Matt is married to Rebecca and together they have four adult sons. Matt has over 30 years’ experience in vocational Christian ministry. This work was primarily amongst university students in New Zealand and overseas before the opportunity came to pioneer sports chaplaincy in New Zealand by becoming Sports Chaplaincy New Zealand’s first employee in 2013. Today SCNZ has over 120 active volunteer chaplains providing pastoral care to a wide range of sports communities.

Matt oversees the training of all Sports Chaplaincy New Zealand’s new Sports Chaplains and runs in-person workshops which help them become accredited and ready to serve. Matt is also the chaplain to Gymnastics New Zealand and the high-performance sports hub, AUT Millennium, where he is based.

An active learner, he has a BSc (Physics), LLB (Hons), Postgraduate Diploma in Business Management (HRM) and most recently a Masters in Chaplaincy. If he’s not in the office running the background of SCNZ, Matt is out tramping with his family, supporting all four of his multi-talented sons in their expansive careers, or working on a DIY job!