Garrick John Batten (RFC 1953, Intensive 1956, DipVFM 1957).
Garrick worked on and managed sheep stations and dairy farms throughout New Zealand, and successfully commercially farmed his own sheep, cattle, goats and horticultural crops near Brightwater and elsewhere over 40 years. That is the practical and farm management background to his technical and fictional writing.
Lincoln University Living Heritage: Tikaka Tuku Iho (8th Jul 2021). G. J. Batten. In Website Lincoln University Living Heritage: Tikaka Tuku Iho. Retrieved 3rd Jun 2023 16:42, from https://livingheritage.lincoln.ac.nz/nodes/view/12415