Tom Hunt graduated from Massey journalism school in 2004 then spent six months covering bear attacks, and plenty of banality, in northern British Columbia, Canada.

After a couple of years at the Nelson Mail, during which he won a Canon Media Award, then a foray at the Education Review, he came to The Dominion Post in 2010. Since then he has convered most rounds, been nominated for a couple of awards, and even moved desks a few times.