New Ray White Queenstown/Arrowtown salesperson Mike Dagg’s been largely based here all his 40 years and is in fact a rare third-generation local.
His parents are Dale and Brian Dagg and his grandparents Bill (now 95) and the late Alvena Dagg and Donalda and the late Bill Anderson— "[the latter] drove my dad around to school".
Mike grew up on his family’s Coronet Peak Station before they sold it in 2002, and lives nearby these days.
After attending Dunedin’s John McGlashan College, his first permanent job was at a Frankton video store, which fuelled a brief involvement in the local film industry.
He then spent seven years at Frankton’s Noel Leeming before qualifying to sell real estate — "I guess it was kind of a mid-life crisis ... It seemed like an interesting job, like, it’s something different every day."
Mike says rather than play golf like many agents, he’s making contacts in the arts scene.
Though Bill and Brian were big in rugby — both Wakatipu Rugby Club life members — and Dale in netball and golf, "I’m more aesthetically inclined", he notes, with an eye for architectural and interior design.
He says Brian’s generation often saw real estate in a negative light, but he notes integrity’s key today.
"That’s something that attracts me to it as I’ve always had quite a strong moral code so I have no problems playing fairly."
