After their father’s sudden death when Aidan Woodward was only four, older brother Curtis dutifully stepped into a father-figure role and took his little brother under his wing.
Fishing-mad Curtis wasn’t only Aidan’s mentor, but his best mate.
“Even once he left home and moved to Greymouth, he always went out of his way to include me in his life,” tells Aidan, 42, who’s currently competing in The Great Kiwi Bake Off.“I’d spend my school holidays with him.”