From left: Dads Jeff Parker, Bradley Morrison, Peter Dalton, Neil Hawkins and David Harvey. Photo / Michael Cunningham
From left: Dads Jeff Parker, Bradley Morrison, Peter Dalton, Neil Hawkins and David Harvey. Photo / Michael Cunningham
“The shocking part was suddenly having this huge responsibility,” says Peter Dalton when asked about his foray into fatherhood.
The 72-year-old father of two is a proud dad. He lit up while speaking about raising his daughters. As did fellow fathers from the Kerikeri retirement village Arvida Te Puna Waiora.
From the “sex talk” to cars and motorbikes - these dads have experienced it all.
And while there were the typical trials and tribulations of raising kids, there was a lot of fun along the way.
Bradley Morrison, 79, had a chuckle as he recalled collecting tuatua, toheroa and, as he told his then-young daughter, “three-a-three-a” along Baylys Beach in Kaipara.
And in true dad humour, Morrison invented a make-believe shellfish, which his daughter proudly began to tell other people about - until the gig was up.
“She came up to me and said, ‘Dad, you told me a lie’.”
