Between 1948 and 1950, Eddie Tonks CBE, attended Wellington Technical College before going onto become a successful businessman and Director of more than ten companies. Between 1990 and 1997 he was the Chairman of the New Zealand Rugby Union and Chairman of the International Rugby Board. He was made a Life Member of the NZRFU in 2004. For the first time in his high profile life, he looks back on his secondary school days with the WHS Archivist, Carey Clements.