Home visit for Dr Rockstar

Timothy Bowman has more than one string to his bow and although he claims to be a frustrated rock star, his achievements well and truly belie any lack of success in life.
Back home in Wairarapa for a three-day, catch-up with his mother, Pam, the doctor of medicine and music has lived in Australia for the past four years, after a 10-year stint in Britain.
The unusual combination of medicine and music means that most of his time is either spent in an accident and injury clinic in Wollongong, New South Wales, or composing and playing one of the many instruments he loves.
The former dux of Rathkeale College was born in Britain, coming to New Zealand as a baby and arriving in Greytown when he was 10.
His stepfather, Ron Trappitt, ran Tasman Orchards.
On leaving Rathkeale with outstanding academic results Timothy went to Auckland University.
"I studied medicine by mistake, really, because I didn't know what I wanted to do, other than become a rock star, and I was told people with good marks go to med school."
Having qualified in medicine, Dr Bowman practised in Auckland working mainly in A&E departments at Greenlane Hospital, Middlemore Hospital and North Shore Hospital.
Then followed a stint at Auckland University as a physician in the student clinic.
At about this time his other great love started to made inroads into his life.
As an accomplished guitarist, ukulele player, bass player and saxophonist Dr Bowman joined up with Gitbox Rebellion playing at gigs in pubs, in town halls and even in libraries.
"There is when I became interested in composing so I went to night school and learned music theory and applied to go to music school," he said.
He did an honours degree in music over four years while working part-time and later obtained a Master's in music from York University in Britain.
To follow was a PhD in composing.
His wife, Wendy Bornholdt, shares his love of music and the two play together in a ukulele group in Australia, which co-incidentally is the same group Ian Kingsford Smith, a former Play School presenter from Dunedin, plays in.
They occasionally go busking on the streets of Sydney, not for the money, just for the fun.
"We write our own songs and sing them, along with a bunch of others."
Dr Bowman has been the subject of a half-hour television programme in Australia called Songwriters Across Australia and is to have a piece he composed performed at a contemporary music festival in Croatia.
"It's an experimental music piece written for 12 strings."
Each country is able to put forward a piece for consideration and Dr Bowman's composition has been accepted but not as Australia's entry.
"No, it's a New Zealand entry. I'm a Kiwi."