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60 Seconds With
Keith Newton
Where were you born and where did you grow up ?
In Kawerau in the Eastern Bay of Plenty
Who is your favourite golfer and why ?
Phil Mickelson - Nothing better than a good left-hand swing ( same with cricket )
Speight's or Emersons
Emersons
What's the best advice you've ever been given ?
When asked by my father at my sister's engagement what I wanted to drink and said Bacardi and Coke. He said you'll have a beer ! I've stuck with beer in preference to spirits ( apart from the odd whisky ) and feel better for it.
If I was Prime Minister for one day I would ......
Increase funding to health ( especially pharmacy) and education and probably take it from defence.
Carisbrook or Forsyth Barr ?
Love Forsyth Barr but it doesn't beat the days of standing on a packed Carisbrook terrace.
One thing people might not know about you
In my younger days I was a really good swimmer
If I could play one golf course anywhere in the world I would play ....
The Old Course at St Andrews - just for the history
If you met yourself as a 20 year old, what advice would you give yourself ?
Don't do pharmacy. It was a great profession back then but like a lot of professions it is suffering now
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