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- Joanna Lyn Walkley was born in Takapuna Auckland on 1st January 1974, the first child of Annette and Bill Walkley.
Joanna grew up in Glenfield and attended Glenfield Primary, Intermediate and Glenfield College, before finishing high school and beginning her training in 1993 as a Nanny. Five years later she graduated from Teachers College as a Kindergarten Teacher and began teaching in 1998 at a local kindergarten.
In 1992 Jo began dating her partner Robert Anthony Vautier, who she had known since childhood. Rob was trained in Computers and IT.
In 2001 Jo and Rob moved to live in Sydney, Australia where Jo taught at a preschool, and Rob worked for two IT firms in Northern Sydney.
Rob and Jo were married in Auckland at St Matthews in the City Church, on the 15th January 2005.
One of Jo and Robs great loves is travelling. They have enjoyed trips to Europe, the UK, the USA, the Caribbean, and have travelled extensively around Australia whilst living there, and also around New Zealand.
They moved back to live permanently in Auckland in November 2007, after nearly seven years living in Sydney. Eight weeks later they welcomed their first child, a daughter, Isabella Eve Vautier, born on 31st December 2007. Isabella is now 14 months old.
Robert currently works for an Insurance company in Auckland City, and Jo loves being a stay at home mum with Isabella.
[20th Feb 2009]
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