See Our story for details of our lives right up to the present day.
We have three children, Debbie, Sarah, and Philip, and seven grand-children.
.jpg?timestamp=1541194228605)
Our three children: Sarah Stevens, Phil Callaghan and Debbie Cunningham with Kathy and Ross. 2015.
Debbie was Head of Sports at Queen Margaret College, then gained her B.Sc at Victoria University, and later a M.Phil in Emergency Management through Massey University. Debbie won a scholarship to the University of Idaho in 1996 which was a life-changing experience for her. She also represented NZ at Gaelic Football! She went out with Fraser Cunningham for many years, and they got married in 1999 at Lower Hutt Baptist Church. Debbie and Fraser have lived in Melbourne since 2005. Debbie and Fraser have four children: JJ (Joel James) Cunningham was born on the 22nd May 2006. JJ is intelligent, has lots of energy and is a great singer. Heidi Joy Cunningham was born on the 23rd of August 2008. Heidi is very flexible, and loves her calisthenics. Luke Lewis Cunningham was born on the 14th August 2010 and is very caring with a special affinity with animals.. Dan Caleb was born on the 29th August 2012 and is very bright with a most endearing personality.
Before having the children Debbie was an emergency management consultant. After they all went to school she began studying again and gained a Masters degree in speech pathology. She is now a registered speech pathologist providing clinical services at St John of God Hospital in Melbourne. Like her father, Debbie is a keen golfer. Fraser works in BP's marine division, managing resources so that ships throughout Australia, New Zealand and southern Asia are able to be refueled.
The Cunninghams in April 2011
Debbie and Fraser with Dan, Luke, Heidi and JJ. April 2015.
.jpg?timestamp=1450053827686)
Debbie, Fraser, Heidi, JJ, Luke and Dan. February 2019
The Cunninghams in 2023
Sarah and Michael
Sarah and Michael Stevens were married in 2003, at Lower Hutt Baptist Church. They now live in Harbourview in Lower Hutt. Sarah and Michael's first baby, Blake Laurence Stevens, was born in March 2010. (We had finished redecorating Sarah and Michael's house just before Blake was born). Isla Grace Stevens was born in April 2013, coming into the world quickly and easily. Blake was rapt to have a new sister, (and Granna and Poppa to have a sixth grand-child)! We get to see Blake and Isla regularly which is lovely. Isla is atBelmont School where her mother used to teach, and Blake is at Hutt Valley High..
Sarah was Head of House at Chilton St James School and was particularly good at music, singing in the school choir. Her barbershop quartet, Cutting Edge, won the NZ Secondary Schools competition. Kathy and Sarah used to sing together in the Faultline Chorus. Sarah graduated from Wellington Teachers College with a B.Teaching and was a teacher of new entrants at Paekakariki School; Dyer Street School in Lower Hutt, and part-time at Belmont School. She is now a full time RTLB - a resource for teachers who have students with behavioural or learning difficulties.
Michael is a website designer and computer programmer. Michael and Sarah have been doing major alterations to their house in Lower Hutt.
Blake, Sarah, Isla and Michael. End of 2013.
Blake, Michael, Isla and Sarah. End of 2014.
.jpg?timestamp=1450053894273)
Phil now lives in Melbourne. Phil was Head of School at Hutt International Boy's School. He has amazing abilities at playing music and being funny!! He's also got interested in golf (but still can't beat his father!). Phil went twice to the United States as a camp counsellor. The second time there he met Sarah V, from Nova Scotia, Canada. Phil and Sarah were married in 2003 in Nova Scotia and moved to live in Wellington. There Phil worked as the supervisor of the Discovery Centre at Te Papa, our national museum and then set up a new business, creating badges and T shirts with a shop in downtown Wellington. Sarah was a massage therapist and has a B.Sc from Victoria University.
In 2013 Phil sold the NZ business and set up in Australia. Sarah now lives back in Nova Scotia.
Sarah and Phil, 2013.
Phil worked as a host at the Melbourne Science Museum, which is where he met his new partner Simone Landau. (Mo). Phil and Mo now run the ManateesOZ business selling customised T shirts and hoodies at conventions and shows. Phil is a great cricketer and owns the franchises for Last Man Stands T20 cricket for Melbourne. Last Man Stands This involves coordinating cricket matches across the city (including teams, grounds, umpires and equipment).
Phil, Mo and Billie with Rocky. February 2019.
Phil, Mo and Billie. February 2020.
Phil and Mo got married on the 27th of February 2021 on the beach at Apollo Bay. Billie was the flowergirl.
Some old family photos
Family Christmas 2007. Back row: Michael and Sarah, Debbie and Fraser, Phil and Sarah
Front row: Ross, Auntie Norma, Kathy and JJ.
Family Christmas:2008. Sarah and Phil; Fraser and Debbie; Heidi; Kathy; Mike and Sarah; JJ; Ross
Family Christmas 2009: Back: Sarah, Phil, Michael Front: Kathy, Sarah, Ross
Debbie's family was not with us this year.
Family Christmas 2012: Back: Debbie, JJ, Fraser, Heidi, Sarah, Blake, Michael
Front: Sarah, Dan, Phil, Luke, Ross, Kathy.
.jpg?timestamp=1450054251651)
Family in 2015: Phil, Debbie, Dan, Ross, Heidi, Blake, Kathy, Michael, JJ (front), Sarah, Isla, Luke, Fraser
Family Christmas 2017. (Phil and Mo were in Australia).
Cunninghams 2023
Callaghans and Stevens 2023
Tape recordings and videos
As Debbie, Sarah and Philip were growing up we made tape recordings of important events in their lives.
The recordings started on the day they were born. You can listen to these recordings by clicking on the links below and then clicking on 'Download' on the page that opens up.
We have made quite a few videos (including some of our travel and cruise videos) and put them on YouTube. Check out these videos here calros3
Annual newsletters
Check out our 2023newsletter by clicking here: Callaghans 2023 newsletter. It describes what we were up to in 2023.
We have archived all of our past family newsletters here. They go back to 1983!!