NEWS
L-R: DANIELLE MOURITS, CONOR CROKE, MARIAN GREENE
NEW CHANEL CENTRE STAFF
Conor enjoys historical movies, documentaries, books, trail running and mountain biking, and likes “to finish the weekend with Country Calendar”. He says that he is “a tragic rugby fan. Nowadays conversation has grown round the Chiefs, Mooloos and Putaruru, but I can still be heard talking about Irish and Munster success over the All Blacks.”
CONOR CROKE,
Conor is qualified in horticulture, but over the years has transitioned into the property/facility management space, previously being responsible for maintaining property and assets for the Australian Department of Defence, Queensland Rail, and the City of Sydney.
Conor is originally from a town called Portlaoise in the centre of Ireland. He moved to Australia almost 12 years ago, for a one-year working holiday, but the sunshine and meeting Malesa, his “beautiful South Waikato wife”, enticed him to remain for another eleven years. After living in Emerald, Mackay, Sydney, Wollongong, Bundaberg and completing an outback adventure covering 15,000km, they made the decision two years ago to move “home” to Tirau.
He says, “Having spent many years in these commercially driven environments, I began to seek out a role not only measured by ‘the dollar line’ but one that could also benefit the people (the core to any organisation). Within days of discussing this with my wife, we stumbled upon an advert for this role and we believed it was something I had to apply for - and here I am.”
PARISH PROPERTY SUPPORT MANAGER
Conor and Malesa have four children, all under 8. The older two attend a local Catholic primary school, the third is in preschool and there’s a 6-month-old at home. 17
He says that he’s keen to bring to this role the skills he’s learnt along the way and to help the diocese continue to provide as best we can for our people. “For me it’s less about telling people how we do things and more about
