"My wife Jo and I have been living at Waihi Beach with our children Hunter, 8, and Holly, 5, so I was keen to come to Whangamata.
"We're looking forward to moving the children here for schooling," Glenn said.
He sees Whangamata as a small community with its own dynamics.
"The town has been pretty welcoming to us. There seems to be a small nucleus of ratbags but we're getting to know who they are - it's much the same as any small town," he said.
He expects road policing will play a major role over summer as the population swells ten-fold and more.
But in his time off, he likes to go hunting or taking the family camping or fishing.
"I brought the boat up with me - I enjoying playing around in the deep blue," Glenn said.
The other new arrival in town is Rei Toroa, his wife Amy and one-year-old Makoare, known as Mako.
He said the family were delighted to have the opportunity to move to Whangamata.
"Amy's a Whangamata girl who grew up and went to school here," Rei said.
He grew up in Hamilton and spent eight years policing there in a variety of positions - on frontline duties, on the booze bus, enquiries and community policing.
"Community policing will be my main focus here."
They were keen to buy a house and settle down. Rei, too, is looking forward to spending his free time hunting and fishing, playing or watching American football, rugby and touch.
