential.
"It reflects itself in culture, it reflects itself in people who are prepared to commit money to refurbish a fabulous asset like the Hawke's Bay Opera House.
"It reflects itself in that Hastings, rather than sitting quietly and perhaps go backwards, takes initiatives to freshen itself up - the simple transition with all the hanging flower baskets.
"It reflects itself in people expecting a certain standard in education, it reflects itself in people supporting community initiatives and, hopefully, we are seeing it reflected in business.
"Here's a country that split the atom and climbed the highest mountain; the opportunities are here."