He is a curling ice master.
Wright (48) is the World Curling Federation's head ice master for the world seniors curling championships that start at the Dunedin Ice Stadium on Monday.
He always arrives at a major championship venue early to prepare the ice and make certain it is up to international standard.
Wright is one of 10 ice masters employed by the International Curling Federation and concentrates on the Asia and Pacific region.
He has been doing the job for the past 24 years.
Wright will have a team of eight ice specialists working with him at the week-long championships.
They come from the United States, Korea, New Zealand and Canada.
Curling has grown in popularity in the Asia-Pacific region and Wright is away from home for nine months of the year.
It used to be five months a year until the sport started to take off in the region two years ago.
He was at Naseby for the Pacific curling championships last November and will return to Otago for the New Zealand Winter Games at the Maniototo Curling International rink in August.
Wright has been impressed by the standard of the ice at both Naseby and Dunedin.
"Both facilities are up to world standards," Wright said.
"The World Curling Federation would not have awarded the event to a sub-standard venue."
Wright comes from the small town of Waskada in the province of Manitoba.
The town has a population of only 200 people.
Curling is a family sport for Wright, who had his first competitive game at the age of 8.
"I grew up with the sport and played with my grandmother and grandfather when I was young," he said.
There are 1.6 million curlers in Canada, which makes it difficult for a Canadian to become an international curler unless they move to another country.
The 12 competing countries at the world seniors championships are Canada, Scotland, England, Japan, Australia, Hungary, Sweden, United States, Finland, Switzerland, New Zealand and Italy.
