Although I am an Emeritus Professor at the University of Otago, Wellington, I am not currently employed by anyone. I received no renumeration for preparing this article.

I was one of the two Founding Editors in Chief of the journal Fetal Therapy, which became Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy.

In the last 5 years, I have reviewed articles for Nature Reviews, and Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy, I have also served on the Programme Committee for the Annual Meetings of the Pacific Association of Pediatric