Good Bastards Hall of Fame

John and Leonie Hynds

Without the encouragement of John Hynds there would have been no Good Bastards Book and probably no Good Bastards Beer and no Good Bastards Web page. So if you want to blame some bastard, blame Hyndsie

Let me tell you something here; when Hyndsie gets on your case there is no retreat. Watch what you say in front of him because he will be on your story pronto to make sure 'you' make it happen.

John and his good wife Leonie hail from Auckland and have a little concrete company that employs around 400 people called Hynds Pipe Systems. They pretty much operate throughout New Zealand.

John started off as a labourer with Humes and now he has a company that's bigger than them. Humes are publicly owned, the Hynds Company is privately owned. That tells you something.

He hasn't done it all by himself, Leonie has been a vital force in building this magnificent company to where it is today. And now their sons Aaron and Adrian have critical roles within the company while John and Leonie take the hammer off the pedal and take life a little bit easier.

Now if that's not a good success story I don't what is.

John Hynds, ESQ and Concreter Extraordinaire. A this point I don't have a photo of Leonie.

In 2000 John was awarded Entrepreneur of the year in a nationally sought after award.

John is one of the original Good Bastards having been at our very first meeting. In fact it would be fair to say that if it weren't for him, Alan Kerr and Gary & Bev Hutchison, the Good Bastards Days may never have started in the first place back in 1996.

Congratulations John and Leonie on your admittance to the Good Bastards Hall of fame, and a big thank you from this poor bastard in pushing me over the hurdles.