TypeAgencyDate Range1912?-1997DescriptionBarney Daniel was born in Auckland, son of Charles Bamford Daniel and Ida (nee Stanaway). He began an apprenticeship in wharf and bridge-building in 1928 and, after serving his time, joined the Roose Shipping Co. He then went back to Rope Construction Co, with whom he had served his apprenticeship, to work on wharf building projects. He joined the Public Works Department and worked as a chainman and foreman. During World War II he resigned from the Department and joined Downer and Co.
Under the wartime manpower regulations he was ordered to Auckland to work on repairing and building small ships for the American armed forces. When the war ended he accepted a foreman's job with a yacht and boatbuilding firm in Balaena Bay, Wellington. A year later, in 1948, he established a ship repair venture which he ran for 12 years. In the early 1960's he worked under contract with his tugboat for on the new wharves at the ferry terminal for the Wellington Harbour Board. He then bought a scow and obtained a contract with the Harbour Board to dump ship refuse in Cook Strait, which he did for the next 20 years.
Daniel was a member of the Social Credit League in the very early years and one of three ex-members who formed 4D (For Democracy). In 1968 he was living in Thorndon and his house was to be demolished to make way for the motorway. Apart from his personal interest, Barney believed passionately that its construction was not in the public interest. In the late 1970's he bought a farm near Blenheim and retired to Picton in 1983. Daniel wrote a number of articles and a journal.
