Tools 4 Troy

Troy Cook, is a 48-year old Ōtaki local. He and his partner Aroha Cook have raised and are still raising 5 children ranging in ages from 11 to 32, and have been blessed with two granddaughters, aged 6 and 5-months. Troy and Aroha are childhood sweethearts and come from large Ōtaki & Manakau families, both from local Marae.

He has always been a talented sportsman who has represented significantly in our community of sport codes, league for Whiti Te Ra Sports Club, football for Puru Taitama and was a representative player for Horowhenua Kapiti Touch Rugby.

Troy is a builder by trade and has been a hard working provider up until the beginning of November 2020. This is when he and his whānau had their world turned upside down with Troy’s diagnosis of lung cancer.